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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"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....
"Cynocephaly" is a new electronic compilation from the western Ukrainian town of Ternopil. Founded in the 16th century, Ternopil has seen more than its fair share of unexpected and unjustified violence; over the centuries it has been invaded by Tatars, Turks, Austrians, Germans, and Russians, to...
Now that the summer has come to an end, Moscow's RusZud label has cast a glance back over a season of break- and hardcore compositions, not only from Russian and Ukrainian DJs, but with a few French and Italian cuts, too. The result is a dual LP, modestly titled "RusZud #12," yet emblazoned with...
Far away from the center of mainstream Russian web activity lies the netlabel TruType Sounds. Their distance from fame and fortune, however, is no cause for concern. The label's owners actively cultivate a sense of proud isolation. "Imagine two groups of people. For the sake of ease, let's call...
Last Sunday, the Moscow art- and music club Dozhd'-Mazhor hosted an event dedicated to several musicians who are all connected in some way to an organization known, rather mysteriously, as Invisible Hand Distribution (IHD). In essence these artists, including the marvellous Ninja Glam, are all g...
The ambient netlabel Rus Zud has created an New Year's present for its listeners in the form of a free, thirteen-track album, "Winter." It does a very good job of framing both the label's activity and roster. We offer four tracks here as a snapshot of Rus Zud's range, not only sonically, but s...
Yesterday a debut EP appeared from Krasnodar, in the south of Russia, an area rich in melons, Cossacks, and - for some inexplicable reason - close cultural ties to Tallahassee in Florida. A fruitful exchange program, no doubt. Juice jokes aside, the recording can be downloaded here.
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The term "sludge" has rarely been used by bands in Russia, but it's now starting to appear in locally specific ways. One of the style's most interesting exponents are the young Moscow outfit Mine Milk My Mother, themselves deemed - by way of proof! - "one of the few sludge rock bands in Russia...
