Various Artists, Electronic Music By Young Hungarian Composers, Hungaraton, LP SLPX 12371 (recorded 1975 – 1981, released 1983) In the
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Metamorphoses: Soviet electronic space-ambient renditions of formal classical music pieces
Eduard Artemyev, Yuri Bogdanov, Vladimir Martynov, Metamorphoses, Melodiya, C10—13889-90 (1980) Admittedly the idea behind this album is not very original:
Continue readingMusical Offering: showcase of avantgarde 20th-century formal Soviet composition in space electronics
Alfred Schnittke, Edison Denisov, Sofia Gubaidulina, Oleg Buloshkin, Edward Artemiev, Musical Offering, Melodiya C60 30721 000 (recorded 1971, released 1990) Modestly
Continue readingMoods: a collection of Soviet fusion electro-disco, jazz and experimental rock pieces
Edward Artemiev, Moods, Melodiya, C10 21077 002 (1984) Best known for scoring the music to a number of Soviet and
Continue readingMemory: Rock Ballet – wondrous if sometimes strange and cheesy vintage 1980s Soviet fusion electronic pop
Boris Petrov, Memory: Rock-Ballet, Melodiya C10 23679 006 (recorded 1984, released 1988) Composed by Boris Petrov who also plays synthesiser
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Kangding Ray Solens Arc GERMANY RASTER-NOTON R-N 154 CD (2014) In a sealed room, somewhere deep in the heart of
Continue readingThe Inexplicable: a cheerful and lively recording of Soviet experimental rock fusion
Yuri Morozov, The Inexplicable, recorded 1978 but never officially released Inexplicable all right, that this 1978 album and its 1979
Continue readingHuman Extinction: a sprightly soundtrack to end our days with
Yuri Morozov, Human Extinction, recorded in 1979 but never officially released A tip-off from a friend about an old 1980s Soviet
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Metalycée Expat Blues AUSTRIA INTERSTELLAR RECORDS 034 LP (2014) A cacophonous battering ram of relentless industrial influences come to mind.
Continue readingOpen the Coffin: hardcore sledgehammer sludge doom beneath that tombstone
Same Sex Dictator, Open the Coffin, Hanged Man Recordings, cassette HMR017 (2014) With a name like theirs, you’d expect this
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