Yellowhead

RU

Abstract hip-hop, Bitpop, Breakbeat, Chiptune, Dance, Easy-list., Electroacoustic, Funk, Glitch-Hop, Hip-hop, Instrumental, Jazz fusion, Leftfield, Techno, Trip-hop, Wonky

http://yellowhead.ru/
http://www.yellowhead.name/
http://soundcloud.com/yellowhead
http://www.vimeo.com/yellowhead
http://56STUFF.com/
http://www.archive.org/details/heavymental.ru_hm56

Movement: Copper Beard, Yellowhead, Snow Slow Party, and Badass Yuki

Enthusiastically conceived electronica from Krasnodar, St. Petersburg, Izhevsk, and Tallinn considers its own zeal. Some lovingly-fashioned music leans increasingly - and wisely - towards understatement.

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

Cosmic Kitchen Stools: Yellowhead and the "50 Years in Space" Compilation

From St Petersburg's Yellowhead (and 56Stuff) comes a wonderful, wobbly celebration of Russian fantasy. It takes place in rundown kitchens - and therefore tries even harder to escape the here and now

"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

Yellowhead: "Mealwine"

The excellent Yellowhead blessed us today with seventeen reasons to ponder a move onto the dancefloor... but only if sober. His chopped and diced instrumentals show no respect for standard, enduring rhythms. Every few seconds the beats will spin on their heels, stop, stutter, or simply vanis...

56 Stuff: The Takeaway Compilation

Maintaining their usual high standards, the people at netlabel 56 Stuff have this week released a new compilation of 11 different artists. Entitled "Takeaway," it is designed to accompany a series of events around St Petersburg at which, perhaps not surprisingly, guests are invited to take awa...

Fedor Koniukhov Tribute

Here's a wonderful and easy chance to familiarize yourself with an important netlabel, home to a wide range of impressive artists. Yesterday the Heavy Mental network announced a new, free compilation dedicated to the explorer Fedor Koniukhov, shown in the middle of the post, sporting considerabl...

Shtukk: Esperanto versus Happy Accidents

A couple of years ago on Russia's Channel One, a drama series entitled Kazaroza (above) played to loud applause from one small element of Russian society: speakers of Esperanto. The drama, set in 1920, concerned Esperanto enthusiasts after WWI and their insistent belief that the Revolution would...

Yellowhead: "Semolina Porridge"

In a word, Yellowhead is Aleksandr Il'in - musician, graphic artist, and driving force behind the ever-entertaining "creative collective" 56 Stuff. Their site is peppered with his artwork, video projects and a tidy selection of audio files - together with goodies from the other 25+ labelmates....