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ГОСТ 001
Алексей Никитин

А1: Теви
А2: Тебе Нужно Вернуться
Б1: Иначе
Б2: Оставим

Поселок Лебяжье

12", 180g., ручная печать, только винил.
17 Марта 2014. Российская Федерация. 
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Hand stamped white label, 12'', 180g. Vinyl only.
March 17th, 2014. Russian Federation.

ГОСТ001: Алексей Никитин

47th Gost Zvuk episode on NTS w/ Serwed (@olegbuyanov & @producedbyflaty)

Exclusive studio recording – all tracks are mixed and produced by Serwed aka Flaty & OL.

GOST ZVUK x NTS monthly show #47 w/ Serwed

For Oleg Azelitskiy, known as DJ Slon, the nineties and the first half of the aughts were an era of “firsts”. First squat parties on the banks of the Obvodny Canal and more legitimate ones at Tunnel, first proper techno club in Russia. First DJ sets, first vinyl records in his collection, first radio shows at Port FM. He is a true veteran of the Russian techno movement, who carried his love for the genre through three decades and inspired more than one generation of musicians. Album №1 is the first edition of his music on vinyl. It comprises the music that Azelitskiy made during 1995 – 2005, except for the track My 40th Vesna, produced in 2010.

Azelitskiy’s love for techno was born out of contradictions. Thanks to the Soviet synth band Zodiac and the French pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre, he had loved electronic music since his childhood. When he grew up, he got into the dark, introspective pieces by Einstürzende Neubauten and Bauhaus. Not only does the wide-ranging palette on Album №1 reflect its creator’s taste, it echoes the changing times of the Russian nineties. It was the time when confrontations with criminals were inseparable from the parties and get-togethers bustling with local artists.

His affection for various genres led to many monikers and projects, all represented here on Album №1. He recorded most of his music as DJ Slon. Then there was a project Zhutkiy Lazer (Scary Laser), where Azelitskiy made music that was more experimental but still techno-oriented, with the occasional help of his friend Aleksey Gaponenko (Lazer became a proper solo project of DJ Slon in 1999). There are also tracks under the aliases Mass Fatality, which combined techno and synth-pop, and Razrushiteli Mozgovych Uliev (Brain Hive’ Destroyers), with its more direct tight techno tracks.

The music of DJ Slon sounds fresher and more alive on Album №1 than ever before. Noticeably, this record, first and foremost, is dance music. As a voice on one of the album tracks boldly states, we came to dance.

GAR004: DJ Slon и Жуткий Лазер "Album №1"


Side 1
A1: Jenny (6:27)
A2: Dance In The Shadow (6:15)
A3: Bassline On Rimsky-Korsakov (4:03)

Side 2
B1: We Came To Dance (3:42)
B2: Vesna (3:24)
B3: Disturbance (4:28)
B4: Palahuni (5:17)

Side 3
C1: Pop (5:29)
C2: My 40th Vesna (5:36)
C3: Lunatic (5:09)

Side 4
D1: RMU 02 (7:49)
D2: Z80 (4:12)

Music – O. Azelitskiy
Tracks "Jenny" and "Z80" were recorded together with A. Gaponenko
Mastering – Flaty
Text – A. Makarskiy
Executive Producer – I. Zaynetdinov
Photo from the personal archive of O. Azelitskiy

© «ГОСТ АРХИВ», Moscow, Russia, 2022

GAR004: DJ Slon и Жуткий Лазер "Album №1"

Gost Zvuk invites Andrey Ramonov, a well-known vinyl digger and music enthusiast based in Moscow, to prepare a mixtape dedicated to the Russian intelligent electronic scene of the nineties.

Solar x – Miro (art-tek) 1994
Alexandroid – ssSession (art-tek) 2001
Block four – Тридевятое (snc records) 1996
Introtom – voyage (solaris) 1999
Cf – track3 (unreleased) ?
New Composers – Sputnik Of Life (ark) 1990
Alex-Under – Connected To My Mind (citadel) 1998
Cool front – Let’s Go Back In Time (general records) 1993
The Fantom – Planet Caladan (air fish) 1993
Борис деарт – No More… (ZeKo Records) 1995
Chuk & Gek – In Jazz only Robots (unreleased) ?
Moscow Grooves Institute – Mountain Wedding (citadel) 2004
Los Chikatilos – You Can Dance At The Realm  (exotica) 2001
Мегафон – лицо 7 (DanJet Records) 2000
Cold Hand Of Moscow – Cool Head (Purple Legion) 1997
Arrival – Disturbance (general records) 1994
Block Four – Кто С Тобой Работает (Job Mix) (air fish) 1993

GOST ZVUK x Dublab: guest show with Andrey Ramonov

What is the sound of the Russian dub? There is a storied history of attempts to adapt roots music to Russian soil, but most of them can be attributed to reggae (the so-called ‘northern’ variety) rather than dub. Gost has a history with the town of Smolensk. It’s home to Gamayun, whose great album Filterealism was released on our label last year. Now Anton, one of Gamayun’s members, presents his new duo Dubovaya Kolesnitsa (The Oaken Chariot). In his words, it has no connection to his other band at all and is an attempt to go back to the roots of a genre that doesn’t truly exist.

