Got the album yesterday and gave it two spins so far. Here are my first impressions.
Five-Storey Ensemble is the band centrered around Olga Podkaiskaya and Vitaly Appov that arose from the ashes of Belarussian band Rational Diet. Cyrill Kristia still plays violin on a couple of tracks but didn't compose any.
The music is certainly more controlled and composed then Rationel Diet. Maybe 'restrained' is the correct word. On a first listen I miss that eclectic and intense side that characterized Rational Diet. That doesn't mean that this album is more accesible. Far from it; this is dense and very avant-gardish stuff. It will take many spins to fully absorb this and to asses how this holds up to the earlier stuff.
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