Behind the name Milky Toad stands a young musician from the Siberian city of Omsk. He produces lo-fi, brief, and self-effacing instrumentals in ways that underscore his appreciation of the surrounding world // Андрей Митрошин - молодой музыкант из города Омск, кто определяет свою музыку как "lo-fi и electronic." Больше рассказывать не хочет. Вообще...
This week we spoke to Dmytro Fedorenko (aka Kotra) - about his work with Dunewsky69 (left) and Kvitnu, arguably Ukraine's most influential label in the sphere of experimental electronica. // С нами разговаривал Дмитрий Федоренко (он же Kotra), создатель известного киевского лейбла электронной музыки, Kvitnu. Речь сначала шла о его коллеге, Dunaewsky69...
Four beautiful instrumentals have been published by Vlad Kudriavtsev and Aleksandr Kumach, aka Monokle. Those compositions owe much to the northern Russian port where they were written // "Седьмой по счету релиз нет-лейбла Passage представляет проект Monokle. Влад Кудрявцев и Александр Кумач уже успели прославиться своими работами, характерной особенностью которых является комбинирование электроники и различных музыкальных элементов..."
From the wheat fields of Russia's Kuban' region comes an interview with Krasnodar electronic outfit Modul. We asked about the development of southern music both at home and online. // Предлагаем новое интервью с краснодарским ансамблем Modul. Артисты рассказывают о своей "симбиозе современных технологий и ретро-романтики."
Sergey Suokas is from the northern city of Petrozavodsk, where he manages various ambient/minimal projects. He spoke us about work at home and in Moscow. // Сергей Suokas – музыкант и ди-джей из Петрозаводска. Известен своими трудами в области минимального техно, он с нами говорил о новом сотрудничестве с московским лейблом Pro-Tez.
Donetsk is a major industrial city in eastern Ukraine. Now home to almost a million people, its size is very much a consequence of the twentieth century. It grew almost ten-fold over the first few Soviet decades - and then would double again after 1945. This ascent to its current dimensions was fa...
"Pack" is a new 25-minute instrumental release from two Ukrainian musicians: v4w.enko and .at/on. Local authorities, probably less enthusiastic about the lower-case characters, know these individuals as Evgeniy Vaschenko (from Kiev) and Anton Holota (from Kharkov). "Pack," just published by Belgiu...
Microscomos is a very young netlabel, based in St Petersburg. Aware of their youth - yet full of faith - the staff at Microscomos are already happy to announce that they're "destined to produce the most impressive and outstanding ambient music, chillout, and idm." The label is closely tied to Hive...
Behind the name Grad_U stands Lithuanian musician Aleksandr Martinkevič, who - in the context of recent publications - is working closely with Vilnius label Dumblys. That organization proudly declares its intent to develop "noncommercial music" in the form of a "virtual label or community." The c...
Monokle is/are a two-man outfit: Vladislav Kudriavtsev and Aleksandr Kumach, both shown below. They first came to our attention a couple of years ago when we penned a few introductory words about their early discography and overall aesthetic. "The band [in their initial years] appeared to be conte...
