Dzenis Mantsevich

These three projects bridge enormous distances, from Finland to the Black Sea - via Belarus. What kind of artistic credo matches that expanse? The people involved look to the past

When electronic musicians from Belarus are interviewed, they tend to make at least passing observations about the health of their chosen genre nationwide. Wishing to draw attention both to their own work and the efforts of colleagues, they are keen to engender a sense of shared activity - and re...

Three new electronic releases from independent Russian, Belarusian, and Ukrainian sources this week have - unbeknown to one another - voiced similar themes of what we might call minorization. The first comes from a southern city on the banks of the river Volga, Astrakhan. This is the birthplace...