LILAC ORCHESTRA / СИРЕНЕВЫЙ ОРКЕСТР
Genres: Jazz Related Rock, Acid Jazz • Russia

Group Lilac Orchestra (later renamed Modus) was formed in 1992 in Russia, in city Penza. At that time few musicians who previously played in various musical projects, and is in constant creative search, are combined into a new group, giving the group the name Lilac Orchestra. In its composition then was Vladimir Ivanov (keyboards), Vladimir Volodin (drums) and Evgeni Melnikov (bass guitar). The first steps in the field of synthesis of different musical styles gave musicians the opportunity to record a CD. The album called "Tsunami" was released on the label SNC Records in 1994, and stylistically was a connection jazz-rock, fusion and new age. The main part of the beautiful melody in the album belongs to the Russian pianist Vladimir Ivanov. Being influenced by the work of a jazz musician Miles Davis and generated by his experiments of the modern directions of "acid jazz", Lilac Orchestra changed read more...