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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.
HXA / American Beauty (Shot Two) (2009) / pro-duplicated CD-R w/ art-object - S O L D - O U T
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 |
| 3 Gnomes of Sarcoma (2007) / (self-released) | CD-R | N/A |
| American Beauty: Can't Breath! (2009) / (RAIG Accessory Takes) | EP | free download |
| American Beauty (Shot Two) (2009) / (RAIG) | pro-duplicated CD-R | sold out |
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