Mikhail Chekalin - Post-Realism 1 mp3 album

POST-REALISM 1 & 2. Mikhail Chekalin - synthesizers, voice, piano. Recorded in 2008.What is Post-Realism… In the late 60's and 70's, postmodern art and music were a progressive step away from conformity. Later there was an attempt to merge those forms with a lifestyle more attuned to consumption and relaxation. Now a new norm has deflated the whole scene, protest centers around bringing back fundamental values. In fact, Post Realism centers on the idea of getting back to the avant-garde culture and traditions of the XX century.Chekalin continues this tradition of 20th century Art. His new album, Post Realism, directly defines this. It is not socialist realism, but a form of surrealism created in the context of modernity. It may seem strange, yet it is certainly true that Art of XX century was futuristic and has proven to be more modern than that of XXI. Digitization and advanced technology cannot replicate true human artistic creativity, which when manifested becomes revolutionary by its own nature. The idea of social revolution may be gone, but the inspiration that art (and first of all music) can provide are eternal.These albums could be classified “Post 21st Century Classical Music”. They offer compositions that are profoundly powerful, where assonance fuses with dissonance. Where music combined with pure sound comingles to achieve surreal effect in an attempt to obliterate any sense of pretending to be a dedicated follower of fashion. A. PATTERSON / Eurock