Paradush

The main effect of the listener
does not receive from the
"similarity" of performance,
but the music language of the
group. It's very gently,
sensuously and inventively.

Short bio

Paradush (two words combined, actually meaning “pair of souls” in
Russian & Ukrainian and sounding quite Brazilian-Portuguese as one word)
was founded by Marina Chabanova, a singer with hard-to-find color of voice
and approach to singing in Ukraine, and Anatoly Shmargun, a drummer/
producer who studied in Holland and participated in the best of Ukrainian
pop/rock/indie/jazz crossover bands.
They started performing jazz and bossa-nova classics together back in
the day, in the year of 2001, playing in most of clubs in Kiev, festivals in
Ukraine, Russia. Brazilian-Latin flavor with some hints of Nu Jazz is the
strong taste of this band’s music.
Those of us thinking outside of the box would find this music
breathtaking and unusual. Yes, they would certainly listen to the Marina's
voice carefully yet getting the most kick out of the style of Paradush. It is
sensible, womanly, and inventive - for they combined clearly comprehensible
way of singing melodies, so to speak “in your face” method, with more
complex harmony and arrangement architectures.