Welcoem to posts!!
in the future - u will be able to do some more stuff here,,,!! like pat catgirl- i mean um yeah... for now u can only see others's posts :c
Happy New Year 2023!
A lot has happened during this year, both for me, for you and for the whole world. We can speak about it for a long, long time, but I think I've said everything before. So let's summarize on the relevant matters.
Namely, after 6 years, Shiokalt was finally completed and released!
In fact, I promoted this album less than I had originally planned, simply because it was very out-of-format, and I didn't quite knew which communities it could be promoted through. But what I, and you all, definitely realized with Shiokalt was that I can actually make music at such level. This means we can go on. We simply have to do it. But in an alternative way, with more expressed genre and target definition.
Let me also add that I haven't escaped my country, like local so-called "elites" did, and I'm not going to. If the call finds me, I'll go. If it won't, so be it. Alea jacta est, as they say. What will be, let it be.
In fact, since November, I'm still in process of moving to a new apartment. In the same part of town, mind you. It's still being renovated, but it's at least halfway through what we had planned. I think by the end of February I'll be able to be with you again and actively engage in the production of new material.
I won't make grand plans for the future either. They won't come true anyway if you overestimate them. But what I can say unequivocally, based on the events of November-December 2022, is that our next work will be melodic, but, at the same time, it will be very loud. Very energetic. And, most importantly, it will be more technical. Now there is nothing to stop me or you.
So, once again, happy New Year everyone!
You have already had the fortune of finding and subbing to this channel. So let this fortune be with you and never letting you down.
All the best! And I'm off to guzzle... erm, celebrate.
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It's finally happening. Via social networks, I've managed to attract some attention to one of the Russian record labels, and, in one way or another, they've started publishing me.
For now, Shiokalt is available at Youtube Music here:
bit.ly/3fSQzn6
At Apple Music:
music.apple.com/ru/album/shiokalt/1654053408
At Amazon Music here:
music.amazon.com/albums/B0BLWHZTJH
At Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/1p4sHDe7KgulsY6GSzmk1c
At Deezer:
www.deezer.com/album/374032677
At Yandex Music:
music.yandex.com/album/24023233
At Pandora:
www.pandora.com/artist/ajoura/shiokalt/ALzZ7jP9lfx…
(possibly there are another streaming platforms, so WIP)
Stay tuned, and, possibly (but that's not for sure), I'll be publishing at another streaming platforms.
Also, the same day, I got a copyright claim on Suno. That one standalone version with a double bass (which I sold to some good lad 3 years ago). I suppose they'd give me some more claims, but then again, I can't even withdraw money from Adsense as for now. Maybe that's for the best? Or not?
SCP Theme Remake would be self-published.
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Hello once again. I'd like to clarify the situation with the last community post, so there would be no misunderstandings.
I was silent for many years, and now I'd like to speak out.
First of all, even though I'm an ethnic Russian who lives in Moscow
(and therefore a potential danger to someone just by design),
this is NOT a propaganda and/or political post. I'm a musician, not a politician.
It only concerns my own views.
You are free to poison the well if you don't like me. I know how some people like to cancel every single one who has the different opinion.
I did call for overthrowal of the governments. Half-jokingly.
It's just a matter of my ability to communicate with you. That doesn't mean that I want you all to go and burn tires so I could charge you invoices. No, it's simply a matter of mutial recognition.
I myself am a honest supporter whenever I can, no matter from which country you are, and I actually bought some interesting foreign indie releases from Bandcamp (such as Rigël Theatre albums), but now I can't. While they have already put out a new release in the meantime.
The point is: in the current situation, I support Russia. Low-key, but I do support it.
And I'm not going to go around and yell "STOP THE WAR" and "I'M ASHAMED TO BE RUSSIAN" just like that.
I'll explain now why.
Someone in the comments of the original post have already been accusing me of being brainwashed and subjected to lies, since I stand for my own country and don't want to repent right away and accuse the government in doing every single evil thing in the world.
Yet for the current situation, the truth is... is out there.
Both me and you all might be (and I'm sure we are) mistaken, seeing how drastically different are opinions in both Western and Russian media.
