Keltomanija "10 years later"
SKMR - 072
Celtic folk
The new collection-album "Keltomanija" is collected, or as speak ñïðîäþñèðîâàí Michael Smirnovym. In it the best Celtic compositions from the best Celtic groups such as are presented: Si Mhor, Art Ceilidh, Puck`n`Piper, Telenn Gwad, Mervent, Slua Si, Clann Lir and Vladimir Lazerson. It is classics of a genre!
Track-list:
- Abandoned Home Reel (trad.) – Anistratov & Aldu
- Raithneach / On the Grass (trad.) – Clann Lir
- Welkom To Roslin p.1 – Peace & Plenty (Lazerson) – Lazerson
- Welkom To Roslin p.2 – Roslin Caste (Lazerson) – Lazerson
- Bal Plinn Du Vertige (trad.) – Live – Mervent
- Nach Cloite An Galar An Gra (trad.) – Clann Lir
- Bill Harte`s / Trip to sligo / Maides of Selma (trad.) – Slua Si
- Mountain dew (trad.) – Puck & Piper
- Recruiting sergeant (trad.) – Si Mhor
- She moved through the fair (trad.) – Mervent
- Morning star (trad.) – Telenn Gwad
- Banks of Ireland (trad.) – Puck & Piper
- Carraroe / Hearty boys of ballymote / Frost all over / Eddie Kelly`s ¹2 (trad.) – Slua Si
- Star of a county down (trad.) – Si Mhor
- Country Blue (trad.) – Art Ceilidh
Sergei Starostin & Mario «Proshche prostogo»/Simpler Than Simple, 2004
SKMR - 012
World music, ethnic fusion, Russia

