Artemiev, Artemiy

Artist: Artemiy Artemiev
P: 1998
This album dates back to 1998 and is an evocative journey across the vast Asian continent. There are five lengthy tracks: "Hong Kong - 01.07.1997", "Flying Eagle", "Journey Under the Great China Wall", "Mysteries of the Ming Dynasties", and "One Night on the Khangay Mountain". The overlying impression I get from all the tracks is of movement - political, social and human. The sound is huge, layer upon layer of densely textured synths, samples of Mongolian, Chinese and Japanese instruments, percussion and Buddhist chants and all sorts of weirdness. The music has a grandeur that matches Kitaro's great classic album, "Kojiki", and like that it builds a mind picture of a region of the world positively bulging with humanity among a clash of differing cultures. From a musician whose albums all set high standards this is one of his very best.
 

Artist: Artemiy Artemiev
P: 2000
Russian electronic musician Artemiy Artemiev returns with a collection of tracks (presumably unreleased) recorded between 1988-2000.
"Forgotten Themes" mainly consists of pleasant, rhythmic electronic compositions. If you enjoy the soundtrack music of Tangerine Dream then you will most definitely enjoy this CD. Standout tracks in my opinion are the moody spatial electronics of "Space Distortion" and the gloomy electronics-possessing grandeur of "Realm of Shadows". The sombre violin music on this composition makes the piece outstanding.
 

Artist: Artemiy Artemiev
P: 1997
On his third release Artemiy Artemiev tries to find the point of intersection between two styles of music: electronic and electroacoustic and two cultures: eastern and western. Five lengthy tracks will show us just where the point of intersection actually lies. All of the five compositions on this CD consist of slow moving ambient electronics with an undercurrent to them. "Down by the Footsteps Leading to the Abyss" particularly stands out, being the longest track at 21.40. This track also includes neoclassical passages and the sampled mournful singing of The Deacons Of The Virgin Qamishi (Syrian Orthodox Church) put to great effect. Brilliant piece of music. "The Point of Intersection" (18.59) also includes various eastern instrumentation amongst the slow moving ambient electronics. It's strangely meditative. Marvelous piece of music. In fact all 5 tracks are wonderfully captivating listening. Another excellent release from Artemiy Artemiev which I can thoroughly recommend.

Artist: Artemiy Artemiev
P: 1997
"The Warning" contains Artemievs' oldest recordings (1993 - Gorky Film Studio) and features guests Dimitriy Kutergin (of "Nochnoy Prospekt") on violin and Michael Jakushev on oboe. The 11 tracks on the 73' CD (including a real "Overture", "Finale" and two covers of Claudio Monteverdi) seem to form the soundtrack to some strange, dark and moody film. Most of his music could be defined as 'modem classical on keyboards', played with all the intensity and dark shadows of the traditional Russian spirit.

Artist: Rüdiger Lorenz, Traumklang
P: 1996
This 6 th part of the series, also includes some new und unreleased tracks by new and already known artists out of the EM scene.

Here the last copy!