Edelweiss (Drezden album)

Edelweiss is the second studio album by the Belarusian electronic music band Drezden, released on December 3, 2019. The CD contains 11 tracks recorded in 2019.[3] All songs were written by Siarhei Mikhalok.[4]

Edelweiss
Studio album by
Drezden
ReleasedDecember 3, 2019[1]
Recorded2019
GenreSynth-pop, Alternative rock, New wave music
Length42:08
LabelSoyuz Music
ProducerVitaliy Telezin
Drezden chronology
Drezden
(2018)		 Edelweiss
(2019)
Singles from Edelweiss
  1. "Edelweiss"
    Released: November 14, 2019
  2. "Davida Olen"
    Released: May 19, 2020
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
InterMedia[2]

History and release

On November 14, 2019, the public was presented with a video clip for the song "Edelweiss", the title song from the upcoming new album of the same name. The author of the video is the Minsk photographer Karolina Polyakova. The video was filmed by the wife of Siarhei Mikhalok, actress Svetlana Zelenkovskaya.[5]

Album "Edelweiss" was released on December 3. The new album includes 11 tracks. Mixing and mastering was done by Vitaly Telezin. The album was recorded at his Kyiv studio "211". The new album continues the tradition of the first. It is filled with puns and philosophical texts. The group was joined by Mikhalok's son Pavel, who plays keyboards.[6]

On January 19, 2020, on the birthday of Siarhei Mikhalok, the first live performance of the Drezden group took place in Lviv. Although the group appeared back in 2018, until that moment it existed only on the Internet. On February 23, the group gave a concert in Minsk. The concert featured songs from both albums. On February 28, the group was presented in Kyiv. The concert in Kharkiv scheduled for March 13 was canceled due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.[7]

On May 19, a video clip for the song "David's Deer" appeared. This video is made in a futuristic style and refers to old Hollywood movies. A large international team worked on the clip, and Vladimir Nefyodov was the director. Filming took place over two days in and around Los Angeles.[8]

Reception

Alexey Mazhaev from the InterMedia website notes that "the density of references, associations, historical, mythological, literary and cinematic characters is unusually high in the album." In his opinion, this is where the problem lies, since lovers of such music "prefer abstract images in poetry rather than philosophical terms and references to history and mythology." Mazhaev rated the album 7 points out of 10.[9]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Эдельвейс"Siarhei MikhalokSiarhei Mikhalok4:07
2."Давида олень"Siarhei MikhalokSiarhei Mikhalok2:52
3."О’Хенри"Siarhei MikhalokSiarhei Mikhalok4:28
4."Алладин"Siarhei MikhalokSiarhei Mikhalok3:21
5."Голливуд"Siarhei MikhalokSiarhei Mikhalok4:44
6."Весельчак У"Siarhei MikhalokSiarhei Mikhalok4:05
7."Колесо Калипсо"Siarhei MikhalokSiarhei Mikhalok4:11
8."Стальная Аляска"Siarhei MikhalokSiarhei Mikhalok3:35
9."Мутабор"Siarhei MikhalokSiarhei Mikhalok3:18
10."Повелитель мух"Siarhei MikhalokSiarhei Mikhalok3:11
11."Оле Лукойе"Siarhei MikhalokSiarhei Mikhalok4:16

Personnel

References
  1. "Сергей Михалок и группа Drezden представили клип на новую песню Эдельвейс" (in Russian). 112.ua. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  2. Мажаев, Алексей (2018-09-10). "Рецензия: Drezden — "Эдельвейс"" (in Russian). InterMedia. Archived from the original on 2019-12-17. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  3. "Сергей Михалок с проектом Drezden презентовал новый альбом "Эдельвейс"" (in Russian). Наша Ніва. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  4. "Drezden выпустили "Эдельвейс" — НАШЕ Радио" (in Russian). www.nashe.ru. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  5. "Проект Сергея Михалка Drezden выпустил альбом "Эдельвейс"" (in Russian). 34mag. 2019-12-03. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
  6. ""Эдельвейс" — Drezden презентовали сингл и клип" (in Russian). 34mag. 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
  7. ""Настроение дня — привет". Сергей Михалок представил в Киеве свой сольный проект Drezden". НВ. 2020-03-04. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  8. "У Сергея Михалка вышел новый клип" (in Russian). TUT.BY. 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
  9. Александр Чернухо (2020-02-23). "Сергей Михалок дал первый концерт со своей новой группой в Минске". Onliner.by. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  10. Сергей МАЛИНОВСКИЙ (2019-12-03). "Сергей Михалок выпустил второй альбом "Эдельвейс" своего сайд-проекта Drezden" (in Russian). KP.BY - сайт «Комсомольской правды». Retrieved 2019-12-03.
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