The ensembles here come from radically different surroundings: the industrial streets of Zaporozhe and the chic salons of Moscow. The romance evident within their music is colored by those same, juxtaposed contexts.
These four musicians all have telling relationships to the past. They approach the future's opportunity for innovation with one eye upon childhood - or the hometowns thereof. The past - in all cases - shapes a demanding future.
An overview of some house exponents from Russia and Ukraine suggests that aspects of the US tradition are still hard at work. An escapist style goes head to head with actuality
Two young house projects from Izhevsk and Grodno ponder various forms of escape. One dreams of distant Jamaican beaches, the other of a homeless, immersive experience on the dancefloor
Eventual Groove and Vakula are projects from slow, if not sleepy locales. Both, however, have made their way to the Big City, inspired in part by local forms of industry
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