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The Airy Music of Nightmares On Wax

Мнения · 01.10.2006

By Наоко Энн

The magazine "Vokrug Sveta" ("Around the World"), known to everyone as one of the world's very first popular-science publications, marking its 145th anniversary, decided to reveal its — as it turns out — heartfelt affection for electronic music. The magazine is celebrating its birthday with a large-scale festival whose guest list impresses even the most spoilt admirers of the genre, and strikes some of them clean off their feet: Nightmares On Wax, Banco de Gaia, Gus Gus DJs, DJ Gregory, Mystic Roots Soundsystem, SCSI-9, DJ S. Peres aka Sanchez, DJ Sapunov, Vanila, Helga, Martin Landers, Da Budz, Flammable Beats Soundsystem.
Performances by the British downtempo gurus Nightmares On Wax always rouse the enthusiasm of the crowd, and this occasion is no exception, especially after the release of their latest album "In A Space Outta Sound". These musicians, paying no heed to others' opinions and listening only to their own instincts, have very naturally interwoven the most unexpected styles in their music: house and electro, techno and soul and much more — which has resulted in music unlike anything else and astonishing in its beauty. "Soulfulness has invariably been their hidden strength, one of the main pillars of funky downtempo rhythms and smoky, laid-back moods" — so they say of Nightmares On Wax.
"I'm not interested in fashion, because it comes to an end. You do and move towards what you yourself want to hear. You look for your own sound; I still think I'm still looking for mine. I don't want to assume that I've already found it. I only want to do what is mine" (George Evelyn, Nightmares On Wax).

Кросс:

The festival "Svet Vokrug" ("Light All Around") definitely deserves close attention, since it gathers a wonderful crowd on its stage. For me personally, the performance by Nightmares On Wax is of particular interest — I've loved their work for a long time: some eight years have gone by now since I first bought their record.
The music of Nightmares is exceptional: for the most part it's compiled from other people's samples, but so skilfully that you can listen to it endlessly. Their compositions consist of a small number of elements, and it might seem that over an hour of listening nothing changes at all... But these guys know how to turn a five-second sample into a feeling of happiness lasting two hours.
My friends and I (and quite a lot of us gather by now) will definitely come to the festival to hear them. And we all very much hope that Nightmares On Wax will come with their live line-up — their live performances are simply magical.

Нина Кравиц:

The festival "Svet Vokrug" for me means, first and foremost, the arrival of Nightmares On Wax. I feel very fondly about Nightmares, I've loved them for a long time, since the '90s. Admittedly I haven't listened to the latest album yet — I never got around to it, but I really like everything they recorded earlier. George Evelyn himself — the project's leader — is a unique person. It amazes me how, living on Ibiza, he manages to record albums! After all, apart from getting drunk, letting loose at parties, spending money and chasing girls, there's nothing to do on Ibiza, let alone write albums. An astonishing man! So I regard him and his work with great warmth and I can't wait for their performance at the "Svet Vokrug" festival.

7 October, from 20:00 Saturday to 8:00 Sunday, "Svet Vokrug" festival, "Danilovskaya Manufaktura" (9 Varshavskoye Shosse, building 1, "Tulskaya" metro), ticket booking phone 540-5175

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