Sergei Starostin– is a milestone in the history of Russian folk, who has revived and placed it in the context of today music styles and avant-garde tendencies, resulting with genre ofworld music. Each project he participates in is in it’s own way interesting and unexpected, especially when it’s a new project.
As a vocalist and instrumentalist Sergei Starostin has had the chance to work also with the renowned Armenian musician Djivan Gasparyan (who plays the duduk), Inna Jelannaya, the rock musician Leonid Fedorov (who played previously with the rock band AuctIon), the Church-slavonic choir Sirin, Olga Arefevaya. He participated in the projects of theMoscow Art Trio (Sergei Starostin, Mikhail Alperin and Arkadijh Shilkloper), played with Huun-Huur-Tu, Volkov Trio, and others.
Mario is a Kishinev-born ethno percussionist. He is interested and engaged in interpretation and development of well-known and little known folk music traditions all over the world, using them as a basis for free improvisation.
track-list:
- Spring (trad. lyrics, arr. Starostin & Mario) 9:57
- O Godmothers (trad. lyrics, arr. Starostin & Mario) 3:54
- Shepherds (trad. lyrics, arr. Starostin & Mario) 6:32
- Girls (trad. lyrics, arr. Starostin & Mario) 4:12
- Tanya (trad. lyrics, arr. Starostin & Mario) 3:59
- Head (lyrics by Starostin, arr. Starostin & Mario) 8:41
- Zalivochka (Music) (trad. lyrics, arr. Starostin & Mario) 4:22
- Javranënochek (Little Skylark) (trad. lyrics, arr. Starostin & Mario) 2:20
- Deep (lyrics by Starostin, arr. Starostin) 5:42
- Yarmarka (Bazaar) (arr. Starostin)5:04
- Katarsis (lyrics by Starostin) 0:32
AVIS DEI "Stew Royal"
SKMR - 075
Medieval music
What needs to cook stew for a king? Recipe from the cookbook of life offers an early music ensemble Avis Dei. Disc - culinary refinement, for an absolutely romantic, for those in whom the spirit of chivalry leaves no room for fast food. For the adventurous and heroic deeds in the name of honor and glory, the beautiful ladies who are not afraid to get fatter and of course for fans of tasty and with a mind eating. For you, the intellectual glutton!
Svetlana Soldatenkova - block-flute, raushpfayf, european bagpipes, backing vocal, percussion
Dmitry Shichalin - oboe, block flute, english horn
Olga Ksendzovskaya - vocal, block flute, hurdy-gurdy
Alexei Safonov - mandola, rebec
Alexander Romitsyn - davul, darbuka
Basim Al-Ashkar – al-oud
Anton Telkov - Gaita
Track-list:
1. Ohne Fels (Tielman Susato, c.1500-c.1561)
2. Greek Dance (trad. Greek)
3. En tamanna (Cantigas de Santa Maria ¹131)
4. Pavana (Ital., XV)
5. Shone Wulka (Anon., XV)
6. Stella Splendens (Anon., Libre Vermell, 1399)
7. Chansonet Tedeska(Anon., SpainXIV)
8. Fas et Nefas (Carmina Burana - The Benediktbeuren Manuscript c1300)
9. The old organ-grinder (Anon., XIII)
10. Debka (Trad. Macedonian)
11. Panopticum (Anon., XV)
12. Andalusia capricho
13. Eyes
14. Palestinalied (Walter von der Vogelveide 1170-1230)
15. Lamento de Tristano (Ital., XIV)
16. Bransle (Tielman Susato, c.1500-c.1561)
DARKY "Charizma" city Kyzyl (republic Tuva)
SKMR - 074
Folk-rock, rock,world music, throat singing
Alexander Medvedev (Darky) has written down the solo album in the native city of Kyzyl - capital of Tuva. It was helped by many known Tuva musicians, such as Genady Chamzyrin (Gen Dos), Albert Kuvezin (Yat Kha).
Darky it is familiar to us on two CDs-disks of project GEN-DOS which successfully enough are on sale and to this day.
On a disk generally tool compositions plentifully seasoned homus (vargan), hoomei (throat singing) and other Tuva pieces as there are lyrical guitar ballads and songs.
Òðåê-ëèñò:
1. Dance of spider
2. Gen-Dos medley
3. Crops
4. Reflection
5. Thresholds
6. Night river
7. Ring
8. Blizzard
9. Cherny voron
10. Kongurei
Ceremcha «Â íàøèõ êðàÿõ» city Abakan (republic Khakassia)
SKMR-073
Rock
Rock with elements of a jazz and funks. "ethnic" female vocal and interesting texts.
«Â íàøèõ êðàÿõ» - äîëãîæäàííûé ïåðâûé àëüáîì õàêàññêîé ýòíîôàíêðîê-êîìàíäû «×åðåìøà». Òâîð÷åñòâî «×åðåìøè», äîñòàòî÷íî ìîëîäîãî êîëëåêòèâà – ýòî íå ñëåäîâàíèå ðàôèíèðîâàííîìó ìóçûêàëüíîìó íàïðàâëåíèþ è íå äèàëîã êóëüòóð, ê êîòîðîìó òàê ñòðåìÿòñÿ ýòíè÷åñêèå êîìàíäû, ñêîðåå ýòî ñëàæåííûé äóýò ñîâðåìåííîãî ãîðîäà è äàëåêîé ñòàðèíû: ýòíè÷åñêèé âîêàë ïåðåêëèêàåòñÿ ñ äæàçîâûì ñàêñîôîíîì, è âñå ýòî ïðîèñõîäèò ïîä ôàíê-ðîêîâóþ ðèòì-ñåêöèþ...
Òðåê ëèñò:
1. Ñíåã (ìóç.Ñ. Àêóëîâ, Î.Àêóëîâà; ñë. Î. Àêóëîâà)
2. Â íàøèõ êðàÿõ (ìóç.Ñ. Àêóëîâ, Î.Àêóëîâà; ñë. Î. Àêóëîâà)
3. Ïîëîâèíêà (ìóç. Î.Àêóëîâà; ñë. Î. Àêóëîâà)
4. Íåìû (ìóç.Î.Àêóëîâà; ñë. Î. Àêóëîâà)
5. Îíà (ìóç.Ñ. Àêóëîâ, Î.Àêóëîâà; ñë. Î. Àêóëîâà)
6. ×åðíûå öàðè (ìóç.Î.Àêóëîâà; ñë. Î. Àêóëîâà)
7. Êàèí (ìóç.Ñ. Àêóëîâ, Î.Àêóëîâà; ñë. Î. Àêóëîâà)
8. Ïî íîæàì (ìóç.Ñ. Àêóëîâ, Î.Àêóëîâà; ñë. Î. Àêóëîâà)
9. Âåäüìà (ìóç.Î.Àêóëîâà; ñë. Î. Àêóëîâà)
10. Âåñåííèé âåòåð (ìóç.Ñ. Àêóëîâ, Î.Àêóëîâà; ñë. Î. Àêóëîâà)
11. Êðûëüÿ (ìóç.Î.Àêóëîâà; ñë. Î. Àêóëîâà)
SKMR-071 Mervent "2"
Celtic folk
Mervent repertoire develops, basically, from melodies and songs of the people of Europe, from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany and Scandinavia to Russia, the Western Ukraine and the Balkans. There are also processings of the Armenian melodies and author`s products.
Track-list:
1. Pop Plinn/Ne Bado Ket Atao
2. Sally Free And Easy
3. Hovivi Kanch
4. High Germany
5. Ïiäó â Ñàäî÷îê, Íàðâó Êâiòî÷îê
6. Níl sé `na lá
7. Tarbolton Reel
8. Jenovefa Rustefan
9. Gweharall
10. Seallaibh
11.Bal Plinn du Vertige
13. Ev Sistr
SKMR – 070 IVA NOVA "... After winter" Maksi-single Dj-pack
female folk-rock group
IVA NOVA, an all girl band, plays a mixture of modern rock and Russian folk music along with jazzy humorous details. The sound is strong and driving, connecting rural restlessness with urban insanity. This is music which doesn’t leave anybody unaffected
IVA NOVA was formed in St.Petersburg in 2002, when five young Russian ladies met to create a new collective of musicians.
SKMR – 069 Los Gaiteros de Moscu «El Trio» Dj-pack
European and Celtic folk
The initial idea was to base the repertoire strictly on Galician music -- upbeat, bright, and cheerful -- but gradually,
more somber Scandinavian and Balkan melodies were added, and the "musical geography" of the group became considerably expanded.
track-list:
1. Intro - 1:18
2. Mina Maruxa - 2:16
3. Mauder kum dal – 3:43
4. Kas Abarh – 4:56
5. Polka x-casal – 2:17
6. Marcha do Entrelazado de Allariz/Muneira de Tormaleo - 5:14
7. Eesti – 4:36
8. Kalamatianos/Syrtos Pyleas – 4:28
9. Pasodoble d`Anton/Pasucais de Xuan de Mieres - 2:35
10. Rond a Lois Ruellan/Rond a Francois Lefeufre/Rond a Ploeuc – 3:42
11. Rumba de Vergara - 4:17
12. A Ruada/A Pequerrecha - 3:51
13. Valse Picado – 3:00
Total time – 46:13
SKMR – 068 Puck& Piper «15 years to Dublin»
Celtic folk
“Puck and Piper” – the collective created by Timur Rafiev in 1993, was the first Moscow group executing the Celtic music. The name has been borrowed at an old Irish legend. “P&P” were at the beginnings Irish pub`music in Russia. In group repertoire are presented both well-known Irish pub`songs, and tool dancing melodies on the Irish delay (uillean pipe) - Irish jigs and reel.
listen:
03. Piper on the Hob (jig)
05. Gravel walk (reel)
06. Jolly Beggarman
SKMR – 066 OPUSHAM "S.T.I.H.I"
spirital poetry of the Russian old believers
This CD represents to you the spiritual poetry of Russian Old Believers living in the Upper Yenisei, in Tuva, mixed with laidback nature sounds and percussion. The author of this project is Evgeny Tkachev, also known by his work as a drummer of a world famous group Yat Kha.
track-list:
1. Poorlife
2. Sodom and Gomorrah
3. Time of Joy
SKMR-065 SIBLINGI «Dulcimer of Earth & Sky»
fok-rock
The SIBLINGI is a folk-rock group from the town of Rybinsk. Songs on words by the band leader Sergei Vasiliev is full of lyrical beauty and gentle intellectual poetry. In the group`s music you can hear the fusion of different styles such as reggae, world music, rhythm `n blues and folk ballads.
track-list:
1. Heaven`s psaltery to the Earth
2. Gray-Streaks
3. Herdsman
4. By eternal pain
5. Thistle
6. Across the fields
7. Pigeon
8. Ulrika
9. Sky
10. Dream
11. Wind
12. Parisian girls
SKMR - 064 Yinwa «Bela Nitochka»
folk, woman’s voices
Name of the project comes from the name of the river that flows on Perm` lands. This word can be translated from Komi-Permyak language in Russian by several different ways: women`s water, women`s river, women`s tears, or the divine river. The album includes songs from Perm, St. Petersburg, Bryansk, Pskov regions and Karelia. Mainly, these women`s songs.
SKMR - 063 SAMOSAD BEND & Dr. I-boleet "No smoke without fire"
roots, live dub
Classic rub-a-dub vocal of St. Petersburg reggae performer Dr. I-Boleet combined with north-side ambient dub of Karelian group Samosad Band make this work sounds in perfectly Jamaica style, with easily guessed influence of such classics of the genre as Lee "Scratch" Perry, Mad Professor and King Tubby.
track-list:
NO SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE 16:04
MEDITATION 16:09
RASTASIMPHONY 10:47
BABY YOU CAN BREAK MY HART 09:21
ALL I WONNA DU 15:59
I JUST CALL TO SAY I LOVE YOU 08:54
SKMR– 062 SAMOSAD BEND "Kukkovka"
psy-ambient
Guitar ambient on a album Kukkovka is a journey into the fragile world of images and sounds. In spirit this CD is close both to the soft acoustic soundscapes of Robert Fripp, and to the more modern sound of psychedelic ambient, which can be heard on albums of such genre stars as Shpongle, Youth, Ott and others.
track-list:
SEVER MANTRA 12:23
DREAMING 09:51
KUKKOTRANCE 10:00
KARJALATINO 04:09
DUBBAS 08:46
MANTRA SEVER 16:29
Bonus video: KUKKOTRIP 10:01
SKMR – 061 SAMOSAD BEND "Dabudetsvet``
ethno-dub
The new album "Dabudetsvet`` of karelian-St. Petersburgs group Samosad Band is a classic example of improvisational ethno-dub. This CD is a special combination of roots dud sounds played live with the elements of funk, ambient, trance and ethnic. This almost a one and half hour long dub-meditation is fulfilled with live spirit of Russian North and the warm caribbean sun of Jamaica.
track-list:
1. A-a-a-g-a-a-a 13:33
2. Suri magi ( ``Bol`shie Gory`` (êàðåë.)) 18:53
3. Dub 09:45
4. Too dub 15:52
5. Spirit 19:35
SKMR-060 PHURPA «TROWO PHURNAG CEREMONY»
Tibetan Tantric overtone chanting in rgyud-skad style

The original 2003 lineup of the project that emerged as a result was dubbed Phurpa (one of the five tutelary deities of the Father Tantra in Bon tradition), and all the members have carried on with their research in the field of Bon and Buddhist liturgies up to the present day.
The ritual Tibetan instruments as used by the ensemble include the following: dunchen, gyaling, silnyen, bub, damaru, kanling, nga, shang;
The ensemble adheres to the rgyud-skad tradition of Tantric overtone chanting.
track-list:
1. FUNDAMENTAL MANTRA OF BON 7:24
2. INTRODUCTION 3:18
3. THE VISUALIZATION 3:43
4. CONFERRING EMPOWERMENT AND SELF-TRANSFORMATION 32:37
5. EMANATING THE RETINUE OF THE DEITY 5:05
6. THE CHARGE TO ACTION 4:34
7. PUJA OFFERING AND PRAISES 7:24
SKMR – 059 OLEMBA "Oli Dielo"
folk, world music, Karelia, Finland, woman’s voices

