RAIG

As 2009 passes into the distance, we feel duty bound to draw readers' attention to some of the releases that either passed us by or simply hid in a corner until January 1st. One good place in which to tidy a few odds and ends would be the 2009 catalog of Moscow's Russian Association of Independe...

For the optimistic or romantic among us, the most exciting aspects of contemporary music in Russia are its expressions of hope.  Not the increasing ability to ape foreign trends or match western production standards, but the often failed attempts to realize a potential. With the explosio...

Two new Creative Commons releases have just been placed on line by the equally novel "Accessory Takes" project, a net-based endeavor affiliated with the Russian Association of Independent Genres (RAIG).  This valuable organization, having already compiled a fine catalog of avant-garde releases,...