Crossing the Jordan is a studio album by

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Spasenie Spasenie is a Belarusian Christian and pop rock band from Brest, which was created in 1989. History The band was formed in August 1989, when around a guitarist, a violinist, a saxophonist (young musicians gave an impromptu concert in Brest c ...

recorded together with musicians of Chicago band

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and released in 2004. It was recorded in Brest, the producers of the record are Tim Spransy and Daryl Stuermer (in the United States). The first presentation of the CD in Belarus was held in Minsk on July 29, 2005, with the support of producer Tim Spransy and his band Crossroads at the club “Bielaja vieža.”

History

The title song on the disc is a

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The album Crossing the Jordan is a serious indicator of our band’s professional growth. When creating, recording, and mixing, all of the compositions were thought out to the smallest detail and sustained in the same style,

vocalist Igor Mukha told the portal TUT.BY. CD sales exceeded all the expectations of Brest musicians.

Tracklisting

Critical reception

Tat’yana Zamirovskaya from the weekly BelGazeta on its pages noted that the album is associated with

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, and Mark Knopfler, and the compositions on it are “refined and melancholic jazz rock with folk elements.” WASP from the music newspaper Muzykalnaya Gazeta heard on the CD soft pop rock, more harmonious than the one that the band Novi Ierusalim performs, and praised the work of producer Tim Spransy, while songs from the disc also reminded the critic the works of

and

Personnel

Musicians: * Peter Semenuk — keyboards, vocals. * Pavel Shelpuk — violin, viola, vocals. * Alex Zinov’ev — double bass. * Svetlana Pravdina — cello. * Vasily Mashliakevich – bass guitar. * Yezhy Khaichuk —

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. * Jim Spransy — percussion. * Tim Spransy — vocals, acoustic and electric guitar. * Leonid Borisevich — electric guitar. * Igor Rudy —

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. * Becky Sharp — vocals. * Igor Mukha — vocals. Production: * Alex Borisyuk — pastoral care. * Sue Brandt — administrator. * Tim Spransy — CD design, photos, executive producer. * Brianna Spransy — photos. * Michael Vilson — photos. * Pavel Shelpuk — executive recording engineer, executive producer. * Andrei Kovalchuk — assistant recording engineer. * Pavel Shelpuk, studio «С» — mixing. * Waldemar Siemens — mastering. * Studio «С» — mastering.

References

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