Anton Nikilla (Helsinki)

The Nikkila sir name is known very well in Finland. Anton's father Reio Nikkila is a famous TV producer and documentary director, the participator of many festivals and international projects. As for Anton, he is one of the best Russian translators in Finland, a musical journalist and one of the organizers of the electronic music festival "AVANTO". In 80ths he paid attention to experimental music in Russia for the first time and looked for something interesting within the records of Russian rock, industrial and electronics.   >>

Spring at Karl Johan Street (Moscow)

They started with noise music and successfully went over to the sphere of ambient by recording and issuing the "Soft" disk under Exotica label. The musicians avoid giving precise characteristics to their stylistics, since, on their opinion, many of today's musical projects don't meet any styles. Actually, easy listening is not a style but the way of life. It include very many completely different musicians.   >>

Bigudi (Kaliningrad)

Vigorously Indulged People (VIP) - Bigudi - are also known as Membrana, Membranoids, Cincinnatus, John Silencer Infra-Jazz Quintet, etc. Bigudi is a result of love to "mint" i.e. soft music.  >>

Species of Fishes (Moscow)

The Moscow underground stars Species of Fishes became famous for being the first among the native electronic artist who attracted the eastern recording companies’ attention. In 1995 the cult Holland company StaalPlaat issued their debut album called "The Songs of Dumb World" under their own label Korm Plastic that was a unique mixture of avant-guard trance-techno, dub and ambient.   >>

Volga (Moscow)

Within the limits of this unusual project the modern music and the elements of original Russian folklore are united with the ritual ethnic motives.  >>

Brothers in Mind (Cheliabinsk/Moscow)

The main style of Brothers in Mind is quasi pop, in which they skillfully combine retro melodies with the new wave design and the latest achievements of modern dancing electronics. Being fond of experiments and searching for multiple genres they often invite very different artists: balalaika, bayan, piano-flute players.  >>

Burunduk Quartet (Izhevsk)

Burunduk Quartet was one of the first who began to play lounge (one of the fashionable streams of easy listening) in our country. They play light and easy music for relaxation that differs by a harmonious delicacy, unobtrusive humor and easy comprehension.  >>

Chernila (Snezhinsk)

Chernila project includes only one person - Erik Chernov. Chernov has always been interested in music and even in his childhood wasn't just a listener.   >>

Dia-Dia (Moscow)

The solo project of Igor Sharankov , who is the guitar player and multi-instrumentalist, the former member of Vegetables and Fruits and Aleotorics Orchestra bands.  >>

dr. Tikov (Москва)

Дмитрий Тиков родился в 1972 году в Саратове, учился в музыкальной школе по классу скрипки, университет - физфак. С 1997 года по 2001 работал в проекте NETSLOV. Альбомы: Electronic Etnology (2000) - Proforma records Usa, Outernational (2001) - Легкие.   >>

F.R.U.I.T.S. (Moscow)

The main activity of F.R.U.I.T.S. is displayed in the area of sound-art, experimental electronic as well as musique concrete, minimalism, noise, "Slavonic" polyrhythmic and so on. The idea of the duet can be defined as noise reconstruction or non-music.  >>

Ivan Sokolovskiy (Moscow)

Ivan Sokolovsky - is the philosopher and the composer who experiments with electronic and acoustic instruments, various musical styles and cultural traditions. He is known as a creator of the following groups - Nochnoi Prospect, Yat-Ha and Miagkie Zveri. Sokolovsky's album "Khan's Midday Rest", issued in 1996 under Exotica label is a result of many years work at studio with modern electronic equipment and ethnic instruments. For collaboration he invited the musicians from several Moscow bands and Tuvinian guttural singers. Among the latter was the famous Sainho Namchilak.   >>

Krivitsky (Izhevsk/Moscow)

The solo project of Jakov Krivitsky is based on his passion to music from movies of the 60ths, lounge-core and easy listening  >>

Los Chikatilos (Kaliningrad)

Today Los Chikatilos is among the leading electronic groups in Russia. A unique sound is due to using of the sessional two-track recording rather than multilayer studio superimposition and is the object of admiration of experts and sincere envy of colleagues. The musicians work in various styles and trends: trip-hop, dub, ambient, funk, drum'n'bass.  >>

Mombus&Bacteria (Murmansk)

At his home studio Mombus processes post-digital aesthetics of the following styles: glitch-easy, casio core, sound design. Also he cooperates with the Murmansk jazz and hip-hop musicians. As the author of the project says music for him is not just a view into the modern life, but an attempt to reflect the connection between his person and technologies, communications as well as an expression of his attitude to the traditions and culture of North.  >>

MOX (Moscow)

Mikhail Salnikov's project MOX was created under the impression of big amount of music of different genres heard. The main trends are ambient, dub, post industrial, quasi pop, techno.  >>

New Compousers (Saint-Petersburg)

Nuclear Los' (Novosibirsk)

The artists have already spent enough time to work almost in all genres of modern electronic music in the range from techno-trance to lounge. Today they come out with two programs - in the style of chill out house and porno jazz. The latter is the alloy of acid-jazz, trip-hop and light cocktail music.  >>

Piezo (Moscow)

A solo project of the famous poet, the composer, the producer of Moralny Codex band and the partner in the duet F.R.U.I.T.S., Pavel Zhagun. Within the limits of Piezo project he dexterously blends a melody of minimalism, synthetic sound and electronic futurism.  >>

Punk (Kaliningrad)

ex-Los Chikatilos

Рацкевич (Москва)

Все началось с рок-н-ролла - новой культуры, привлекавшей к себе внимание небывалым эмоциональным подъемом. До сих пор Владимир Рацкевич называет рок-н-ролл своей музыкальной школой, с помощью которой он многому научился и многое узнал - "у меня нет академическое зашоренности, как у консерваторцев, плюс рок-н-ролл подарил мне ощущение свежести и стремление к эпатажу".   >>

S.P.U.L. (Tomsk)

For Sergei Shpul a work with music started as early as in 1990 while he studied at school. He was a bass-guitar player in a young group that tried to play trash-metal but soon after a half a year he changed seats to drums and didn't stood up for quite a long time. After he bought a computer he completely plunged into solo work. S.P.U.L. project exists since 2000. The two albums - "Siding" and "Betweening" - came out under the English label HandHeldHalo Productions.
He keeps of giving stylistic definitions for this music but says it embodies the dark side of his nature.  >>

Second Hand Band (Moscow)

Soda (Izhevsk)

The style of Soda project can rather be characterized as depressive disco or a typical hard listening.  >>

Zoom.Ra (Moscow)

The new project of Vladimir Ratzkevich binds together all his previous experiments on the electronic stage, "Ra-Zoom" studio and scenic project "Electric Future".  >>