Stud

Hyperboloid Records is a discerning Moscow label dedicated to some of the best bass-, 8-bit, and "brain-music" practitioners of the present. What, therefore, appears striking is the label's use of prior decades for inspiration.

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...