I briefly remember 1990's (born 1992). It was the time when USA tried to become "friends" with Russia, and, as a result, the country almost went down the drain. I still remember buildings standing unfinished for years straight, 6-digit prices, shady shops with USD price tags, con artists at the streets, dirty markets and stench of rotting food.
In 2000, after the new people came to power, Russia started recovering and shrugging off the Western puppet status.
That culminated in 2007, after Munich speech, where our president simply told USA: "leave us alone and let us live on our own accord, you're being way too pushy towards us, who said you're the bigwig here?"
And then it went tumbling to whatever we have today: the Western media outlets democratically trying to shut up anyone who doubts their opinion on evil bloodthirsty Russia and poor innocent Ukraine.
After eight years of Ukraine straight up bombing their Russian minority simply because they were speaking Russian and not Ukrainian in their everyday life, forcing them out of their country, where they were born and raised.
After burning Russians alive in Odessa Trade Union House.
After the Alley of Angels in Donetsk. A memorial to more than 150 Russian children killed by Ukrainians.
After years and years of BBC's documentaries of rising anti-Russian right-wing nationalism in Ukraine. I saved a lot of them to my hard drive, so they won't go "poof" one day.
Even after the news that Ukraine invaded first on February 21. That might be dubious, but anyway.
I do not deny that my own government may have faked some of these pieces of history.
But I don't like when the people who brand my government as "liars a priori" and these pieces as "fake news" walk around and present themselves as the only true beacon of truth, no matter how many counter-arguments they're been shoved in their faces.
And especially I don't like that the people who are currently trying to demonize Russia as Satan Country Personified have been presenting Russia for all these years not as a normal country just like their own, but as a "podunk backwards parallel universe where everything is grey and cold, everyone speaks and writes backwards, is a criminal, plays balalaika and drinks vodka".
(BTW, I actually can play balalaika. And I do drink vodka, but only when celebrating with family or colleagues, and/or when I'm really angry so to relax and forget the source of anger).
Now they claim that Russians are bombing civilians, assaulting women (just like they've been telling about Iraq), eating dogs, stealing washing machines, robbing liquor stores, selling crack and running over school kids with their cars.
All this from the country who published an issue of Time magazine in 1995 which cover said in large letters: "BRINGING THE SERBS TO HEEL". After an illegal invasion and bombing of Belgrade, Serbia.
Is it double standard? Or is it... double standard?
And if you think that's "whataboutism", let's not forget that claims of whataboutism do not free anyone from responsibility.
Bottom line is: no one is given an absolute monopoly on truth. Not even the ones who think they have the might and right to bend the rules for their own benefit and bring the whole Russian nation to a collective responsibility, ignoring the whole Geneva Convention.
Come on, if I was a president, I wouldn't be labeling any nation with Yellow Stars of David simply because some of its citizens did something (if they actually did it). I myself don't even know how to shoot a gun properly, I never "invaded" anyone, so revoke this responsibility from me.
That is why I'm making this kind of music. Simply for everyone to stay uplift and, at the same time, peaceful, especially in the current situation.
Once again, I might be misled. Lied to. Deceived.
Yet I'll only take is as granted after an undeniable, irrefutable, proof is shown to me.
After that, I would officially acknowledge my wrongs. Until that, I stand for Russia.
However, the main point for me to support Russia is because I was born here, I live here, I have a family, a house and a lot of memories here. I was cooked here and I belong here. After all, there's no place like home. Most of us would do the same, no matter from which country you are. It's a normal human instinct.
Situation in Russia is relatively calm for now. Many things have stabilized after the initial drop. And living just like that, I don't want to blindly follow someone else's rally for "DESTROY THE RUSSIAN ESTABLISHMENT" and break apart my normal life flow. Especially if that "someone else" is knee-deep in blood.
I just want to live in peace. And I actually want Ukrainians to live in peace. I mean those who still retained their humanity, those who didn't jump on the first call of "Russians are the sole reason you're still poor, kill them all!"
This war was waged by the West towards Russia on the pretense of dubious crime accusations. And I have to stand for my home.
Somehow.
I don't want it to be destroyed. Or else I won't be able to make music for you anymore.
