Ivan Dorn returned from America, grew a beard, shaved his head and founded a new label Masterskya, which represents a new musical project Constantine (Konstantin Dmitriev). What's going on with the new album, what are Kostya's ambitions, what are the label's plans, and what does Ivan Dorn have to do with it?
Constantine presents a new label Masterskaya. Kostya and Vanya, what are you thinking?
Kostya: We found each other on the show "Voice of the Country". We plan to release a mini-album in the spring. We will have many dance songs: both Russian and English programs.
Vanya, what role do you play in this project?
Ivan: I represent Mastersky. She is an intermediary between Kostya's listeners. I do not pretend to be more, because I have always been against it. In this case, I want to be the organizer of some team that will distribute all this.
Now many young musicians are thinking how to get to Ivan Dorn in Masterskya.
AND.: There is an e-mail: We accept absolutely all "demos". It is very important for us to release someone else in order to understand how diverse we can be.
But what boundaries have you set for yourself?
AND.: Definitely. The frames are drawn by the Masterskya label team, we start from their musical taste. This team dictates, let's say, the musical style. The presence of vocals, harmony, interesting combinations - everything that we like.
What is your label based on? Do you have any contractual obligations?
AND.: Not yet. We will negotiate with each separately, both on the percentage of distribution and on everything else. We will take some interest for the organization and help with the release. But we are not one of those who will attack everything.
The name Masterskya creates the feeling that there must be some kind of plant or factory.
AND.: This is true. Now there is a renovation, but it is already there. This is 350 m2, where everything will be about music, where a lot of musical content will be created, where musicians, artists, people who want to be around music will come. Roughly speaking, a music hub.
We will have a large gallery of synthesizers, analog and cult monsters that are not available to mere mortals, but are already available in Masterskya. They can be simply taken and used for arranging. Specially equipped soundproof rooms for mixing and mastering. It will be such a "place" where all musicians, non-musicians, Gliers or non-Gliers would do their homework, hang out there, jam, cook. To be honest, I think that I myself will be so immersed in it that I will have to transport my things and family there.
Show us Constantine. Why did you decide to start with him?
AND.: Kostya himself came to me with the material. He chose the Masterskaya label, although he had a lot of options. I had to call and ask: “Well, have you decided?”. As a result, Kostya chose us.
Kostya, how did Masterskaya seduce you?
TO.: Probably, musical and moral principles. First of all, love for beautiful music, melody, harmony.
Vanya, you went to America to write an album. You weren't going to come back without him.
We are back with 12 tracks and an album title. We have half of the text, half of it is not yet. Tails remain. I think that in early spring we will be able to release an album. This will also be in Masterskaya.
Does Masterskaya plan to deal with the masses?
TO.: First of all, I do my job for its own sake. That is, I love music, sing, do what I like.
AND.: I will not hide the fact that I want the masses to be in Masterskaya. But, frankly, we are primarily based on our own tastes and preferences. We wanted Masterskaya to be as diverse, honest and musical as possible. If the masses will share it - fine. When our band started, we primarily wrote for ourselves. I will not dissemble, we wanted our songs to be played on radio stations. Our approach - to do what we like - has remained and will always run like a red thread through the work, ours and the Masterskaya label.
What kind of label do you want to be - major or big but small?
AND.: I have a bad association with majors. We want to be small but confident, to lead our own line and not sag under major labels.
He always approaches his image with humor and clearly stands out from the bulk of Ukrainian artists. Ivan Dorn likes to experiment with music and he does it very well. Here is what Vanya said about his Workshop, new image and work in the USA.
In one of the reports from the concert, you were called a “charismatic goppnik”, how do you feel about this characterization?))
This is a top ten hit. I always thought about how to briefly present or describe myself, and here you are - clearly, concisely, boldly ... I would modestly add one more adjective - “talented”!
What is the reason for the new image - bald with a beard?
We shaved off the hair on our heads for the first time back in August, thereby emphasizing a new musical stage in Dornoband - work on the third album! Proof of this is a photo on Instagram. I personally decided that I will not shave and cut my hair also because I need a serious incentive to speed up the work on the album, otherwise I can chase perfection all my life. In the end, I shaved my head again, because I liked it, but I won’t shave my beard until we finish the album! So you know, no beard - finished the album.
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Why do you so categorically deny the status of "producer or mentor" Constantine? Tell us about other artists of the label Workshop of Ivan Dorn? Cap Code, For example?