The group performs ethnic traditional Karelian and Finnish songs and author’s songs. Owing to the quality of performance, the group is on a level with popular groups, who performs north folklore. Members of the group “Olemba” worked in such groups as “Va-Ta-Ga” and “Myllärit”.
track-list:
1. Oli dielo(finish trad.) 3:13
2. Laula kamme ( Let’s sing) (finish trad.) 4:29
3. Gawroi i Ogoi (finish trad.) 5:18
4. Kullervo – kallervon poigu (finish trad.) 3:32
5. Ýäàêîé Âàíÿ, äà ðàçóäàëàÿ ãîëîâà (karelian trad.) 5:19
6. Mari tyttö (Mary girl) (finish trad.) 4:19
7. Øëà-òî Ìàøà èç ãîñòåé (wedding) (karelian trad.) 4:33
8. Òû ðåêà ëè ìîÿ ðå÷åíüêà (wedding) (karelian trad.) 5:54
9. Îé, ñáîðó, ñáîðó äà Òàíå÷êà (ñwedding) (karelian trad.) 4:44
10. Tuti lasta (Ëþëè äèòÿòêî (êîëûáåëüíàÿ) ) (finish trad.) 5:20
11. Nouzen minä mäellä (Âçîéäó ÿ íà ãîðî÷êó) (finish trad.) 4:21
SKMR 058 ÂÅÐÎÍÈÊÀ ÁÓËÛ×ÅÂÀ «DemoiselleCygne»
romance, world music, Russia, France

listen:
01. Demoiselle Cygne
04. Okol
07. L`emigrant
12. Nikita
SKMR – 057 Karelian Folk Music Ensemble "TOIVE"
early instrumental records
instrumental, folk

Folk music ensemble of Petrozavodsk State University "Toive" opens to us the world of traditional music, songs and dances of indigenous peoples of Karelia.
The disc features the very first instrumental recordings of the ensemble "TOIVE" in 1985-1988. In this period the musicians were performing a lot of Finnish violin music, were the first in contemporary Karelia who played diatonic kantele and youhikko singing Kalevala runes.
SKMR – 056 YARGA Sound System "Live"
ethno, electronic, Karelia
A new project of Aleksandre Leonov (Va-Ta-Ga) is exploring song material of the Russian North.
Mystification of Russian folk music is created through implementing of computer electronic
vibes into the structure of ethno-fusion and world music.
track-list:
1. Intro-Lullaby 11:08
2. Little Birdies 8:35
3. Oh, Vanya 7:28
4. Grief 4:35 http://sketismusic.ru/mp3/Los Gaiteros de Moscu/02-Mina Maruxa.MP3 Gaiteros de Moscu/02-Mina Maruxa.MP3
5. Winter 8:04
6. The Beastie 7:55
7. The Tatars 7:29
8. Birds 9:51
totaltime: 65:09
SKMR – 055 SILK PERCUSSION “Drum circle vol.1 “
ethno, world music, drum music
«SILK percussion»is an ensemble of drummers, experimental project, working with ancient musical traditions of Far East region countries (China, Japan, Korea). The CD features both acoustic improvisations and compositions in electronic arrangements.
track-list:
1. Creation
2. Guardians
3. Wind
4. VayangOrang
5. The Ceremony
6. Drum talk
7. Urlungur
8. Tibet
9. Dancing Trickster
SKMR-054 Volga«Buttom Up»
world-beat, Russia

listen:
1. Äðóæî÷åê/Ìy Best Friend
2. Êîíîïåëü/Hemp
3. Õìåëü/Hop
4. Ðóñàëüÿ/Mermaid`s Song
5. Äîæäü/Rain
SKMR053 LEENAMALAK «ÀÐÀÁÑÊÎÅ ÒÀÍÃλ
arabian pop

track-list:
1. Arabic Tango
2. Lqamar Laileiah
3. Zaman Al-Safa
4. Khaleni Ahibbak
5. La Tinsani
6. Haiman wa Moghram
7. ×òî ïîæåëàåøü, Ìèëàÿ?
8. ß âåðíóñü ê òåáå
9. Lasta Lee, Lasto Lak
10. Ya Hala
11. El Kilmat En-Alit
12. Arabic tango (èíñòðóìåíòàëüíàÿâåðñèÿ)
SKMR – 052 SATTUMA «Palapeli»
folk, world music, Karelia, Finland
The folk music family quartet from Petrozavodsk, Karelia. The Finnish word “ Palapeli “ means a jigsaw puzzle, piece game. “Pala” is piece and “peli” is game. Peli can also mean “playing” or “a musical instrument”. Sattuma`s front cover title is compiled with ancient, 5000-6000 year old clay pottery pieces, from the shore of Säämäjärvi Lake, Karelia
track-list:
1. Äåâóøêàäîãàäëèâà(Quick-witted girl)
2. Ñâå÷à(Candle)
3. Hilpeä kurttupolkka (Èãðèâàÿãàðìîøêà)
4. Çàîíåæñêàÿ(The song from across lake Onego)
5. Maanitus (trad)
6. Herra Petteri (ÃîñïîäèíÏåòòåðè)
7. Marjaini-Darjaini (ßãîäêà ìîÿ, Äàðüÿ)
8. Surupäivät (Ïå÷àëüíûåäíè)
9. Piirileikki kun aljettiin (Êîãäà ìû íà÷àëè õîðîâîä)
10. Menneilleystäville (Óøåäøèì äðóçüÿì)
11. Sukkulapolkka(×åëíî÷íàÿ ïîëüêà)
12. Minä muistan ikuisesti (Íàâñåãäà çàïîìíþ)
13. Melkutus
SKMR – 051 Trigon «7 Steps»
ethno-jazz
Trigon from Moldova land, they are children of Balkans! Playing ethno-jazz, Trigon has introduced a new term into the world of musical styles – Balkan jazz!
The CD «7 Steps» is one of the latest works of the group recorded in Kishinev.
This work appears for the first time ever on world music market!
track-list:
1. The ambler / Èíîõîäåö 5`36
2. Lume, Lume 9`22
3. Hora`n`tella / Õîðà`í`òåëëà 8`41
4. The old train / Ñòàðûé ïîåçä 5`48
5. The march Off! / Ìàðø îòñþäà! 7`14
6. TriF / Òðè Ô 6`29
7. Kaval`i`coda / Êàâàë`è`êîäà 5`31
SKMR-050 Lespromhoz GROOVE "Various"
ethno avant-garde; experimental fusion; world music
This disk is introducing to audience music created by a company of musicians collaborating in a project entitled Lespromhoz GROOVE. Its leader Aleksandre Leonov is joined by musicians of the band Va-Ta-Ga, Anatoly Kuular (ex`Huun-Huur-Tu), Aleksandre Ulaev (Samosad Band) and others.
track-list
1. ëñä – âäîëü ïî ìîðþ
2. ëåñïðîìõîç ãðóâ – êîëûáåëüíàÿ (live“ïåðõëîìàíñ ïåðâûé”)
3. äåòñêèå ðàãè – íî÷ü
4. ëåñïðîìõîç ãðóâ – áóêà (live“ïåðõëîìàíñ âòîðîé”)
5. êàäåãó – çàãàäêè ïðèðîäû («2 ãâàðäåéñêèé ïåðåóëîê»)
6. ÿðãà óðãà – êâàðòåò (live– êîíöåðò â «âûõîäå»)
7. âà-òà-ãà – ðåêðóòñêàÿ («ìèêóëèíû ãîðû»)
8. ëåñïðîìõîç ãðóâ – þñòþõþðç (live– íàáåðåæíàÿ ã. ïåòðîçàâîäñêà)
9. äæà êðþ – â ëîñîñèíîì (live- open-aerâ ëîñîñèíîì)
10. çàäåðæêà íîëü – ñêîìîðîõ
11. ìûøüÿê – ì.ì.õ.
SKMR-049 GEN DOS "Bay-Tayga"
folk rock, Tyva, throat singing
The next album of the famous Tuvan musician and shaman Gennady Chamzyrin, whose style of throat singing is known all over the world. The musician’s mates decided to focus on rock sound in the release, which makes it different from the album with profound electronic element «Shizo I.D.», which had been released by our label in 2006. The CD also features a professional video of one of the songs.
track-list:
1. Saktyyshkyn
2. Langchyy boom
3. Manchureem
4. Huliganskaya
5. Aza alzyn
6. Kyzylym sen
7. Bay Taiga
8. Khovuda kezhee
9. Kysh
10. Teek
11. Âèäåî-êëèï«Changiz-terek»
SKMR-048 TROITSA/TRINITY "Sem"
folk-rock, Belarus
The style of Belarusian band Troitsa is characterized by originalapproach to sound – synthesis of warm-hearted folk sound and complex, sometimes mystic passages of academic and avant-garde music.
track-list:
1. Ïà ìîðà÷êó
2. Äóáðàâóøêà
3. Ñîíþøêà (Øýëüìà)
4. Ðà¸ê --> MP3
5. ͳ ïàðîé…
6. Þð`ÿ
7. Ñåì ÷àðàê
BONUS: Avi video: TROISA in live concert in Molodechno, 2003
SKMR-047 LEO SEVETS Osa Poika Onni Poika "Lucky Fellow"
world music, folk, Karelia
Works presented in «Lucky Fellow» (that is how the album’s title is translated from Finnish) is just a small part of music Leo Sevets has composed in recent years. All songs of the album are performed in Karelian; majority of them have folk lyrics. The author himself defines style of the CD as «PRIMITIVE FOLK», implying not just content-free music, but purity, even some kind of «clearance», freedom from everything artificial and electronic. And this is the best thing about it. Unique musical instruments the performer plays once and again prove the point. 15-string kantele, jouhikko – are of great value just because they are among the rarest instruments in the world. But when Maestro touches them – and the album’s author is definitely one – they become really invaluable.
You should also pay attention to the CD’s cover, depicting Leo Sevets as a cartoon character. The image is not taken by chance, since very soon musician’s friends plan to finish production of animation series based on Leo’s adventures in Karelian villages!
track-list:
1. Aamu
2. Tuudi lasta nukkumahe
3. Rikunat rillut
4. Plimpotusta
5. Väinämöinen tai lohineito
6. Osa Poika Onni Poika
7. Kullervo kostaa emännällä
8. Tŝizik (×èæèê– ïûæèê)
9. Älämuamo ĉakkai
10. Iivan Lebedevin soito
11. Laulu
12. Kiberä
13. Imatran rannalla
SKMR-046 Vedan-Kolod
"Dance of the Wood Spirits"/ "Tanets leshih"
ethno, Russia

