Russian Music

[Neapolitan]

Here are some gems from the gold age of Russian music.
Anyone else a fan of Russian music?

ВИА "Верасы" Я у бабушки живу
[VIA] of " [Verasy]" I in grandmother live

I think the singer's name is Jadwiga.

ВИА "Верасы" Любовь моя
[VIA] of " [Verasy]" Love is my
The melody of Jadwiga's backing vocals from 2:13 to 2:19 sounds like Ave Maria by Franz Schubert - imo.


ВИА "Здравствуй, песня" Не обещай
[VIA] of " How do you do, [pesnya]" Do not promise


ВИА "Пламя" Идёт солдат по городу
[VIA] of " [Plamya]" [Idet] of soldiers around the city


Some of these songs may not be too familiar so I have to include this unforgettable rendition of a more popular Russian song.
Moscow Night - A Russian folk Song - Interpreted by Stanley Power

[Guybrush]

I like Arsenal which I guess could be called a jazz fusion band that incorporated a range of influences in their music.

I didn't find the track I wanted, but here's the opener from the debut album. Some of this is quite RIO-y, but it's in no way representative of their music as a whole.

[Mrd00d]

I don't know much but one or two modern bands:





Post-jazz, instrumental 8-piece group from St. Petersburg I believe.

[Howard the Duck]

one word - Auktyon:-

[Neapolitan]

Originally Posted by tore

I like Arsenal which I guess could be called a jazz fusion band that incorporated a range of influences in their music.

I didn't find the track I wanted, but here's the opener from the debut album. Some of this is quite RIO-y, but it's in no way representative of their music as a whole.

That was wild. There were different parts in the piece that reminded me of a few bands from the 70s like one phrase in the piece was like Chicago and another phrase sounded like King Crimson and it's mixed together with a bunch of other stuff too. It was interesting. The one Russian band I really like is Trio Voronezh. I don't know how to categorized the type of music Trio Voronezh plays. Their stuff reminds me a little bit like the David Grisman Quintet. Grisman mixes Jazz, Bluegrass, and Folk and other music together in a type of music which he calls Dawg. There's a stronger folk sound in the Folk-Jazz fusion by playing on traditional folk instruments. TV seems to have the same approach (to music as DGQ) except where TV mixes folk with other types of music in a progressive way with a definite Russian flavor. Vladimir Volokhin on the domra (closely related to a balalaika), Valerie Petrukhin on the double-bass balalaika and Sergei Teleshev on the an (accordion).

Originally Posted by Howard the Duck

one word - Auktyon:-

I thought the court jester was going to hit the other guy over the head with that instrument.

Originally Posted by Mrd00d

I don't know much but one or two modern bands:

Post-jazz, instrumental 8-piece group from St. Petersburg I believe.

One thing I've notice with Russian music is that the bass players can play exceptionally well.

[Guybrush]

Originally Posted by Neapolitan

That was wild. There were different parts in the piece that reminded me of a few bands from the 70s like one phrase in the piece was like Chicago and another phrase sounded like King Crimson and it's mixed together with a bunch of other stuff too. It was interesting.

Yeah, they're a 70s band and their range of influences is impressive they're not easy to pigeonhole.

After some more searching, I was able to find one of my favourite tunes. I have their music from a box-set containing all their work, but I believe this is from their second studio album.



I'm afraid I have to run to work, but I'll check out Trio Voronezh when I come back

[djsupermazembe]

Originally Posted by Howard the Duck

one word - Auktyon:-

Auktyon are awesome!! I have a big collection of Soviet era records but haven't managed to find Auktyon's albums yet. I'll definitely be posting some stuff here soon because I love Russian music! (or at least some of it)

[Scarlett O'Hara]

Originally Posted by Howard the Duck

one word - Auktyon:-

Wow these guys are really good, thanks for getting me on to them. As for some of the other Russian music posted, can't say it's my cup of tea.

[ikvat]

[michal]

Russian old song are a amazing songs here. Keep it up.!