Barely a year after their dazzling debut album Tropical, Moscow-based indie outfit Pompeya is already back with a gorgeous new record. Featuring seven brand new tracks, the album is appropriately titled Foursome and it is currently available as a free download through the band’s SoundCloud. Pompeya – Slow Pompeya – Pitsunda (Пицунда) Foursome was entirely …
It’s been almost three years since Russian indie rock trio Everything Is Made In Chine (EIMIC) released their highly acclaimed album Automatic Movements. After the release they wanted to move further and explore new grounds. They started to apply even more synthesized sounds and samples to the music, without sacrificing melodies and emotions. Everything Is …
Hailing from the Far Eastern town of Khabarovsk, indie electronic outfit Sistra (or more correctly систра) was created in 2006 by Artem Gnesin (vocals), Roman Lopatkov (bass), Roman Murashtov (drums) and Arsenii Sysoletin (guitars). After three EPs and countless gigs around Russia and Ukraine, the quartet is now releasing their new single “Revolving in You” …
Instrumental hip hop duo The Cancel is the fruit of a collaboration between Andrei Zelenskii and Dmitrii Fedusiv, two Ukrainian musicians with a common passion for jazz music and old vinyls. Their music finds its roots in the works of jazz maestros such as John Coltrane and Miles Davis passed through the filter of modern …
The Saint Petersburg Disco Spin Club is getting ready to release a brand new single called “Love Spin” and for the occasion the Saint-Petersburg-based DJ/producer asked his friends Vladovskie to make a cool video for the song. “Love Spin” is a mellow electronica piece with a delicate jazzy swing, just what you need for a …
Moscow-based trio turned quartet Pompeya has been around for quite a few years now, bringing their very personal blend of pop-infused indie rock to an ever growing mass of loyal fans. Ever since the band’s formation back in 2007, Daniil Brod, Denis Agafonov, Nairi Simonyan and newest addition Sasha Lipsky cultivated their differences and developed …
Considered one of the cornerstones of today’s Russian electronica, Roma Litvinov (aka Mujuice) combines the robotic glitches of modern electronic music with dense layers of natural sounds. He dissects sounds and creates a complex matrix of melodies and ambiences that owe a debt to jazz, techno and Shostakovich in equal measure. His first productions, akin …
Mujuice is a Moscow-based artist who is at the forefront of electronica in Russia. In his music, he skillfully combines the robotic glitches of modern electronic music with dense layers of natural sounds. Working without a formal musical education, he started experimenting with electronica when still a teenager and released his first LP, Superqueer, in …