The music of the ensemble from Siberian city Krasnoyarsk is oriented around pagan past of Slavic peoples. The ensemble’s leader Tatyana Naryshkina together with a musician and a master of Russian folk musical instruments Valery Naryshkin have revived rare ceremonial songs, legends and Russian epics, which existed many centuries ago. Scythian horn, gusli, zhalejka, horn, Slavonian bagpipe, Slavonian drums and others are among the instruments the ensemble members use.
The ensemble performs pieces composed by the musicians, including songs in Old Slavonic, authentic songs of Siberia and Western Russia, songs of Siberian migrants from Belarus, Ukraine, Bulgaria, instrumental compositions and throat singing. All adaptations of folk songs were made by Tatyana and Valery Naryshkins.
track-list:
1. Spring Song(music and words by V. and T. Naryshkiny)
2. Dug is swimming in the sea(traditional Russian wedding song, music by Vedan Kolod)
3. Going to the Mountain(traditional Russian song, arranged by V. Naryshkin)
4. Sleep but not enough(words by D. Antipova. T. Naryshkina, music by V.Naryshkin)
5. Hindrick the Beast(traditional words, music by Vedan Kolod)
6. Semargl(music and words by V. and T. Naryshkiny)
7. Than was the misery (chronicle text, music by T. and V. Narishkiny)
8. Thunder-stone(music and words by V. Naryshkin)
9. The memories of an old warrior(music by Vedan Kolod)
10. Love incantation(words by D. Atipova, T. Naryshkina, music by V. Naryshkin)
11. The poppy on the mountain (traditional Russian play song, music arranged by V. Naryshkin)
12. The Turks were passing by(traditional polish words, music by T. and V. Narishkiny)
13. The dance of the wood spirits (music by Vedan Kolod)
SKMR-045 OSIMIRA "Druva"
ethno, Belarus
The group`s new release is based on archaic melodies and ceremonial songs of Kryvia ( Belarus) and includes 17 original tracks. This album differs from the previous CD «Proshcha» and can be classified as «inner», «sacred». It’s not pure folk, but rather a reflection of ancient Tradition through the experience of reviving it.
Though “DRUVA” has songs taken in the original version and performed almost in the same way they were performed ages and ages before. Moreover, all the material was deliberately recorded «live» without any sound processing for easy perception of natural singing and playing. Most of the instruments are rare and very carefully chosen by the musicians: charot, duda (Belarusian bagpipe), kankli, kasa, skuduchai, kolavaya lyre, kalyuka, drymba, parnyaty, dudka, surmy, sopilka, zhaleika, original percussion, okarina.
The traditional line-up of OSIMIRA has also changed. Besides the usual members of the band, Alyona and Tatyana Lyutorovich were invited to a recording session as guests, their voices you can hear in the tracks «Kupalka» and «Chuta Ruta». New members of the band – Volga Pytkova and Volga Brazyankova performed main female vocals.
The album “DRUVA” is seventeen breathings in and breathings out of genuine Belorussian soul.
This is music of dark forests and swamps, endless rivers and blue-eyed lakes,vibration of ancient sacred places and silence of dateless settlements. Pulse of the inner heart of Europe, archaic of Everlasting Kryvia.
track-list:
1. KANKLI DY DUDKA
2. KUPALKA
3. ZHYTSIEN
4. CHUTA RUTA
5. STRALA
6 KUSTA
7. YARYEU KON
8. VAYARY
9. PCHOLIKI
10. RASOKHA
11. OY TY SIELIAZION
12. LIOLA
13. PATSUKOVA DUDA
14. DZIADY
15. OY STAITS YAVAR, TONKI WYSAKI
18. bonus NOCH KOLA
19. bonus POKLICH DREVA
SKMR-044 Vily "Idi, beda"
folk-rock, Russia
The band recorded their debut album «Idi, Beda» independently in 2003. Amongst the songs composed by the singer Vasilisa Vvedenskaya, the album contains a song with lyrics by Innokentiy Annensky, one Russian folk song and one Mongolian folk song in Mongolian. It’s remarkable the band is not afraid to be too close either to classics or to people, since all this together supports the album’s idea. The first album is introducing to listeners fairytale characters of Russian folklore and can be regarded as more «Russian» than the following band’s releases.
track-list:
1. Áåðåçà
2. Ñêàçàíèå ïðî Êíÿçÿ
3. Ëåøèé
4. Ó ðîäíèêà
5. Old estonwomen
6. Ôèàëêà, àêîíèò è ìÿòà
7. Ïåñíÿ ìîíãîëüñêîãî âîèíà
8. Âåäüìà
9. Plot
10. Èäè, áåäà
11. Vilami on water
SKMR - 042
TRIGON «The voice of my earth» p 2001 Green records(Romania) ; p 2007 Sketis Music
file under: ethno-jazz, Moldavian

