AVALON

Soularis | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1998)
• Original Release Date: June 5, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• ASIN: B00000HXDC
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #915,588 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #47 in Music > Indie Music > Pop > Euro Pop

Track Listings

1. Fly with me (4:54)

2. Avalon (4:53)

3. Dance all night (5:01)

4. Year 2097 (6:46)

5. In the jungle (6:08)

6. All my life (5:02)

7. Solar wind (6:04)

8. Travel (4:40)

9. Zee planet (5:28)

10. Fly with me (Klub-a-strophic Mix) (6:13)

11. Avalon (Dream club Mix) (5:10)

12. Best friends (5:10)

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

Dennis Mavashev (A.K.A. SNIPER), composer, arranger and producer. Came to America in 1993. Started writing music at the age of 12. First tracks were recorded in Russia in 1989 and were quite popular on various radio stations. He attended Queens College in Flushing, New York and received a bachelor’s degree in accounting and information systems. Nevertheless, passion for music made him leave his accounting career and switch to producing and composing. Now he is a full time producer, composer and remixer.

Reginald Chaimov, lyricist and male vocalist. Came to America in 1979. Started writing poems at the age of 9. Won multiple poetry contests at state and national levels. He attended Queens College in Flushing, New York and received a bachelor’s degree in biological anthropology. Currently works as a paralegal.

Nora Doncheva, female vocalist. She was a well-known singer performing all over Europe. Started singing at the age of 11 and made great progress in early stages of her career. ! She was a lead vocalist in group "Model 22". She was involved in numerous videos as well as the projects with known artists. OLD BAND MEMBERS: Dennis Mavashev (A.K.A. SNIPER), Reginald Chaimov, Nora Doncheva. Over the last few years the band members have changed. The new team consists of SNIPER, JAZZ and JULIA. Before meeting with JAZZ and JULIA Sniper was looking to expand and collaborate with new people in order to bring a fresh vibe to the style of music he was working in. At one of the recording sessions he heard an incredibly versatile vocal of JULIA who was recording for the Winter Music Conference show in Miami. He was astonished with the way JULIA worked in the studio along with a very talented engineer, keyboard player and producer who called himself JAZZ. Sniper approached them and right there and then they decided to collaborate on a few tracks. The first few songs came out to be hits. As a result of the collaboration, they felt that they really had a positive chemistry and decided to make the whole album together. Amazing vocals of JULIA who can sing in every style needed for the project and Jazz’s great attitude, professionalism and knowledge of the technical aspect of the project led to an incredibly versatile album that is coming out this winter. So, look out for the totally new and refreshed SOULARIS!!!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!, October 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: AVALON (Audio CD)

As you can see, no one gives this CD 2, 3 or 4 stars. Its either 5 or 1. What it tells me is that: people who realy like euro-dance and heard that CD give true rating about that music. Others are just either jealous (which is most likely) or don't understand anything in music. SOULARIS is the group that we in US should support and develop as an artists. I realy like that CD and I listen to it everyday. Hoping to get their new upcoming album. Good luck to you, SOULARIS!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just GREAT!, October 9, 1999

By 

Fredrik Johansson (fredrik.johansson@mbox330.... (Sweden) - See all my reviews

This review is from: AVALON (Audio CD)

Just wanted to say how GREAT this album "Avalon" is. When do you release your 2nd album? Your music is really well done, keep up the good work!

Best regards

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Is Eurodance heading to U.S. finally?, June 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: AVALON (Audio CD)

What does make this album special is style of the music. It is EURODANCE, it is TRANCE, it is DREAM, you can name them all. You might ask how come album with dance music was released in NYC (obviously hard to believe !!!). The answer is again quite simple. Behind the group are Russian performers, and the country has long tradition in keeping the dance music alive. So here it is. "Avalon" by Soularis. The album features dance tracks from all mentioned above styles. When listening to it, you will have the feeling that artists when composing music were reaching to good examples of European dance artists. You will hear similarities to Masterboy, Bad Boys Blue, Robert Miles, DJ Bobo yet the music is fresh and inspiring. Several tracks are outstanding. For instance "Dance All Night" is very interesting and musically diversed EURODANCE track reminding best of BAD BOYS BLUE and DJ BOBO instrumentation. I was very impressed with female vocal by Russian performer Nora Doncheva. Amazing, strong voice warrants Nora a title of new EURODANCE DIVA leaving Marina from MRK Records (also based in NYC) in the shadow. Her vocal abilities have virtually unlimited potentials. The male vocal (RAP) needs some improvement, but Nora's performance helped to overcome some of male vocal weaknesses. If you like DREAM and TRANCE you really should check "Zee Planet", beatiful track with angelic piano section. If you like more TRANCE/TECHNO sound, go for "Year 2097". The album closes ballad-like track "Best Friends" that carries nostalgic message from the group about friendship full of their personal reflections. Taken together it is very nice release and we here in US should support both the label and the artists from this group. With more releases like this we might help dance music spread around the country.