"Ptitsu Em" are two young men from Ekaterinburg. With one of the year's most foul-mouthed and honest releases, they consider life's options amid various dead-end "opportunities" // Московская пресса сообщает, что гр. Птицу Емъ играет рэп "веселый, уверенный и неприличный." Чем именно в екатеринбургской жизни вызвана такая "пикантность"?
"Demon Onegin," available through Clinical Archives, is the second published release from Alexei Rafiev, Alexei Borisov, and Olga Nosova in just over twelve months. Their last collaboration, “Virgin of the Sign” (Znamenie Presviatoi Bogoroditsy), drew upon a key Orthodox icon that illustrates...
The following observations mark the second occasion that we've turned to Moscow ensemble The Bottans; our initial acquaintance was in October last year. At that time we had the following to say: "Originally formed several years ago, they have been officially defunct for over 18 months… and yet c...
Russia's most famous and fashionable exponent of folk music, Pelageia, recently said of Anzhela Manukian, vocalist with folktronica kingpins, Volga: "She's an absolutely crazy woman - in the good sense of the word! She's a really cool singer. She represents a widespread situation today... since Ru...
Three new ambient and drone recordings have been published this week that, although unrelated and from very different towns, cast common light upon a fascinating problem. Since ambient music by its very nature can last - hypothetically - forever(!), what is the relationship between length and me...
Over the last week or so, new releases have come to us from several young electronic musicians whom we've championed at least once before. The three figures in question are Little Nastya (aka Stas Uvarovskii), Enko (aka "Artem" [above]), and Moscow drone exponents, AAGSF. What has become especia...
A few weeks ago, a new netlabel was launched in Moscow by the name of Noise Reactor. In its own words, the project has been formed "both for the production and distribution of music in the field of 'noise.' This new label is the kind of place where it's possible to make a terrible racket!"
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The two lengthy tracks in this post are the result of a new collaboration between Elochnye igrushki ("Christmas Baubles") and 4 Pozicii Bruno ("The Four Positions of Bruno"). We've spoken of both bands before, but a few things are worth restating and explaining further. Elochnye igrushki (aka "EU"...
Having recently looked at some archival recordings from the Thalamus III festival, we are now presented with a new release from one of that event's participants, Aleksei Borisov. On this occasion, he is accompanied by the very gifted drummer and percussionist, Ol'ga Nosova, who is usually associ...
"Thalamus III" is a new compilation of Russian industrial and noise/drone performances, captured at St Petersburg's Red Club over the first two days of December, 2005. It remains a mystery why more than four years were needed to bring the material to light, but the wait was certainly worthwhile....
