Vadim Griboedov / Вадим Грибоедов

UA

Abstract hip-hop, Deep, Deep House, Downbeat, Dub, Electronic, House, Instrumental, Minimal, Post-Disco, Reggae, Turntablism

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Stepping Out: Kinnel, Pixelord, Vadim Griboedov, and Last Night Flavor

New chip-tune, bass-, and hip-hop recordings investigate the appeal of difference and distance. How much variation guarantees satisfaction? Deviance, it eventually transpires, has a limit. Liberties reach a dead-end...

Daydreams: Playone, Griboedoff, Andrey Burtaev, SCSI-9, and Yarikimoto

A number of new house tracks from Moscow, Kiev, and Perm show well the romance associated with that style. Not everybody, however, can imagine themselves in a TV commercial or a Spanish club...

Intrepid Teamwork: Highway Records, High-Jack, and Stas Simonov

A number of remixes, compilations, and samplers this month show the power of collaboration. Not only from a creative point of view, but also as a way of overcoming commercial and cultural disparities.

Animated Sounds: Lazzich, Plotka, Microfunk, and Two Subself Remixes

Some deep house and dub-tech recordings from various locations this week draw upon metaphors of silence and (unhurried) geology. All are used in order to advocate the charms of slow, silent, and collective activity; they are also used to counter a noisy maximalism outside.