Gultskra Artikler

A little over one month ago, we found ourselves with a copy of Pixelord's super new EP, "Lucid Freaks" and paid it due attention. A couple of weeks later, another recording popped up from Pixelord's alter ego, Gultskra Artikler: that, too, was showcased on this site. And now, with almost startli...

Starting with the basics, we should point out that Moscow's Hyperboloid Records is - in the simplest of terms - an electronic music label operated by Dmitrii Garin and Alexei Devianin. The project's most recent release appeared a couple of days ago: a debut LP by Acid Mafia called "Surrogate." T...

Earlier this month we focused on two new dancefloor releases by Sergey Suokas and Pixelord (aka Aleksei Devianin).  Both were appealing because of their use of dub techno, in the former case, and crunch- or glitch-hop, in the latter. Both of these musicians were using either echo/reverb or broken...

The central figure amid the various projects listed in this article is Siberia-born DJ Aleksei Devianin, aka Pixelord, who's perhaps best known under the pseudonym of Gultskra Artikler. That strange moniker is used to encapsulate a long-lived project described to Russian audiences as “melodic,...

Stud is/are a side-project of Moscow-based musician Aleksei Deviavin (below), who - according to one netlabel in the capital - "needs no introduction."  That may be true of a small, central elite but some of us - on far-flung Anglo shores - could do with a little help. [audio:mlini.mp3] Hence...