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Meholalot 

This is a great tune by New York avant-garde composer John Zorn, “creatively arranged” by EXIT project. We kind of played around with the initial theme by Zorn, adding some more melodic lines, some orchestral shading, some dub swing, a pinch of house grooves, and a bite of chilly beats. So now it sounds more 'world' rather than 'ethnic'. 

Actually, we don't normally perform tunes composed by someone else. But this was an enjoyable occasion. One summer day, our bassist played a few notes of  Zorn's theme in a cool muted fashion way up on the bass neck. It sounded fresh, so we made it fresh. John has enjoyed the way we arranged it, and, so, we hope, have you!

EXIT project - Meholalot  (by John Zorn)

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Je Ne Suis Pas La 

Amazing thing, music. Everything around us is woven of thoughts and names and concepts.  Words are meant and spoken.  Even “I” is a word. We tag and label all the way, and so goes the monologue where “I” and “Me” are names... 

And then, out of nowhere comes the music. Just a few notes – and silence. Through breath it whispers. Then again – a few notes – like a tap on the mind's shoulder. What? - it puzzles you, it makes you stumble, takes you deeper... Again, and the drum beat hooks you up and the inner movement reveals itself, making you aware of the inner rhythms, which are actually there inside you all the time, even though you are preoccupied with thinking... 

And then the big wheel starts turning. You can't ignore it any more... It becomes gross, it stirs up the fire, it spins, it captures you and... all of a sudden, disappears, leaving you stretched in a space of numbness over the thread of a pulsing drum-beat, like a heart. Breath taken, thoughts stopped, feeling enters, piercing the speechless space with a melody. And so goes the speechless talk.

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The Walk 

The piece owes its name to the bass riff that swings you steadily with great and heavy strides, which are quite mechanical underneath the vigorous and solid theme blown out of a sax and squeezed out of a violin. 

In a sense, it's a walk through the howling noise of time. Something akin to the anthem of contemporary history. The walk that toils through magnificent endeavors and filthy wars, awkward  inventions and farfetched ideologies that blur the outline of habitual meanings of life a man used to rely on. And so the walk itself seems to be the only firm thing left for a man to resort to. And when it stops, covered with soot, the face becomes puzzled, eyes goggling, staring into darkness. And in silence is now heard the sound of the inner world, a flickering flame of a candle in the cave of the living soul.


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Inner Monster

This is quite a drama that illustrates our “inner monsters” – dark sides of the soul. The song points to the way to treat them with the remedies of confession, catharsis and compassionate prayer. Because the whole song is a kind of a complete journey, listening to the very end is a must!  

We usually make this song the conclusion of our live performance. So just when the final prayer starts all the musicians simply freeze motionless on the stage and everyone's listening to the words of the prayer. And it's always overwhelming to celebrate the light, relief and excitement that comes at the end – we just feel one with the audience that simply bursts into the storm of happy applause! 

By the way, the low growling and monotonous sound that appears in the middle of the song is a didjeridoo, a wind instrument native to Indigenous Australians which dates back to around 6th century AD, or even before that. 


Buddha of compassion, 
Bodhisattvas in the Ocean of  Measureless Qualities
Please hear my anguish words of truth.
Let the might of your compassion arise to bring a quick end 
To the flowing stream of the blood and tears.
Our most cherished and long-felt desire.

EXIT project - Inner Monster

"Moscow’s artistic band sounds like nothing you’ve ever heard before. Their globally inflicted music, dubbed “art-fusion" traverses the world of nu-jazz, electronica, downtempo, and world music realms. They mix the energy of a rock show with the subtlety of a performance recital to provide an extremely engaging result. Ear candy for the heart, soul, and everything in between."  – Alex Brown, SplintersAndCandy

EXIT project - Meholalot (by John Zorn)

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