Gregory Nemirovsky. Mirages.

During the recent 15 years you could hear and see the multi-instrumentalist Gregory Nemirovsky in a dozen of various projects – though his name is above all associated, presumably, with Er.J.Orchestra and Kiev Art Ensemble. Starting from 2004, Gregory lives in Germany, his first independent works were released there. Well, and "Mirages" is the first solo album by Nemirovsky released in Ukraine. So to say, self-made: parties of all instruments – both real and virtual – he recorded independently in his home studio, professionally mixing the live and the electronic. As a result – the silent poetry of the atmospheric, almost supernatural winds appeared against the background of clear, transparent rhythms and sometimes fluctuating, changeable bass and key lines. This music seems to pull into some mystic circle, however – it also tears, transforms it with sporadic emotional splashes, does not let it calm down melancholically, provokes attention. In fact, it is this sort of an intersection of spaces that has been explored by such people as Bugge Wesseltoft, Nils Petter Molvaer – but there is a "but". Gregory Nemirovsky has long been having his own expressive "voice", manner, which stems from some different music. But – all the same, he was not afraid to dare a new step, and independently. Not a critically radical step, however, interesting and ambiguous – and that is why this work can be recommended for very different audiences. An independent artist must search for new horizons.. This time he found mirages – and beautiful ones)) Thus, it seems that it is "Mirages" by Nemirovsky that have become the first Ukrainian album in this direction – and such beginning, honestly speaking, gives one hope.

Anton Jozhik Leyba (Hedgehog)

Gregory Nemirovsky – trumpet, flugelhorn, medieval cornet, keyboard