Exit Project Explained

EXIT project
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Origin:Moscow, Russia
Genre:Nu jazz, IDM, world, chill-out, downtempo, electronic, art rock, experimental, instrumental, easy listening, electronica, jazz fusion
Years Active:2001–present
Website:www.exitproject.org
Current Members:Oleg Smirnov (Producer, Bass, Guitars, Programming)(2002–present)
Vladimir "Big" Glushko (Drums, percussion)(2003–present)
Valery "MIF" Mifodovsky (Promotion, Management)(2001–present),
John Kukaryamba (percussion, effects, voices) (2006–present),
Anastasia Boguslavskaya (alto saxophone) (2007–present),
Maria Logofet (violin) (2010–present),
Kirill Parenchuk (tabla, soprano sax) (2008–present)
Oleg Mariakhin (Saxophones, Trumpet) (2011–present)
Nikolay Rubanov (Saxophones)(2011–present)
Roman "ROmix" Smirnov (Guitar, Programming)(2001–present)
Past Members:
Katerina "Kotya" Zinich (vocals) (2006–2010)
Michael "Kotovsky" Finagin (double bass) (2003–2004)
Anton Kochurkin (Flute)(2003–2004)
Timur Pirogov (bass) (2007–2008)
Gregory Sandomirsky (keyboards) (2007–2008)
Nikita Filippov (live sound)(2009–2012)

EXIT project is an instrumental, nu jazz, world, IDM, electronic music, art rock, experimental music, and jazz fusion[1] band from Russia. The band created its own unique style which was labeled as art-fusion.[2] [3]

The Concept

Music aiming people, not the showbiz In terms of management and music distribution EXIT project was aims to promote innovative ways for music distribution and promotion in media, culture and economics.[4] The motto of the project is – "The way out exists" – implies on the one hand, the way out for creative musician, bounded by the limits imposed on music content by commercially driven show business; on the other – the search for alternative way for music distribution. According to Valery Mifodovsky, manager of EXIT project, the goal of management of the project is "popularization and implementation of the concept of innovative music distribution in commercial and non-commercial purposes".[5]

The style

Art-Fusion. The musicians of EXIT project say that they "use all means of expression in music at hand to bring the music in". Virtually every other album is somehow different. Music of EXIT project comprises the elements of Instrumental Music, Nu-Jazz, Chill-out, Downtempo, IDM, Electronic Music, art rock, Experimental Music, and Jazz fusion[1] Musical critic and publisher Vladimir Impaler (InRock Magazine) named this unique blend and stylistic approach as Art-fusion.

Licensing

Music of EXIT project is issued under Creative Commons CC-BY-ND, which allows anyone to use it for any (including commercial) purposes with requirement to credit and cite the author with default prohibition to make any derivative works out of it without the consent of the author. The music is subject for copying, broadcasting and sending/spreading among fans. Licensing and live concerts are perceived as the main source of revenue for an artist.[6]

Innovations in music publishing formats

EXIT project are innovators in music publishing formats. In October 2012 the band's release LiveSplashes became the first in the world music album to be published in 3plet format.[7] [8] Before that in 2008, EXIT project presented their third album as a multimedia playcast – a synthesis of music, visual art and poetry: thus the music is perceived straight from the screen/speakers as a part of a holistic mix of multimedia art comprising sound + image + word.[9] [10]

Before the debut in 3plet format there was a similar effort: a release for iPhone – Appbum (APPlication alBUM) – a new format of publishing music, a smart combination of iPhone application and music album.[11]

