VIDEO: Deti Picasso - Yaman (youtube.com)

Websites:
www.detipicasso.ru
www.myspace.com/detipicasso

KONZERT: DETI PICASSO & VELENA in Leipzig am 2. April um 21 Uhr (utconnewitz.de)

Die aus Moskau stammende Band DETI PICASSO spielt für Russland eine eher unübliche Art von Musik: verwirrend und scharf, mit starken ethnischen Wurzeln, viel hypnotischer Energie. Starke Frauenstimmen, transparente Gitarren und ein sanfter Cellosound werden mit rauen psychedelischen Melodien gepaart. Die Basis bilden alte armenische Lieder und Gesänge aufgenommen mit einem klassischen Streichquartett.
Ihre Musik ist extrem frisch, ursprünglich, außerordentlich und einnehmend ehrlich. Sängerin Gaya Arutyunyan verfügt über eine der ausdruckstärksten und exotischsten Stimmen Armeniens: sie klingt weder opernhaft noch weich, sondern rau, und eindringlich. Nach 3 Album-Veröffentlichungen erlangte DETI PICASSO die (absolut berechtigte) Reputation, einer der bemerkenswertesten Live-Acts der Ex-Sowjetunion zu sein; innerhalb der Klub-Szene Moskaus sind sie Superstars. Deti Picasso spielten schon auf vielen renommierten Festivals und wurden von Bands wie Depeche Mode und Massive Attack als Support eingeladen. Wir freuen uns auf einen mit Sicherheit großartigen Abend!

To see and listen to the music of Deti Picasso at the same time is the greatest pleasure, and there's nothing better than catching them playing live! (Play magazine)

Websites:

www.detipicasso.ru

www.myspace.com/detipicasso

Nachreichen möchte ich jetzt noch ein Video von diesem Abend (8. April) -afgenommen mit meinem Handy:

EXHIBITION: Picasso to Come to Georgia (geotimes.ge)

When asked “When will you be exhibited in Tbilisi?” the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso reportedly answered that there was no point in exhibiting his work in Georgia because the Georgians already had the great Pirosmani. As the Georgian National Museum has already sent Pirosmani paintings abroad however, it can now afford to host Picasso here.

40 Picasso masterpieces will come to Georgia and be exhibited here from May 30 to September 6. The collection comes from the Zervos museum in Vezelay in Yonne, France.

According to the National Museum of Georgia, the main organiser of the event, « the exhibition is a large scale one and unprecedented for Georgia. It is expected to provoke tremendous interest both in Georgia and in international circles. The exhibition will not only be interesting for our citizens but tourists. We are sure that the exhibition will attract an unprecedented number of visitors during these 4 months. »

Picasso’s works will be first exhibited at the Sighnaghi Museum from May 30 to June 23. Then Tbilisi Arts Museum will host the masterpieces from June 28 till August 2. They will then be in Batumi Arts Museum from August 8 to September 6. The Georgian National Museum will also hold a programme of lectures about Picasso for all ages.

full article >>>

Mariam Chubinishvili, Georgian Times
2009.03.16 12:32

MUSIC: DETI PICASSO - THE NEW ALBUM TURBO MAIRIK (2008) IS OUT NOW !!!

www.detipicasso.ru

www.myspace.com/detipicasso

Members of "Deti Picasso"
Gaya Arutyunyan - vocals
Karen Arutyunyan - guitars
Bogdan Bobrov - drums
Arpad Vajdovich - bass
Ellina Khachaturian - alto

Deti Picasso is a five-piece, ethnically Armenian band from Moscow, who describes its style as post modern translator of the ancient Christian Armenian folk music. After their third release in 2006 (Glubina), they have achieved the reputation of the most original and special live act of the ex-Soviet Union territory. They have played on the most important festivals and club scenes in Finland, Portugal, Hungary, France, Croatia, Austria, Czech Rep., Armenia, Estonia, etc. They supported Massive Attack and Depeche Mode during their Russian tour. Their new album Turbo Mayrik combins Armenian folk tunes with other influences, including experimental rock, Caucasian chorals and contemporary world music. Supported by Haris Pilton's drum'n'brass.

