{"product_id":"if-you-ask-tenorio-vinyl-7","title":"Калі Ты Запытаеш (If You Ask) \/ Tenório - Vinyl 7\"","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA. Калі Ты Запытаеш (If You Ask) \/ B. Tenório\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProudly presenting, ‘Калі ты запытаеш (If You Ask)’, a brand new, \u003cstrong\u003eblissed-out pop production\u003c\/strong\u003e with a \u003cstrong\u003e‘70s AOR touch\u003c\/strong\u003e, by the ever-on-point SOYUZ (СОЮЗ). Coming at a period between albums, the single features guest appearances from the sensational musicians, \u003cstrong\u003eBiel Basile (O Terno, Sessa)\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eAnthony Ferraro (Toro Y Moi, Astronauts, etc.)\u003c\/strong\u003e. Friends of the band, they add their signature touch on the drums and synth respectively. To complete the package, SOYUZ back the title track with a short but sweet, W\u003cstrong\u003eurlitzer-laden, MPB-tinged number\u003c\/strong\u003e, ‘Tenório’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Калі ты запытаеш (If You Ask)’ tells the story of lost dreams. A track that can be interpreted either as a bittersweet longing for childhood times, or for a native place you can’t return to. For the writer Alex Chumak he suggests, \"In my case, as in the case of many Belarusians, it’s both\". \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor this song, Alex chose to sing in his \u003cstrong\u003enative Belarusian tongue\u003c\/strong\u003e. As he explains this language \"to me feels underrepresented in pop music, also it’s a beautiful legacy and sonority that I wanted to share with the listeners of our project around the world\". One of the key inspirations was a Belarusian band \u003cstrong\u003eПесняры (Pesniary)\u003c\/strong\u003e, who produced a host of great progressive folk, jazz fusion and AOR, from the ‘70s to the ‘90s, predominantly sung in Belarusian. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnother key influence was the music coming out of the \u003cstrong\u003eBrazilian state of Minas Gerais\u003c\/strong\u003e in the ‘70s, drawing inspiration from the sentimental and harmonious music of \u003cstrong\u003eBeto Guedes, Lô Borges, Fernando Oly and Wagner Tiso. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaving parted ways with their drummer Anton, SOYUZ needed to find a new way to produce songs. The answer was to go remotely. Alex contacted the brilliant Biel Basile, who had recorded Sessa's \u003cstrong\u003econtemporary classic ‘Estrela Acesa’\u003c\/strong\u003e, in which Alex also participated. Utilising Biel and Sessa’s newly built studio in São Paulo, SOYUZ had Biel record the drums directly to tape to get the rich sound they were after. Adding the final magic into the mix, California’s Anthony Ferraro provided a beautiful \u003cstrong\u003eSolina String Ensemble\u003c\/strong\u003e synth arrangement, with drummer\/recording engineer\u003cstrong\u003e Albert Karch\u003c\/strong\u003e expertly assisting with the production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo capture the essence of the single visually, Alex and the Brazilian one-man-industry visual artist \u003cstrong\u003eGabriel Rolim\u003c\/strong\u003e, spent a blazing sunny May day in Berlin shooting film and stills – one of which became the perfect cover image. We hope you enjoy this little nugget of SOYUZ mastery, a sweet taster to savour while the \u003cstrong\u003enew album is recorded. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G7Z0Zp9Qv8I?si=8miUivjdJnQ8SK23\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e \u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EH4mvryHowI?si=b0RBT2dnm7Hyu1y3\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"СОЮЗ (SOYUZ)","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl 7\"","offer_id":58738334957952,"sku":"MRB7220","price":6.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0972\/1384\/1792\/files\/MRB7220SOYUZIfYouAsk_Shopify_Squarev2.jpg?v=1787213330","url":"https:\/\/vinylvers.com\/products\/if-you-ask-tenorio-vinyl-7","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}