The Russian word for oak, ‘dub,’ looks exactly like the genre, and the chariot emerged from the name for the group’s jams – ‘telega’ – which can be translated as a cart. All the music here is the result of live improvisations: no samples, just instruments (notably Vasiliy Shilov's bass). These recordings have been slightly edited, and even the almost indecipherable texts are freestyle. There’s no place for real riddims in Russian dub: sometimes this record sounds like something akin to dub variations on underground Russian hip hop (and we mean that in the best possible way).

We should also remember that dub and reggae (and hip hop as well) all started as the voice of people. The voice of those who are always in the minority and try not to be silent. The most prominent dub producers and reggae performers were against hierarchy, imperialism, and colonialism — and their music was born out of the desire to protest against it. As Anton puts it, Oaken Chariot, the “Russian mutation of dub,” is an attempt of voicing the concern. And he links this attempt to a historic Russian tradition of Foolishness for Christ, also known as yurodstvo. The “fool” in question is not naïve at all; he’s trying to seem lunatic on purpose. For Anton, the music of Oaken Chariot is a rebellion with a cut-off tongue. Here, illegible speech, full of inarticulate sounds, is a sign of the inability of the statement. But this inability represents a statement itself that is inevitable.

Yet, the music of Oaken Chariot is genuinely fun, free, and mesmerizing (like the happenings of holy “fools”), but we could also approach it more conceptually. Theoretician Michael E. Veal describes dub as a ‘postsong’, taking the form of “linguistic, formal and symbolic indeterminacy.” The duo’s faintly eerie compositions call back to the notion of musical hauntology. There is an attempt, without any direct references, to reconstruct the feeling of something that was never there at all. A little nostalgic and very forward-thinking at the same time, the music of Oaken Chariot is best described in its own words. In the opening track, a voice can be heard saying “eto delo v lob,” which means something like “it’s a straight-on thing.” This is very direct, almost in the vein of folk music. This is a great – and, it must be said, successful – experiment in searching for the soul of Russian dub. Simple as that.

GOST018 Oaken Chariot "Biznes Time"

Side 1

A1: They are looking at us from above
A2: BIZNES TIME 08:39
A3: Free Poetry 01:51

Side 2
B1: Splendor of Wasteland
B2: Purer Than Love
B3: Volchok
B4: Random Regularities

Music and recording — Anton Dvoenko, Vasiliy Shilov
Mix — Anton Dvoenko
Mastering — @poducedbyflaty
Executive producer — Ildar Zaynetdinov
Cover – Eduard Kulemin "Field" 1988

12" LP full-color sleeve.
October 7, 2022

© «ГОСТ ЗВУК»

GOST018: Дубовая Колесница "Biznes Time"

pre-order now: https://gostzvuk.bandcamp.com/album/intuitive-word-2

Gost Zvuk prepare for a busy 2023 with an enthralling double LP's worth of futurist sound design from Flaty. In the game for more than a decade now, the producer, mastering engineer and all-round visionary artist has delivered an impressive range of music across both his own ANWO imprint as well as for West Mineral ltd., 12th Isle, Firecracker and more.

Always content to subvert expectations and blur stylistic lines, on Intuitive Word there is a clear fascination with a spectral, whittled-down-to-its-core type of avant-pop/RNB hybrid. Digital strings, dubbed beyond recognition semantic snatches, re-imagined new age style synthesis and even flourishes of MMORPG computer game soundtracks all combine into something that feels uniquely Flaty. In a sense, Intuitive Word marries ambient sound collage and hyperreal, narrative-style vocal processing. However, glimmers of shoegaze and old 'ethereal' bands (think Harold Budd & Cocteau Twins) crop up on tracks like 'Tree' and 'Nepal Lit', a testament to Flaty's skill for world-building and atmospherics.

Across the 19 cuts there is a recurring theme of choral style, computer generated elegies. A kind of 'cristal trance', in their words. 'Mint' combines these with overtly RNB style vocal samples, whereas darker, more broken beat soundscapes can be heard on the Madteo collab 'Observer'. With plenty of sombre and cinematic style ventures such as 'NEWS' breaking up the album and eschewing this focus on vocals, we find one of the most consistent producers in the current Russian scene delivering what may well be his most accomplished collection yet.

GOST020: Flaty "Intuitive Word"

A1: U C (02:26)
A2: Upper Spell (03:21)
A3: Intension (03:43)
A4: Tree (02:37)
A5: Lament Pit (03:51)

B1: Strut (02:49)
B2: Goblin Sograda (02:55)
B3: Plural Dogs (03:01)
B4: Nepal Lit (03:01)
B5: Transparent Thought (04:06)
C1: Declare Day Whom To Sleep (04:18)
C2: Observer feat. @madteo (03:55)
C3: IP-Elegy (04:46)
C4: Protokross (04:09)

D1: Blossom For Rest (02:24)
D2: Mint (03:53)
D3: Dolphy (04:18)
D4: NEWS (03:21)
D5: Gard (01:35)

written and produced — @producedbyflaty
mastering — Kassian Troyer (D&M)
cover artwork — Simone Petepiece
design — ANWO STUDIO
linear notes — Fergus Clark
executive producer — Ildar Zaynetdinov

GOST020: Flaty "Intuitive Word"

First rising to global acclaim in the latter half of the dubstep era with 'Ruins Tape', veteran St. Petersburg producer Nocow has fluidly moved across styles in the years since. Moving in a new direction from 2017s 'Ledyanoy Album', which saw the producer channel 90s ambient techno/IDM for GOST ZVUK, these 17 new tracks, and collaborations for the label instead hone in on a vocal-heavy type of ghostly R&B. As an album, Odinocow carries hints of trance, house and polished electronica ('Blizhe') as well as raw broken beat hybrids ('Dengi Ne Sgorayut'), though the primary unifying factor is the voice.

