New big-beat and abstract hip-hop recordings from three artists ponder the benefits of anonymity. Only through loss or absence can new meanings come into being. One of these musicians likens that process to alchemy.
56 Stuff and Subwise are St. Petersburg netlabels. They share a common outlook in that both projects use irony and unpredictability in order to counter the goal-driven pragmatism of commercial music.
Yesterday saw the release of our double album, "Antique/Astral," dedicated to the work of thirty young beatmakers. Here we offer a little context to their careers and current efforts.
Several instrumental and abstract hip-hop releases from both Russia and Kazakhstan consider various aspects of emotional promise. Surrounded by adult disappointment and material goals, these musicians ponder various (distant) alternatives instead.
Three gentle releases have just appeared from Ukrainian and Russian downtempo artists. Using colleagues from Estonia and Kazakhstan, they sketch some common views on romance - and what color it might be...
Two new albums from Ukraine and Kazakhstan have just been released in ways that link trip- or abstract hip-hop to the slow and comfortable workings of nostalgia.
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