In 2019, our Foundation, with support of the Bulat Utemuratov’s Foundation, released a collection of Batyr’s albums, which included nine music discs and two concert recordings. Thanks to this edition you can trace the 15-year solo journey of the beloved artist: his character, his search for a voice in and out of his homeland, attempts to experiment and his arrival at a point of maturity.

“Otan Ana”, “Amanat”, “Tvoi shagi”, “Ostorozhno, milaya devushka!”, “Vsyo proydet”, “Dusha” – this is an incomplete list of albums with favorite compositions included in the collection. In addition to the music CDs the collection includes two DVDs with records of Batyr’s concerts – 2006 and 2013 in Almaty. The latter was created with the participation of the artist’s colleagues and friends from New York, London, Riga and Moscow.

Like everything in Batyr’s work, the gift edition is not without iconic symbols. For example, it includes the album “Best”, the idea for which the artist kept for many years. The album reflects the milestones of his solo work: the singer expressed them through a selection of songs, where even the number is not random – 17 when added together gives infinity.

In addition, the collection includes the albums “Nas iscelyaet lyubov” and “Osen”, which were new to listeners; Batyr worked on the latter in his own studio in Moscow, but did not have time to finish. The songs were recorded in tandem with the Russian composer Pavel Yesenin. The cover for the album was created by the designer Arys Arenov with the participation of Batyr’s son Maksut.

Artemiy Lebedev Studio developed the design of the gift edition in Moscow.

The listener who opens the digipack sees eleven golden discs and a flying bird, which serves as an exact metaphor for the musician’s creativity. The packaging is non-standard – it is vertical and elongated. It allows to place all materials in one edition, and also distinguishes the digipack on the store shelves. The collage of Batyr’s photos is a gift to fans from the artist’s personal and working archives.

The new gift edition albums are now available at the Meloman chain of stores and at Yandex.Music and Apple Music.