The heavy use of autotune, downtempo arrangements and wistful, machine-distorted human emotion are referenced in the album's title, which translates roughly to lonely Nocow. Whilst past albums have oscillated between steady dance structures and more wildly experimental arrangements, there is a recurring theme of simplicity at play here. Nocow aims to craft memorable songs by harmonising over contrasting ambient soundscapes, from glacial to warm, through to trap/rnb and 4x4 dance-pop.

With such an emphasis on exploring his voice and his songwriting craft, Nocow injects a new level of soul and integrity to his already well-established productions. Odinocow is a departure from his past work in some ways, though is also an example of a musician striving to reflect their truest vision of the self. "By finding yourself, you become able to love yourself, and, as a result, the world. So the album is really about love." 

GOST021: Nocow "Odinocow"

A1: Memory feat. @fama87 (3:07)
A2: Ko Mne (4:35)
A3: Soon (5:18)
A4: Taina feat. @shutta (3:51)  

B1: Ogni feat. @fama87 (3:28)
B2: Blizhe (4:46)
B3: Ne Dognat (4:23)
B4: Dengi Ne Sgorayut feat. @kedr_livanskiy (3:52)

C1: Circle (5:18)
C2: Need U (2:29)
C3: Temno feat. @fama87 (3:47)
C4: Naiti feat. @producedbyflaty (2:45)

D1: Anymore feat. @shutta (2:56)
D2: Pozovi feat. @producedbyflaty (2:30)
D3: Diver (3:35)
D4: Flow (3:18)
D5: Breath feat. @producedbyflaty (3:12)

music – Aleksei Nikitin
mastering – Simon Davey
artwork – Peter McRury
linear notes — Fergus Clark
compilation – I. Zaynetdinov, Flaty
executive producer – I. Zaynetdinov

GOST021: Nocow "Odinocow"

Part of the St. Petersburg underground for more than a decade now, @hoavi-music(Kirill Vasin) has released on labels around the world since debuting with Cyclones in 2013. With Phases, he joins the Gost Zvuk roster and builds on his previous ventures into ambient and dub inspired house with a six track mini-album that channels elements of his Phobia Airlines LP. The general atmosphere is built through industrial sound design, moving from quick-fire broken beat and woozy downtempo into rhythmic noise and abstract reductivism. The whole thing collides to form a sort of futurist, machinic statement that relies more on rhythm and percussive synth work than the balancing of melody, seeing the artist hone in further on physical modelling synthesis and computer-generated textures. This mission statement only adds to the inescapable sci-fi aura at work, with Hoavi providing a fresh take on the kind of zones explored by luminaries such as Best Available Technology, Vainqueur / Hallucinator and odd moments of The Flashbulb.

– Fergus Clark

GIN013: Hoavi "Phases"

A1: Phase 7
A2: Phase 10
A3: Phase 9 
B1: Phase 5
B2: Phase 2
B3: Phase 8

10" yellow vinyl, hand stamped. 

Produced by – Hoavi
Executive-Producer – Ildar Zaynetdinov
Mastered By – Flaty
Stamp design – Adel Saleh

GIN013: Hoavi "Phases"

Mixed by Obi Uto (@daniil-egorov-682936383) the founder of @detoxingsolution.

ГОСТМИКС 037: Obi Uto

ГОСТ 003
Олег Буянов
"Настоящий Белый"

А1: Настоящий Белый
А2: Блеск
А3: Давай Поговорим

Б1: Ужасная Ночь (при участии А. Фукс)
Б2: Свежая Краска
Б3: Деньги Это Газ

Город Москва

12" LP, 180 г., ручная печать, белый винил.
Январь, Российская Федерация. 
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Hand stamped white label, 12'' LP, 180 g. White Vinyl.
January, Russian Federation.

More info:
http://distribution.triplevision.nl/release/GOST003/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Baei1kZo0lo

ГОСТ003: Олег Буянов "Настоящий Белый"

Gost Zvuk invites Vlad Dobrovolski (@vladislav-dobrovolski), a multidisciplinary artist also known as Fitz Ellarald. Vlad also takes part in trio kurvenschreiber and S A D duo. 

A couple of words about the mox from Vlad himself: 

"I invite you to listen to the new, rare, and little-known works from my projects and the projects of my friends. Here you will hear a familiar attraction to the sounds of water, bird songs, and the buzzing of insects, and a vibrant love for pastoral keyboard motifs. I delved even deeper into the tension between natural and artificial - this mixtape is still a projection of observations of nature, in my opinion, and here they are expressed in a hyper-synthetic language, carefully thought out by me.

Although this work is less illusive than the earlier ones, much of it carries the hope that my colleagues and I have for organic or "ecological music" – it could also be called an object or soundscape that can be listened to easily and airily. This is not music that excites or transports the listener to another world, it encourages you to float like smoke and become part of the environment that surrounds you, the listener.