NA JEDNOM BREHU FESTIVAL (CZECH REP.)

Gaya Arutyunyan in action (CZECH REP.)

Gaya and Karen Arutyunyan (photo by Bogdan Bobrov)

Deti Picasso press photo (photo by Sandor Kozlov)

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Dia-Show: Deti Picasso >>>

RADIO & MUSIC: Contemporary Caucasian Music & (live stream) and other sounds from other countries - 22.00 (german time)

Some Contemporary Caucasian Music in studio from Radio Blau in some minutes ...

www.radioblau.de

(Livestream) !!!!!! Good time for listening !!!

täglich auf UKW99,2 MHz, sowie:94,4 MHz & 89,2 MHz (Karte)

97,9 MHz (primacom Kabel)

with LiveStream

with Maka Batiashvili, Deti Picasso, Russudan Meipariani

MUSIC: Two Young Armenians In Moskau - On Of The Best Club Music Formation In The Kreml City

I hope we can invite this band to Germany soon! Great and impressive sounds. Typical Armenian influences are Ancient Armenian Chants which going together with typical western club sounds but the voice from Gaya Arutyunyan you can't find her vocals any corner ... More about DETI PICASSO ...

Deti Picasso (photo by Andras Fekete)

The Moscow based Deti Picasso plays an unusual sort of music in Russia - head-spinning and sharp, with strong ethnic roots, psychodelica and hypnotizing energy. Very expressive female vocals from are backed with transparent guitar music, soft cello sound and alternated with rough psychedelic tunes. Ancient Armenian chants and songs recorded with academic string quartet blend with new forms of guitar sound. The music is very fresh, original, extraordinary and captivatingly sincere.

Deti Picasso's first studio album "Mesyac ulibok" (Month of smiles, released in 2002) - full of fresh and new emotions, was a real breaktrough in Russian club music. The band started to play on the biggest music festivals in Russia and was invited to play one stage wiith Depeche Mode and Massive Attack. April 2003 Deti Picasso played at "Yubileiniy" stadium in St-Petersburg on FUZZ magazine Ceremony and was named the "Best New Band 2002".

In 2004 Deti Picasso made their public appearance with Armenian folk dance songs combined with heavy guitar themes and absolutely fresh and modern rock music. Their second album Ethic Experiments became one of the best examples for the rising of the contemporary Eastern Europen rock music. From that time the band's art brings together 2 streams: Moscow club and Armenian folk cultures. The music is very fresh, original, extraordinary and captivatingly sincere. No wonder that Deti Picasso won a warm acclaim of the audience and became one of the most respected bands in the Moscow club scene.

The bands second album had a real success in Armenia and especially in Hungary after participating in the Sziget festival in 2004 and 2006. As a result of their Hungarian tour, they started to work with the Hungarian free-jazz legend Istvan Grencso and modern acid-rock quartet Masfel. Deti Picasso made with both of them records.

Their newest album Glubina (Depth, released in april 2006), recorded with academic string quartet is a sure and direct step towards new ways of musical expressions.

myspace-site: www.myspace.com/detipicasso

Band-Website detipicasso.ru

Bandmitglieder
Gaya Arutyunyan - vocals
Karen Arutyunyan - guitars
Vadim Kuznetsov - cello
Alexey Filippik - bass
Bogdan Bobrov - drums

DETI PICASSO- Ethnic Experiments (Deep Music)

Review by Raffi Meneshian, founder of Pomegranate Music and Executive Director of Yeraz Art

The band Deti Picasso is from Russia. Two of the members are Armenian in lead singer Gaya Harutyunyan and brother/guitar player Garen Harutyunyan. The 2004 CD "Ethnic Experiments" is sandwiched in between two other releases, 2002's "Mesjac Ulybok" (CD Land Records), and their new 2006 release "Glubina" (Deep Movement). They are not considered "Armenian artists" in the sense that they cater to the Moscow rock/punk/experimental music scene and sing mainly in Russian. That's their bread and butter. Like many ethnic Armenians in Europe and North America, they presumably decided to dabble into their roots and as the CD title states, create "Ethnic Experiments". They have a cult following in Armenia and have given several very successful club concerts there, despite the general indifference toward rock music in the Homeland.