Yet it's a very big and tangled game. That's why I decided not to participate in the conflict actively and passionately, for I don't know the whole picture. And I'm not even valid for military service anyway.
If you would still be disappointed in me, and decide to leave, I'd be obviously upset. Yet I would acknowledge your choice.
P.S. My late grandfather was Ukrainian. He fought with Nazis and was wounded in WWII, almost lost his leg, but recovered through sheer will to live and a sheer amount of profanities. He left our world in 2009. He hated post-Soviet Ukraine with passion. Not on the national issue, but because he saw what have they done with his country, the place where he was born, now robbed and torn apart. And it was not Russians who did it, mind you.
Maybe it's for the better he's not here with us anymore, so he wouldn't be watching the news and staying enraged all day long.
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Hello! Just wanted to tell you that now I'm on Soundcloud.
And pretty soon, I'll also be at Yandex Music.
Since I'm from Russia, payment to/from other countries might be a little difficult for me. Therefore, no releases on Youtube Music, Spotify, Bandcamp etc. yet.
I'd be more than happy to provide you my music in lossless format for a reasonable price, but currently, I don't have a foreign bank account yet to circumvent this.
If you want to help right now, go and overthrow your governments (just partially joking). That's the one and only thing you can do to resolve this situation. And providing lossless audio overseas for free, sadly, is not an option for now: I'm already sharing it for a reasonable price in Russia, and, as almost all offshore Russian bank accounts have been frozen since March, and the Western governments are already robbing them dry to buy weapons to kill Russians, it would basically mean your governments encourage you to rob me as well, since I'm Russian and, therefore, less than a human being in their eyes.
From my side, I'll account for all measures possible to provide a financial flow overseas, so I could be able to release Shiokalt, or some other forecoming material, on a label outside of Russia, or to distribute it to some (almost-)worldwide streaming platforms.
Link to Soundcloud:
soundcloud.com/ajoura/sets/shiokalt
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Hello, dear viewers. Just published a new version of Winter Festival, come and check it out here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WC6q...
On the other news: I've decided that the name "Corona" is currently too defiled to be associated with Ajoura, since, due to all this COVID-19 hysteria, Russian ruble is plummeting once again and my regular job is under potential threat. Due to this, the piece formerly known as Corona is now forever and anon renamed to Suno ("light", or "glow" in Toki Pona; basically, the same, but another word).
Please stay safe and keep washing your hands. And I'll be trying as much as I can to provide quality content for you. No shitposting, no useless information, just music of, uhm... You name the genre, seriously.
Thank you for your support once again!
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Hello, dear viewers. It's finally time to test this function out.
First of all, I'll have to thank you several more times for staying with me and not leaving me alone. Your support means a lot to me, and I hope I could make you happy with better music.
For the last 2 years, I've been trying to improve my style and to make it more individual. For the last several months, I've been doing this in all my possible force with next to no contact to outside world - only job and music, and that's that. My last throw was taking the clarinet as the main solo instrument in place of bandolim (since I cannot work with this instrument anymore).
Today, I'll be uploading a compilation of 6 previous pieces (24 Diamonds not included, since it was uploaded separately) in re-imagined installment, with clarinet (and not only) solo parts. I hope you will like it.
Once again, thanks to you all. If you like my music, keep watching my videos, this means a lot for me. I've been thinking about Patreon for a long time, yet I can't define how to work with it yet.
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Nice to meet you! I'm a multi-instrumentalist from Moscow, Russia, I play electro-acoustic new age music, and I want to share it with you.
From 2008, I've been experimenting with music. This means you can find a lot of different genres on this channel.
Yet from 2017, I've finally caught my signature style, so videos from 2017 are the ones to guide yourself here.
I play keyboards (harmonium, toy piano, synthesizers), electric guitars, percussion, and also some other interesting instruments. I also like sound collages and precise multisampling.
All music on this channel have been played, recorded and mixed by myself.
I do not approve and/or promote dubious esoterics.
My music is only labeled as "new age" as a way to encompass all various musical tropes I'm working with.
If you like it, please hit the like button, subscribe and call your friends, let them listen too. It's a pleasure to me that somebody listens to my music, and all of you inspire me to make more.