Last week, the Lithuanian net-project Mondayjazz released a new mixtape/set from Moscow beat maestro Dza. It's currently promoted, in Russian, as "a mash-up made from tracks by all kinds of hip-hop performers, both from Russia and further afield. Banging beats for ya ears!"
Indeed.
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The central figure amid the various projects listed in this article is Siberia-born DJ Aleksei Devianin, aka Pixelord, who's perhaps best known under the pseudonym of Gultskra Artikler. That strange moniker is used to encapsulate a long-lived project described to Russian audiences as “melodic,...
Cubic is an outfit that values simplicity very highly. Its members - who remain virtually anonymous - are contained within the MixGalaxy project that operates out of St Petersburg. The label has thus far produced a couple of very interesting compilations, which are not in any way generically def...
Two new breakcore/D&B releases have appeared online from a couple of ancient Russian towns; these recordings give voice to an interesting conflict between the weight of history and flippant innovation. The two locations in question are Pskov - almost on the border with Estonia - and Odintsov...
DJs Oxide and Sasha Voron have just released a double CD of full-blooded breaks as a sixth contribution to the ongoing "Breaks Sessions" series, which began in 2005. These two men are from St Petersburg and well established both in the local club scene and in the capital. Oxide (below) - who...
Hard techno: a rare beast, especially on the Russian scene. Placed somewhere between slick dancefloor grooves and stubborn noize, it may well have trouble defending itself against accusations either of excessive distortion (of techno's purist aesthetic) or tepid experimentation (in the realms of...
The RusZud label recently released an intriguing new breakcore compilation, entitled "Moscow Breakcore Masscare." It features 18 new tracks from almost as many artists and has - as we see - a rather bizarre cover, too. Front and center is a well-known statue of poet Vladimir Maiakovskii (18...
Eight new tracks of Russian-language chiptune from Estonia; a small field, it must be said! Microcobra is a one-man outfit, namely 25-year old Sergei Evdokimychev. He has been working as a musician and vocalist for over two years, but still seems to have some troubles with the financial aspe...
The excellent Yellowhead blessed us today with seventeen reasons to ponder a move onto the dancefloor... but only if sober. His chopped and diced instrumentals show no respect for standard, enduring rhythms. Every few seconds the beats will spin on their heels, stop, stutter, or simply vanis...
Helen Martin is very much a rising star on the Russian scene, especially in the fields of progressive house and techno. She has only been performing for a couple of years, which begs the question of where she managed to develop any experience before grabbing a turntable. Martin reponds to such...
