Authentic Light Orchestra & pommelHORSE at GG Jazz III, Krasnodar, November 7, 2014

Second day of GG Jazz III international festival with all the evidence should have been good. Both listed bands, as I was sorting through their YouTube occurrences and audio streaming sources, had their strengths, had unique sound, and importantly were jazz-fusion bands, not a rather frequent occasion on the festival of “classical jazz” act, delivering mostly a sort of museum exhibition, but a compelling music per se. It was promising, but, in fact, I didn’t have a clue what kind of scale of event I will be…

Marcus Miller at GG Jazz II, Krasnodar, November 4, 2013

Opening day at GG Jazz II.

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Holy shit
I just had a little hike taking back to the apartment, and all the hour there was a single thought buzzing in my head, – Holy shit, holy shit, that was plain awesome! I was kind of under heavy impression, naturally like I was a stoned, walking. Or maybe I was actually stoned, who knows.

There wasn’t much of premise for such a big outcome. Okay, I knew long before that second GG Marcus Miller is coming, I’ve seen some billboards…

Animals as Leaders at Plan B, Moscow, April 24, 2013

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In the tradition of pessimistic – as it fits what has happened – storytelling the very conclusion is told straight off. The event has failed, and for the sole fact of Animals as Leaders' performance it is too much to make it even clearly neutral. On the other side disgusting line-up and poor sound-engineering stand significantly. Both of them reoccur from the last time I’ve been to the band in Saint Petersburg 2011. That’s a bummer :-(

Over four hours of boredom and disgust, Fucking Booking Machine Agency…

Нино Катамадзе & Insight at Театр Драмы, Krasnodar, April 4, 2013

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Here won’t be a big imagination-rich story or precise description. Well, much of the time-inspiration pair is drained by software engineering. Though I like the way it goes, and nevertheless I have something to say.

It had been long since I was confident on what I could call a reference male vocal, with color, depth and range but had no close female competitor. Two specimen are still at their honorable position, Maynard and Brandon. About a year and half ago they received a counterpart.

Based on a strong…

Mooncake at SU-27, Krasnodar, April 15, 2012

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How did you know about the event?
Well, the story is strange. I do recently observe what last.fm recommends in the country and I have already been to Mooncake and the genre is quite common for my library but nothing about it. The saturday before the gig I was at one place, the window was opened and I started to hear drums. After half of hour a bass has joined, then a guitar. I thought it was a rehearsal. But there were nothing like garages or any suitable space. When a native…

First part, the Plot of Animals As Leaders at Kosmonavt, September 29, 2011

Both, human memory and video camera microphone mask flaws of the gig, as the former forgets and the later compresses.

Flow

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1. Point to Point ►
2. Wave of Babies ►

Here Javier played sad ambient piece, while Tosin had been fixing his gear.

3. Song of Solomon ►

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4. Tempting Time ►

Here Javier played much more integral piece, which is either an intro to new song, or even a separate one.

T-t-t. Saint-Petersburg, hello! Hello. We’re gonna play a new song for…

Animals As Leaders at Kosmonavt, September 29, 2011

An adventure of the great discovery.

Everything started from polyrythm this spring. Wikipedia article featured the following:

Contemporary progressive metal bands such as Tool, Animals as Leaders and Dream Theater also incorporate polyrhythms in their music…

First part, the Flow of Dream Theater at Crocus City Hall, July 12, 2011

The Best is the Enemy of the Good.

Plot

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The “brotherhood of wisdom” of Dream Theater had been about ~3000. When Crocus City Hall has about 7000 places when the front area is transformed to fan zone. I’m not sure whether it’s big enough audience or not, but some wrote something about a shame. At least I’ve seen no event banners in the center of the city, but one at bus station somewhere in the south.

I’ve already been in Crocus for an IT…

Dream Theater at Crocus City Hall, July 12, 2011

The time I’ve seen Dream Theater’s Moscow gig again, was about sustainable uncertainty of the first impression about Black Clouds & Silver Linings. It took me about two weeks to recheck the record and realize it’s as great most of recent releases. It may be ambiguous, but the instrumental mixes from 3rd CD helped me understand this record a lot. So continuously switching from instrumental to vocal mixes made feel I’m in.

Since Dream Theater has been established long before the progressive metal, which I’m big admirer of,…

Nobody.one at Korsar

What is it like when the friend invites to a gig at local pub. For a band of the guy whose video you’ve seen once. Or twice. Then, – Why not, – you reply cheerfully with the remembrance attempt of the video which wasn’t actually a reference of the local underground kind. So, what it has been?

Act

When Steeve Vai meets James Root and pontificates in domestic booze-haikus. When Nate Mendel himself does the way he used to and Richard Gere meets young Joey Jordison, the evening rolls.

Play

If you say nobody.one is about wah-covered…