| | CD Baby: VARIOUS ARTISTS: Slavosonic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | For the most part, the music in "Slavosonic" is extremely evocative of landscapes, untamed nature, history and tradition: from Lapland and the margins of the Volga to the deepest taiga and tundra, from the Siberian shamanic tradition to Orthodox Christianity. |
 | | An important and evident aspect of this compilation, is the extreme care and attention to detail that was put into the composition of every track (which is hardly surprising considering the quality of the releases by ILI, one of the label's artists and its manager). |
 | | Another other striking aspect is how the artists succeeded in 'humanizing' music styles that frequently are cold and impersonal by resorting to the incorporation of traditional melodies and singing, creating organic wholes with actual 'souls'. |
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