Live Show program

In spring 2010 the band started working on a new live program – Color Splashes – which is a mix of contemporary Nu Jazz and Electronic music. As some critics, as well as the musicians, admit this is the brightest and most colorful live show the band has ever produced. The on-stage line-up consists of Oleg Smirnov (Programming, Bass, Guitars), Vladimir 'BIG' Glushko (drums), Maria Logofet (violin), Anastasia Boguslavskaya (alto sax), Oleg Mariakhin (baritone sax, trumpet), Jon Kukaryamba (percussion, vocals, effects) and band's live soundman – Nikita Filippov. The band is now performing shows in clubs and at festivals. The touring line-up however is usually reduced to 4–5 musicians on stage.The concert debut of this program was released in 2012 as a 4-track concert EP "LiveSplashes" on a CD and in a 3plet format.[12] The release received numerous acknowledgements and reviews around Russia and the USA.[13] The current touring band consists of 5 musicians on stage and a live sound engineer. The current live show program, as well as reviews, videos and music etc. is available at band's official website.[14]

History

EXIT project was formed in 2001 as an open experimental music community of musicians. "Open" means that any thoughtful and contented musician could join in and contribute. The point was from the start to create a non-commercial music project. The first lineup was: RO-mix (Guitars, Programming, Vocals), Michael (keyboards, vocals, programming). Soon Michael parted, but in a year the band grew in size, when Oleg Smirnov (Guitars, producer), Vladimir "Big" Glushko (Drums), Michael "Kotovsky" Finagin (double bass), Anton Kochurkin (Flute) joined the project.[2] [15]

The first album of the project Live Electricity, was released in 2002 by the label CD Land Records. Several songs from the album entered different compilations. All the sale proceeds from the album were directed to the WWF program (protection of animals).[1] [2] The album received highly positive reviews from the critics, and the band was identified to have its own unique style by the top music critic and journalist Artemy Troitsky.[3]

In 2004 having played some local-scale shows and recorded a demo-release for live show program "Quintet "Michael "Kotovsky" Finagin and Anton Kochurkin left the band.[16]

Meanwhile, the second album of the band, Hack The World, which was mostly a studio work. "Hack the World" was predominantly Electronic music, and was released in 2005 by the declaration FREE!MUSIC 2.1, which allows anyone download and use the music freely. Some of its tracks were used in an audio-story Karandash i samodelkin v Egipte, by Moscow-based art project called Audio-Theater.[2] The album became a success, and the musical journals Salon Audio Video and Avtozvuk released the album in a 50,000 copies edition as an add-on to the journal issue.[16] Songs from the album were also used for the audio-show Space Mowgli based on a story by Strugatsky brothers and in Peoples book based on Yevgeniy Grishkovts's Rivers.[2]

After the success of Hack The World the band started an active touring career in various venues as well as Russian and Ukrainian jazz, alternative and rock festivals, including InProg (2006), Space of Joy (2006), Pustye Holmi (2006), etc. It was in these days when the unique style of the band was named by the critics as art-fusion.[2] [3] On 22 October 2007, the band together with Sergey Letov were the first to perform at the TV show "Brat Jivyom" ("Taking Alive") on the major Russian TV channel O2TV.[3] The official DVD released by the O2TV channel followed this remarkable performance. The following year (2008) this line-up of performers broke up, having naturally completed its agenda.[17]

Meanwhile, in 2007 Ro-mix and producer Oleg Smirnov with some other sidemen recorded EXIT project's third studio album Mystery Journey of Girl with her Death (2007). Being primarily a studio work, the sound of the album was a more distortion oriented and included more traditional music elements and song-line compositions.[2] [3]

In 2008 the new – parallel – line-up was formed consisting of Oleg Smirnov, "Ro-mix" and world music and jazz virtuoso Kirill Parenchuk playing soprano sax and Indian percussion instrument tabla. In 2010 the band released the amazing concert album featuring collaboration with avant-garde saxophonist Sergey Letov – "Live at Golden Mask" recorded live in 2007.

In 2012 the concert debut of live program was released in 2012 as a 5-track concert EP "LiveSplashes"[18] on a CD and became the first music album to be released in a 3plet format.[12] The release received numerous acknowledgements and reviews around Russia and the USA.[19]

Later in 2012 the band's producer, bandleader and bassist Oleg Smirnov released a studio multimedia project in collaboration with multi-instrumentalist Kirill Parnchuk. The multi-media album "Son Cherished Most"[20] is a unity of music, visual arts and text citations as well as a 10-minute documentary film[21] revealing the concept and the process of creation.

