Solyd Records

is the name of Andrej Gavrilov's label. This label comes from Moscow and it publishes some of the most ambitious CDs in the East....

So, let's start with the introduction of some CDs, which for sure are not unknown to you: They were published by SONORE Records before and now they found shelter at SOLYD RECORDS in Moscow.
ATTO I Vladimir Tarasov
ATTO I, "SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED AGAINST THE MARINE BACKGROUND"
percussion, drums
SN001CD
The first ATTO by Vladimir Tarasov opens a series of the eight works composed and played by "a master of percussion ceremonies". Tarasov the marininist creates his own acoustic landscape between the earth and the skies, the earth and the sea, ... the metallic body of cymbals and drum's air column ...
Nick Dmitriev
Vladimir Tarasov
ATTO II, "MONOTYPE"
percussion, drums, tabla, Yamaha Tx7, Roland Octapad (Tonegenerator) Roland TR-707
SN002CD
This disk features eight pieces, performed by Vladimir Tarasov. "Vladimir Tarasov's sound monotypes ideally should have been issued in one copy, as he craves for uniqueness of creativity in art and musical moment... You should listen to hi second acoustic action, an installation of a sonorous space... you should see Vladimir Tarasov's ATTO II sound graphics."
Nick Dmitriev
ATTO II
ATTO III Vladimir Tarasov
ATTO III, "DRUM THEATRE"
percussion, drums, electronic devices
SN003CD
You hear the voice of that epoch, old and scratchy exactly like those recordings of the ten popular optimistic songs that can be heard on the background of Tarasov's solo on percussion.
"Drum Theatre is an aesthetic understanding of totalitarism and its overthrow. Drum Theatre is a message from the end of the 80s to the 30s; from the present to the past. In art time does not always flow in one direction."
Nick Dmitriev
Vladimir Tarasov
ATTO IV
percussion, drums, hunting horn, electronic devices
SN004CD
The famous Lithuanian jazz player Vladimir Tarasov presents the example of mature musical thinking, combining intellect and feeling, sounds and colours, thoughts and rhythms. Of course, this music can not and should not satisfy all tastes. Still, this is a sound acchievement that enriches that universal expression of our century's spirit which we call modern improvised music
ATTO IV
ATTO V Vladimir Tarasov
ATTO V
percussion, drums, electronic devices
SN005CD
This work by Vladimir Tarasov is the fifth 'action' in a serie of ATTOs presenting musical monologues, diverse in themes and means of expression. This composition seems to be written and performed all in one breath.
"ATTO V consists of a synthesizer tape, playing ostinato motifs and providing a rhythmic springboard, and percussion drums"
"Cadence", #6 1994)
Vladimir Tarasov
ATTO VI "A LITTLE PIECE FOR CHILDREN IN SIX PARTS"
percussion, drums, electronic devices
SN006CD
Vladimir Tarasov performs six original compositions using various kinds of percussion and drums. Each piece is played on a single instrument which takes all energetic power for itself. It is plain and laconic, music which makes listener think about the sources of music in general.
Subtitled "A little piece for children" ATTO VI sporadically scores with its modestly charming evocation of child-like wonder.
"Cadence"#8 1994)
ATTO VI
Music on the Water Vladimir Tarasov and Ilya Kabakov
ATTO VII, "WATERMUSIC"
Installation
SNOO7CD
This music was specially composed for the installation 'Incident in the Museum, or Water Music', designed for Ronald Feldman Gallery in New York.
The subject of the installation in the following: an exhibition of works by the famous artist Koshelev is taking place in a provincial Russian museum. All is ready for the opening. Suddenly an extremely unpleasant incident occures at the museum. Drops and streams of water are falling down from the ceiling in the two rooms. The staff place buckets, bowls and jars on the floor to catch the water, and the ruined opening turned into a different event.
Vladimir Tarasov
ATTO VIII, "SONORE"
percussion, drums
SN008CD
This particular disk features the eighth in a series of compositions for solo percussion. "Sonore" means sound and this piece is really about the relationship between sound and silence..
There is a long section in part II during which Tarasov plays only the splash cymbal, building up the intensity, building the wave of the sound.
"Cadence" #2 1994
Cover is missing
Waltz Atto Vladimir Tarasov & Lithuanian Art Orchestra
WALTZ ATTO
SN009CD
Waltzatto presents a debute recording of the Lithuanian Art Orchestra consisting of 12 Lithuanian musicians directed by Vladimir Tarasov.
The piece features brillant combination of composing and improvising realised in powerful and dynamic music.

