Genre: Experimental/ Noise/ Ritual 

Track Listing:

10 Untitled tracks

 
The small yellow paper inside this album tells me about the many members of the group that bears an eyebrow-raising moniker of "Noises of Russia". With 1g0g on samplers' field recordings and Laptop, Nikolay Kalmykov on analogue electronic noise, M.M on guitar, Igor Potsukailo on metal percussion, Evegeny Saenko with vocals, and in addition to two invisible members for the album, yet as this album was recorded live, their part must have been very meaningful when performed – Grigory Glazunov as a Butoh dancer and VJ Alco for the video projections, you know that you are going to hear something very rich once you press Play.
 
The performance begins slowly, with whispering drones and words I cannot understand, but give an impression of a call for arms, as if the musicians are being called to take their places and show us what they got. The entire performance goes through various rich textures of sound, proving the high number of musicians is critical for this organic and delicate work. The metal percussion are clear while gliding over the various digital manipulations. Low and deep breathing , as if someone is gasping for a little bit of air, transform to chanting while other sounds transform into different forms. More than anything else, "Noises of Russia" Manages to form endless waves between the many members, and these waves are shifting and turning and creating various interactions within themselves.  On one hand, there is problem with this album as it barely has any ups and downs. This makes it hard to really listen to the whole performance without wandering away here and there, because it's east to get lost with no real anchors of attention. On the other hand, once you get to know this album, the music is highly meditative and can suck you in easily. This wont happen at the first time, but give it few times to run on your speakers, turn the lights out, and the Noises of Russia are a great thing to hear and to feel.
 
More than anything else, this album makes me want to see and hear this group perform. The dynamics between the various members seem to be really good and I get the feeling that the music will sound better live, and around more people, than in my living room. The echoing guitars on track number seven are all engulfing and powerful like the feedbacked drones that will soon follow it. I am reminded of the gasping voices in the beginning, as the drones that are being heard now make it feel like it's hard to breath ."Noises of Russia" sound very proficient and very effective on this performance, and they leave behind them a very nice documentation, in the shape of this album.