The latest official release of the band is The Best 20.20 and is an anniversary album highlighting the twentieth year in the band's history. The release is available in all major digital stores.[22] The album got high critical acclaim in the music media.[23]

Present members

Past members

Discography

Studio albums

Concert albums

Compilations and other releases

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LIST OF FESTIVALS:

Island of Light (2006)

In Prog (2006)

Space of Joy (2006),

Golden Mask Club (2007)

Noumen Art (2008)

Long Arms 5 (2008)

Ethnolife (2008);

Wild Mint (2009); (Oleg Smirnov)

Pustye Holmi (2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012)

Kazantip (2011)

Ethno Planeta (2012)

Archstoyanie (2010, 2012)

Russian-German Festival "On Rozhdenstvensky Side" (2013)

WaFest (2012, 2013)

Troitza: All Live (2014)

JetLag (2017) (Oleg Smirnov)

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THE LIST OF SOME PRINT (HARD-COPY) MUSIC MAGAZINES WHERE YOU CAN FIND REVIEWS OF THE EXIT PROJECT ALBUMS:

Billboard (#4 2008; #6 2010)

InRock (#17-2005; #28-2008; #39-2009; #49-2011; #58-2013)

Play (#6-2002; #7-2002; #11-2006)

Salon Audio&Video (#2-2006; #4-2007; #1-2008)

AutoZvuk (#2-2006; #1-2007; #8-2007; #7-2008)

Fuzz (#10-2007)