Whether I simply casually listen, review, or produce artistic risk-takers, there is a high degree of respect that is accorded to them right off the bat from me. I first heard an MP3 song (Im Gala) that was somehow sent to me via email in 2004 via Christina Sarkissian (the person who gave me a copy of Bambir- Quake while in the US) via Gor Mkhitarian. I had never heard Armenian music performed like this before. Yet, I was confused on whether I actually liked the music and needed more of a sample set. So, finally, after 2 years of looking around, I finally bought an authentic CD of "Ethnic Experiments" at the Avant Garde Folk Club on Pushkin this summer and have had time to ponder and absorb the music.

Presented as a loose concept album with the first track being dedicated to listening to a person waking up in the morning (or evening) and making a pot of coffee all while hearing the effect of a needle dropping on a record with LP scratches all while flutes, clarinets, and shvi's are being introduced. In general, musicians have to be careful when presenting a concept album as sometimes the side effects can detract from the main meal of music. See Prince's "The Sign Album" or Pete Townhend's "Pyschoderilect" as examples. Thankfully, Deti Picasso keeps the sideshow to a minimum while making its point. All of the brief interludes (track 7, secret hidden track at the end of the album) point toward a spiritual bond with their "ancient Armenian folk songs". I'll let you listen and decide to see if you think it's effective. I think it is, yet, maybe not as profound as the band intended it to be.

After the opening introductions, the band gets right down to business with one of the standout tracks on the album, Ai Nina (track 3) which features the nervous, edgy, and strangely beautiful voice of Gaya setting the stage for a somewhat epic version of the popular folk song. I can assure you it has never been played like this before, as toward the end of the song the band uses bone-crunching guitar licks and uninhibited vocal layers to finish off the the 5 minute crecendo. With quick breaks in the middle of the song fueled by the sounds of a cello, Deti Picasso create finesse in the eye of a storm. The ninth track, Ai Lele Yar is another bright spot proving the can handle a slow tempo while interpreting another folk song in a majestic and beautiful fashion. I had never imagined this song would ever be approached in this way. It's one of the reasons "Ethnic Experiments" is so appealing and effective.

Usually, producers like to front load an album with the best songs, leaving the filler toward the end before a strong finale. In this case, the best song on the album comes surprisingly third from the end with Merik. Again, based on a folk song, all main elements that Deti Picasso try to exhibit in the course of the album converge to form a masterwork of a song. It's all there, the angst, the finesse, the sound samples, the crecendo, the clarinet, and best of all, the passion. It is at this point in the album listening process, you begin to understand very clearly that this is a special band, and a special album.

Gaya's voice is not operatic, smooth, or even attractive. It is jagged, nervous, and urgent. She reminds me of Kristi Stassinapoulou or Savina Yannatou, both from Greece. A case can be made that she reminds of a raw Allanis Morrisette. In all cases, at first glance the voices aren't appealing. Yet, how they use it is very important. And, ultimately very effective. As for the rest of the band, they succeed in giving Gaya the neccessary color and punkish attitude needed for this all to work.

"Ethnic Experiments" is the type of album release in the Armenian language that happens once every few years. It startles you, and makes you think by going deeper into the approach than what is usually presented in a simple folk song. While anonymous artists come and go in Yerevan and in the Diaspora using folk music as a cheap vehicle to make money or springboard a career because they have no originality of their own, credit Deti Picasso for digging deep, and producing a delightfully flawed masterpiece of an album.

Now, this is real music.

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HETQ - Rock bands from Vanadzor.
J.E.M. - Offical Website. (Armenia, Vanadzor)
Rockar - Rock in Armenia and armenians in Rock.
Armenian Rock - Hystory of Armenian Rock Music by Simon Simonian.
JARMEN.NET - J. ARMEN's Official Site. (USA)
A.R.G.F. - Armenian Rock Groups Fist. United Armenian rockers. (Lebanon)
RED SNOW - Offical Website. (USA)
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