Scaly Whale

RU

Ambient, Background, Bitpop, Chillout / Chillwave, Chiptune, Easy-list., Electroacoustic, Electronic, Elevator music, Glitch, Idm, Instrumental, Jazz, Leftfield, Lo-fi, Lounge, Microhouse

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Miniature Dance Steps: Ufmo, Take the Shot, and a Secret Compilation

Not all forays onto the dancefloor end in unbridled displays of abandon. Some delicately crafted, foot-tapping instrumentals from around Russia ponder the enduring charm of rhythmic understatement and "smallness."

Anxious Chillout from St. Petersburg: 56 Stuff and Subwise

56 Stuff and Subwise are St. Petersburg netlabels. They share a common outlook in that both projects use irony and unpredictability in order to counter the goal-driven pragmatism of commercial music.

Tiny Sounds from a Cherished Childhood: Scaly Whale, Veell, and Legobyte

Three new albums from St Petersburg and Moscow use various retro-references in order to spin touching narratives of childhood. The need for that retrospection appears to be growing as social promise fades... and adulthood looms.

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

"7x8" from 56 Stuff: The Multiplying Charm of Generative Music

"7x8" is a new collective recording made by several members of St Petersburg's 56 Stuff project. It hands traditions of authorship over to social enterprise in ways that epitomize the appeal of digital creativity

Scaly Whale: "Music from the Fantastic Cartoons of Our Youth"

There would be something inappropriate about a long, involved text dedicated to the work of Scaly Whale. The keyword here is "simplicity": Scaly Whale is a one-man outfit whose music is replete with the naive hopes and fears of childhood. Although, by way of example, a fair collection of his wor...