Trivia

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Exit Project – Music at . Last.fm . 11 February 2009 . 18 October 2011.
  2. http://freemusic.org.ru/en/taxonomy/term/7 Exit Project. Free!Music project
  3. Web site: O2TV – Первый молодёжный телеканал. https://web.archive.org/web/20071027034750/http://www.o2tv.ru/muz/programs/2007-10-22/prog1/. dead. 27 October 2007.
  4. http://www.membrana.ru/articles/global/2002/12/19/162800.html membrana.ru Открытая мультимедийная лицензия: свобода неоднозначного выбора
  5. Web site: Музыку раньше писали для людей, а теперь для шоу-бизнеса . Gazeta.ru . 13 September 2006 . 18 October 2011.
  6. Web site: EXIT project – Mystery Journey of Girl with her Death – 2007 . 30 October 2010 . 7 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120307092747/http://www.playcast.ru/view/410890/86a58032d06e4faddbe689cef6342a057839a762pl . dead .
  7. Web site: 3plet . 26 October 2012 . 27 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121027024524/http://3plet.com/en/ . dead .
  8. Web site: EXIT project для iPhone, iPad и iPod touch в iTunes App Store . itunes.apple.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130919081437/https://itunes.apple.com/ru/app/exit-project/id571007712?mt=8 . 2013-09-19.
  9. Web site: 9. Closer to the End . 30 October 2010 . 7 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120307092830/http://www.playcast.ru/view/418738/070b093cf7b39ca8093cd7af376b8baf17b3bf63pl . dead .
  10. Web site: EXIT project - интервью. 1 January 2024. youtube.com.
  11. Virtually, it's a full-scale music edition in the new digital media. Apart from habitual musical listening Appub allows: to watch related slide show pictures while listening, watching the music videos straight from the application, read the lyrics and even sing along (karaoke), get to know the band's background, comment and read others' comments.
  12. Web site: EXIT project HD on the App Store . itunes.apple.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160117193443/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/exit-project-hd/id571013015?mt=8 . 2016-01-17.
  13. http://exitproject.org/the-band/reviews/ Reviews
  14. Web site: Exit Project website . 24 February 2012 . 2 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120302015232/http://www.exitproject.org/ . dead .
  15. http://exitproject.ru/content/view/48/47/ Exit Project. Хорошая музыка. – Участники
  16. http://exitproject.ru/content/view/123/64/ Exit Project. Хорошая музыка. – Дискография Exit Project
  17. Web site: EXIT project. Хорошая музыка . 11 October 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080924143900/http://exitproject.ru/content/view/260/2/ . 24 September 2008 .
  18. http://exitproject.org/albums/livesplashes LiveSplashes
  19. http://exitproject.org/the-band/reviews Reviews
  20. Web site: Exit Project website . 8 February 2013 . 6 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130906024717/http://son.exitproject.org/ . dead .
  21. Web site: [EXIT project] "Son Cherished Most" - Documentary . .
  22. Web site: The Best 20.20 . . 19 September 2020 .
  23. Web site: EXIT project. Инструментальная музыка мирового уровня из России | Musecube .
  24. Web site: Страница альбома Shanti Place на официальном сайте коллектива . Exitproject.pdj.ru . 16 July 2011 . 18 October 2011.
  25. Web site: Tunguska – Favorite Яркий коллективный проект, посвящённый Тунгусскому феномену (DVD приложение к журналу Mobi) № 86; Октябрь 2010 Средний тираж – 70 тысяч экземпляров . Mirf.ru . 15 September 2010 . 18 October 2011.
  26. Сборник журнала Play – русская сборка № 3 2002 Тираж журнала 50.000 экземпляров
  27. Сборник журнала Play – русская сборка -replay № 12 2004 тираж журнала 50.000 экземпляров
  28. Web site: [Posted 13 December 2004 by cook] . 2004 – Free!Music Compilation (CD, сборник), Alt Linux. тираж 20.000 шт . Lwn.net . 13 December 2004 . 18 October 2011.
  29. Web site: 2002 OpenMusic Compilation (CD, сборник), Alt Linux. тираж 20.000 шт . Altlinux.ru . 18 October 2011.
  30. Music for designers Compilation (CD, сборник) 2003 Indexdesign
  31. Пропаганда −2 (CD, сборник) 2002
  32. Web site: 29 января 2003 года . Пропаганда −3 (CD, сборник) 2003 . ru . Culture.tonkoblako-9.net . 18 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070206064654/http://culture.tonkoblako-9.net/news/2003/2003_04.tan . 6 February 2007 . dead .
  33. Web site: "Four Seasons – Russian Winter" 2009 (CD, сборник) Pitch Music Publishing и лейбл Fusion представляют порцию зимнего настроения – третий сборник отечественной СhillOut-музыки . Pitch-music.com . 2 September 2001 . 18 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110715085212/http://www.pitch-music.com/press/fourseasonwinter2010/ . 15 July 2011 .
  34. Web site: "Four Seasons – Russian Autumn" 2009 (CD, сборник) Pitch Music Publishing . 30 October 2010 . 29 January 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110129052010/http://4seasons-russia.com/ . dead .
  35. Web site: Tunguska Chillout Grooves vol. 2 2009 (CD, сборник) Tunguska Electronic Music Society . 4seasons-russia.com . 2 September 2001 . 18 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111019042114/http://www.jamendo.com/ru/album/41217 . 19 October 2011 .
  36. Web site: — Tunguska Chillout Grooves vol. 3 (Lilith & Selena) 2009 (digital, сборник) Tunguska Electronic Music Society . ru . Jamendo.com . 18 October 2011.
  37. Web site: — Tunguska Chillout Grooves vol. 4 2009 (digital, сборник) Tunguska Electronic Music Society . ru . Jamendo.com . 18 October 2011.
  38. Web site: Ellipsis: Tunguska.Shaman.Vimana. 2010 (digital, сборник) Tunguska Electronic Music Society . ru . Jamendo.com . 30 June 2010 . 18 October 2011.
  39. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfIpUPqlOZs EXIT project in WWF videos
  40. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvumXUWee_c EXIT project in WWF videos
  41. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjtDkKKAOLQ EXIT project in Greenpeace videos

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