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World music, Urban folk, Unza unza… Sasha Pushkin – Guitar, Voice, Kazu Here’s the ingredients for the PUSHKIN FUNNPLUGGED sound: Make a drum set out of Djembe, Darabuka and Talking Drums. Just for fun. Play Greek Tzura Russian melodies. Play one Russian Balalaika in American 30’s Swing style. And just sing whatever you feel. Take Russian, English, German or any African language you speak. Take European 3/4 and African 6/8. Take Russian 2/4 and German 4/4. Just for fun. Do you smoke Papirosa? Do you drink Vodka? It helps your voice expression.
So, now just throw all that stuff together in one big pot, et voilà. And keep it simple. Very, very simple. Just for fun. Now take your body in your hands, make the beat move your feet, Just for fun. Is it Folk Rock? Is it World fusion? Is it Blatniak? (At least 100,000,000 Russians know what “Blatniak” means) No it´s just Pushkin Funplugged!! 3 members of Psycho-Active-Ethno-Industrial group Pushkin Boom Beat have made this project. Just for fun. Here they are: Sasha Pushkin (Russia) Voice, Guitar, Kazu
Souleymane Toure (Ivory Coast) Djembe, Tarabuka, Talking Drums, Drums, Bambaru, Versatile veteran drummer from Ivory Coast. His beat has powered a legendary orchestra from Abijan and brought Alpha Blondy to the charts. He worked with Manu Dibango and 1001 others. A founder of Academy Percussion and grand patriarch of Berlin´s percussionists. Oleg Matrosov (Machorka – Tabakistan)
Sura, Balalaika, Voice See you later! Little bit of a history: The idea of this project came spontaneously, when Sasha
was glancing through a musical instruments catalogue and saw a very small
guitar – APXT1N from Yamaha. And then he just got an idea of a group,
playing Russian Urban Roots based Folk music mixed with unknown for that
style Afro – Arabic rhythms… A great groove, but made by small guitar
and simple instruments. Like home made & hand made music… And after
a long period of Rock, Electroinic, and Jazz experiments Sasha wanted
to relax by playing a music, which is so easy to play. Because it´s always
there, it´s in the blood. Since childhood. Yamaha APXT1N This is maybe the only project, where Sasha also plays music written by others. Except piano playing, where anything is possible. |
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......>>> PUSHKIN FUNPLUGGED FUNKY FOLK ? ETHNO FUN ? URBAN VOLK ? BLATNIAK ? WORLD MUSIC ? Souleymane Toure (Drums, Percussion) „Der Virtuose Pushkin wirkte wie ein an die Spitze stürmender Showmaster
... Nach den ersten Paar Takten war die Halle zum bersten voll ...
und kein Einziger verliess den Raum vor dem Ende ...“ Was passiert, wenn man Jahrhunderte altes russisches Liedgut mit modernen Rhythmen aufmischt? Wenn eine rasende Balalaika in Banjomanier einen Gesang im Stile Odessas der 50er Jahre begleitet? Sasha Pushkin aus St. Petersburg und seine Musikerkollegen führen es in ihrem Funplugged-Psrojekt vor. Mit rauer Wodka-Stimme, reichlich Ironie und atemberaubenden Tempi treiben sie der russischen Seele die Melancholie aus. Musiker sorgen dabei mit typischen Instrumenten ihrer Heimat für die frappierenden musikalischen Quertreibereien. Ob Expressiv und Rhythmisch, Soft und Einfühlsam, Traurige Romanzen
und Feurige Tanzschtucke... Presse: Die Welt, Berliner Morgenpost, Zitty, Tip, Folk-Michel, Berliner
Zeitung, TAZ, BZ, Volker, Tagesspiegel, Berliner Abendblatt, Intro, Guide,
Freie Presse, Jazzthetik, Vogue, Hi Fi Music, ... TV: NTV, ORB,
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