Igor Yakovenko Trio presents it’s new album “Hyperfocus”. 
All compositions are written by Yakovenko and the name of the record is based on the idea of ​​developing the depth of the music, but not the volume of it, concentrating on a small amount of information and endless listening. This minimalist approach to jazz helps the listener to focus deeply on one emotion and explore, and feel it as much as possible.


“Ideas are like fish. If you want to catch little fish, you can stay in the shallow water. But if you want to catch the big fish, you’ve got to go deeper.” – D. Lynch


Igor Yakovenko — piano 
Makar Novikov — bass
Sasha Mashin — drums

Recoded at S.A.M. Recording Studio 29,30 June 2022 at Lari, Tuscany, Italy
Recording engineer Andrea Ciacchini 
Mixed and mastered by Andrea Ciacchini

Cover photography - Mitya Ganopolsky
Artwork -  Dimitri Komedea (271DSGN)
Executive producer - Evgenii Petrushanskii

Hyperfocus

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www.yesitsananias.com 

The vibrant new titles "Treizeta", "The Third Era" & "Vollenweider" off the freshly released 3rd Studio Album "Yes It's Ananias III: The Commencement of The Third Era" in 2022 have glimpsed couple of sparks of the upcoming new age and sound of YIA... In December 2021, Yes It's Ananias has released a surprise Solo Rhodes Single which is part of the third Saga. "Hot Snowflake Pt. I (Ice-O-Lation)" tells a story of an Utopia in our modern world. Although, the peculiar year of a post-millenium pandemic lead to a one-off performance in september 2020 when the 70's look inspired Swiss Pianist/Improvisationist went on stage for 6:29 min time. He conserved the moment and released his only digital output within 5 years since his well-approven second studio record "Yes It's Ananias II".

It's called "To Venus And Back" and was played on a Electric Piano in the oldest cinema in the country. Nicolas Streichenberg (His real Citizen Name) reveals the inside and puts it to the outer sphere. He toured heavely in the past couple years in search of finding his own signiture in the soundscape and playing by recording live-concerts on tour and release the limited Vinyl-Copies to the audience, re-listening to it and excerp the imprompti from all sections.

In 2018/2019/2021 he was playing/visiting in Sweden, Italy, Spain, France, Denmark, Switzerland and Germany the most honest way: Solo Piano. While gathering an increasing fanbase around Switzerland and Eastern France, he held up the first official PIANO DAY in Zurich. Swiss Radio/Television SRF Kultur portrayed him and his work during their Winter-Campaign #SRFZämeStah. A platform of selected Artists/Actors/Musicians in Switzerland. In the end of 2021 YIA got featured on the swedish shoebrand "Everyday Hero" in their artist/music section "Listen Up". A space for rocknroll spirits and fashionistas who are empowered by the musical taste of the shoedesigner. The filmwork for "Vollenweider" got premiered on their webpage of selective artists worldwide. It took only 6 days until one of most prestigeous Venues in Switzerland "Atlantis", who has been a base for the 60's/70's Rockscene in Basel and today's renowned Jazz/Contemporary Music Temple, was sold out. There are rumours for a new fourth era in 2023

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Founded in 2018, the label releases music that demonstrates the stellar musicianship and vibrancy of today’s international jazz scene.  
 
Acting as a platform for musicians around the world, Rainy Days facilitates the creation and presentation of innovative new works and fosters unique collaborations of the finest musicians from different parts of the world.

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