happy New year!

Occasionally one slips through the cracks and stumbles upon something beautiful. Udacha is the definitive example of such a situation. Around the middle of last year an odd email chain led us to the introduction of what would go on to become one of the most interesting up and coming record labels of the moment. The music they have released so far speaks for itself, ambient orientated with a balearic edge and eclectic design. It is paired with beautiful drawn imagery and representation, iconic and understated. 

There is little back story, little information and little explanation as to the roots of this crew. Many of the artists whom have appeared on the label maintain low profile stature and continue to surprise.

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Udacha: 'Flavour Of The Label' Mix

Бажановы B2B @ Pink Pong 07/01/2017 (exerpt)


[https://soundcloud.com/bazhanovs]

Bazhanovi @ PINK PONG Almaty 07.01.17

New song of Louie Austen!
Composer - Alexander Ospanov, Louie Austen
Lyrics - John Johnson Jr.

Alexander Ospanov & Louie Austen - I Believe In Love

@ Invisible City Record (ICRadio) Toronto 2017-11-21

New mix from our “Retrospective” series is a tribute to Eduard Artemyev, who is celebrating his 80th birthday today (Born 30 November 1937 in Novosibirsk). He is a worldwide-known Soviet and Russian composer and electronic musician who scored over 200  films and theatrical plays including the famous works by Andrei Tarkovsky, Andrei Konchalovsky, Pavel Chukhray, Nikita Mikhalkov and many others.
Of all the Soviet composers, it's Eduard Artemyev who most in uenced the development of local electronic music. He was deeply involved into education, conducting his workshops and popularizing sonic experiments and sonic studies. Artemyev was one of the  rst operators of the cult synthesizer ANS, using the machine to record his soundtrack for Tarkovsky's “Solaris”. His other electronic works – for example, the soundtracks for “Stalker” or “Sibiriade” – today are considered the standards of the genre and are still being released on the various types of media.
Our mixtape is not only a retrospective of Eduard Artemyev's vast musical heritage, but also an excursion into the realms of his discography which still remain unknown to the wide audience. Thus, in addition to his key pieces from of cial releases, this mixtape also includes a lot of unreleased compositions as we handled almost the entire archive of his works cutting out sound tracks directly from rare  lms and documentaries.
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Новый микс из серии «Ретроспектива» посвящен 80-летнему юбилею Эдуарда Николаевича Артемьева — советского и российского композитора и электронного музыканта, широкой публике известного прежде всего в качестве автора музыки к более чем двумстам фильмам и театральным постановкам — включая известнейшие киноленты Андрея Тарковского, Андрея Кончаловского, Павла Чухрая, Никиты Михалкова и многих других режиссеров.
Из всех советских композиторов именно Эдуард Николаевич больше всего повлиял на развитие отечественной электронной музыки. Он преподавал, проводил мастер-классы и занимался популяризацией экспериментов в области звука, работал с новыми устройствами — например, стал одним из первых операторов культового синтезатора АНС, записав с его помощью саундтрек к «Солярису» Тарковского. Его другие электронные работы — например, саундтреки к «Сталкеру» или «Сибириаде», сегодня считаются эталонами жанра и до сих пор выпускаются на всевозможных носителях по всему миру.
Наш микс — это не только ретроспектива обширного музыкального наследия Эдуарда Николаевича, но и экскурс в неизвестные широкой публике территории его дискографии. Так, кроме ключевых композиций с официальных релизов, в микс вошло множество неизданного материала — мы переработали практически весь архив кинохроники, «вырезая» звуковые дорожки напрямую из документальных и художественных фильмов.

Edward Artemiev: Retrospective Mix

Prof. Delacroix 'build her' |Fred P's reshape| [Deepblak]
Malcolm Moore feat. Debra Jones-Davis 'love (a perilous thing)'     
remix by Jenifa Mayanja [Deep Explorer]
Jenifa Mayanja 'in the most of a good thing'                                  
|Sublevel dance mix| [Bu-Mako]
BLM & Pawas 'waiting game' |original| [Sudden Drop]
Chris Mitchell 'lonely nights' |Dakini9 remix| [Plan B]
Miss Chrysalide 'a night without you' [MIXX]
Juniper 'selenic' [Smallville]
Dj Qu 'the zones' [Strength]
Fred P 'black magic' [Mule]
Hakim Murphy 'flirt' [Synapsis]
Dakini9 'dust & memories' [Plan B]
Jus-Ed 'Jus-Ed's aerial' [Strength]
Chicago Skyway 'thunder' 
|Tsunami-Punani mix by Malcolm Moore| [Altered Moods]
Rai Scott 'forgotten sleep' [Ornate]
Anton Zap 'I'm fine' [Underground Quality]
                                                                                        {photo by Elena Dmitrieva}

Early Spring Reflection

Скорость

recorded live at Shakti Terrace, Moscow. We would like to thank everyone who organized this performance for us especially Human Resources Label & Arshanitsa! 

Akkord I On Live at Shakti Terrace 20/04/13

https://volkingmusic.bandcamp.com/album/klad
AkkordIon is a unique duo from Kazakhstan/Bulgaria, two professionally trained musicians - Roman Bliznetsov (accordion) and Konstantin Timoshenko (percussive, laptops, electronics). They produce a unique blend of electroacoustic and abstract ambient with the sound of accordion! Roman studied accordion and harmonica at the musical college in Alma-Ata, played with various musical ensembles, and now he is occupied as a DJ. Konstantin is a professional drummer and music producer, he is a founder of such musical projects as "Les Enfants De Paris", "Pop's Machine", "Sample Brothers'' http://soundcloud.com/sample-brothers , and others. Also, he is an active member of the creative group [antiparty gang] and organizer/curator of media-art festival REPLICA. Their first full lenght album "ppp-fff" was released by Replica label in 2007. in 2008 Akkord i On's second album "e2-e4" came out as a digital release of Top-40 records http://soundcloud.com/top40 Also Roman and Konstantin working on their solo projects and collaborations, such as
 {пиОзды шаkкена http://soundcloud.com/shtobze 
 KMTR                        http://soundcloud.com/kmtr-re-edits
 Help Me Jones        http://soundcloud.com/help-me-jones