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About Dissonata
DISSONATA. Mikhail Chekalin - synthesizers, voice, piano. Recorded in 1989.Being one of the more important artists of his generation, Mikhail Chekalin, nevertheless, continues the tradition of protest in the spirit of the avant-gardists. He continues to break down boundaries, but today utilizes available technology in search of new multi-dimensional orchestral forms, thereby creating a new poly-instrumental form of electronic music and performance. In the 1980s, rock music lost its protest component almost totally, and electronic music was becoming more and more like decorative wallpaper and entertainment. Chekalin then broke away from any form, working instead in opposition to the common stereotypes and associations with electronic music, and the aesthetics of the electronic music mainstream.With Dissonata, Mikhail Chekalin continues his post-symphonic musical tradition, transcending his experimental 70s and 80s period. It was recorded in one session in 1989, at a studio located in the former summer residence of Lawrence Beria in Sokolniki, Moscow. Later individual overdubs were done in real time on analog tape recorders. The central piece "The Dream to the Accompaniment With Voice" does not include any overdubs.After recording, two different masters were produced. The first master became the score of a movie of the same name, released in 1990. This movie was especially conceived for Dissonata to serve as a tapestry of musical video art. However, the Dissonata release is not a soundtrack. The short fragments from the second (and main) version of the master tape appeared on vinyl (1991) and CDs (2000). This MIR Records edition presents the first complete release of this stunning work.When sold by Amazon.com, this product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
