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0 LIMPING MATHEMATICIAN – March track of the Month

  • March 18, 2019
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http://metaquorum.bandcamp.com/track/limping-mathematician

Our next #trackofthemonth is Limping Mathematician. Dmitry Ermakov wrote this tune in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, in 1988 for “Pereplanirovka”, first album of the band ПАNIKA where he played together with Victor Mikheyev and R.I.P. Alexei Dovshan. That version was recorded in Victor flats on reel-to-reel double deca constructed by Victor from two Soviet recorders. We had no drums so used actual tape loops. Instruments we had in our disposal were also… hm… Soviet or home-made so the sound was quite heavy, the steel saxophone I played on the recording was certainly meant for #heavymetal ))) Anyhow, we did what we did our best according to the circumstances. Victor even played #sitar in the middle section of that version of the track. Then many years later I dug up the original score (well… it isn’t a score as you can see on the pic below – just a line with harmonies) and thought we can rearrange and rerecord this tune for our second album, Witchcraft Jazz, cos Carol liked it a lot! So we did. I’ve just finished the track’s cover today. So here it is – #checkitout 😉

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3 1-2-3… celebrating 1st anniversary of the 2nd album

  • February 22, 2019
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1-2-3… celebrating 1st anniversary of the 2nd album – gearing up for Number 3!

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6oeC0Cjkvo3YnPB5on1Mkh

Bandcamp: https://metaquorum.bandcamp.com/album/witchcraft-jazz

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/metaquorum/sets/witchcraft-jazz

Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/album/56017492

and everywhere else 😉

 

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0 Happy New Year 2019!

  • January 2, 2019
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Very Happy New Year 2019 to all our friends – may it bring in a new wave of great music!

We bid farewell to 2018 with a Baroque impro)

Calling loads of new & wonderful music to manifest in 2019!!!

And then welcoming the New Year with New Blues for the New Year – may it be a good one!

Cheers, guys!

All the best to all of you from all of us @ MQ 😉

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0 SEASON’S GREETINGS FROM SEVEN DWARFS;)

  • December 23, 2018
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Season’s Greetings from all of us @ MetaQuorum!

We were thinking what track from the Witchcraft Jazz album should be our next #trackofthemonth and, since the #festiveseason is approaching, it has to be SEVEN DWARFS ROCK! Here it is – #checkitout !

First draft was written and recorded by Victor Mikheyev​ some years back. The composition was then reworked with synths tracks played by Dmitry Ermakov​ at jam sessions in Saint Petersburg, Russia​ and Byala, Varna, Bulgaria​. The track was further produced in the UK and was supposed to be included in MetaQuorum’s first album Midnight Sun but it didn’t make the cut, was shelved and revisited again in 2017-2018. We rearranged it, many parts were re-recorded and we included live drums by Koos van der Velde​. And of course, we had great fun recording the ‘vocals (more on that later…) Dmitry and Koos mixed it at MetaQuorum’s studio in the North Pennines​ and then off it went to Houston, Texas​, to be mastered by Christopher Longwood​ at the SugarHill Recording Studios​.

So here it is – may your holidays rock!!!

 

P.S. Here is an archive video from vocals recording session for Seven Dwarfs Rock – laugh with us)))

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Well, it's not quite #santaslittleelves but here's how we recorded the vocal's for MetaQuorum's next #trackofthemonth Seven Dwarfs Rock. Or should we say "7 #dwarfs a-rockin'? ;)) I dare you to watch without #laughing ! #recordingartist #recordingstudios #xmas #vocals #funinthestudio #hipmetal #grunge #prog #electronicmusic #rockband #jazzhop #jazzcore #funkjazz #acidjazz #psychodelic

A post shared by MetaQuorum (@metaquorum) on Dec 17, 2018 at 10:54am PST

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0 November’s track of the month is AUTUMN GROOVE

  • November 11, 2018
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November’s track of the month is AUTUMN GROOVE from our second album Witchcraft Jazz (2018). It started as a spontaneous drum and key-bass improvisation jam session at Koos​ ‘ place in Friesland November 2014 (hence the track’s name) after we’d finished re-recording drums for Clodhopping and Midnight Sun, two tracks for MetaQuorum’s first album Midnight Sun (2015). When Koos moved to UK later in 2015-16, we reworked this raw material several times: re-recorded drums, added percussion, plus many layers of synths and arranged it a bit etc. Then, by chance, we met Andrew Guerin at one of the improvisation sessions Newcastle upon Tyne​’s The Jazz Cafe​ . We invited Andrew for a recording session at our Low Bishopley Recording Studio one Sunday in autumn in 2015, and recorded several trumpet takes. It took us three more attempts to mix the track because we couldn’t quite balance the synths and the trumpet and then… along came NATIVE INSTRUMENTS​’ Komplete​ Kontrol! Dmitry​ revisited the composition and arrangement in the light of the seriously expanded synth and sound processing capabilities, adding some brass as well, so Koos and Dmitry had another go at the mix and got it right – at least in our opinion)) Then Christopher Longwood​ applied his superb mastering skills and voilà! Check it out 😉