«Trigon music defies convenient categorization and a simple naming of style or musical genre.The group’s compositions are obviously influenced by folk music, though folk tunes are never offered as a direct quotation. They are interpreted and dramatically developed by the musicians. After going through filters of melodious and imaginative genius of the three instrumentalists, folk melodies are transformed into rhythmic and harmonic compositions with creative and innovative sound. The music has three distinct features: emotional expression, specific sound and brightness.
In the current line-up the group’s founder Anatoly Shtefanets together with Alexandre Murzak - bass guitar, Marian Kaldararu – percussion continue to surprise us by new pieces beautifully interwoven in the album».
Florian Lungu (music critic of “Down beat magazine”)
listen to tracks: ******
SKMR - 041 TANDALAI "Erdine"
file under: ethno, Altay, throat singing

Tandalay - is the unique singer from Ust-Kanskogo area of Altai republic
with a voice of surprising force and beauty, a range in five octaves. In her
repertoir there are ceremonial songs of Mountain Altay people, along with
imitation of sounds of the animals and birds. She also plays on the big
range of tuvian national instruments: topshuur, khomus, igil, doshpuluur,
shoor.
track-list:
1. Kai (Path of the Maadai-Kara epic)
2. Kunuk (Song of the wanderer)
3. Eternal Altai (Folk Song of the Chuiskaya valley)
4. Playing on khomus
5. Tipes of Kai (Throat singing)
6. Echo es in the mountains (Play on shoor)
7. Woman’s Fate (Folk Song of the Karakolskaya valley)
8. Koyonok (Altaian comic song)
9. Oioiym (Altaian folk chant)
10. Lullaby
11. Night Crying (lyrics: V. Chinat, music: Tandalai)
12. Shaman’s Drum (lyrics: K. Kergilov, music: Tandalai)
13. A Crane’s Cry
SKMR-040 Sattuma "Kudelma"
ethno, world music, Karelian

Sattuma (Finnish word for «occasion») – a folk music quartet from Petrozavodsk, republic of Karelia. This is a «family quartet», whose line-up includes internationally known folk musicians Arto Rinne and Dmitry Dyomin (members of the well-known group Myllärit) and their children– Eila and Vadim. Interpretingtraditional material including Finnish, Karelian and Russiantraditional tunes and songs, the band creates absolutely unique atmosphere and mood, in which two musical generations enter into lively and creative conversation. Polished through years of practice «fathers» artistry (the two musicians play more than 15 traditional instruments – from violin and accordion to chipsan and didgeridoo) and somewhat naïve, spontaneous perception of music by «children», harmoniously combined,create the specific sound, which has won hearts of large audiences worldwide.
track-list:
1. Ennen Vanhaa (Formerly)
2. Saunapolkka (Sauna Polka)
3. Aiti (Mother)
4. Âåðåñîâûå Êóñòî÷êè(Heather Bushes)
5. Lintu (Birdie)
6. Shondibanoi Olomoi (My Sun-Faced Life)
7. Sapsan Masurkka (Mazurka of Sapsa)
8. ×àñ-÷àñ-ïåðå÷àñ (Hour by the Hour)
9. Koskenpa Rannalla (On the Shore of the Rapids)
10. Matsanneidon Suru (Sorrow of the Forest Maid)
SKMR 037 VERONIKA BULYCHEVA «Tout ira bien»
File under: RUSSIAN&FRANCE SHANSON

Here are the selected tracks from the album you can listen right now:
1. Que veut-elle, demoiselle? (P.Morel, P.Bennigsen ;V.Bulycheva)
2. Fantôme (N.Ermilova, V.Bulycheva)
3. Nostalgie (N.Ermilova, V.Bulycheva)
4. Toutirabien (V.Bulycheva, V.Bulycheva)
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SKMR 035 NINEVA "Music for Raja"
File under: INDIAN, Ethno-fusion

tracks-list:
1. Cold Wind (trad.)
2. Joyce (Nineva)
3. Mexican (Nineva)
4. Mood (Nineva)
5. Bansuri (trad.)
6. Raga (trad.)
7. Sad Austerities (lyrics by J.Joyce, music by Nineva)
8. Wedding (Nineva)
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SKMR - 034 ETO_X "in_transit", 2007
file under: ethno-jazz, drum-n-bass, Russia
"ETO_X pulls things not commonly found with one another together. Thus the band´s miscegenation of drum´n bass, ethnic music and jazz and the birth of their own musical form. The Berliner band achieves this musical melding with lightness and ease. The recipe for success lies in the fact that professional musicians are steeped in authentic russian musical folklore while belonging to the youngest generation of Berlin artists and modern western culture."
Michael Damm / International FilmFestival Cottbus
tracks-list:
1. Cock
2. From under the light
3. Eagle
4. Filled yard
5. Lyanok
6. Little bird / konyushok
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SKMR 033 VA-TA-GA "Mikuliny Gory"
File under: RUSSIAN, WORLD MUSIC, ETHNO FUSION

Va-Ta-Ga group -is a qualitative mix of the authentic folk and skomorokh’s songs and
ceremonies with modern musical culture. In creativity of the group it is possible to see
both world music, fusion, ambient, drum-n-base and even the bossa-nova. All is played
live by musicians and is very harmoniously combined with a theme of the Russian tradition
presented by the leader of the band Alexander Leonov in the form of ancient texts and
original instruments.
tracks-list:
01. Intro
02. Cockroach
03. Òû íå ñòîé
04. Ivanushka
05. Na gorui
06. na gorochke
07. rekrutskaya
08. Outro
09. Cockroach rimix by XMZ
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SKMR 032 WHITE OWL "Pepper"
File under: Celtic, Nordic, Folk Core

"White Owl" is a Russian folk-core group, created in Moscow, who play music of different nations
adapted in various styles. Since the tastes of the musicians don`t belong to the same genre their
arrangements are mixtures of such traditions as Alternative, Indie, Hard Rock, Hardcore, Disco,
Folk Tradition and even Renaissance. The ways some folk standards such as "Lord of the Dance"
or "Cunla" are presented can be taken for a joke. And this is true - it was a joke at first but then
the WO found that the idea was well enough for taking it seriously.
listen to tracks:
1. Just Chains
2. Lord Of The Dance
4. Cunla
6. Korppi
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SKMR 031 KYZYL-MOSCOW II
File under: ethno, Tuva festival, throat singing

Festival of the Tuva music in Moscow. Disc is representing musicians who
have participated in Kyzyl-Moscow festival in 2005. Among them is ensemble Salgal
(Generation) - a group which represents the younger generation of the
Tuvan musicians; solo playing & singing by Ayan-Ool Sam (soloist Olchey
group) and group Ene-Sai - the elders of Tuvan folk.
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SKMR 030 DROBINSKA El concert
File under: ethno, world music, Balkan

This is a concert recording of Drobinska group made in tours across France in
2003.
This disk is representing the folk material of Serbian, Bulgarian, Moldavian
origin, superbly played in traditional style.
The disk is one more work of Oleg Drobinskiy quartet, he plays
traditional wood-wind instruments along with over group members: drummer and
percussionist Mario, singer Inna Bondar and Dmitry Ignatov on a bass.
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SKMR 029 GEN-DOS «SHIZO I. D.»
File under: folk-rock, Tuva, throat singing
"GEN-DOS" project is a combination of different styles of throat singing,
ancient Tuvan shamans traditions with modern rock & electronic music.
Gennady Chamzyryn (group leader) is a real hereditary shaman, performs all
styles of the Tuvan throat singing ("sygyt", "khoomei" & "kargyraa").
This exclusive material for the first time after legendary group " Yat-Kha "
in which, the bass player of the project, by the way, played, represents
synthesis of the Tuvian folk music with rock and alternative electronic. The
album is very bright and interesting. There is a lot of guitar, a bass,
keyboard sound in the album & sometimes it comes to the trance-like grooves.
But Tuvan tradition here nevertheless is playing a great part, just like
in art of many overs folk-oriented groups from Tuva. Though the producer of an album Alexander
Medvedev is Russian, he lives and works in Kyzyl (Tuva capital) & makes all he can to represent the
modern sound of Tuvan music on the base of it`s deep rooted traditions. We hope that behind album
SHIZO I. D. Other works of musicians will follow also.
listen to tracks:
1. SHIZO(4:39)
2. HAM-DYT(4:43)
5. CHANGIZ– TEREK(4:32)
10. DYNGYLDAI(Live) (4:37)
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SKMR 028 OSIMIRA "Proshcha"
File under: folk-rock, Belorus

