Kruzenshtern & Parohod is a Russophone

Russophone

A Russophone is literally a speaker of the Russian language either natively or by preference. At the same time the term is used in a more specialized meaning to describe the category of people whose cultural background is associated with Russian language regardless of ethnic and territorial...

 Israel

Israel

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 klezmer

Klezmer

Klezmer is a musical tradition of the Ashkenazic Jews of Eastern Europe. Played by professional musicians called klezmorim, the genre originally consisted largely of dance tunes and instrumental display pieces for weddings and other celebrations...

-rock band from Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

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, created in 2002. Its style is variously branded as "experimental jazz", "klezmercore" (a pun on "hardcore

Hardcore punk

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"), "ethno jazz

Ethno jazz

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", "avant-garde".

The core team is :

• Igor Krutogolov: bass balalaika, voice, toy accordion, noise
• Ruslan Gross: clarinet, bass clarinet, voice
• Guy Schechter: drums, voice
• Olga Yelensky, accordion

They often play with various guests.

Name

The name of the band is a pun immediately recognizable by all post-Soviet Russophone

Russophone

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s. In Russia

Russia

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 (as well as in other Russophone places), a fictional steamship "Admiral Ivan Fyodorovich Kruzenshtern" from the popular Prostokvashino animated film series is very well known, often as part of a catch phrase

Catch phrase

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 "Admiral I.F.Kruzenshtern, a man and a steamship", "pirated" from the title of a requiem poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky

Vladimir Mayakovsky

Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky was a Russian and Soviet poet and playwright, among the foremost representatives of early-20th century Russian Futurism.- Early life :...

, To Comrade Nette, a Man and a Steamship. The fictional steamship is named after the Baltic-German explorer in Russian services, admiral Adam Johann von Krusenstern

Adam Johann von Krusenstern

Adam Johann Ritter von Krusenstern , was an admiral and explorer, who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe.- Life :...

, as is since 1946 a real sailing ship

Sailing ship

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, the Kruzenshtern

Kruzenshtern (ship)

The Kruzenshtern or Krusenstern is a four masted barque and tall ship that was built in 1926 at Geestemünde in Bremerhaven, Germany as the Padua . She was surrendered to the USSR in 1946 as war reparation and renamed after the early 19th century Baltic German explorer in Russian service, Adam...

.

Discography

• The Craft Of Primitive Klezmer (2003, Auris Media label)

1. Mishegene Parovoz
2. Focus Pocus
3. Danglers Song
4. Semitic Tango
5. Dancing
6. March
7. Cul-De-Sac
8. Vontzn In The Box
9. Sippurim
10. Tort

• Songs (2004)

1. Boker 1:51
2. Joy 7:29
3. Shtetl 2:31
4. Tzohoraim 1:05
5. Mehalalot 3:22
6. Young ones 8:19
7. Erev 1:50
8. Portrait of a sitting Man in a Hat 5:31
9. Kolbasa 5:46
10. Laila 2:17
11. Sippurim (to Leonid Soybelman) 8:39
12. Shmock on the water 6:34
13. Boker 5:08

• Live in Karaganda (2004}

1. Joy
2. Meholalot
3. Young Ones
4. Tort
5. Sippurim II
6. Dangler's Song
7. March
8. Shmock on the Water
9. Portrait of a Sitting Man in a Hat

• K&P / Vialka (split CD, Auris Media, 2006)

The first five songs are by French duo Vialka described as "gypsy turbofolkpunk")

1. Bamako 5:45
2. Nanaimo 6:23
3. Singes Merdiques 1:28
4. Gothenburg 4:12
5. Usaisamonster 2:38
6. Tort (with accordion) 5:23
7. Young Ones (with accordion) 7:40
8. Piratskaja 3:31
9. Karate 4:20

External links

• K&P website
• Auris Media: -"The Craft of Primitive Klezmer"
• A review at klezmershack.com