In other words, it is music that creates a strong connection with people in everyday life... Moreover, this mix is not an attempt at self-expression or a complete work of art, rather, it brings together music that, by merging and moving, changes the character and meaning of space, things, and people."

Tracklist:

Ellarald — Zen Zen Fly feat. P-Sh (unreleased)
Atarix Ransom — Sofa Surfer (unreleased)
Foresteppe — Valezhnick (Patient Sounds)
Zdehvedo Gob — Saturday Daily (unreleased)
Ewer — Kisses of Sun (unreleased)
Ease Soundsystem — 89,5 Space For Solo (unreleased)
Metra.Vestlud — Difffffffractionn (unreleased)
X.Y.R. — Blue Lagoon (unreleased)
S A D — Happy People Want To Be Waves (unreleased) P-SH — Warm Winds (unreleased)
Frunk29 — Krilishkoye (Not Not Fun)
Vlad Dobrovolski — Opus 5, Tona (unreleased)

GOST ZVUK x Dublab: guest show with Vlad Dobrovolski

The don of Siberian techno Roma Zuckerman (@roma-zuckerman) made his debut double LP ‘Phenomenon of Provincial Mentality’ on Gost Zvuk with a much-anticipated showcase of his remarkably diverse language of sound, from quickfire DJ tools to off-kilter extrapolations with a full stylistic diversity in between.

Working through the archive, the label assembled a collection of hypnotic loops in the vein of early Robert Hood and click-and-cut experiments that recall the punk attitude of Berlin's Elektro Music Department, all the while with nods towards European minimal. The album opens with two subdued, speak-and-spell processed vocal jams before 'Text Regulator' brings things into overdrive with furious drum programming and wide-eyed glitch FX. Over to Side B things take a turn into something more melodic and relaxing, an almost BBC radiophonic workshop zone with synthetic underwater sounds bringing to mind Amadeo Tomassi's library soundtracks of the late 70s. Think of early sonic portrayals of deep space exploration or the ocean's vastness mixed with repetitive 909 stabs.

‘I Play Everyday’ strikes as one of the album's highlights, a prime example of Zuckerman’s fascination with creating loop-based grooves to get lost in. There’s a hint of Richard H. Kirk’s 90s IDM classic ‘Freezone’ in the timbre of the opening moments, but where Kirk goes into sample-heavy cross-cultural futurism, ‘I Play Everyday’ seems acutely concerned with subtle reductions. ‘Extra Work’ harnesses a kind of pounding warehouse gabber energy with what sounds like a collage of shortwave radio voices, whereas album closer ‘Companeros’ brings in snippets of traditional Spanish-style acoustic guitar, albeit layered in a concrete manner with bursts of electrical distortion. It makes for one of the LP’s most surprising moments, but all round ‘Phenomenon of Provincial Mentality’ shows an artist working with a vast variety of styles. A truly great body of work to kick off the year.

GOST022: Roma Zuckerman "The Phenomenon of Provincial Mentality"
 
A1: Nightmare Forms (03:50)
A2: Waterfalls Pt.2 (06:56)
A3: Text Regulator (07:11)

B1: Arzt (08:20)
B2 Like My News (09:42)

C1: Frozen City (07:08)
C2: I Play Everyday (08:13)

D1: Extra Work (01:43)
D2: Juldish (04:07)
D3: 4CH005I (06:59)
D4: Compañeros (04:43)

GOST022: Roma Zuckerman "The Phenomenon of Provincial Mentality"

Все знают Слона как легендарного техно диджея. Не многие знают о его любви к трип-хопу, эмбиенту и экспериментальной электронике. Специально для нас Олег порылся в пластниках, которые редко покидают стеллаж и предназначены скорее для домашнего прослушивания.

1. Александр Колкер – саундтрек к кинофильму "Овод"
2. Jim Haynes – He Stopped at a Picture of Naked Girls
3. James vs Sabres of Paradise – Sabres Tremelo Dub
4. Filosofische Stile – Poly Ep
5. A.G. - MMXX
6. Speedy J – Pattern (remix)
7. The Octauon Man – pha-zer
8. Stragigic Manoeuvre – Discordant
9. Panasonic – -25
10. Vesna – more
11. Vector Lovers – promo
12. Fizzarum – izoterica
13. Ночной Проспект – Caves
14. Bjork – Hyperballad (Over the Edge mix)
15. Kirlian – Dysonsphere
16. Cheap – promo
17. Neotropic – Laundry pt.1
18. РЖБ / Пластинка – Я Кот

ГОСТМИКС 038: DJ Слон "С дальней полки vol.1"

Vinyl-only mix by @skunkyork recorded at Mutabor on 22.12.2023

ГОСТМИКС 039: Skunk York

Piper Spray & Lena Tsibizova is a duet of a composer and multimedia artist from Moscow. They describe their sound as 'romantic noise,' combining industrial textures with nostalgia. Piper was one of the founders of the cassette label Singapore Sling Tapes, which has collaborated with Orange Milk, Hausu Mountain, and Constellation Tatsu. Lena Tsibizova is better known as a photographer and artist. As a musician, she has released two albums on the Prague-based label Baba Vanga and the Florida-based label Illuminated Paths. Lena and Piper are also members of the Air Krew.