I don't deny it - I just don't talk about it. Constantine is a self-sufficient artist with his own and very interesting material that Workshop will release it with great pleasure. Here we only help him with promotion, distribution and other first steps, that's why it's hard for me to call myself a producer, in this case. Different artists close to the taste of the “M” team will be released on the label. Soon we will present a cool electro-folk duet YUKO, then a duet of our Lemonade Joe with one very talented guy, some cool indie bands, etc.; we receive emails with music materials daily. cape code has not contacted us yet.
Any artist can get to you in Workshop?
Absolutely anyone. The question here is how close it is to us. It may not be so close to me personally, but close to the rest of the “M” focus group. There are no boundaries, except for our receptors and honesty in relation to business - I mean music for the sake of music, first of all.
Who's next to "flutter" out of your Workshop? And how did the idea of its creation come about?
I have already mentioned them above - this is an electronic-folk duet YUKO, which I believed while sitting in the coach's chair at the show Voice. The guys sang so cool inside the project that it would be a crime not to continue it outside Vote. Now they are almost finished EP and it sounds very serious!
The very idea Workshop arose when I was in Georgia at my own master class for local musicians. When I got to the room where the workshop was held, I realized that this is the place where you can go through the entire cycle of creating a track: there were different synthesizers, controllers, a screen with a broadcast of what I am currently doing with the arrangement, and most importantly, burning the eyes of those Georgian guys who are going to CIS(this is the name of this space) and create daily, exchanging experience. I fell ill with it instantly and told myself that I would do it in Kyiv. So that's ripe in my head Workshop.
Composition, new reading of old songs, hair…
You said that the desired reward for you is Grammy. And with which of the world stars do you dream to sing in a duet? Or, perhaps, for whom would you like to write a song (music)?
I wouldn't mind singing with many, but it would be better to make them want to sing with me.)
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Now you are at the stage of Jazzy Funky, what other experiments with styles are you planning?
For many, this is no longer a secret, and some even strongly advise me not to do it - I'm talking about hip-hop - but, nevertheless, hip-hop will be my next semi-experiment. I have already done several tracks with reading, so it would be difficult to call it completely an experiment. The rap will be in Russian.
Is America a direct source of inspiration for you? Why do you create new hits there?
I went to write new songs there, because I wanted to improve my language - I need to write the lyrics myself, otherwise it’s not cool; I also wanted to meet local musicians in order to run into some kind of collaboration, but, in the end, I only hung out with ours; traveled around the US studios in search of a suitable recording, mixing, mastering ...
Have you thought about moving there?
Thought! Didn't move.
If you compare Ivan Dorn today with Dorn 3 years ago, how have you and your “relationship” with music changed?
I became even more multi-genre, experienced and bold - this is in terms of music. And if about my personal changes - now I'm bald and with a beard.
Did you record a duet with SunSay? When can you listen?
Already!) (at the time the question was asked, the song had not yet been released - approx.
listen to the song Time - Mirage- Sunsay feat. Ivan Dorn:
Sunsay feat. Ivan Dorn - Time - Mirage
Caught in the center of a scandal after his controversial statements regarding Russian aggression against Ukraine, he shaved his head and shaved off his beard. Thus, the disgraced musician marked the end of an important stage in his career - the release of a new album, completely in English and recorded in Los Angeles.
On this occasion, Ivan Dorn recorded a video on which he captured the entire shaving process. In the "Shave Rave" video, Dorn revealed that he started growing a beard eight months ago, as soon as he arrived in Los Angeles and started looking for a home there.
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During shaving, Ivan tries on different images and forms of mustaches. In particular, Dorn makes himself a Cossack mustache and sings in Ukrainian.
Recall that on April 13, OTD was released - the third album by Ukrainian musician Ivan Dorn, recorded in Los Angeles and completely performed in English.
A couple of days before that, Ivan Dorn, during an interview with a Russian blogger, disowned the help to the ATO fighters, which he was credited with, saying that the Russian aggression against Ukraine, in his opinion, was only a "quarrel between two brothers."
“The fact that they don’t let a girl in… It turns out that there is a law of Ukraine with which she crossed paths, and here I’m definitely not an adviser. Naturally, the law that existed before Eurovision will be protected. Of course, Russia turned out to be such a cunning move. What I can’t understand is: did they know that they wouldn’t let her in because she was in Crimea?”
Dorn also indirectly commented on the scandal that arose because of his previous interview:
“I would like people to calm down and look at what is happening from the outside. You can't blame people here, as the Russian or Ukrainian government does, it's wrong. I want all this to end as soon as possible. I'm not a politician, but a musician. Music is what unites us. This is what I try to convey every time at my concerts.
“Any tricky phrase that can be squeezed out of some kind of headline will definitely be a headline and will be used against me.”