Osimira is a project of 7 belarussian musicians. The idea of the project is to restore
primary authentic music, which is not only to be played but to live in.
This music unites songs of fairs and sacred rituals from one side and special sounds
of our planet from the other side. Nature songs are different from place to place.
Time does not exist for our inner world. It remembers everything- forgotten sounds
of great civilizations that have been gone. Every cell of our body knows this eternal song,
the song of nature. You just should find it in your memory. We have managed to hear
this music, and we are to let YOU hear it…
listen to track:
1. Durnitsy
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SKMR 027 ÑËÚÍ×Å ÁÐßà Dniproenergo
File under: Ukraine; world beat

Slunchev Bryag - is a young ethno-electronic project from Moscow. Their new
album "Dniproenergo" is based on folk melodies and songs from Ukraine & Balkan
in author`s modern arrangements. The traditional ethnic culture today more
and more often is combined with club dancing music, and the album
"Dniproenergo" is a part of such global experience.
listen to tracks:
1 Dana
5 Pasty
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SKMR 026 VILY The Steppe Daughter
File under: folk-rock
VILY - the group executing folk-rock fusion, prompted and inspired by history and
mythology of Great steppe in all riches of its images - from Sarmatian maidens-amazons
to nomads Chingizhan and from varyag campaigns to slavic Barrows.
musicans:
Vasilisa Vvedenckaya - vokal, alt
Lubava Kondakova - acoustic guitar, MIDI-guitar
Alex Karavaev - winds
Mihail Korovin - bass
Kirill Rossolimo - drum, percussion
Andrey Loma - Keyboard
track-list:
1. The Steppe Daughter
2. At the Riverside
3. A Scythe
4. In the field of battle
5. The Falcon
6. The Steppe
7. To the Last Sea
8. The Herds
9. The Blue Raven
10. The Mongol Warrior Song
11. The Spring
SKMR 025 LESPROMHOZ GROOVE the first perfoolmance The evening in memory of Advancehard
File under: ethno-avangard; experimental fusion; world music
Archetype is the thing which was always peculiar to ethnical root music.
Experiment is the use of modern means of expression.
All together is the alternative ethno-electric experimental project LESPROMHOZ groove.
musicans:
Leonov Alexandr -- LIVE-sampler: vocal, traditional aerophones, stringed instruments, non-traditional percussions.
Derevliov Alexey --PHONE-guitar: acoustic and electric guitar, digital effects & loops, primitive aerophones and casual percussions.
Socolov Arkady --BUBEN-beat: various traditional percussion, classical percussions and non-traditional aerophones.
Sheliapin Sergey --GROOVE bass: bass viol, guitar.
Popov Dmitry--SOLO bass: bass viol.
Kaliya Konstantin --PEPELAZa.b.: electronic drum set, analogousloops & beats effects.
Pavlov Ivan --PLASTs: vinyl andCD effects & grooves.
Arkhipov Georgy --SOUND effects
track-list:
1. groove ¹1
2. groove ¹2
3. groove ¹3
4. groove¹4
5. groove¹5
6. groove¹6
024 APRICOT TREE , 2006
File under: ethno-world music-Armenian