Piper Spray & Lena Tsibizova - Cortisol Lady
Hoavi - Untitled
Lust Customer - Silent (monobass)
AIR Krew - Dracula in a car
Sheyman, Celte - Peaceful Swamp 
Nocow - Clad
s0.any - topol
Dj Designer - Arda
Piper Spray & Lena Tsibizova - Hide and Seek
Velleity - Hypermutant
Flaty - TARG22 —36 ФК01
Untitled - Untitled 
Kraaa - join in ddddd

GOST ZVUK x Dublab: guest show with Piper Spray & Lena Tsibizova

Gost Zvuk presents the first vinyl release from the hidden gem of the Moscow electronic scene – Dmitry Drozdov. Under the shadowy alias of @dx2ov, on Interzona he plays with an array of fairground-like melodies, lo-fi house motifs, buoyant space-age optimism, and old-school UK breaks. Along with the strong emphasis on melody, at the forefront of his style is a keen ear for off-kilter, scattered percussion, with 'Voices' shining as a curious example of polyrhythmic, synthetic metallophone meshing with gritty Roland rhythm box styles. The album glides between these sharper moments and experiments with gloopy, submerged aesthetics and Madlib-like phone call snippets ('OK') as well as minimalist, Detroit-inspired funk on the microhouse-esque 'Loop' - another highlight with its perfectly placed and skewed vocal lead.

'Eliseus' runs close to 130bpm with a tight drum pattern reminiscent of the excellent 'Gesicht Aus Diamant' by 100Records, a minimal gem from 2005. Dima's track channels similar ecstatic synth propulsion, with what sounds like a warped choral disintegration washing in and out of the stereo field. More trippy vocal distortions all around! The influences run wide and deep across Interzona, from beat tape hip-hop to US house/techno and library music. The ambient closing cuts also tread a similar path at points to label mate Flaty's AEM Rhythm Cascade & Dices collaboration.

Fergus Clark 

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GOST023 DX2OV "Interzona" 

A1: Coherent Scale (01:18)
A2: Eliseus (04:05)
A3: Intersection (03:58)
A4: LAFS (02:48)
A5: Loop (03:53)

B1: O.K. (03:32)
B2: Sliding on Enamel (04:28)
B3: Voices (03:20)
B4: Gossip (01:47)
B5: Interzona (01:45)

music – D. Drozdov
mastering – Flaty
artwork – Mas Guerrero
compilation – I. Zaynetdinov, Flaty
linear notes – Fergus Clark
executive producer – I. Zaynetdinov

Release date: 14.06.2024

Pre-order

GOST023: DX2OV "Interzona"

This set was recorded one year ago by @prasdov at one of the last events at the 'pole' venue, curated by @kedr_livanskiy. Prasdov is the co-founder of @kurs_radio, @altmoscow, and curator of @okno-club.

ГОСТМИКС 040: Prasdov

ГОСТ004
Лапти
"В Тираж"

А1: Права Гуманоида
А2: Ушу
А3: Металлопена
А4: Чума
А5: Сирены (при уч. Иосош)

Б1: Вход
Б2: Лулабай
Б3: Полярный Медведь
Б4: Интерлюдия
Б5: Секстетрис
Б6: Первое Свидание

Город Москва.

12" LP, 180 г., ручная печать.
Октябрь 2015, Российская Федерация. 
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Hand stamped white label, 12'' LP, 180 g. 
October 2015, Russian Federation.

ГОСТ004: Лапти "В Тираж"

ИНСТРУМЕНТ – 01
Станислав Толкачев
"О чем ты думаешь, маленькая уточка?"

А1: Оптические Иллюзии (7:44)
B1: И вдруг до меня дошло (9:08)

10" EP, цветной винил, ручная печать.
Октябрь 2015. 
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INSTRUMENT – 01
Stanislav Tolkachev
"What are you thinking about, little duck?"

A1: Optical Illusions (7:44)
B1: Suddenly I Realised (9:08)

Hand stamped white label, coloured 10'' EP. 
October 2015.

ИНСТРУМЕНТ – 01: Станислав Толкачев

ИНСТРУМЕНТ – 02
Сергей Суокас
"Река Времени"

А1: Река Времени (9:38)
B1: Царапины (8:43)

10" EP, цветной винил, ручная печать.
Декабрь 2015. 
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INSTRUMENT – 02
Sergey Suokas
"Reka Vremeni"

А1: Reka Vremeni (9:38)
B1: Scratches (8:43)

Hand stamped white label, coloured 10'' EP. 
December 2015.

Pre-order: http://www.deejay.de/GIN00210_-_Suokas_-_Reka_Vremeni_-_10inch__208534

Deejay.de

ИНСТРУМЕНТ – 02: Сергей Суокас

Первый выпуск радио-передачи ГОСТ ЗВУК от 05.11.2015.

