Aleksej Taroutz/Tarutz / Алексей Таруц

RU

Digital Hardcore, Downbeat, Grunge, Harsh Noise, Instrumental, Krautrock, Post-punk, Prog, Progressive Metal, Rock, Shoegazing

http://www.raig.ru/taroutz.asp
http://sonicfrontiers.net/blog/?p=63
http://www.myspace.com/iamaboveontheleft
http://www.last.fm/music/Wogulow,+Taroutz,+Vermo
http://www.youtube.com/user/vocalbetrayal

Quarter Tones: USSSY, Elephants from Neptune, and Pes i Gruppa

These collectives live in varied surroundings, ranging from an Estonian forest to the noisy streets of Moscow. Nonetheless, they all seek alternative, sometimes complex registers to match their disorienting experience.

Distorted Voices: 30[eks], Aleksej Tarutz, Eugene Kush, and Medkit

Four glitch, drone, and idm releases from various ends of Russia question the ability of lyricism or subjectivity as a whole to express itself. White noise predominates - as the sound of societal interference

I Am Above on the Left: Melody, Minimalism, and Occasional Thunder (eng/рус)

We recently spoke to the pioneering Moscow trio I Am Above on the Left on several topics, including their recent shows and developments with side projects (such as USSSY and Kruzr Ken).

Archival Recordings by Alexei Taroutz (and Where Not to Enjoy Them)

The Russian Association of Independent Genres (RAIG) has today turned back time by approximately 18 months. The association has dragged from its vaults a "lost album" by Aleksei Taroutz (i.e., Taruts) entitled - fittingly enough - "Eternal Number of Repeats." It consists of ten instrumental trac...

Wogulow, Taroutz, Vermo: "Maelstrom" (Omut)

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,...

Aleksei Taruts: The Noise of Dead Daughters

One of the most stunning, disturbing noises to appear in Russian music in the last few years has been that of "I Am Above on the Left" (Ia sleva sverkhu). An experimental quartet, mapping the periphery of instrumental math-rock, they nonetheless worked essentially in long, improvised forms. As a res...