The idea of appearing of this CD is to represent Armenian music performed in the way which is close to traditional or natural way of playing this ancient instrumental pieces and songs. The project was created in Moscow at the end of 2002, this CD is the first in it’s history.
Ancient tunes are performing here on duduk (traditional wind instrument), kemancha (4-string violin), percussion, also you can find two vocal pieces. The elements of classical and folk traditions of playing presented by well-known musicians, representatives of different schools of performing.
Apricot Tree is also the modernistic project, existing in our reality. Electronic sounds are taking here the same part as singing of birds, wind-blowing and other nature sounds, which could surround musicians of the past, for example in highlands.
The music of Apricot Tree is like a memory of a lost beauty, an attempt to catch the half-forgotten
sounds through the screen of daily occurance and interference.
Yuri Rubin
musicans:
Boris Martirosov duduk
Armen Ovsepian duduk
Silva Verdiyan vocals
Grant Airapetian kemancha
Yuri Rubin percussions, samples, programming
Track list:
1. Seashore reply
2. Dle yaman
3. Can’t breath in this life any more
4. Karabakh ploughman
5. Boredom
6. In the fireplace
7. Duduk solo
8. New Mugam
SKMR 023 VOLGA "RE MIX ED" , 2006
File under: ethno-electronica
“Volga” is a fanciful blend of postindustrial electronics and archaic percussion coupled to the boundless and finely nuanced voice of Angela Manukian chanting old ritual songs of Russia in her melodic interpretation. If the former has some approximate analogies to Western experimental music, then on the whole the project does not quite fit into traditional categories of electronica/world music, Russian or Slavic folk, or pagan music. Rather all these elements are interwoven in the group’s work into a new music phenomena.
Similar to Peruvian magic songs Icaros, performed by folk healers at ceremonies to expand participants’ consciousness, “Volga’s” songs take listeners’ souls on a journey. To fly up beyond the ordinary into the world of mysteries and forest spirits, of whirl and cosmic resonance where a person opens up to new facets of his/her consciousness. As a result, the healing takes place for a Russian in a world quickly losing its self-identity, in his/her revitalizing connection with the magic of old Russia (in Russian folklore, ritual tunes and Slavic polyrhythmics) and in its harmonious coexistence, in one’s mind, with futuristic arrangements of new global folk music (electronic tribal rhythms and percussion). Either one, enhanced by hypnotic lead vocal, entrances in its own manner, elevating over a humdrum existence to give a sense of celebration and connectedness.
Ancient authentic Russian texts from the 1100’s-1800’s have been gathered by Angela from Russian villages in different regions of the vast country in their own dialects. Each dialect, with its distinctive articulation, forms a unique vocal manner and sound, studied and mastered by the singer in their finest nuances. Her vocal techniques thus range from the academic to Russian Orthodox church to over a dozen ethnic traditions, including those of the Russian Volga area, North, Northeast, Northwest, South, Mid-Russia, Smolensk, Ryazan, Tver, Altai throat singing, Caucasus mountains, Middle East, Balkans, and India. Therefore the Western listener “Volga” takes on a journey into the richness of sound texture of the old and new Russia, never introduced into the world music before. Russian’s mixture of hard consonants and soft round vowels, especially in Angela’s richly intonated delivery, has a lyrical and calming effect. While its fusion with techno, trance, breakbeat mixed with elements of noise and sound of archaic instruments create a danceable ritualistic music with a touch of pagan psychedelia, bringing it to the cutting edge of the new Russian sound.
Anya Zontova
Track list:
1. MOX «Weeping» (Moscow)
2. T.A. LAB «Snowballs»
3. THEODOR BASTARD «Mermaid» (St. Peterburg)
4. IDIORITMIK «Pear-tree»
5. GOD FANS «Verejushki»
6. COH feat. Nina Livanova «Three fields»
7. IVAN SOKOLOVSKY «Dream songs»
8. ALEXEY BORISOV «Jarilo»
9. XMZ «Verejushki»
10. PINK TWINS «Rose» (Helsinki)
11. D1 «Goat» (Novosibirsk)
12. EDIK «Widow» (Moscow)
13. DJ KOLOMBO «Dream songs»
14. CHAOS as SHELTER «Psalom» (Tel Aviv)
15. MOTOR «Verejushki»
16. IDIORITMIK «Po zarechju»
SKMR 022 OLCHEY "BOYDUSKA YOREL" , 2006
File under: ethno-electronica / Tuva Beat / throat singing
Tuvan traditional music has won itself a special place in the music world. First of all, it is characterised by highly developed art of throat-singing. It is easy to see the relation of it to throatsinging used in Tibetan Buddhism, while some scholars point that this manner of sound creation dates back to the first attempts of mankind to speak. It is these attempts that have become extinct in most of the world but still live on as geografically limited heritage which only regains its legacy in the past few years.
It is not that throatsinging survived only in Tuva. In the surrounding Siberian and Central Asian regions and even in Africa there are similar techniques. However, from large concert halls to remote pastures, throatsinging was a symbol of Tuvan identity from the first half of 20th century at the very latest. But Tuvans boast not only the widespread ability to throatsing. It is also a highly developed art which includes at least 3 major genres (sygyt, khoomei, and kargyraa) and several common subgenres, as well as popular personal styles that become nationally popular due to the modern media like tapes or radio waves, that confer every new development of
this art onto the nomadic farmers or local artists throughout the mountanous republic much faster than a celebrated singer is able himself.
This record is a response to the growing worldwide attention towards Tuvan music. It mixes Tuvan traditional songs and contemporary ways of rhythmic organisation, that are rooted in house, chillout, and ambient music.
This CD is a message that uses the contemporary elements of club culture to better communicate the feeling of the near-isolated people living in close contact with nature and preserving their centuries-old culture, to the audience accustomed to big city soundscape and urban civilization.
Pulses of many of Tuvan songs are surprisingly very much like house, and the voice of Ayan-Ool sometimes goes together with synthesizers as naturally as it would have with igil fiddle. This creates the unique feeling of Boyduska Yoreel, both contemporary and traditional.
musicans:
Ayan-Ool Sam -- piano (7), igil (1, 6, 7), doshpulur (3), throat singing (2, 3, 4, 5, 6), khoomei (2, 3), sygyt (2, 3), vocal (4, 5, 6, 7)
Georgy Beletsky -- vocal (6), throat singing (2, 3, 6), sygyt (2, 3)
Andrey Plotnikiv -- arrangement, mastering
Oleg Kalyadintsev -- flute (1)
Sholbana Dendzyn -- music (5)
Track list:
1. Daybreak
2. Turgen chuga / Toungue twister
3. Kozhamyktar/Chastoushkas
4. Doshpulurum / Songs of doshpulur …..
5. BOYDUSKA YOREL / CHANTS of NATURE
6. ENCOUNTER
7. SUNSET
SKMR 021 Choduraa Tumat "Belek / The Gift", 2005
File under: ethnic / Tuva / woman voices / throat singing
As the title suggests, this album is Choduraa`s “gift” for her listeners as well as an expression of her own musical gift. Andwhat agiftitis! Her vocal range is astonishing. She slips with ease between the glottal gymnastic of throat-singing to the plaintive tones of a lullaby or love song, and the ritual imitative calls of animal husbandry. Her instrumental ability is equally impressive as she conjures up the taiga and steppes of Tyva with the igil fiddle or khomus lute and sings of
Her love with the demir khomus jew’s harp/ she shines as a beacon for women – in Tyva and worldwide – for having the strength to break the traditional genbder taboo and perform khoomi, and for standing up to be counted among the wonderful musicians of Tyva”.
DrCarole Pegg
Director of “Inner Asian music”, UK; Senior Researcher at the University of Cambridge, England.
Choduraa Tumat is one of the brightest personalities among the younger generation of Tyvan musicians. She has a wide range of performing abilities. Apart from being a good instrumentalist, playing many instrumentals, Choduraa performs both khoomei and folksongs. Many of Choduraa’s songs have already become popular among Tyvans. It took great creative audacity to step over the frontiers of the traditional idea of khoomei being the prerogative of men. Choduraa Tumat as also the leader of the unique all-women throst-singing group “Tyva Kyzy” (Daughters of Tyva)
Valentina Yuryevna Susukey
(Candidate of Arts, member of the Union of composers of the Rassian Federation,
Renowned scientist of the republic of Tyva, scientific secretary of the Tyvan Institute of the Humanitarian Research)
track-list:
01. - Khoomei (Khoomey styles)
02. - "Uyaravas urug boor men" ("I am a girl who never sad")
03. - Opei yry (Lullaby)
04. - Igilge ayalga "Uzun-khojug" (Igil melody "Long and Soft")
05. - "Kanchap ijiei berbes irgi?" ("Jow is it that it doesn`t hurt?")
06. - Kadarchynyng khuulgaazyn ygylary (Ritual call of a herder)
07. - Ulaam-Byraam (My Ulaam-Byraa)
08. - Demir khomyska aayalgalar (Demir khomus melodies)
09. - "Eveesh nazyn erte-le beer..." (My precious years will quickly pass)
10. - "Salbaam chezhip bergen-ne man" ("I undid my salbak [hair decoration] for you")
11. - "Ajan tudar khooree chuve" (My chest that holds the music)
12. - "Suur bedik kadyr Chalam" (My steep high Chala cliff)
SKMR 020 Leonov-Sokolov-Derevlev L.S.D. (Va-Ta-Ga project), 2005
File under: ethnic fusion/ambient
Ethno-atr-jazz project of member of Wa-Ta-Ga band from Karelia (Russian-Finish border area), recorder during live session in St.Peterburg. This record sounds like experimental ethnic ambient, which musicians played “live”, using the rich variety of handmade folk instruments (like Karelian “youhikko” violin and musical saw) & different styles of traditional singing, combining with modern electronic & sound effects. Music of “L.S.D. Project” express the original spirit of Russian North-side. The beat of waves of White Sea, hurling of seagulls, a songs of a lone pilgrim – all this merge into one musical space, which takes listeners far away from their casual world.
track-list:
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Hey, you falcons
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In the river, in the stream
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Along the sea
SKMR 019 Kyzyl-Moscow Festival fromTuva music in Moscow, 2005
File under: folk / Tuva / throat singing
The concept of the festival is the dialogue of two cultures, two capitals, and two peoples: Kyzyl as the capital of Asia, and Moscow as the capital of Russia.
