Andrey Kiritchenko: Reviews

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Vital Andrey Kiritchenko-Bandura sings about things Andrey Kiritchenko hails from the industrial wasteland of Kharkov, Ukraine and has been reviewed in Vital several times before. Here he presents two tracks based on the bandura, which is a plucked-string musical instrument from Ukraine. This work is quite different from other works by Kiritchenko, as for the most part its a combination of raw unprocessed sounds culled from the bandura, and some sounds processed digitally. The bandura is strummed, plucked, and attacked in all manner of ways. At times the juxtaposition of untreated sounds with digital droning is jarring and seem to be at odds with each other. But there are moments when Kiritchenko eases up on the bandura and the sounds become a harmonious mixture. It is these moments when the work really starts to gel. An interesting experiment for which the mp3 format is well suited. (JS)