РАДИО ГОСТ: 001

Available worldwide:

Hardwax: https://goo.gl/UfYtUW
Juno: https://goo.gl/TMQRx8
Clone: https://goo.gl/wdoug4
Phonica: https://goo.gl/NKO02p
Deejay.de: https://goo.gl/86GLYh
Red Eye: https://goo.gl/71cMWd

Три года назад именно с пластинки Алексея Никитина, известного также под псевдонимом @nocow, начал свою работу лейбл ГОСТ ЗВУК. В эти первые дни весны мы с особой радостью анонсируем выход его полноформатного "Ледяного альбома" — музыкального посвящения русской зиме как состоянию природы, всегда занимавшему особое место в национальной художественной традиции. В оформлении пластинки использовались работы Игоря Грабаря и Архипа Куинджи.

«Немного на свете таких потрясающих по красочной полифоничности моментов, как солнечный день инея, где цветовая гамма, ежеминутно меняясь, окрашивается в самые фантастические оттенки, для которых на палитре не хватает красок» — И. Грабарь

ГОСТ007

A1: Сталактит (01:56)
A2: iAi (05:29)
A3: Алуноген (05:17)
A4: Бронь Малой Мощности (01:01)

B1: Барьер Неизвестности (06:00)
B2: На Север (04:24)
B3: Сэтью (03:02)
B4: Ледоруб (02:22)

C1: Тают Огни (07:06)
C2: Плачущая Комета (01:54)
C3: Звездный Инспектор (05:17)

D1: Аэро НТ-54 (02:32)
D2: Тайна Планет (03:06)
D3: Ускорение (03:16)
D4: Рябь (01:14)
D5: МИР (02:36)

Форт «Красная Горка».
2 x 12" LP, 180 г., ручная печать.
Апрель 2017, Российская Федерация.

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GOST007
Nocow "Ledyanoy Album".
Fort "Krasnaya Gorka".

It’s been three years since we launched Gost Zvuk with a record by Aleksey Nikitin, also known as Nocow. Now in the first days of a new spring we are happy to announce the release of his full-length “Ledyanoy Album” – a musical dedication to the Russian winter. This season always played a special role in the national art tradition. The cover design is graced with the works of Igor Grabar and Arkhip Kuindzhi.

2x12'' LP, hand stamped white label, 180 g.
7th April 2017, Russian Federation.

ГОСТ007: Алексей Никитин "Ледяной Альбом"

Олег Буянов возвращается на ГОСТ со своим дебютным двойным альбомом «Перепад Высот». Эта работа посвящена исследованию и переосмыслению советского музыкального наследия позднего периода – от саундтреков для научных фильмов и более абстрактных артхаус работ, до музыки лежащей в основе авангардной советской мультипликации 80-х – начала 90-х. Перепад высот в данном случае является метафорой, отражающей эфемерность и непостоянство чувств и эмоций, широкую амплитуду испытываемых нами настроений – от праздного и веселого к более вдумчивому, серьёзному, что в свою очередь прослеживается в единой музыкальной линии альбома.

ГОСТ009
Олег Буянов «Перепад Высот»

A1: Искры из глаз (3:58)
A2: Пещерный фанк (4:24)
A3: Меридиан (6:44)

B1: Автобус 116 (4:00)
B2: Маэстро (4:58)
B3: Пенсия клуб (5:18)
B4: Дрим пауза (1:23)

C1: Разговор ни о чем (4:40)
C2: Контурные линии (5:13)
С3: Сомнение  (5:19)

D1: Сао Ра (4:29)
D2: Тектоник плит (4:19)
D3: Архео (4:22)
D4: Перепад высот (2:30)

г. Москва
2 x 12" LP, 160 г., ручная печать.
Июль 2017, Российская Федерация.

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GOST009
OL "Height Difference"

A1: Sparks From The Eyes (03:58)
A2: Cavefunk (04:24)
A3: Meridian (06:44)

B1: Shuttle Bus (04:00)
B2: Maestro (04:58)
B3: Pensia Club (05:18)
B4: Dream Pausa (01:23)

C1: Mess Talk (04:40)
C2: Contour Lines (05:13)
C3: Somnenie (05:19)

D1: Sao Ra (04:29)
D2: Tectonic Plit (04:19)
D3: Archeo (04:22)
D4: Height Difference (2:30)

OL is coming back to GOST with his first double LP – one hour masterpiece that sums up his research on soviet sound heritage. The album titled “Height Difference” fluctuates through different genres and tempos reflecting ups and downs of daily life. This refined and sincere work showcases the talent and unique sound of prolific Russian producer.

Moscow city.
2x12'' LP, hand stamped white label, 160 g.
July 2017, Russian Federation.

Video teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LooQw_dmt4k

Pre-order:
Decks: https://goo.gl/kAJy1c
Deejay: https://goo.gl/6UeZwr
Redeye: https://goo.gl/RHLKu3
Juno: https://goo.gl/bT7Ex4

ГОСТ009: Олег Буянов «Перепад Высот»

Gost Zvuk marks tenth release with a new full-length by Vtgnike, arguably the most influential producer on the Russian electronic scene who is also partly responsible for shaping the label's aesthetics and sonic identity. During the years of his practice Vtgnike meticulously sculpting a sound unique to himself finding a gap yet unexplored — somewhere between current hardcore continuum trends and the sounds of classic IDM era. But despite falling somewhere on the UK music territories, "Collection" creates a space of its own — the one inspired by the al the splendors and miseries of Post-Sovietness one cannot get rid of.

