ShockolaD. + PL. namber van. (Number One)

Pay attention to that the disc "Number One" by the Ukraine-Poland project ShockolaD + PL contains four compositions only – but only one of them lasts less than 10 minutes, at that not considerably less. As for a first album, this is bold enough, is not it? However – it is fully justified, because listening to it is – interesting. Although the ShockolaD group appeared only four years ago and first performed, mainly, various "standards" – the debut album convincingly testifies to that not just nice musicians but creative people open to discoveries play here. Here are they, the positive consequences of global warming – it appears that now in Ukraine it is also possible to create excellent chocolate using our own material...) And it is twice nicer that the group starts its discography with ethno-jazz brewed on Ukrainian folklore. The one who creatively interprets own roots is able to grow far not one harvest of great, delicious fruit – and the fact that ShockolaD realizes all that well does not cause any doubt. In its compositions, it does not imitate folklore motives blindly, as a technical objective, but reconsiders, melts them. And – suddenly, from the Ukrainian pattern, the hot snow-covered Scandinavia arises, it very smoothly turns towards the Middle East in order to soon get back to Carpathian air, making it quite different, more transparent, freer... Two or three years ago they started referring to ShockolaD as to the young hope of Lviv jazz. Hopes come true – one only needs to love...