Power up: Calgary Sargeant X Comrade's fourth album celebrates community, self-love and change
There is an unfinished video for the opening track of Sargeant X Comrade's new album, Power Vol. 1.
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For now, both the video and an over-arching funk-meet-kung-fu theme have been put on the back burner as the Calgary duo readies for the June 6 release of its fourth record. But snippets of the video could be seen as part of a trailer made to promote Sargeant X Comrade's recent Western Canadian tour.
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It was initially going to be a video to accompany Power, the commanding opening track of the album. It was an elaborate affair filled with extras, stunts and kung-fu moves.
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'We had all these kung-fu schools involved,' says DJ-producer Evgeniy (Jay) Bykovets, the Comrade to vocalist Yolanda Sargeant's Sargeant. 'Me and Yolanda did all this kung-fu training for the video. It was a big production. But that one is still in the works.'
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For those interested in seeing a completed Sargeant X Comrade video, one was recently released for Escape the Matrix Pt. 1 and offers more evidence of the duo's ambitious vision. The song was one of the many haunting standout tracks from the act's 2023 concept album, Lo Fi Future. It was directed by Bykovets, albeit under his auteur guise, Gino Bikovesso (also known as True Geneus), and is an intricately storyboarded and cinematic venture full of tracking and drone shots, beautiful cinematography and elaborate costumes.
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It is another reminder that Sargeant X Comrade don't do anything in half-measures, something those who have followed the duo for any amount of time already know.
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As the title suggests, the new record will be the first of two that will deal with various notions of power. Not unlike Sargeant X Comrade's music – an exhilarating blast of mashed-up genres, chameleonic vocals, spoken-word performance and studio wizardry – the concepts and ideas seem to come to the act with tremendous speed and abundance. Sargeant and Bykovets shifted gears so quickly that even the album's promotional material lags, referring to a kung-fu theme that is now barely present.
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Calgary Herald
2 days ago
- Calgary Herald
Power up: Calgary Sargeant X Comrade's fourth album celebrates community, self-love and change
There is an unfinished video for the opening track of Sargeant X Comrade's new album, Power Vol. 1. Article content For now, both the video and an over-arching funk-meet-kung-fu theme have been put on the back burner as the Calgary duo readies for the June 6 release of its fourth record. But snippets of the video could be seen as part of a trailer made to promote Sargeant X Comrade's recent Western Canadian tour. Article content Article content It was initially going to be a video to accompany Power, the commanding opening track of the album. It was an elaborate affair filled with extras, stunts and kung-fu moves. Article content Article content 'We had all these kung-fu schools involved,' says DJ-producer Evgeniy (Jay) Bykovets, the Comrade to vocalist Yolanda Sargeant's Sargeant. 'Me and Yolanda did all this kung-fu training for the video. It was a big production. But that one is still in the works.' Article content For those interested in seeing a completed Sargeant X Comrade video, one was recently released for Escape the Matrix Pt. 1 and offers more evidence of the duo's ambitious vision. The song was one of the many haunting standout tracks from the act's 2023 concept album, Lo Fi Future. It was directed by Bykovets, albeit under his auteur guise, Gino Bikovesso (also known as True Geneus), and is an intricately storyboarded and cinematic venture full of tracking and drone shots, beautiful cinematography and elaborate costumes. Article content Article content It is another reminder that Sargeant X Comrade don't do anything in half-measures, something those who have followed the duo for any amount of time already know. Article content As the title suggests, the new record will be the first of two that will deal with various notions of power. Not unlike Sargeant X Comrade's music – an exhilarating blast of mashed-up genres, chameleonic vocals, spoken-word performance and studio wizardry – the concepts and ideas seem to come to the act with tremendous speed and abundance. Sargeant and Bykovets shifted gears so quickly that even the album's promotional material lags, referring to a kung-fu theme that is now barely present.
Cision Canada
2 days ago
- Cision Canada
CTV Marks 24 Years as Canada's Most-Watched Conventional Network, as Compelling and Lighthearted New Series Join 2025/26 Schedule
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Winnipeg Free Press
3 days ago
- Winnipeg Free Press
Harper homers in return, Turner goes deep twice as Phillies use 6-run 1st to beat Blue Jays 8-3
TORONTO (AP) — Bryce Harper homered in his first at-bat following a five-game absence, Trea Turner went deep twice and the Philadelphia Phillies scored six runs in the first inning Tuesday night on the way to an 8-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays that ended a four-game skid. Harper was back in action after being sidelined with a bruised right elbow after being hit by a pitch. The Phillies went 1-4 without the slugger and fell out of first place in the NL East. Against the Blue Jays, Harper went 1 for 3 with two walks and scored twice. Left-hander Christopher Sánchez (5-1) allowed one run in six innings to win for the first time since May 7. Addison Barger hit a two-run home run off Maz Lazar, and Davis Schneider hit a solo shot off Sánchez, but Toronto had its five-game winning streak halted. Barger has homered in four straight games, raising his season total to six. Blue Jays right-hander Bowden Francis (2-7) matched a career-worst by allowing seven runs, six earned, in 1 2/3 innings. Bryson Stott drew a leadoff walk and Turner followed with a two-run homer. Harper piled on with a 394-foot drive, his ninth. It was the third time the Phillies have hit back-to-back homers. Max Kepler's RBI single and Stott's two-run hit capped the six-run inning, which matched Philadelphia's biggest of the season. Turner added a solo homer, his seventh, off Erik Swanson in the eighth inning. It was Turner's first multi-homer game of the season and the 18th of his career. Key moment Back at third base after filling in for Harper at first, Alec Bohm made a diving stop on George Springer's grounder in the third, then threw from one knee to get the out. Key stat The Phillies have won 14 of 16 on the road. Up next Blue Jays RHP José Berríos (2-2, 3.86 ERA) is scheduled to start Wednesday against Phillies RHP Mick Abel (1-0, 0.00) ___ AP MLB:
