Monokle

Fresh releases from Moscow and Krasnodar toy with the notion of "conceptual" songwriting. Certain stories or trajectories inform these recordings: they develop in various directions - and along different narrative arcs.
A number of remixes, compilations, and samplers this month show the power of collaboration. Not only from a creative point of view, but also as a way of overcoming commercial and cultural disparities.
New recordings from these three projects have their roots in some distant, romantic locations: Novosibirsk, Arkhangelsk, and Irkutsk. Perhaps as a result, a pattern of natural, elemental metaphors overshadows any technical chutzpah.
Four beautiful instrumentals have been published by Vlad Kudriavtsev and Aleksandr Kumach, aka Monokle. Those compositions owe much to the northern Russian port where they were written
Monokle is/are a two-man outfit: Vladislav Kudriavtsev and Aleksandr Kumach, both shown below. They first came to our attention a couple of years ago when we penned a few introductory words about their early discography and overall aesthetic. "The band [in their initial years] appeared to be conte...
After several months' silence, there is today very good news that the netlabel Musica Excentrica will reappear.  Ahead of an official relaunch, the label's organizers, Nikita Golyshev Ilias Mikanaev, and Vlad Interesnyy have today posted seven wonderful podcasts, six of which are linked to the...
Some splendid new tracks have recently been placed on MySpace by the duet Monokle, whom we recently covered with regard to Moscow’s NetAudio Festival. They’re worthy of particular attention as milestones along a most impressive musical course. The Russian press has said of these two youn...

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Audio

Monokle – Birds Swirl
Monokle – Luch
Monokle – Gray Sparks
Monokle – Air Krispella
Monokle – Fine Care
Monokle – Globus
Monokle – Two Times

Video

Happy Sun (feat. Galun)
Air Krispella (w. Galun)