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HXA (aka NEW ART ENSEMBLE) from Chelyabinsk was formed in 1987 by Lev Gutovsky, a graduate of Ural State Conservatory. His ensemble was arguably the only professional musical act in the USSR dedicated to creating music for absurdist theatre and postmodernist happening. By the end of the 1990’s, HXA shrunk to a trio of Lev Gutovsky (voice, electronics), Sergey Belov (trombone, electronics) and Olga Leonova (voices) increasingly focused on modern improvised and electro-acoustic music. Lev Gutovsky is currently the sole HXA member. He tends to call his recent researches “electronic disclosure of sound objects” or “free electronic manipulations on the precise dramatic basis”. The artist is responsible for numerous theatrical shows, sound-and-visual installations as well as busking performances which are just about anything that Gutovsky finds entertaining... HXA and Lev Gutovsky do not have any official web-page. If you want to contact the artist, feel free to send your messages through RAIG.
This is an exclusive art-object dedicated to the memory of a French poet Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) and a Russia poet and translator Yuri Stefanov (1939-2001)… In 2007, Lev Gutovsky, a sound-designer from Chelyabinsk used Stevanov’s translation of “Une Saison en Enfer” by Rimbaud as a source of inspiration to make an exciting sound-installation entitled Three Gnomes Of Sarcoma. In 2010, the installation was radically re-worked and expanded. A few illustrations were created then by ZonderZond as an attempt to build a visual bridge between the text and sound-scape. And finally, all elements were put together as an unique hand-made illustrated bilingual book “Une Saison en Enfer” supplemented with an audio-CD “Three Gnomes Of Sarcoma” that featured three sound-installations by Lev Gutovsky aka HXA. A true labor of love! A great project which took four years to get completed! "Piece Goods" line by RAIG | ZonderZond. Strictly limited to 50 art-objects (160-page book + disc: 3 tracks - 79 min.)
HXA / American Beauty (Shot Two) (2009) / pro-duplicated CD-R w/ art-object - OUT-OF-PRINT
Will Beauty Save the World? Salvation has already come… though with a price. The cultural cycle entered the era of the dominance of pop culture and entertainment, ruled by consumerism and controlled by marketers and promoters. It's The End of the Time of Composers (as We Know It)… and Lev Gutovsky acknowledges this fact of modern life in his recent full-length "citation's combinatory logic" album "American Beauty (Shot Two)". Re-discovered beauty-sources include: ... .... "Piece Goods" line by RAIG | ZonderZond. Strictly limited to 50 art-beauty-objects (plastic toys, thick cardboard packaging, and disc: 5 tracks - 76 min.)
The album was reviewed at: Vibirai (Russia).
HXA / American Beauty: Can't Breath! (2009) / F R E E - T O - D O W N L O A D
HXA return with the first single from their forthcoming full-length album "American Beauty (Shot Two)". "Can’t Breath!" is regarded as one of the HXA’s most significant album-track because it retained all signs of Lev Gutovsky’s current arbitrary approach to music and composition. Some people say it’s "Jazz" or almost "All about That Jazz". There’s a lot to be said for that, but no one can do it better than the Chief Architect of the eagerly awaited "American Beauty (Shot Two)" himself. Available to download for free, "Can’t Breath!" is also to be featured on the CD-version of the album. Please, click the cover to look through the album’s credits. (47+ mb - 1 track - 37 min.)
| Title | Media | Price |
| Progressing Towards Torpidity (1994) / (U-sound) | CD | N/A |
| split w/ ZGA. Noise and Fury (2001) / (Long Arms) | CD | N/A |
| Unbearable Lightness Of Being (2002) / (Long Arms) | CD | N/A |
| Stringophelia (2005) / (DOM) | CD | N/A |
| The Hunting of the Snark or PaedOphelia (International Geostrategic Game) (2006) / (DOM) | CD | N/A |
| American Beauty: Can't Breath! (2009) / (RAIG Accessory Takes) | MP3-file | free download |
| American Beauty (Shot Two) (2009) / (RAIG) | pro-duplicated CD-R | out-of-print |
| Three Gnomes of Sarcoma (Sound Installation to Arthur Rimbaud's Une Saison En Enfer) (2011) / (RAIG) | pro-duplicated CD-R | $44.00 |
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