Krymov Duo. Tam, de nas nemaje II. (Where We Are Not Present)

It is nice when at acquaintance you discover more than you expected – especially when expectations were great from the very beginning. Music by Lyudmyla and Myhaylo Krymov is just of this standard. Any concrete definition would seem too narrow here – even though such directions as new-age, fusion, jazz-rock imply a wide palette of sounds and technical tools. But here you will find all this – and something more, for what there are rather not names, but feeling. Due to which it seems quite obvious that classics, ethnics, jazz, electronics are not separate things but branches of the same tree. The more ramified and deep its roots are, the more magnificent and saturated its leafage becomes. And when, for example, Ukrainian lamentation intertwines in oriental ornamentations, and funk bass joyfully dances under Latin-American percussions – there appears not only beautiful music but also real magic. Krymov Duo charms, and charges, and gives rest – this is, if I dare, intelligent soft music. I mean that the serious technical mastery, virtuosity of performance do not burden, do not interfere with clarity of lines, lightness of fantasy. Having listened to this disc, you feel empty and saturated simultaneously – a strange but pleasant feeling.

Anton Jozhik Lejba (Hedgehog)