The first ABCD’s digital label release is entirely dedicated to the phenomenon of Izhevsk electronic music. It wholly - is an experiment where contemporary musicians reinterpret the heritage of Izhevsk perestroika era pioneers.
In the early '90s no matter what - a shoegaze-bands, playing their guitars with screwdrivers or an extraordinary proto-tryp-hop music - all bar none become a musical discovery, extolling the unknown factory town as the capital of electronic music.
"New Day of the Week", performed by ‘Intourist’, sounds as if it was recored by Eugene Gorbunov himself, instead of pioneers of the Russian shoegaze ‘Velvet And Velvet Dolls’ in '92.
Ufa resident Molodoy Chelovek, turns ‘Samchov Dronda’s” dark ambient "Vogel" into a techno anthem for empty factories, where now the roar of machines switches to the rhythms of drums.
‘Rites of Passages’ - a solo project of an improvisation orchestra ‘Electric Dog’ member, comprehends the original "I, you, my reptile" by ‘Beautiful Coming’ as a gloomy echo of an industrial city.
And the young producers Caprithy and Kstcn's dou, tightly pours acid inwards ‘Virgo Intacta’ experemental electronics.
The French producer's debut makes an ideal chillout soundtrack, its synth jams swirling with Balearic textures and hypnotic trip-hop beats. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 21, 2024