Kunstkamera

Grundik+Slava are the collaboration between two electronic musicians and sound-artists Grundik Igor Kasyansky and Slava Smelovsky. They got together in 1994 in Tel-Aviv and quickly emerged as the key figures in the Israeli experimental electronic music scene. Their record “Polise” was even voted “best Israeli electronic album of the year” by major Israeli newspapers Maariv and Ha-Aretz in 2000. Grundik and Slava have released several CD’s in Israel and Germany. On their 4th album “… for Electronics and Birds”, the first one to be released outside Israel, the duo brings a collection of clean soundscapes here and there mixed with ethnic ingredients that enrich the otherwise very sterile ambience. Not really for my ears though because it lacks of dissonant elements for some reason. www.stateart.de

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16.07.04 Grundik (electronics, shortwave radio, rainstick) and Petrovich (tuba, flugelhorn) at Cave gallery 58 Grand Street, Brooklyn

15.07.04 8pm. At the Galapagos Art Space/ 70 North 6th Street Williamsburg, Brooklyn Grundik (electronics, shortwave radio) participates at The Psychasthenia Society.

The Psychasthenia Society, hosted by Jon Keith Brunelle, is a program of storytelling, video, and music mediated by portable electronics, featuring some of the best work by New York artists whose instruments are laptop computers and related devices

This cd is very special. On this cd bird- and sounds of nature are merged into clear sounding electronic compositions. This is already the fourth cd of the Russian-American Grundik + Slava and this is the first one distributed worldwide. The sound colours and patterns are very pleasurable and the music feels like a warm bath or the sun of the first days of spring. The music is harmonic with nice atmospheres and melancholic sounds. The image that is invoked by the music is that of an awakening richly flourishing nature. Sometimes you’ll notice Oriental elements, underlined by the singing of Victoria Hanna, who’s not afraid to throw in some jazzy pieces. This is a cd for the lover of pure and honest music that aims straight for the heart and soul. A fresh wind blows through the mind of the listener while listening to the music after which you feel reborn. This is a very good achievement. Check this!

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D-side Magazine, July issue, 2004