AUTUMN GROOVE

Credits:
Dmitry Ermakov – composition, arrangement, keyboards, key-bass, synth-brass, synth programming, tambourine, recording, producing, mixing, cover art.

Koos van der Velde – composition, #drums, #jembe, recording, producing, mixing.

Andrew Guerin – #trumpet.

Christopher Longwood – #mastering.

© & ℗ Dmitry Ermakov & Koos van der Velde, 2017

 

Photos by Carol Ermakova​

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0 Mystical story deserves to be told…

  • August 29, 2018
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To wrap up our track of the month – The Bartender – we asked Victor Mikheyev, our bass player and music contributor, to say a couple of words about the history behind the track so here is a micro-essay – #checkitoutbelow!

THE BARTENDER – a mystical story (English-Русский)

I’ll have to start my tale from long ago. But this mystical story deserves to be told.

It’s the end of January, 2011. I’m sitting at home in St. Petersburg, Russia, with pianist Sergei Luzin, playing him an old recording from the late 80s (Fox Box and Room 118 projects). Hearing Dmitry Ermakov on keys, Sergei went into raptures. He began pestering me – where’s Dmitry now? How can we get in touch with him? Wouldn’t it be great to whip up a project together? But alas, I’d lost touch with Dmitry some 20 years ago. I’d heard he’d gone to England, tried to track him down through social media and a few mutual friends, but all to no avail. A week later, on February 8, Sergei’s wife rang and told me he’d died of a massive stroke. That was a cruel blow. We’d been playing together just the night before, a great rehearsal, a great jam, perfect. And then this… I just couldn’t believe it.
But what happened next was just as unbelievable. That very same evening, February 8, an unknown number rang my mobile. Usually I don’t pick up if I don’t recognise the number, but I was intrigued by the unfamiliar country code: +44. So I answered, and I’m glad I did! It was… Dmitry Ermakov. The look on my face sent my wife into a panic – she thought someone else had died. But I reassured her – not died, more like resurrected! The oddest part is that Dmitry had tracked me down via Nina, who is none other than SERGEI’s sister. Dmitry had tried to get in touch with me, too, over the years, but also drawn blank. And suddenly that day it dawned on him that Nina would know my number. Evidently the first thing Sergei did when he got to Heaven was to bring Dmitry and me together, since earthly means weren’t working.
A year later Dmitry was planning to come to St. Petersburg so we could lay down some preliminary recordings together. Anticipating his arrival, I sorted through some old musical scraps that had been lying around for a good few years by then – there was nobody to jam with, and I’d long since lost the taste for recording by myself. I found a quirky musical phrase among the snippets, something I’d played on keys and put to a hip-hop loop. For some reason the doodle was called “Cool Vodka.” I must have come up with this vaguely folky motive à la russe and vodka was the first association that came to mind. I worked it over, dressed it up more or less presentably and showed it to Dmitry when he finally came. He played a few key parts off the cuff and then, already back in England, added a truly wicked trumpet. Koos put in some fantastic drums, and I liked the piece more and more. But something was still missing. I began adding soundscapes. Put in some sexy, erotic sighs and cries. But Dmitry didn’t like this sadomaso party, I can understand why – we’d have had to slap an “18+” sticker on the track. We agreed that the soundtrack of a regular Friday night bar would better fit the title and track’s rather goofy character. And then, well we even changed the name. Probably because neither of us drink vodka and don’t want to advertise it.

