DJ Groove

Last week, the Lithuanian net-project Mondayjazz released a new mixtape/set from Moscow beat maestro Dza. It's currently promoted, in Russian, as "a mash-up made from tracks by all kinds of hip-hop performers, both from Russia and further afield. Banging beats for ya ears!" Indeed. It come...

The southern coastal resort of Sochi, supposedly a place of rest and repose, has been associated with different activities of late. First and foremost, it was recently awarded the right to host the 2014 Winter Olympics; that, in turn, has led to much political and financial wrangling over access...

The sampling of Soviet songs, speeches, and other noises is both a common and creative practice in Russian pop music today.  Tiny fragments of past experiences hint at an entire social universe that has come and gone. One can see the same referential practice among emigres today:  fleeting...