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Styles – avant music, fusion, experimental & unusual forms of jazz, intuitive improvisation,

throat singing & overtone music, sometimes experimental electronic, ethno & world

AKATZIA releases:

Special price! - 10CD / 70 euro !!!

ATZ 023!!! KNYAZ MISHKIN “Sector Geza” (2007) CD, digipak 11 euro

On this moment this is the very best record of legendary belorussian band “KNYAZ MISHKIN”. It was made at St’Petersburg club “GEZ-21” in spring 2007. Fantastic Leo Narushevich (guitar), Victor Semashko (flutes), Alexander “Aliss” Alekhin (bari sax, flutes, mouthpieces, voice).

ATZ 022 AKATZIA SAMPLER #1 “Artists!” (2006) CD, digipak 11 euro

Records of AKATZIA musicians 1998-2006

ATZ 021!!! ALISSID JAZZ “Tapes on Trees” (2006) CD, digipak 11 euro

The music of this records is a bright example of advanced intellectual live ethno- and smooth jazz.

The style is best of all described as New Fusion, implying sophistication and elegance, ingenious harmony, picturesque imagery and strong driving emotionality.

Various beautiful songs on English & Spanish

ATZ 020 ALEXANDR ALEKHIN & DMITRY KONSTANTINOV “Sketches” (2006) CD-R, digipak 15 euro

Experimental acid-jazz, trip-hop, minimalism, downtempo

ATZ 019 ARTHUR VOLKHOVSKY “Arabesque” (2006) CD-R, digipak 15 euro

Electro-ethno, acid-jazz with arab percussion

ATZ 018!!! ALISSID JAZZ & NIKOLAY OORZHAK “Oorjazz!” (2006) CD, digipak 11 euro

Record from live concert in CHA, Moscow, winter 2006. Intuitive improvisation with throat singing of tuvan shaman Nikolay Oorzhak

ATZ 017 ALISSID JAZZ & THROATH SINGERS “Songs about Native Land” (2006) CD-R, digipak 15 euro

Experimental intuitive improvisation with throat singers from Tuva and Bouriatiya

ATZ 016 KNYAZ MISHKIN "Pokeda" (2006) CD-R, digipak 15 euro

Record from live concert in Jivoy Ugolok club, Moscow, winter 2006. Intuitive improvisation. Guitar, flute, bari-sax, drums

ATZ 015 ALISSID JAZZ “Live in 2005” (2005) CD-R, digipak 15 euro

Various records live in 2005

ATZ 014 ALEXANDR ALEKHIN Two Towers” (2005) CD-R, digipak 15 euro

Instrumental records live in 2005

ATZ 013!!! ALISSID JAZZ "Animal Fashion" (2005) CD, digipak 11 euro

The album comprised several hits familiar to the “Alissid Jazz” concert visitors in 2002-2004, which have never been recorded before.

For instance “The Bat” (“Thisa Bata” version) or “Acid River”. All these things are presented in a suddenly unusual arrangement.

The album is also based on such fresh compositions as “Snakes”, which Aliss calls “one of the best creations of the recent time”.
New Fusion

ATZ 012!!! ALISSID JAZZ "Yo-dance" (2004) CD, digipak 11 euro

Album consists of dancing remixes from previous albums and new compositions. The album characterizes a lot of African, Arabian and other ethnic rhythms

and melodies. It is the first album in such style. Though Aliss speaks, that for a long time wanted to record it

ATZ 011 ALISSID JAZZ & ELENA BELYAEVA / Ethnica Project “Live in Budapest” (2003) CD-R, digipak 15 euro

Record from live concerts in Budapest, Hungary, summer 2003. Sziget festival, Godor club. Russian folk songs & live acid jazz.

ATZ 010 ALEXANDR ALEKHIN & DMITRY DARIAN “Zerkalo” CD-R, digipak 15 euro

Experimental avant-jazz sometimes with ethno tunes. Drums, flute-bansury, bari & sop-sax, didjeridoo

ATZ 009!!! KNYAZ MISHKIN "Lebedzrakdashuka" (2003) CD, digipak 11 euro

Record from live concert in DOM club, Moscow, 2003. Intuitive improvisation. Guitar, flute, bari-sax, drums

ATZ 008 ALISSID JAZZ "Hot Contents!" (2002) CD-R, digipak 15 euro

Style – hard progressive acid-jazz.

ATZ 007 ALISSID JAZZ "Hunter Ze" (2002) CD-R, digipak 15 euro

June, 3, 2002. Records of experimental show "HZ" in "Rusich" centre (Belgorod).
The basic idea - real perception of life, as hunting, as interactions of "hunters" и "rabbits". Hunting behind money, sex, love, authority. Passion, fear and eternal values.
Style - the authentic ethno-jazz.

ATZ 006 ALEXANDR ALEKHIN & ALEX VOLYNSKY “Sansara” (2002) CD-R, digipak 15 euro

Experimental avant-zen music sometimes with ethno tunes.

ATZ 005 ALEKHIN-VOLYNSKY-DARIAN-ISMAILOV “Heavenly Puppies” (2002) CD-R, digipak

Experimental avant-jazz sometimes with ethno tunes. Intuitive improvisation. Guitar, flute, sop-sax, bass, drums

ATZ 004 ALISSID JAZZ "Dreamtimes" (2001) CD-R, digipak 15 euro

July, 13, 2001 within the framework of the project " Alissid Jazz " in Belgorod has makes avant-jazz improvisation show "Dreamtimes" with participation of actors, artists and musicians, of course.
Style - improvisation with ethnic and jazz elements. Music was recorded right from the stage. At that time was created a big polythene painting at the background of stage. Right before spectators (before a stage) were improvised actors.

ATZ 003 ALISSID JAZZ "ZEN" (2000) CD-R, digipak 15 euro

Authentic Zen-music based on world music traditions. Overtone and subtonic singing, African and Cuba drums, water jars, australian didgeridoo, Japan flute, flute-bansuri...

ATZ 002 ALISSID JAZZ "Okhotnik" (1999) CD-R, digipak 15 euro

Everyone of us is a hunter. Everyone of us is a rabbit.
Acid Jazz, New Age. Modern rhythm with ethnic melodies. Unexpected transcriptions of " Summertime " (Gershwin) and " Blue Moon " (Rogers).

ATZ 001 ALEKHIN-POBEGAYLO-KONSTANTINOV "Dragon, Griffin and Turtleman" (1998) CD-R, digipak 15 euro

Authentic zen-music. Live in "Art-club". Three men are on the stage: Alexandr, Donald and Dmitry (" Dragon ", " Griffin " and " Turtleman "). Theme of eath song - poem of the mood (Alexandr) + overtone singing (Donald). Improvisation - ethnic drums, flutes (Alekhin-Pobegaylo) and virtuoso playing of Konstantinov (guitar).

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