GOST010
Vtgnike “Collection"

А1: The Healer (3:26)
A2: Gkbeats (3:42)
A3: Canyon (3:40)
A4: Roomacid (4:25)
A5: Lutnya Max Vip (4:22)

B1: Ritual Crew (3:04)
B2: Rnbpak (3:04)
B3: Mofeel (3:27)
B4: Podgon (3:14)
B5: Lost (4:14)
B6: 318 (2:57)

Vladimir city.
12" EP, black, hand stamped, 160g.
Mastered by Simon Davey.
Cover by Filipp Khodakov.
20 October 2017.
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Hardwax: https://goo.gl/s94Eeb

Hardwax

ГОСТ010: Винтажнайк «Коллекция»

Дабовый архив Ола и Винтажнайка, записано в НИИ 27.09.2017.

ГОСТМИКС 019: Ол и Винтажнайк

Для отечественной электроники Михаил Чекалин является не только важнейшим персонажем, повлиявшим на становление и развитие сцены, но и своего рода фигурой символической. На Западе его музыкой восхищались многие — от журналистов и критиков всех сортов до Фрэнка Заппы и Карлхайнца Штокхаузена. В родной же Москве имя Чекалина было долгое время изъято из официальной культурной повестки — его обвиняли в пропаганде чужой «прозападной» эстетики, вплоть до конца 1980-х не давали издавать свои произведения и блокировали выезд за границу. Что впрочем не помешало ему записать десятки новаторских, опередивших свое время электронных композиций и внести большой вклад в развитие неофициального советского искусства в целом — например, создавая звуковое оформление для знаменитых выставок «Двадцати московских художников» на Малой Грузинской или устраивая первые аудио-визуальные перформансы на специально сконструированном «световом органе». 

Впрочем, как и все большие художники, сам Михаил Чекалин предпочитает фокусироваться не на личных достижениях, а на творчестве. «У меня нет биографии — есть только дискография», — эта цитата автора может стать здесь своеобразной точкой входа в представленную компиляцию. Это архивный сборник работ, записанных в период с 1979 по 1987 года — полижанровые эксперименты Чекалина в радиусе от «пространственной музыки» (по сути, предтечи эмбиента) до более современных синтезаторных и пост-симфонических композиций.
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For Russian electronic music, Mikhail Chekalin is not only a major character, who has affected the scene's establishment and development, but also a kind of symbolic figure. His music has been praised by many in the West - from journalists and critics of all kinds to Frank Zappa and Karlheinz Stockhausen, while in Moscow Chekalin's name was excluded from the official cultural agenda for a long time: he was accused of propaganda of foreign 'pro-Western' aesthetics and up until the end of the 80's wasn't allowed to release his works or travel abroad. This, however, didn't interfere with him recording dozens of innovative electronic compositions and contributing greatly to the development of unofficial Soviet art in general - for example, providing sound design for the famous exhibitions of 'Twenty Moscow Artists' on Malaya Gruzinskaya or arranging the first audiovisual performances on a specially constructed 'light organ'.

However, just like all great artists, Mikhail himself prefers to focus not on personal achievements, but on creativity. 'I don't have a biography - only a discography' - this quote of the author may become an entry point of sorts into the compilation presented. This archival collection of works recorded within the period from 1978 to 1987 are Chekalin's multigenre experiments ranging from spatial music (in essence, ambient's precursor) to more contemporary synthesizer and post-symphonic compositions.

GAR001: Mikhail Chekalin – "Ecstatic Lullaby"

Side 1
А1 – A Vocalise in Rapid (4:21)
А2 – The Destructive Dream Dance (4:10)
А3 – Sympho-Break’84 (6:26)
A4 – As If It Was Not From Here (3:50)

Side 2
B1 – Ecstatic Lullaby (5:28)
B2 – Theme in 40sec (0:40)
B3 – Jazz Rock Vocalise (4:18)
B4 – A Passing Melody (1:02)
B5 – Sentimental Intermezzo (2:41)
B6 – Music 3 With Continuation (5:15)

Side 3
С1 – A Piece in Jazz-Rock Mode (4:16)
С2 – Song Without Words (4:37)
С3 – Torn Page (5:12)
С4 – Dream Dance (4:18) 

Side 4
D1 – Naive Song (3:02)
D2 – Slavdom Psychedelic March (2:37)
D3 – Vocalise in Blues (3:55)
D5 – Farewell to the Music in the Style of Rock (5:10)

music — M. Chekalin
photo – M. Chekalin
text – S. Sharifullin
english translation – E. Nemtsov
compilation – I. Zaynetdinov, E. Fadeev, A. Ryazanov
art direction – P. Milyakov
executive producer — I. Zaynetdinov

2 x 12" LP, full colour sleeve, 180 grams
© «ГОСТ ЗВУК», Moscow, Russia, 2018

ГАР001: Михаил Чекалин «Экзальтированная Колыбельная 1979 – 1987»

GOST INSTRUMENT – 07
@buttechno "swamp tracks"

A1: project one (5:07)
A2: boloto acid (5:07)
B1: 2xc tech (4:55)
B2: subsonic II (5:08)

10" EP, colour vinyl, hand stamped
mastered by Simon Davey
18th July 2019
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pre-order here: https://gostzvuk.bandcamp.com/album/swamp-tracks

ИНСТРУМЕНТ – 07: баттехно "swamp tracks"

This mix was recorded live at NII Moscow @science-art on the 5th of July 2018 by our fellows Vtgnike @404 and Maksim @panfilov. Good times!

