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Deep Tone Project: Torero Hallucinogene
by Ian Patterson
The curiously titled “Torero Hallucinogene" (Hallucinogenic Bullfighter) is a haunting, brushes-steered ballad from Ukrainian outfit Deep Tone Project--the collaborative quartet of double bassist Konstantin Ionenko, tenor saxophonist Viktor Pavelko, guitarist Aleksandr Pavlov and drummer Pavel Galitsky. Two years on from its debut, Flow (Fancy Music, 2014), Deep Project's follow-up Onward found its home on Jordi Pujol's Fresh Sound New Talent label--a fitting stable for a quartet of international pedigree. Pavelko's serpentine tenor lines quietly beguile throughout, but it ...
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by Mark Sullivan
Another fine collection of contemporary jazz from the Ukrainian collective band Deep Tone Project. The personnel is unchanged from their first album Flow (Fancy Music, 2014). But the compositional input is even more democratic. Previously split between guitarist Aleksandr Pavlov and bassist Konstantin Ionenko, this time a third of the tunes come from the pen of tenor saxophonist Viktor Pavelko. Ionenko plays upright bass on all but two selections here, giving the group a richer, more acoustic sound than on ...
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by Budd Kopman
Flow might just be the perfect record for late-night, candle light-and-wine listening with that special someone. As the music comes out of the speakers, it floats and softly envelops the room in deep violet, making time stop for the duration. If the group can be said have a leader, electric bassist Konstantin Ionenko would share the honors with guitarist Alexandr Pavlov, since they each composed four of the tunes. Tenor saxophonist Viktor Pavelko and drummer Pavel Galitsky round ...
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by Karl Ackermann
Beyond the recent headlines there is a cultural history in Ukraine that has influenced much of Europe and Western Asia since the middle ages. Under the Soviet regime, much of the country's classical and religious music was banned while the region's folkloric music not only thrived but, after Ukrainian independence, remained a defensive mechanism to counter the unwelcome influence of Western music. Jazz in particular was suspect, having once been labeled by Pravda as “The Music of the Gross." Though ...
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