Art-jazz-prog rock from Russia with love. Weird, wild stuff, but also very good. Veteran Russian group Auktyon has returned after four quiet years with their latest album, yet another blend of disparate influences ranging from their home country's folk stylings to American jazz, traditional Middle Eastern music and Caribbean music all filtered through a decidedly un-traditional sensibility. Call it 'fusion', call it 'art rock', call it whatever you want. I'll just call it 'damn good'. The band's sound is and always has been difficult to pin down in...
Marc Ribot and John Medeski Hey folks, Russia's Auktyon were supposed to be celebrating the release of their new record Top at Le Poisson Rouge on Feb 16 , but due to circumstances beyond their control, the band couldn't make it into the country. Fortunately, despite the last minute cancellation, LPR was still able to put together an impressive bill for Thursday night including frequent Aukyton collaborators John Medeski and Marc Ribot , along with William Parker and Andrew [...]
in march, at the end of the month, i am visiting russia for my spring break! it will be my first visit ~ i have never been before. my parents, however, have, during the days of the cold war. being from western and northern europe, how they got in {and out, for that matter} of an east blok country is a mystery to me. well, back then, russia wasn’t so nice. there was lots of poverty and a dark mood always hung in the air. but things have changed. although not perfect, life in russia has become a lot better. [...]
auktyon new year song 2006 Paleo's diary : one song, each day across the stars singing (française version) Peut-on, doit-on rendre compte des choses qui ne se passent pas. Ainsi je n'y suis pas allé. A l'arrêt de bus. Faisait trop froid. Pas assez jour. Je n'ai pas plus fait ma liste 2006. M'y suis [...]
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