SOYUZ

SOYUZ

Support: First Mote

SOYUZ’s third album, Force of the Wind, holds all the trademarks, beauty, and eccentricities of classic Brazilian recordings – think artists such as Milton Nascimento, Lô Borges, Burnier e Cartier, Arthur Verocai et al. – but this record wasn’t made in Brazil and is in fact a brand-new release.

SOYUZ (which translates as “union”) is a creative collective from Minsk, Belarus, led by composer, arranger, and singer Alex Chumak, multi-instrumentalist Mikita Arlou, and drummer Anton Nemahai. SOYUZ’s previous albums explored and reimagined the legacy of jazz-oriented, non-English-language pop music of the 20^th century. For their third album, there is a stronger focus influenced by 70s Música popular Brasileira, building bridges from it to present-day Belarus. Alex notes that from the moment he first encountered Brazilian music, he found in it a kind of concentrated emotion that felt as if it were familiar to him from his childhood. This non-verbal emotion and connection between the listener and musician echoes in the music, regardless of understanding of the language the album is recorded in.

SOYUZ's new single “Калі ты запытаеш” is out on November 22 via Mr Bingo. A pop ballad sung in their native Belarusian language, with contributions from Biel Basile (O Terno) on drums and Anthony Ferraro (Toro Y Moi, Astronauts, etc.) on synth.

For fans of:

Orions Belte, Khruangbin

After pre-pubescent jam sessions in a garage, digging into the heavy riffs and rhythms of Soul Sacrifice, TNT and Little Wing, Jamie Reinert and Christophe Demart, a.k.a. First Mote, have finally gotten round to getting some stuff on tape. It’s taken around 20 years, but their instrumental communion is as rough as ever. Electric baritone guitar and drums are at the centre of things since neither of them have the courage to sing.

• Genres: Pop, Psychedelic, Jazz & Soul
• Location: Klub
• Price: 14€ (1€ presale fees incl.) / 15€ (doors)
• Label: (BY/PL), Mr Bongo + LU)
• Programme: Doors >20:00 Show >20:30
• Links:
  • Facebook event
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  • SOYUZ - Bandcamp
  • SOYUZ - Instagram.
  • First Mote - Bandcamp
  • First Mote - Instagram