Aksenty Beskrovny – Journey from West to East (2009)
Journey from West to East
“Journey from West to East” is the single album of Aksenty Beskrovny (director of project “Jew`s harp speech”).
The general idea of this work is combination of west and east styles of playing on traditional models of jew`s harp between different people (Austrian maultrommel, Bashkir kubyz, Nepal murchunga, Yakut khomus).
Eight music instruments, sixteen music travels from west to east and dumb jew`s harp speech in each moment of music.
Album is focused as for people, who like jew`s harp, and as for people, who likes ethnic and original music.
Listen to sample: Journey from West to East II (1:56)
Playlist:
01. Journey from West to East - 1:54 (Austrian maultrommel of Jofen) 02. Spirit of a flame - 2:44 (Yakut khomus of E.Mandarov) 03. The violent West - 2:16 (Yakut khomus R.Chemchoev) 04. A southern wind - 1:41 (Nepalese murchunga “Mini”) 05. Northern storm - 2:56 (Yakut khomus of E.Mandarov) 06. Dance of leaves - 1:50 (Yakut khomus of E.Mandarov) 07. For the leader of the bird’s flight - 2:54 (Yakut khomus of B.Neustroyev) 08. Journey from West to East II - 1:56 (Austrian maultrommel of Jofen) 09. A southern wind II - 1:59 (Bashkir kubyz of Z.Halilov) 10. Songs of winter - 3:18 (Yakut khomus of I.Gotovtsev) 11. A bear cub - 2:06 (Yakut khomus of E.Mandarov) 12. A downpour over lake - 2:44 (Yakut khomus of P.Osipov) 13. The violent West II - 2:39 (Yakut khomus of R.Chemchoev) 14. Twilight before a thunder-storm - 3:55 (Yakut khomus of B.Neustroyev) 15. Dark heavens - 3:08 (Yakut khomus of P.Osipov) 16. Journey from West to East III - 2:13 (Austrian maultrommel of Jofen)
Jew`s harps:
Слева направо. Yakut khomus by B.Neustroyev, khomus by E.Mandarov, khomus by I.Gotovtsev, khomus by R.Chemchoev, khomus by P.Osipov, bashkir kubyz by Z.Halilov, austrian maultrommel by Jofen, nepalese murchunga “Mini”.