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Sliding Pictures out
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Sliding Pictures out

«Sliding Pictures» has been released.

The Album is about transformation of the concept of home against the backdrop of two wars. A bomb shelter in Tel Aviv, a snow-covered Novoslobodskaya street, Mitzpe Street with the smell of the sea, the tree-lined Vykhino district — I rush through them as if in a dream.

The album title is a reference to transfer USSR stickers from the 70s. Sliding pictures capture the moment when a part of life has already been imprinted on tiles, while its continuation hangs in the air. In this movement — lies all the beauty and horror. I find home in it.

Almost all tracks on the album are collaborations with my friends, musicians, and alumni.

It’s as if I’ve had an epiphany: for the first time, I’ve gone beyond my self and found new strength in collaboration and synergy. It seems that with this strength, one can endure any war and truly feel support.

The brilliant cover of the animated months was made by Polina Gisich.

Music video «Pomyat»
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Music video «Pomyat»

The music video for the song «Pomyat» is a stop-motion clay animation that tells a story about a new home and its loss, friendships, and inner strength. It emphasizes the idea that no matter the adversity we face, we won’t disappear.

This impressive short film was entirely created by Sasha Madiken, involving the construction of sets, filming, editing, and post-production, all completed within a month.

 

«Contra»!
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«Contra»!

Maskeliade has been released new album called «Contra». You can listen it here

New Single is here
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New Single is here

Maskeliade has been released new single from upcoming album (26 of Nov). Its called “Learn to Cry”. Maria Aligozhina created animated cartoon for the song.

Listen and watch!

 

New music book is published!
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New music book is published!

Anton Maskeliade wrote a book for beginner musicians called “Your First Track“.

Today, anyone can create their own music using only a computer and headphones. If you have something to say to the world, you can also become a musician.

The book will guide you through all the steps of creating a musical track: from the idea and sounds to the released track. The book will help to deal with criticism and procrastination. It has three principal parts: how the music is arranged, how to make it technically and how to engage in creativity. Your first track may appear in a few hours.

Successful Russian editor Maxim Ilyahov was the editor of the book.

You can order it here. Or buy digital version.

New video at the abandoned pool
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New video at the abandoned pool

Maskeliade declaims Velimir Khlebnikov poem at the abandoned soviet’s era pool. Khlebnikov is a Russian avant-garde poet and a central part of the Russian Futurist movement 100 years ago. Music is ISRKR track from the latest Maskeliade`s album “O”.

This video is a collaboration with creative agency Zebra Hero and Samsung. Enjoy!

Maskeliade Music School
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Maskeliade Music School

Maskeliade has opened his own music school where he teaches music production for beginners and advanced students. Courses start every month and are held at the professional studio Sound Artist in art-gallery Ground. The program includes sound-design, mixing, mastering, fx, production techniques, music theory, analog synths and a lot of practice with homework. Ableton Live is the main editing program of the school.

All info about the school you can find at the official website – http://maskeliade.school

and social networks: Facebook, VK, Instagram, Soundcloud. See ya!

OneBeat Russia!
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OneBeat Russia!

OneBeat Russia brings together nine socially engaged musicians from Russia and the United States to compose, create and perform original music, and explore ways that music-making can build community across cultural and geographic divides. Anton Maskeliade participates in the program as organizer and musician.

OneBeat Russia is comprised of 3 one-week residencies, starting in the medieval city of Suzdal, continuing to Sviyazhsk Island and Kazan in Tatarstan, and ending with a week in Moscow, co-organized by GROUND Khodynka. In each residency location, OneBeat fellows will create original music, lead youth workshops, and do sound-collecting expeditions with folk musicians. The group will also give performances in Suzdal’s city center, in Kazan (at Smena, Sol Bar, and Ugol), and in Moscow, at Powerhouse Moscow (June 24), culminating in a final performance of our adaptation of L’Histoire du Soldat at GROUND (June 25).

OneBeat is cultivating a pioneering international network of leading artistic, technological, and social innovators in music. Designed and produced by the groundbreaking New York-based music organization Bang on a Can’s Found Sound Nation, OneBeat employs collaborative original music as a potent new form of cultural diplomacy.

Maskeliade was the first Russian OneBeat fellow in 2012 when the program started. Gig in Washington: