Andrey Dergatchev's soundtrack for the film The Return takes on
a whole new meaning when listened to outside its context in
cinema. The 17 tracks on THE RETURN (50'28") deliver more
ideas and power in their three or four minutes each than do
many pieces five or ten times their length, and their arrangement
provides fascinating transformations between mood, color and
hue. The album progresses in a dreamlike fashion as its
meandering narrative transitions between profound and oddly
different themes and musical forms. Dergatchev's diverging
compositions range from the very basic: excerpts of the film's
occasional dialogue (in Russian) and recorded sound, to the
very moody: static sub-sonic drones and somber resonant
synth-metal miniatures, to the hi-tech: sampled scraps of old
Georgian folk tunes over digital glitches and vinyl pops, to the
ingeniously accessible: soft dance rhythms and electronic pads
beneath breathy duduk solos - an intriguing confluence of the
acoustic and electronic, traditional and contemporary, cerebral
and kinetic. With all its peculiar twists and transformational
turns, the effect of listening to this music while daydreaming is
surreal, yet THE RETURN is also rewarding upon contemplation
and close examination.

Tune in to STAR'S END this weekend for music from Andrey
Dergatchev's soundtrack to the Andrey Zvyagintsev film The
Return.

For more on THE RETURN, access: http://www.ecmrecords.com

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