ГОСТМИКС 023: Vtgnike b2b Maksim Panfilov @NII

Five years ago, the expression ‘Russian electronic scene’ had borne a tone of futurology and expectancies rather than a real state of affairs. It was possible to put together musicians of local and genre importance easily in general, but not of significance in national scale. With rise and further development of ГОСТ Звук, Russian electronic music achieved power not only as cultural phenomenon within country’s borders, but also proved fully to be a thing of international meaning. Starting operations in 2014, the label quickly defined its domains of authority and engagement and created full-bloody community of musicians, where everyone has a special view on his own work and unique sound. The projects presented on this compilation can be rightfully called the contemporary vanguard of Russian and global electronic music.

Each of resonant artists holds his own disparate creative field and impact. However, in this diversity the unity of creation of beauty and ingenuity is born, that distinguishes Russian independent electronica. All compiled tracks perfectly characterize the artists involved, sometimes from extremely striking sides; chaotic improvisations and ethereal grooves, unearthly landscapes and undistracted concisions. Both electric boffinry and club anthems merge into united vision, placed in graceful frame of Rashad Becker’s mastering.

Maybe this compilation won’t close the question ‘What is the Russian Sound?’, which has been raising for more than a twenty years. Nevertheless, it is able to give an extensive view on the evolution of Russian electronica in the 2010s.

words by Artyom Abramov
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GOST ZVUK 5 YEARS

Side 1 
A1: Burago – МОСКВА – 4:15
A2: Kuzma Palkin – 1812cmos – 3:37
A3: INFX – damaged_+dn – 3:53
A4: HMOT – Instrumentation III – 4:20

Side 2 
B1: Gamayun – Kapel – 5:27
B2: Nocow – Vnutri – 3:45
B3: Dices – Aquarius – 5:43

Side 3

C1: Erofeev – 11bng – 5:58
C2: Vtgnike – Designer Saudade – 4:19
C3: Flaty – Overthinker Heat – 6:27
C4: OL – Subatex – 4:29

Side 4
D1: Buttechno – melody BDD – 4:11
D2: Stankevich – Covert operation – 4:03
D3: dx2ov – Жду – 4:48

Side 5
E1: Suokas – IJL – 4:24
E2: L – Cranes – 5:32
E3: Global Predictor – Prequel – 2:14

Side 6
F1: Dog's Lake – 1911cut – 2:23
F2: Kassir – afk – 3:20
F3: Kedr Livanskiy & AEM Rhythm-Cascade – Что ты говорил – 4:16
F4: Fama87 – Yama – 2:31

Mastering – Rashad Becker
Compilation – Flaty & Ildar Zaynetdinov
Executive Producer – Ildar Zaynetdinov

3 x 12" LP, hand stamped
© «ГОСТ ЗВУК», Moscow, Russia, 2019

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ГОСТ ЗВУК 5 ЛЕТ

Aleksei Nikitin, whose first release kindled the GOST ZVUK history (and whose brilliantly sparkish "Ledyanoy Album" was issued on the label a couple of years ago), goes back to Ground Zero after his trilogy on Figure and REKIDS' "Atoner" LP. All four tracks of the ninth GOST INSTRUMENT's vinyl present a rather way-out approach, surprisingly uncommon for Aleksei's form style. But this seemed minimalism tends to be valid only at first glance. Starting from plain rhythm, "Elektromechanika's" further groove is drifting on lots of tousled synths. "Far Voices", an exercise in interweaving of echoes and voice samples, ends right at the moment when you expect track's next iteration. The B-side is not without surprises too: the acid beat of "Oasis" rises almost suddenly after drone-alike "Monothone". Summarizing all the above, getting into this record is not only the extremely clear case, but you should also try to play it from random track, or even in "B2-A1" order.

GOST INSTRUMENT – GIN09
@nocow "Nocowalnya"

A1: Elektromechanika (5:11)
A2: Far Voices (5:22)
B1: Monothone (5:30)
B2: Oasis (5:28)

10" EP, solid silver vinyl, hand stamped
mastered by Walter Coelho
15th November 2019
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pre-order here: https://gostzvuk.bandcamp.com/album/nocowalnya

ИНСТРУМЕНТ – 09: Nocow "Nocowalnya"

37th Gost Zvuk episode on NTS w/ Artem Ryazanov @miraclelibido

1. Aleksander Rjabov Ja Ansambel Synthesis — Solarius (1983)
2. Leningrad Jazz Music Band Under David 
Goloshchokin — Midnight In The Summer Garden (1972)
3. Unknown Composition
4. Murad Kazhlaev — in the old village (1973)
5. David Gazarov ‎ — Walking (1991)
6. Andrei Eshpai — Evening (1977)
7. Vagif Mustafa-Zadeh — Present (197.)
8. Jazz Quartet «Tallinn» — Polka Dots And Moonbeams (1983)
9. Ivars Galenieks — Without Warry (1988)
10. Natalia Fokina & Elena Novikova — Lyric duet (1969)
11. Jazz Group Arkhangelsk — Besame Mucho (1988)
12. Raymond Pauls — Vestule Meitenei (1975)

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