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."
A new instrumental album from Kim and Buran, evoking the unrealized dreams of the 1970s and '80s, when cartoons and kids movies outdid the sorry workings of Soviet society // Укротители аналоговых синтезаторов, добрые роботы на солнечных батарейках, лучшие друзья астероидов и космонавтов: Ким и Буран! Вот и есть теперь новый CD...
"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"?
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...
Were there a prize for the most instantly recognizable sound in Russian music today, one major contender would be Oleg Kostrow. He was one of the first performers covered by this site, yet has appeared rarely since that time, due to the remarkably hermetic nature of his work. Interviews and promoti...
