Artist description Happy, loud, experimental and...pathetique, academical pornography

Music Style Fusion, polystylism, from Drum'n Bass through Jazz to comtemporary classical...or so(?)

Musical Influences YES PLEASE!!!

Artist History Formed 1996 by Nikola Kodjabashia (conservative academic composer and pianist)& Zoran Jankovic (rock bassist, DJ and owner of Skopje's cult night club "Z|Z|") as a Theatre and Film music duo. 1997 expands to a larger live-stage ensemble performing Kodjabashia?s instrumental pieces in Leipzig, Moscow, London, Skopje etc.

Group Members Nikola Kodjabashia, Zoran Jankovic BAYO, Dino Milosavljevic, Mihail Parushev-Michi, Djole Maksimovski, Vlatko Georgievski, Djole G, Tashko Pujovski, Gian Emin, Sashko Nikolovski, Aleksandar Nikolovski-GROBY, Panche Buyukliev, Achek Pop-Hristov, Oleg Kondradenko, Dragan Dautovski, Igor Maleshevic, DJ SS, sometimes even more...

Instruments piano, keyboards ,samplers, percussion, drums, bass guitar, el. guitar, french horn, trombone, violin, blues harp, zurla, kaval, vocals, effect machines, etc.

Albums 1. DIE HAMLETMASCHINE & songswithoutwords 1998 /// 2. ALSHAR LIVE 1998 /// 3. AMARO MA NON TROPPO retrospective of unfinished pieces 1996-2001

Press Reviews "Genuine musical veriety..." Julian Joseph "They were groove, a flying chameleons, real modern musicians" Simon Romanos on BBC 3 April 1999 "Cool..." Rolf Gehlhaar "...the historical concert of Nikola Kodjabashia & his ALSHAR ensemble on 10th of July at Kurshumli An, Skopje..." Ljupcho Jolevski, START, the Macedonian bestseler weekly magazine, July 2000

Additional Info Music for two films, TV and many theatre comissions

Location Skopje, Centar - Macedonia

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