Santerna is the pseudonym of Moscow-based trance/progressive exponent Aleksandr Deviat'iarov, who prides himself on being the first Russian DJ with a release via London's Mondo Records. With dubious chutzpah, the label claims to be "one of the UK's premier dance labels specializing in house, t...
In the world of Russian dance music, some genres are considered more "provincial" than others. Trance, rightly or wrongly, is often assumed to be one of the styles most likely to fill lop-sided village halls in distant locations. Comedy shows and parodic cinema will certainly make use of trance...
There are new two new breakcore and hardcore EPs to announce, both from Ukraine and both free. They are welcome arrivals at a time when the nation's main breakcore site is not operational. That leaves us grubbing around, going through myriad portals and looking for modest indications of acti...
Whoever designed this CD cover deserves a good kicking. On the bottom of the reverse side we're offered four links to four websites. One of them is incorrectly written... and the other three simply don't work. When you've figured out how to fix the one misspelled URL, you'll discover that...
Today the "debut" album by Katia First was released. It comes after the singer - known offstage as Katia Medvedeva - left her role at Uplifto Records, where she sang for six years in the guise of Katia Chekhova. Although having risen to the status of what was sometimes called The Queen of Elec...
This week the First International Festival of Modern Music and Media Arts (MIGZ) will take place in Moscow. The festival's aim is to showcase new electronic music and related video installations from both Russia and other centers of digital art around the world. The local contingent will inclu...
In the endless search for quality dance music around the "runet," it's always a blessing to find reliable sites that operate with a degree of taste. Some Russian dance portals function on a frightening, almost Biblical scale - which is super in terms of centralizing media - but they show no desi...
Ivan Rudyk is arguably the most famous DJ in Russia, and certianly a savvy businessman: one of his most recent mixes is dedicated (for reasons of corporate endorsement) to a celebration of "Miller Time." Born in 1976 in Novosibirsk, he has the most polished self-image in Russian dance music with...
At the time of writing, an agreement has just been signed between Citadel Records and the Goatika Creative Laboratory. In May 2008 Citadel - whose Moscow Grooves Institute is showcased on this site - will release Goatika’s debut album “Musical Fish.” Officially GCL describes itself as "a loun...
A quick glance at any ranking of Russian DJs will, perhaps not surprisingly, show that over 90% are male. In an attempt to address this imbalance, an association has been formed of female DJs under the banner of "Provansal'." The core management consists of six women, including Karina Saakian (e...
