Artist description Phonicheskiy duet are a duet based in Voronezh that plays a blend of ECM type jazz with slavonic influences. They formed in 1996 and have had a number of different programs including African and Indian music. The latest program is the closest they get to chamber jazz and can be heard on their cd 'abstract songs'. The idea was a simple arrangement of guitar and trumpet with themes and improvisations.

Music Style ECM type Jazz

Musical Influences Hornology, Russian and Bulgarian folklore, Indian and African music

Artist History We first started playing Indian music in 1996 with Andrei Playing violin and Vladic playing jaw harps and clay pot. I remember a concert we did at the 'Literaturnoe Kafe'. We looked a bit silly because all the other bands played rock! The music then moved towards a more African style when we played at a concert called 'mind protection'. There we played the music of the Fulani tribe of North Benine. Then in a program for Voronezh tv we played our academic program. In the interview we told them about ourselves, how we created our 'hommunculus' and showed them how our sorcerers hats work. This recording gets aired at least once a year! Not long afterwards at a jazz festival we played as 'the ensemble of traditional music of the hommunculs. Andrei played trumpet, Vladiswar - percussion and our guest 'hommunculus Tamara sang. There we played the Hommunculs' song 'Hambul-halaa-alaum'. The concert was very successful and people like us. In the future we hope to seriously rerecord 'abstract songs' and we're already working on ideas for a follow up cd.

Group Members Vladiswar, who has been writing music since 1990, has been involved in various different groups with various success. As well as which he's been recording his own music which could be described as 'ethnic new-age'. Andrei Konstantinov plays trumpet and violin and has collaborated with Vladiswar on a numcber of projects. Having studied at the Stockholm Conservatory of Music he now spends his time between Sweden and Russia. He too has recently recorded his own solo album in collaboration with many Voronezh musicians. He has also been actively involved in recording the folk traditions of southern Russia.

Instruments trumpet and guitar

Albums abstract songs

Location Voronezh - Russia

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