Air Goatika is an offshoot of Moscow's Goatika Creative Lab and defines itself as a "joyous, energetic musical project, full of light and positive vibrations." Flexible in its lineup, the band's current members are Boris Nazarov (keyboards), Pavel Mikhailuk (bass guitar), Victor Netesov (horns) an...
Nina Kraviz began her career as a music journalist in the 1990s, working for some of Moscow's glossiest culture and entertainment magazines. By the early 2000s, she had moved into the realm of PR agencies and, ascending from typewriters to turntables, had her first live experience as a DJ in 2003....
"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 briefest of glances at the coverwork to a new EP from St Petersburg's Andrei & Eleonora would suggest that we're not supposed to take this project too seriously. Chromatic chaos, grainy textures, crudely-used color fields, enormous sunglasses, and a font found somewhere in the Land that...
When speaking of Alla Farmer, two things should be established ASAP. Thankfully, Miss Farmer hits both targets at the outset of her most basic biographical sketch: "I was born and raised in Samara, Russia. I play in Bajinda Behind the Enemy Lines." We paid some attention to the members of Bajinda...
For the second time this spring, we turn to the Datenbits label - and in particular to a project based originally in Kharkov. As the two local snapshots in this post would suggest, the city's history is both long and dramatic. Archaeologists have no qualms about displaying proof of a local popul...
Dimitrovgrad, home to DJ (Rustam) Promonova, is an average-sized town in southern Russia. Not only is it typical in its dimensions; Dimitrovgrad's history also seems to offer a snapshot of the entire twentieth century. Many towns across the nation have passed through similar developments. The se...
Outside of Moscow and St Petersburg, radio stations that are dedicated to anything other than mainstream formats seem to be in a precarious position. Take, for example, Radio Maksimum (i.e., Maximum), Russia's self-proclaimed champion of half-decent rock music. Over the last few weeks, the stati...
One of Russia's most influential radio outlets for the promotion of house and progressive house is the "Respect Time" show, hosted on Moscow's Radio Megapolis by DJ Sergei Tkachev, aka "Pilot." In the words of Megapolis, "Respect Time" "is dedicated to the output of hard-working, significant, an...
In April of 2009 it became clear that the St Petersburg pop/dance duo known as Gosti iz Budushchego had come to an end (their website has been "under reconstruction" forever). Vocalist Eva Pol'na, long-term partner of composer and producer Iurii Usachev, would immediately embark on a solo career...
