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Mikhail Chekalin "Paradigm Transition" |
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(P) Mir Records/ Eurock, USA, 2004 
Part 1 - 4:46
Part 2 - 3:22
Part 3 - 6:15
Part 4 - 8:53
Part 5 - 8:37
Part 6 - 6:00
Part 7 - 2:58
Part 8 - 4:01
Part 9 - 11:35
Part 10 - Paradigm Transition - 12:51
Part 11 - P.S. for Bayan - 7:14
Playing time: 76:32
© 1996, 2004 M.Chekalin
Composed, performed and produced by Mikhail Chekalin. Music was recorded in April 1996, DET NORSKE TEATRET, Oslo, Norwege. Sound engineer Igor Zamaraev. Mixed by Mikhail Chekalin in 2004, Moscow. Drawings and art-cover design by Mikhail Chekalin.
PARADIGM TRANSITION displays yet another facet of Chekalin's musical personality, a very different one. I don't know how much he may have listened to the music of Christian Vander, but in some s ways this album echoes him, albeit markedly different in compositional style.
 Chekalin's music is more melodic and cerebral, synthesized, and ceremonial in a pagan sort of way. The instrumental arrangements accented by powerful percussive effects, and phonetic vocals in a made up language that creates at times a liturgical effect. This combination of music, pulse and voice results in an alchemical hybrid of jazz and neo-classic rooted in the tradition of Russia's great masters of music culture.
The album is a powerful example of a modern "post symphony", and may well be the ultimate emotional listening experience when it comes to Chekalin's music. As such it stands as a stunning piece of musical counterpoint in relation to the other two works of the trilogy.
A. Patterson / Eurock.com |
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