VP (Kazakhstan) for Eclectic Prog

The musical palette of Vyacheslav Potapov (VP) consists of jazz fusion with elements of progressive rock.  Some of the influences which inspire Popatov’s work include the music of bands like A Triggering Myth and Finnegan’s Wake.

His debut album, “Sound Dependence,” was released in 2003.  The musical style in “Sound Dependence” was marked with psychedelic music influences.  A year later, he began to change genres, and by 2004, he recorded two more albums: “There Is An End To Everything” and “At Sunset of Days.”

In 2005, a new disc, “The Lilac Garden,” was released, and by 2007, “Moonstone (The Lunar Stone),” had been published.  The style of the latest album had matured into jazz-rock direction.  By 2012, with the release of “Waterworld,” that sound had become crystalized.  Since then, several new releases have appeared, continuing in this style.  All of VP’s albums are recorded in his private studio, which is located in Kazakhstan’s cultural center and former state capital, Almaty.

City & Country: Almaty, Kazakhstan

Tracks:

1. Jungle. 11:50

2. The Story of Arabian Wise Man. 4:48

3. The Cascades. 2:16

4. Ant Hill. 9:35

5. To Light. 7:37

6. Hydro. 7:10

7. After the Shadow. 9:53

Tracks:

1. The Man from Sand. 8:00

a: On Foot in Desert

b: Unexpected Transformation

c: The Man From Sand

2. Pictures in Rock. 4:13

3. The Observer in a Shadow. 11:12

4. The Fiery Butterfly. 2:48

5. Difficultly Plaited. 7:00

6. There is an End to Everything. 7:03

Tracks:

1. Horizon (... on fire). 3:07

2. A Ridges. 7:12

3. Purple-Violet's. 5:33

4. Mourning Coffee. 4:12

5. The Spring Has Waken Up. 6:50

6. The Lonely Cliff. 8:25

7. The Shepherd's of Winds. 7:14

8. It's in the Air. 3:09

9. Caravan. 7:09

Tracks:

1. Lilac Garden. 5:33

2. Swing for a Battle Iris. 8:30

3. Was born in flowers. 8:38

4. Kidnapping White Lilys. 5:15

5. Green Pound (including: Beginning of Withering). 8:48

6. Withering. 2:35

Tracks:

1. Wet from the Rain (evening I). 1:26

2. Evening Train. 13:44

3. October. 7:50

4. Wet from the Rain (evening II). 1:18

5. Belly Dance. 5:00

6. Double Vision. 4:07

7. Wet from the Rain (evening III). 1:15

8. The Lunar Stone. 10:02