Evaluate: Aldis Kolosovs – “We Are Not Small”

Robert’s Books’ yard might be good for lots of various issues, however for a music album launch? However it seems that it may be carried out, as a result of the opening ceremony of the primary album of the singer Alda Kolosova was held right here on Wednesday.

Though the album is his first album, Aldis Kolosovs is simply a debutant within the singer’s subject, however on the whole he’s already an skilled musician who performs the clarinet within the orchestra “Riga” on daily basis and likewise teaches it to kids at a music college. Whereas collaborating within the singing competitors “Tîrradnis”, Aldis met Edgars Šubrovski, who was invited to the jury. Because the legend in regards to the delivery of the brand new singer says, “after listening to a few of Alda’s songs and the primary explosion, the 2 went to jot down the album within the studio of Ingus Bauškėnieks.” A bunch was additionally fashioned – Aldis himself on piano and microphone, Edgars Šubrovskis on bass, Edgars Rubenis on guitar, and Nick Moss Rogers on drums. There have been additionally a number of musicians on the album – Edgars Mākens, Inese Bērziņa, Marija Valmiera, Sniedze Prauliņa, Sandis Bārdiņš. All of the phrases of the songs within the album are from the poetry assortment “Adults” by Kārļis Vērdins.

The musicians themselves describe the album as each bohemian pleasure and bittersweet, which makes the ambiance of the live performance very unpredictable. The poet Kārlis Vērdiņš additionally visited the occasion with a small efficiency, who admitted, after listening to the album: “The compositions are, because it had been, strongly primarily based on the textual content, however the parts that comes alongside giving so much to the textual content. . To begin with, the voice and all the small print in accents and accents, emphasis, repetition – all this was very attention-grabbing to me, I actually appreciated it.”

Talking of genres, in Alda Kolosov’s music you may hear artwork of the 30s, rock of the 60s, and perhaps a contact of a French music or an actor’s music – effectively, no less than that is what specialists say, and perhaps they’re proper ultimately. A complete of 14 items. Admittedly, after listening to the document, it’s hardly clear what Shubrovskii was enthusiastic about, and why this “singer” is included prominently. Probably the most worthwhile factor listed below are the lyrics (as a result of Vērdiņš!) and the guitar components (as a result of Rubenis!), however the vocal skills of the “singer” himself are very uncertain – principally, he simply reads poetry melodically and/or singing, and never singing. Aldis is aware of how one can deal with the piano, he also can play the clarinet, however on the whole Kolosov is like Normund Rutkis of the twenty first century – for some cause many individuals discovered this individual attention-grabbing, attention-grabbing and even humorous.

Be that as it might, Alda’s debut album already precipitated a storm of opinion on social networks lengthy earlier than its launch, with its commentators divided into two opposing camps,

a few of them claimed that Kolosov doesn’t know how one can sing and/or is crooked, whereas others claimed that the primary ones will not be at house. Sadly, the reviewer has to agree with the primary, though the second is partly true too – this album is hardly value contemplating in any respect… Both pay attention or do not do, however if you happen to determine to do the second, you will not lose something. Kārļas Vērdins poetry is finest learn in the identical means.

PS From the put up of Edgar Šubrovskis on social networks, which can be helpful as a proof for the talked about thrilling occasions: “I feel that there was no such music in Latvia for a while, with talent, giving a – enter a really emotional interpretation of the textual content (attempt to learn). Vērdin’s poetry and put it into rhymes like this), with out worry of doing one thing flawed, with an unchanging perspective.”

PPS And extra from Shubrovski: “Truly, we began this occasion as a result of I like how Aldis writes and likewise sings the textual content in his music, what sort of temper he creates. And I just like the voice too. To this point, extra critical reviewers, who respect my opinion, haven’t criticized the crooked singing. One among them stated that he did not prefer it, as a result of the voice was too tough, unclean – okay, that tasted good. Others rated the entire package deal very extremely. After all, there isn’t a chupachup to please everybody. As for the ultimate product – I am proud of the way it turned out and I hope Aldis writes extra – each for himself and perhaps for another person. I’m additionally glad that I used to be in a position to increase the sound of the “singers” with this.