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CJ Plus, Ivan Oreshnikov
ALTAIR

Album UA 2016 on ODBEATS label
Hip-Hop/Rap (Abstract, Instrumental, Trip Hop)

The EP was made by using some of the Soviet synthesizers (Opus, Estradin-230, Electronica EM25), Japan grooveboxes (Yamaha & Roland), and also with samples digitized from Soviet vinyl records. The electronic sound of vintage synths inspired the concept of Space in this album. Review by Monkeyboxing.com: "More quality emerges from abstract hip-hop’s Odessa files as Ukrainian producer C.J.Plus and keyboardist I-One employ vintage Soviet-era synthesizers like the Opus, Estradin-230 and Electronica EM25 along with Japanese Yamaha and Roland grooveboxes and also samples digitized from Soviet vinyl records to create nine-tracker Altair. Naturally naming your release after one of the brightest stars in the night sky and each track thereon after some other aspect of the cosmos implies a stellar thematic focus and indeed the beats certainly invoke a journey towards man’s final frontier. The cuts range from slo-mo, breakbeat-driven electronica such as the opener and closer (the title track and Opus, respectively) to the pulsing space-funk of – er – Pulsar. Twin highlights are the groovy head-nod of Dialog and another track, Spectrum, which picks up from beatless tones to a lively cruise followed by the implementation of percussive overdrive and the achievement of trip-hop escape velocity. Captain, the engines can take it!"

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	Ivan Oreshnikov key, keyboards, album by

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