Artem Uzunov - Artem Uzunov – Let`s do it. Darbuka stories (2013)
Album Artem Uzunov «Let`s do it - Darbuka stories» interesting for everyone who loves percussion music, rhythms of drums and darbuka. The idea of the album - darbuka, as a solo instrument in combination with completely different styles.
Most of the tracks on the album is music for bellydance, but there is a composition in which traditional arabic rhythms on darbuka combined with club house, rock, brazilian carnival samba and spanish motifs, mysticism and the armenian duduk, and finally with the classics ("Four Seasons" by Vivaldi ).
Compare album can be with such well-known as a dance album «Harem II - Time Of Rhythm - The Best of Turkish Bellydance», as well as the works of Safri Duo, for example (in Arabic theme) Issam Houshan & Hossam Ramzy.
In the album there are several hits such as «Let`s do it» - where there is a mix of oriental rhythms and modern club music; «Rock-n-Darbuka» - with powerful dynamics that fire, and «Summer Fantasy» - here the classic Vivaldi.
Artem often tours with his program in Russia and the CIS, where his solo compositions audiences react very rapidly! Two tracks from the album – «Let`s do it» and «Solo Darbuka» has long been posted on the Internet, and under them dancing all over the world. That's no joke, pure facts - known dancer gave master classes by the Artems tracks in Mexico, Japan, USA and Argentina. This is not to mention Russia and the CIS, where it is most popular!
Artem Uzunov - darbuka, dhol, cajon, dohola, bendir, rick, sagats, vocals, arrangements (exc. 12), mixing (exc. 1, 5, 12)
Katya Kato - vocal (4)
Ildar Shaymardyanov - duduk (19)
Alexei Morozov - Brazilian percussion (7)
Igor Nazarenko - guitar (12), arrangement (12), mixing (5, 12)
1. Let`s do it / Artem Uzunov – Let`s do it. Darbuka stories
2. Rock-n-Darbuka / Artem Uzunov – Let`s do it. Darbuka stories
3. Maksum story / Artem Uzunov – Let`s do it. Darbuka stories
4. I wanna dance / Artem Uzunov – Let`s do it. Darbuka stories
5. Solo Darbuka / Artem Uzunov – Let`s do it. Darbuka stories
6. Melody of heartbeat / Artem Uzunov – Let`s do it. Darbuka stories
7. Sambuka / Artem Uzunov – Let`s do it. Darbuka stories
8. Dancing Flame / Artem Uzunov – Let`s do it. Darbuka stories
9. Power of night / Artem Uzunov – Let`s do it. Darbuka stories
10. Feeling the sound / Artem Uzunov – Let`s do it. Darbuka stories
11. Malfuf story / Artem Uzunov – Let`s do it. Darbuka stories
12. Summer Fantasy (Vivaldi Seasons) / Artem Uzunov – Let`s do it. Darbuka stories
13. Once in a desert / Artem Uzunov – Let`s do it. Darbuka stories
14. That's freedom / Artem Uzunov – Let`s do it. Darbuka stories
15. The beginning / Artem Uzunov – Let`s do it. Darbuka stories
16. Verdadera pasion / Artem Uzunov – Let`s do it. Darbuka stories
17. FlashOfBeat / Artem Uzunov – Let`s do it. Darbuka stories
18. Colors of life / Artem Uzunov – Let`s do it. Darbuka stories
19. Unio Mystica / Artem Uzunov – Let`s do it. Darbuka stories
20. Play with me / Artem Uzunov – Let`s do it. Darbuka stories
21. I wanna dance (instrumental version) / Artem Uzunov – Let`s do it. Darbuka stories