Tuvan music tradition has an unparalleled emotional radiance. It is wonderfully diverse, melodic and easily accessible even for a first-time listener. The throatsinging has been a symbol of Tuvan culture and identity since the times of old, being an important part of celebrations and rites, and often mentioned in heroic epics and tales. It had never been developed separately, being a part of variety of art forms and life’s activities, inherited from one generation to another, and connected to the wide and mysterious world of nomadic poetry.
Moscow poses as an overly urbanized world that with its big-city rush forgets traditions and the treasure of each nation, traditional culture. Against this background, the careful and skillful devotion of Tuvans towards their own tradition is a symbol that makes you think of your own history and in conjunction of your place in the world community. Moscow and Kyzyl, two ancient Eurasian capitals, connect times together with the help of traditions and the music.
track-list:
Changy-Khaya:
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Beejing Kydat – Caravan Song
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Tarlaashkyn
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Sartyktar
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Bayan-dugai
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Kyzyn Chürek – Heart of the Beauty
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Aldy Bashtyg Kara Dag – Black Mountain
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ChelerBoram
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Kajangnar
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Bayan-dugai
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BashtakYry – HumorousSong
Olchei:
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Öske Cher – In Another Land (Song of Motherland
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Kojamyktar – Comic Rhymes
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Köngürei – (Immigrant Song of) Köngürei
Alash:
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Dyngyl Dai – Bells Ring
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Bashtak – Joke
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Sygyt – A Throatsinging Style
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Düjümet
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Syyn Myigak
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Alash – The River Alash
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Ezengi – A Throatsinging Style
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A-shuDekei-oo
Changy-Khaya and Alash:
25. Ene-Sai
SKMR018 Samosad Band «Miru Mir»/Peace to World , 2005
File under: dub
A new dub album of Sasha Ulaev and his project «Samosad Band» «Miru Mir» differs in many ways from the album «Solovtida»; first of all it’s pure dub, besides the album was recorded in collaboration with a number of excellent and talented musicians from St. Petersburg and Petrozavodsk, and has a very good and «bright» sound.
track-list:
1. I shall trust 14:33
2. space is infinite 9:45
3. depart 11:37
4. clearness 13:43
SKMR016 Andrei Mongush and ensemble «Sagal» «in Favour», 2005
File under: world music/throat singing/Tuva/Russia
A solo project of the fabulous Tuvinian band Huun-Huur-Tu member.
Traditional Tuvinian music and throat singing are combined in the album with progressive styles of contemporary music, such as reggae, dub, etc.
The unique album is a contact point of root sound and non-traditional arrangement.
òðåê-ëèñò:
1. Tuvam
2. Dunguldai
3. Dekkei-oo
4. Kongur-Bay
5. Eki a`ttar
6. Uzuy khoug
7. Okur
8. Khozamuk
9. Minnip chopð
10. Chailag
11. Love
SKMR014 Dub you various, 2005
File under: world music/chill out/dub/Russia
The collection of easy listening electronics and dub, joining together leading musicians of the genre. Ethno ambient and dub vibrations will charge you with positive energy for long time. Airy, sunny and really summertime music.
track-list:
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Ñosmozoo - Dub Inside (trip out mix)
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ßãà-Jaga - Travushka (sunshine mix)
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Dubie Leto - Bubble-Dubble
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Dr. Tikov & Magic band - Eternal Dub
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Lost Seasons - Cristine (feat. Second Hand Band)
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Plugins Pleasure - Golden Ring Dub
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ÑîííûåÌèøêè– Sweetsmoke
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ShalaJe Sound System - Lite Dub
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Telen Gwad & Dreamnet - Kamasutra Dub
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Dublicut - Lite Up
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Dub Constructor as a guest of Caribaces - Zveno Dub
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Samosad Band - White Sea
SKMR011 Volga «Tri Polya»/Three Fields, 2004
File under: world music/experimental electronics/ambient/Russia 
The album «Volga» "Tri Polya " is a collection of various hoodoos and rituals, with several "common" sketches, which, nevertheless, have a certain mystic quality and are marked with genuinely Russian fatalism. The work on the album began already in the end of 1999. For all these years the group collected ethnographic and musical material, that required some particular approach. The CD also features video by Roman Anikushin, made for the song "Verejushki".
track-list: Red Rose On the Hill Verejushki Three fields Psalom
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Pear-tree
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By the sea
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Prinse Poman
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Cry
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Mass
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Screams
SKMR009 Drobinska «GUiE DE CIRNAT», 2004
File under: world music/Balkan fusion
"DROBINSKA" - is Oleg’s solo project, earlier he performed with the group "Dobranoch". "DROBINSKA" - is a unique blend of Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian and Rumanian melodies, which Oleg gathered traveling around Hungary, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and also in Kishinev Conservatory, where he met Martin Nyaga – who helped greatly to launch the project. Odd bits of music performed by «DROBINSKA» become something more than just folklore – now it is world music, giving new vibrations to your mind and soul. The group plans to release a new album and to go for a concert tour across Europe.
Musicans:
Oleg Drobinski – clarnet, gaida, fluer, kaval, domra
Mancurt – violoncello, vocal
Nina Kharacos – accordion
Inna Bondar – vocal
Roman Kornesky - percussions
track list:
01 - Àòîéñêà Ðú÷åíèöà (The Bulgarian dance)
02 - Nani Nani (The Moldavian lullaby)
03 - Èíæåâñêà Ãàéäà (A macedonian melody for bagpipe)
04 - Slobozine a Gazde-n Casa (Romanian “kolyadka”)
05 - Nouae Optimi (A macedonian melody on 9/8)
06 - Cozacul Batrinilor (The Romanian dance from Bukovina)
07 - Duni Min, Duni (The Serbian song about love)
08 - Âåëèêäåíñêî Îðî (The Bulgarian easter dance)
09 - Imam Sluzhba (The Bulgarian song about leaving in army)
10 - Êîïàíèöà (The Bulgarian dance )
11 - Mi Badita (Moldavian)
12 - Pravo Lesnoto Oro (Macedonian)
SKMR008 Namgar «Hatar», 2003
File under: world music/Buryatia/Mongolia
«Namgar» – is the unique Moscow-based group, playing the music of Southern Siberia and Mongolia. On the one hand, the group’s message is a revival of passing genres of nomads’ creativity – Buryat dance tunes njeriejen and joohor, «ring-songs», Mongolian olden time songs about beauties and heroes, and their mighty horses. On the other hand – it’s a search for a new musical language, where electric noise reminds of the space filled with ancient nomadic tunes.
musicans:
NAMGAR – vocal
Evgeny Zolotaryov – chanza, vocal
Jamyan Urantogs – yataga, vocal
Altangerel - morin huur, back vocal
Uri Balashov – electronic noises, percussion and Tibetan singing
Battuvshin – limba flute, a throat singer, jaw harps
Nikolay Ksenofontov – percussion
track-list:
01. Yookhor I (The Buryat round dance)
02. Arwan Tavnii Sar
03. Buljamur (Skylark)
04. Yookhor II
05. Buriad Oron (The Earth Buryat)
06. Taviin Hasag
07. Hadadaa
08. Erbed Sookhor
09. Torgon Haaryn Alkhan`
10. Gaikhamaaraa
11. Yookhor III
12. Yundengoogoo
13. Tuulai
SKMR007 Samosad Band «Solovtida», 2003.
File under: world music/electronics/ambient/dub
«Solovtida» - is the Solovki Islands saga in music, where the author – Alexander Ulaev recorded sounds of brooks and chimes, wash and diesel power plant, belugas and accidentally met Cossack chorus. All of them became parts of the Suite, representing audio-image of Solovki, thus integrating the originality of Russian culture and actual music styles.
track-list:
1. The White Sea
2. A bell
3. A monastery
4. Labyrinthes
5. Polar dolphins
6. Diesel power station
7. Not for me
8. Streams
SKMR004 Volga «Concert», 2003
File under: world music/experimental electronics/ambient/Russia
"Volga" - is experimental noise-electronics and ambient, based on Old Russian, pagan songs and incantations of Volga region peoples. Their music is so deep and meditative that traditional Russian tunes reveal completely unknown, uninvestigated form of interaction with reality, when the world around is seen through the psychedelic perspective of traditional shamanism of our ancestors, touched by gentle undertones of folk tunes. Quite definitely, in works of «Volga» you can feel the traditions of ancient magus and sorcerers, who freely associate with the world of spirits.
SKMR002 Reel(Va-Ta-Ga) «Strannie Ludi»(Strange People), 2002
File under: world music/ethnic fusion/Russia/Karelia
«REEL» now «Va-Ta-Ga» - is a group from Petrozavodsk, representing lively and bright music. Art-rock, avant-garde and world music are carefully balanced here. The group leader - Sasha Leonov plays hand-made folk, wind and string instruments, and sings Russian and Karelian songs, reconstructing early skomorokh traditions.
Two songs - male and female - are interwoven in one work, thus creating quite a new concept of Russian song. Combination of various genuinely Russian instruments, such as gudok, gusli, zhaleika, rozhok, kalyuka, and also Karelian jouhikko and sarvi (wooden horn wrapped in birch bark) with traditional instruments of other ethnic groups can evoke in a listener a lot of deep thoughts about the Art, and more general meditation on cliche-ridden way of thinking.
track-list:
1. Vutitsa 8:36
2. Vo Tomskoi… 4:31
3. Udu-drum&kaljuka flute 1:40
4. Obriadovaja 4:15
5. Ivan 5:03
6. Zarja 4:53
7. Pomorskaja 5:24
8. Ya hodila, Ja guljala … 5:25
9. Kumushki 11:11
http://sketismusic.ru/mp3/S.Starostin/05-Tanya.mp3