
I set out to record a vocal sample for a tri-borough+beyond famous DJ. Over the weekend, we ran into each other and talked about recording a track inspired by the style of Russian romances. So tonight, musing about this new Vox365 project, I found a book of poetry by
Alexander Blok on our book shelf, and this poem sang itself off the page.
Ljova pitched in with tasty harmonies, and a song was born. Still in demo stage.
To do: record this song a cappella for sampling purposes. a bit slower? and figure out instrumentation for performance. and work on the English translation! (pretty tricky - the play on words is a mind-twister in this poem - sometimes English vocabulary just isn't supple enough)
UPDATE: Ljova's blogpost on this song.
Play "Gadalka (Fortune Teller)"Music: Inna + Ljova; Lyrics: Alexander Blok