By Victor Mikheyev

***

Начать придется издалека. Эта мистическая история заслуживает того, чтобы ее рассказать.
В конце января 2011 года мы сидели у меня дома с пианистом Сергеем Лузиным, и слушали старые записи конца 80-х. Услышав игру Дмитрия Ермакова, Сергей пришел в полный восторг, стал меня расспрашивать, где сейчас Дмитрий, можно ли с ним связаться, и как здорово было бы замутить совместный проект с ним. Увы, коммуникации с Дмитрием у меня не было уже лет 20. Я слышал о том, что он уехал в Англию, пытался найти его через социальные сети и немногочисленных общих знакомых, но все безрезультатно. Утром 8 февраля мне позвонила жена Сергея, и сообщила, что он скоропостижно скончался после инсульта. Это был жестокий удар. Накануне мы играли, была отличная репетиция, отличный джем, все шло, как надо. Помимо того, что Сергей был классным музыкантом, он был прекрасным человеком. И вот… Поверить в это было невозможно.
А дальше произошло вот что. Вечером того же дня, 8 февраля, на мой телефон позвонили с незнакомого номера. Обычно я не отвечаю на такие звонки, но меня заинтриговал незнакомый код страны +44. Я ответил, и не пожалел. Это был… Дмитрий Ермаков. Моя жена, увидев мое лицо, испугалась, подумав, что еще кто-то умер. Пришлось ее успокоить – не умер, а, скорее, воскрес. Но самое удивительное было в том, что нашел меня Дмитрий через Нину, родную сестру… Сергея. Дмитрий тоже пытался меня найти, тоже безуспешно, и в тот день он вдруг сообразил, что Нина должна знать мои координаты. Видимо, Сергей, попав на Небо, первым делом помог нам с Дмитрием встретиться, раз по-другому у нас в земной жизни не получалось.
Через год Дмитрий собрался приехать в Санкт-Петербург, чтобы мы смогли сделать какие-то предварительные записи. Готовясь к его приезду, я отобрал несколько музыкальных набросков, которые уже несколько лет лежали без дела. Играть было не с кем, делать записи в одиночку, для себя, мне давно неинтересно. Среди этих набросков была забавная музыкальная фраза, которую я как-то наиграл на клавишных в сопровождении какого-то хип-хоп лупа. Черновик почему-то назывался “Cool vodka”. Видимо, когда я придумал этот немного фольклорный мотив а-ля рюс, ни с чем, кроме водки, он у меня не ассоциировался. Я поработал с этим черновиком, облек его в более-менее пристойную форму, и показал приехавшему, наконец, Дмитрию. Он с ходу наиграл несколько клавишных партий, а потом, уже вернувшись в Англию, дописал совершенно чумовую трубу. Коос отлично сыграл на барабанах, вещь нравилась все больше. Но чего-то не хватало. Я стал подбирать шумы. Поставил сексуально-эротические крики и вздохи. Звуки садо-мазо вечеринки Дмитрию не понравилось, и я понимаю, почему. Из-за них пришлось бы на композицию ставить стикер 18+. Сошлись на том, что звуки обычной пьянки больше подходят к названию и раздолбайскому характеру музыки. Ну, а потом уже и название поменяли. Наверное, потому, что мы оба не пьем водку и не хотим ее рекламировать.

Виктор Михеев

Listen to the track here: https://metaquorum.bandcamp.com/track/the-bartender

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0 MetaQuorum on Friday Night Progressive: listen to the show ;)

  • August 11, 2018
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For those of you who, like us, missed the last night show featuring MetaQuorum and many other great Progressive Music projects, here is the MIxCloud link – check it out!

https://www.mixcloud.com/ronald-marq…/fnp-334-ss-08-10-2018/

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0 Parallax: composition & production notes

  • August 5, 2018
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Parallax is a poly-rhythmic and poly-metric track, one of the most complex on our album Witchcraft Jazz, and combines a range of composition and production techniques spiced with improvisation. In this video Dmitry Ermakov briefly demonstrates some of these techniques with excerpts from the track.

You can listen to the whole track here: http://metaquorum.bandcamp.com/track/parallax
Track credits:
Dmitry Ermakov – score & arrangement, keyboards, key-bass, synth-brass, synth & percussion programming, sound-effects, recording, producing, mixing, cover art.
Koos van der Velde – drums, recording, mixing.
Christopher Longwood – mastering.

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2 All About Jazz and Blues Interview with Dmitry Ermakov

All About Jazz and Blues has published an interview with Dmitry Ermakov​ today. The Story of the Day at the same site is Miles Davis​ - so we are chuffed by this coincidence :)

  • July 26, 2018
  • by MetaQuorum
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All About Jazz and Blues has published an interview with Dmitry Ermakov​ today. The Story of the Day at the same site is Miles Davis​ – so we are chuffed by this coincidence 🙂 Miles says: “We’re not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got ’em, so they can keep ’em.” Well, thanks, Miles – we’ll keep it up :))) Follow the link to read the interview. Listen to MetaQuorum​ to keep cool and, also, drink loads of liquid to stay hydrated in this heatwave 😉

Follow the link below to read the interview:

http://jazzbluesnews.space/2018/07/26/dmitry-ermakov/

 

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