Nick Dmitriev
Vladimir Tarasov and Ilya Kabakov
OLGA GEORGIEVNA, SOMETHING IS BURNING!
CONVERSATION IN A COMMUNAL KITCHEN
Performance
SN011CD
This performance is a musical improvisation of two participants who are simultaneously playing 'musical instruments' (kitchen utensils, knives, forks, etc.) and reading extracts which are fragments from the conversation of several women cooking in the kitchen.
This is a small encyclopedia of everyday Soviet life.
Kantatos Vladimir Tarasov and Dmitrij Prigov
KANTATOS
Performance
SN012CD
The joint work of Vladimir Tarasov and Dmitrij Prigov has its roots primarely in the aesthetics of Moscow post-modernist art of the past, few decades. Thus D. Prigov uses various styles, from the official 'Soviet Realism' tinged with communist ideology to radical avant-garde, plain and clear; while Vladimir Tarasov moves freely from one musical language to the another.
Cover is missing Roman Dubinnikov
RASTEVI
vocal, percussion, acoustic guitar, stilldrum, hooter, vargan, ROLAND S-50, artillery cartridge shell
CD013CD
This is surprisingly natural combination of Tartar and Russian folk music, rock and jazz-rock rhythms with hearty confession of the bardic songs.
Vyacheslav Ganelin - Vladimir Tarasov - Vladimir Chekassin
CON ANIMA
Vjacheslav Ganelin, piano, basset
Vladimir Tarasov, percussion, drums
Vladimir Chekassin, alto saxophone, clarinet, chalumeau
SN014CD
Con Anima, released in the spring of 1977, was the first Ganelin trio published by Melodia. It played a revolutionary role in changing the jazz conciousness in the country. Disciplined and free flowing, complex and childishly playful, the record with a nearly mythical aura is a real milestone in the contemporary jazz history in the former USSR.
Con Anima
Concerto Grosso Vyacheslav Ganelin - Vladimir Tarasov - Vladimir Chekassin
CONCERTO GROSSO
Vjacheslav Ganelin, piano, bells, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, trombone, tambourine
Vladimir Tarasov, percussion, drums, trumpet, rabob
Vladimir Chekassin, saxophones: alto, tenor, baritone; ocarina, tenor % soprano flutes, clarinet, violin
SN015CD
Concerto Grosso, the Ganelin trio second record on Melodia, was originally released in 1980. Classically precise and stylistically perfectly balanced, Concerto Grosso is a 'studio' work more than any other Ganelin album. Like nowhere before or after, musicians experimented with the recording studio.
Vyacheslav Ganelin - Vladimir Tarasov - Vladimir Chekassin
POI SEQUE...
Vjacheslav Ganelin, piano, basset, guitar, bugle, flute
Vladimir Tarasov, percussion, flute
Vladimir Chekassin, saxophones, trombone, flute, percussion, violin
SN016CD
POI SEQUE ... is probably the 'jazziest', or rather 'free jazzy' - that is swinging, loose and freeflowing of the Ganelin Trio studio recordings. It was recorded by the trio's tenth anniversary in 1981 and originally released by Melodia in 1982.
Poi Seghe
Opus a Duo Vyacheslav Ganelin - Vladimir Tarasov
OPUS A DUO
Vjacheslav Ganelin, piano, electric organ, accordeon, end-blown flute, basset-horn, double-bassm guitar, percussion
Vladimir Tarasov, percussion, drums, end-blown flute
SN017CD
Recorded in 1982 Opus a Duo was the first documented evidence of the great Ganelin Trio breakup. The trio's history made a full circle and returned to the original point - the Ganelin-Tarasov Duo. This quiet, sad and melancholic album is a swan song and at the same time a step into the future.
Vyacheslav Ganelin - Vladimir Tarasov - Vladimir Chekassin
SEMPLICE
Vjacheslav Ganelin, acoustic piano, keyboard, basset, "Casiotone", hunting horn, percussion
Vladimir Tarasov, "Sonor" drums, percussion
Vladimir Chekassin, alto saxophone, trombone, end-blown flute, percussion
SN018CD
Semplice is the most mature and probably the most tragic of the Ganelin Trio homemade releases. The studio recording reproduces the dramatic sequence of events on stage during the concert performances of the same piece. Recorded and published by Melodia in 1983 it was the last of the Ganelin Trio records released in the USSR.
Semplice
Chinese Project Vladimir Tarasov & Thundering Dragon Percussion Group
CHINESE PROJECT
SNO19CD
An amazing live recording of Vladimir Tarasov- The Thundering Dragon percussion ensemble project. Performed during the 1994 Beijing International Jazz Festival. A peculiar combination of the East and West percussion tradition.


International distribution is very difficult for a Moscow located label.
So here is a contact form, which will be mailed to Andrej Gavrilov and he will send you an answer, telling if and where you can get the desired records.


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