I used to play in rock band (keyboard / vocals) with wierd name MDP which stands for Manic Depressive Psychosis, since 1991. On September 2007, after realizing growing disappointment with music and business approach of other members I decided to stop it. Or just pause it. Maybe think of some other projects. Maybe not. Who knows. There is almost one year passed since then and I feel happy without MDP, exactly the same feeling what I had when played there. Isn't it a real happinness - to be happy with what you have to be happy with? Sometimes it is very important to stop and try to see yourself from the other point of view. Below is the short story of MDP (taken from http://mdp.am/): Manic Depressive Psychosis, MDP, were formed in 1990 at the Yerevan State University. They soon collected ten compositions for a debut album " Usurper of the Sun Rays" self-released in 1993. The album instantly won popularity and the band received a cult status in Yerevan. The songwriting nucleus of Ed and Henry pursued music experimentation, quite heavy and psychedelic. MDP works embodied ethnic elements and harmonies, were very close to sympho-rock, boasted passion, intuition and inspiration. In spring 1994 two legionaries from a heavy-metal combo “Soma” joined the MDP that enhanced their existence. They recorded their hit-single “the River” - kind of a prog-suite that became a trump and is mentioned in all anthologies of Armenian rock respectively. Called a "soul scalpel", MDP decided to go beyond Armenia to find their market in Russia. The result was in releasing a controversial and sophisticated, but obviously avant-garde metal album “Take your Nibbled Apple Back.” After a period of hibernation MDP lived a day of revival, and interest towards their music was increasing rapidly. “Falling in Love/Should I” single recorded in September 2002 unexpectedly incorporated trip-hop and funk influences. Hypnotic and yet melancholic melodies covered by surreal vocals of Edward completed a transition into a new subtle stylistic territory more comparable to modernized Sylvian/Portishead than anything they made before. However, this did not last long. MDP again play very heavy music. Now it is more sympho-metal with prog and ethnic elements. In 2003 and 2004 the MDP produced a range of events, Festival MindPower, participated in the rock festivals in Yerevan. The band has their studio and concert venue and record regularly not only themselves but also other Armenian bands. In 2005-2006 the band gigged in Germany, Georgia and Armenia. A new video-clip featuring Ella Tarunz arrived at the beginnig of 2006. The long-anticipated studio album is being made at the moment and will be due end of 2006-beginning of 2007.
MUSICFeeling of Expectation - Video (5:41 min, 21Mb, HQ Video) | streaming"The Mollah Al Sahed" - Video (6.5Mb) | streaming (NEW!)"Es em u es" ("Falling in Love" remix) - Audio"Es em u es" - Video (Ella Taronc & MDP) "MDP Live" CD (2003)
Full version MP3s Take Your Nibbled Apple Back' 1995
Some manic stories:) Manic Stories"Caucasus Jam" - An article by E.R.M. on MDP's tour in Georgia in "Afisha" magazin (in Russian). "Manic Depressive Psychosis (MDP)", an interview with Onnik Krikorian (download PDF) Рокомания - Статья в "Афише" №10 о сольном концерте MDP 7-ого мая Сольный концерт "MDP" 7-ого мая Рок-фестиваль "MinD Power" 15 декабря Rock in Any Language: Rare concert fills puppet theater with rockers Ощущение ожидания ощущений - ОЖИДАНИЕ 14 декабря 2003 года И ГРЯНУЛ ГРОМ…, или СИЛА РОКочущего РАЗУМА! Статья в "Афише" / Firewall Статья на Erevan.RU Интервью "Новому Времени" Festival. Article in "Republic of Armenia" newspaper, October 18, 2003 (GIF, 90kb) FireWall Rock Festival October 10, 2003 MDP Night (PDF, 150kb)
And finally, here is the last blog of band's news - see the full info at http://mdp.am/ September 22, 2007 - MDP performed at Rock4Peace Festival August 25, 2007 - MDP performed at the "OFF-SYSTEM" Festival at Puppet Theatre organized by VGS. NEW RECORDINGS July 1, 2007 - new studio recordings from the new MDP CD (to be released at the end of the year) are available in streaming format on MDP's MySpace: Hunt, Apple, Punk'd, Should I, Dare to Live. Also available on Youtube:Feeling of Expectation, Dare to Live, Punk'd ay 18, 2007 - MDP Concert "Live at the Puppet Theatre" April 19/20, 2007- MDP is playing at Guitarfest organized by VIBROGRAPHUS.December 11, 2006 - MDP performed at the First Armenian MetalFest (Festival promotion & general sponsorship: VGS / MDP) - - more   
August 24-26, 2006 - International rock-festival "Caucasus Jam", Georgia. Video from the festival is available for download - "Paradise", 2 min., 3 Mb, WMV (right-click and Save_target_as)Stream it directly from YOUTUBE Photos from the festival
  May 22, 2006 - Video from R-CLUB TV Program is now available for download - Feeling of Expectation (5:41 min, 21Mb, HQ Video), or stream it directly from you tube (watch it full screen)The song is from the new album to be released September 2006.  May 19, 2006 - Review of MDP Live album on OverhookMusic (http://www.overhookmusic.com/) "...this band could gain lots of fans from the Western world, if people only knew about their existence and the music that they play..." /*direct link to review page*/
March 5, 2006 - Video from Nov.21, 2005 RockTheReferendum Festival "The Mollah Al Sahed" (6.5Mb) is available for download and on YouTube February 22, 2006 - MDP ::: Photosession December 23, 2005 - released audio (download full version) + video (fragment is available for download) of Ella Taronc & MDP single. November 21, 2005 - MDP played at the Puppet Theatre, RockTheReferendum Festival September 23, 2005 - MDP is back from Germany. more An interview with MDP:"We prefer to be underground". read more on HETQ | in PDF May 9, 2005 - MDP Plays Live in Yerevan /by Christian Garbis/ "Their sound is definitely hard, but cannot be compared with what can be heard from “System of a Down”— in fact I would argue that MDP is a much better band musically speaking. " more NEWS ARCHIVE | 
