Uniquetunes

RU

Adult contemporary, Electro-/technopop, English, Jazz, Jazz fusion, Jazz-funk, Pop

http://www.utunes.ru/
http://www.last.fm/music/uniquetunes
http://www.myspace.com/uniquetunesband
http://vkontakte.ru/club306136

Parasomnia and Schizophasia: SPDSC, Cream Child, Cao Sao Vang, and DP/LN

New dancefloor material from Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Sochi expresses doubts about the social sphere it hopes to charm. At least two new hip-hop and house publications refer directly to anxiety and mental illness.

Uniquetunes and Tomato Jaws: The Shifting Spontaneity of "Heart and Soul"

This month has seen the release of a new album by St Petersburg's Uniquetunes, whom we have praised with considerable volume on a couple of prior occasions. The last time we looked at one of their recordings was as recently as August; already we have additional/fresh material to assess. This...

D-Pulse and Uniquetunes: The Peculiar Force of Russian Hedonism

D-Pulse categorize themselves as a "house-quartet, originally from Izhevsk." The reason for making such an observation is that the town of Izhevsk, located in Central Russia, is often associated with grim industrial electronica in the minds of many young Russians. Older music fans will remark t...

Uniquetunes: Vinyl Elitism Comes to Russia!

In some well-financed quarters, vinyl is starting to outsell CDs; the allegedly "warmer" sound of vinyl, the huggable dimensions of a 12" record, and the endurance of club culture have all helped to stave off the extinction of black, brittle discs. The excellent jazz-funk outfit Uniquetun...

UniqueTunes

From downtempo masters 3pBeats comes the debut LP from UniqueTunes; both are based in St Petersburg. 3pBeats, in fact, sees itself as a major representative of more than just laid-back, looping formats. Founded in 2006, it already claims - with reason! - to actively promote Russian "trip-hop,...