Nikita Zabelin / Никита Забелин

RU

Dance, Deep, Detroit Techno, Electro, House, Idm, Instrumental, Leftfield, Minimal, Post-Disco, Techno

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Intrepid Teamwork: Highway Records, High-Jack, and Stas Simonov

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.

Continuing the FFM Compilation: The Growing Appeal of Very Little

Here we extend - and complete - the coverage of our first compilation album. This second text looks at the work of the remaining six projects, all the way from Moscow to Minsk - with a few stops in between at St Petersburg, Krasnodar, Petrozavodsk, and even the nightclubs of Prague.

Looking for Friends: Modul, Anton Zap, Lay-Far, and Mars Needs Lovers

Various EPs and remixes this week touch upon the role of friendship, networking, and collaborative culture in an environment where the role of profit is diminished. Today's trust can form tomorrow's institutions, perhaps

Electroacoustic Musings and Minimal Techno: Ritmo and Nikita Zabelin

Ritmo and Nikita Zabelin both have new work on display. Born of hip-hop and techno, the recordings offer a very quiet, locally specific variation upon those traditions

Two Faces of Dancefloor Elitism: Nikita Zabelin and Easy Changes

St. Petersburg's Nikita Zabelin and the Moscow duo Easy Changes have new deep- and tech-house releases that both celebrate the benefits of an elitist stance towards dance music.

Nikita Zabelin: A Tale of Two Cities, One Prince, and Minimal Techno

Nikita Zabelin, despite his evidently youthful appearance, is not wildly keen on revealing his age. Various reasons might be presumed for such coyness, but it is at least possible to fix his location with confidence: Ekaterinburg. Shown above in festive times, the city has an undeniably mythic...