About the album

"KAZALPIN / КАЗАЛЬПІН" is the joint project of three singers from "Akana" in Belorussia and four female Swiss jazz musicians from the Albin Brun Alpin Ensemble. In an intercultural exchange, the archaic sound of the traditional Belorussian songs mixes with the (jazz-based) grooves from Switzerland in an organic way. In the  musical boundary regions between tradition and modern, West and East as well as written down and handed down music, an unusual amalgam is created that is not based on heavy beats or fashionable electronics, but instead produces unique sounds with voices and acoustic instruments. Following the first trial phase, the joint project "KAZALPIN / КАЗАЛЬПІН" has toured various times in Switzerland and Belarus where they fired the enthusiasm of audiences and the press. The current CD "East Side Story" now documents the fruitful encounter between East and West, and you are astonished at how naturally the Belorussian songs blend with the compositions by Albin Brun.