Clapan is the stage name of DJ and electrical engineer Denis Korsunskii. Raised in a family of scientists, he is now applying his own know-how to the musical "betterment" of the younger generation! // Clapan он же Денис Корсунский это человек принципиально создающий 100% танцевальную музыку прямо перед публикой! За это он благодарен своему прошлому...
Over the last few days, a series of excellent techno mixes and sets have appeared from across Russia and the Baltic. Together, they show how far-flung musicians are collaborating, thanks primarily to the web // Andrei Oid — один из немногих электронщиков с постсоветского постранства добившегося международного статуса. Объясним как...
Sanytch (aka Aleksandr Nevolin) is a widely-respected electronic musician and graphic designer, originally from Minsk. We spoke to him about his move from Belarus to the Czech Republic // Sanytch, он же Неволин Александр, музыкант, DJ, дизайнер и фотограф. Родом из Минска, он теперь работает в Праге. Что значит такой переезд сегодня, в творческом плане?
Human Resources is/are a fledgling record label, both founded and managed in Moscow, thanks to the effort of a DJ whose work we recently examined: Artem Arshanitsa. His "HR" project could not fit within the framework of that initial article, and so we offer here some more audio, photographs, and ex...
"Motor" is one of the pseudonyms of Moscow's Vadim Ugriumov; he appears in multiple projects and many places. The reason for this particular announcement, amid such frenzied activity, is that Mr. Ugriumov has just released a very appealing nine-track, 44-minute solo recording entitled "Tiger Tunes...
The techno label Pro-Tez appears on this site with relative frequency, since their roster makes a clear and enduring distinction between issues of quantity and quality. As we noted back in 2008, "Pro-Tez operates between Moscow and Los Angeles. That’s the pedestrian description. The more elab...
One of the most appealing dance compilations of last year was "Salat, Moscow!" The background to that CD's collected tracks was sketched on this site: "The disc's title is presumably a play upon the French greeting 'Salut!' and therefore an invitation to shared festivities. The bands taking part w...
Ishome (aka Mira Iskhome) introduces herself to the world in a unique way. She frames her music with some famous lines from a Russian story for very young readers: "Little children! Don't go walking in Africa! In Africa there are sharks, gorillas, big snakes, and crocodiles, too. They'll bite, pun...
On March 5th, Moscow DJ Petr Serkin was invited to talk with broadcaster Slava Finist at the capital's Radio Megapolis; during the show, Finist spoke of his guest's "split personality." This was a reference to his work not only as DJ Combinator, but also as founder of the Bip Soup project. Ser...
Subwise Records is an independent netlabel, based in St Petersburg, to whom we've turned on numerous occasions - for a wide number of reasons and releases. Now, as when the label began, it specializes in electronica from new or little-known artists, often from northern Russia.
The project’s...
