Figuration Libre Séries

Figuration Libre – the first music compilation in my new series.

Free Figuration is an art movement that emerged in the early 1980s. The term "free figuration" was coined by the French artist Ben Vautier. This movement often incorporated elements of comics and graffiti, vibrant colors, and grotesque, caricature-like figures.

The foremost proponents of this style were Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. From 1982 to 1985, these legendary artists exhibited their own works, along with those of like-minded creators in the genre of "free figuration," in cities such as New York, London, Pittsburgh, Paris, and beyond. Haring and Basquiat, as if declaring the universality of free figuration, extended their artistry to creating club decor, notably for venues like Paradise Garage in New York City.

Moreover, thanks to their influence, graffiti began to find a place not only in the interiors of nightlife venues but also on the bodies of performers. It is well-known that Haring and Basquiat painted the bodies of Grace Jones and Madonna before their debut concerts, thus introducing, in the early 1980s, the trend of body art—an art form now widely embraced in nightclubs and fashion shows around the world. Beyond this, sensing the rise of club culture, both artists mastered the art of DJing.

The DJ compilation series "Free Figuration" represents my personal take on a vast and eclectic spectrum of music that, for various reasons, I cannot play during my sets in dance and nightclubs. Tracks are layered onto the canvas of the mix like paints, chaotically yet purposefully, embodying the series' core idea: complete freedom from genres.

This is a compilation where jazz, mambo, hip-hop, electronic, symphonic, and other subgenres coexist effortlessly, reaffirming the words of the great Freddie Mercury: "Music is an open window; it knows no labels or stereotypes." Enjoy the listening experience!

01 Gabriels - Loyalty (Original Mix)
02 Satoshi Tommie - SinFonia (Bonus String Tool)
03 Solomun feat. NOVAA - Feel Like a Jungle (part 1 Samir Kuliev edit)
04 Underworld - Custard Speed Talk (Slow Original Mix)
05 Seb Martel feat. Las Ondas Marteles - Dark Mambo (Joerg Bürger mix)
06 Sporting Life ft. Dee, Spencer - Black Diamond (Original Mix)
07 Ben Hayes ft. Nubya Garcia - Ready Yet (Original Mix)
08 PROgedia - We are the night (Original Mix)
09 Afriqua ft. Salomon Faye - Go Tell It (Original Mix)
10 Nphonix, Matrika - Rumble Around (Original Mix)
11 The White Lamp - Ride with You (Mike Denhert Remix) 
12 New Cook - Lebenskonzept Perfektion (Original Mix)
13 Sasha, Pumarosa - Just Us (Original Mix)
14 Feiertag - Was She (Original Mix)
15 PROgedia - Nobody Screams (Samir Kuliev Vromm Horizon Cut Mix)

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Samir Kuliev - Figuration Libre (Mix for Pzdc) (Moscow)

01 Eluize - Illuminated Spoken Word (Intro)
02 Damian Lazarus, A-Track, Totally - Falling Down (Original Mix)
03 Synkro - Cycles (Original Mix)
04 Paul White feat Lyamah, Remi - Smile (See the Light)
05 Afriqua - Zenith (Original Mix)
06 NOVAA - Running Round ( Original Mix)
07 Black Coffee- In Tunes Wave (Original Mix)
08 Molokai - Forever More (Herbert Someone Remix)
09 Nina Kravitz - Taxi Talk (Original Mix)
10 Ada Kaleh, Eric Leeds - Unraveling (Original Mix)
11 Monty Luke - Cop Outside (Original Mix)
12 Radio Slave, Cagedbaby - Amnesia (Original Mix)
13 Lopezhouse ft Angela - Future in Your Head (Original Mix) 
14 Yotam Avni ft. Georg Levin - Island Hopper (Original Mix)
15 Oliver Koletzki ft. NARD - After All 
16 Skream - Thinking of You (Original Mix)
17 Paul Roux - Bapteme (Original Mix)
18 Stelios Vassiloudis - End Transmission (John Beltran’s Sweet Sunny Remix)

Samir Kuliev - Figuration Libre part 2

This is the third part of my new series "of non-dancefloor" compilations, titled "Figuration Libre," in which I delight in presenting listeners with tracks from across the years and genres that continue to inspire me to this day. This new work is no exception, seamlessly blending works from the great The Beatles, Elton John, Sting, and George Michael (some familiar from their excellent movies) to Sasha, Tracey Thorn, Massive Attack, Coloray, Trick, London Grammar, Depeche Mode, and others. Enjoy.

Tracklist:
The Beatles - Because
Sasha, Onetram - From Heaven to Hell (Original Mix)
Logic1000 - Under the Sun, Beneath the rainfall (Original Mix)
Jori Hukkonnen - Don’t Believe in Happiness 
Coloray - Time and Time Again (Original Mix)
Tracey Thorn, Massive Attack - Protection (the Eno Remix)
Lol Hammond - Baby Piano «All Gone Pete Tong» OST 2001)
Sting - Valparaiso («White Squall» OST 1996)
Golden Girls - Kinetik (David Morley Remix)
George Michael - Spinning the Wheel («Older» album version)
Kruder & Dorfmeister - Deep Shit pt. 1&2 (Original Mix)
London Grammar - Missing 
Depeche Mode - It’s Not Good (Andrea Parker Remix)
Vaults - Valtures (Maya Jane Coles Remix)
Trikk, Feon - Ouro (Love Trippin) (Original Mix)
UNKLE & Ian Brown - Be There (Original Mix)
The Brian Johnstown - Anemone (Original Mix)
Durante - Close (Original Mix)
Elton John - Skyline Pigeon (the Favorite OST)

Figuration Libre part 3

booking: chuvstvoritma.rec@gmail.com

Samir Kuliev was born in Baku Azerbaijan in 1979. At the very young age he showed the interest in arts and studied at the Baku School of Choreography. In 1990 when the war broke out in Azerbaijan he and his mother migrated to Krasnodar, Russia where he graduated from Krasnodar Theater Institute and started his career as an actor.

In 2000 Samir moves to Moscow and performs at the different theater venues. During this year Samir was introduced to an incredible word of electronic music and spins his career a different direction. From then on he works as a full-time DJ and organizer of unique parties around the Moscow-city.

In 2007 Samir introduces his own radio show about electronic music titled “Chustvo Ritma” (Sense of Rhythm) on Moscow radio station Megapolis 89.5 FM. In a few years the show gains a popularity and becomes one of the best radio shows about electronic music in Russia and the rest of the former USSR. The most famous artists, musicians and Dj's, such as: Solomun, Sasha, John Digweed, Nick Warren, GusGus, Hot Since 82, Guy Mantzur, Sahar Z. and many others great persons were presented as a guests at this show.Today, Samir's «Chuvstvo Ritma» one of the most popular radio show in Moscow, being supported by more than 20 radio stations.

In 2014 Samir starts a record label “Chustvo Ritma Rec” (Sense of Rhythm) where he produces his own music and tracks of the talented Russian artists creating music in progressive, deep, techno styles. 

In 2016, the monthly show "Sense of Rhythm" appeared on the Frisky radio station in New York, where Samir plays a variety of electronic music for his listeners around the world.

In 2016, Samir became a participant in the international ADE conference (Amsterdam Dance Event) by playing a special set on the dance floor of Frisky radio along with such artists as Just Her, The Third Son, Wild Dark and others.

In 2018, Samir's track "Running up that hill (Tribute to Kate Bush) was supported by Solomun at the FrameWork Festival in Los Angeles and at Tulum in Mexico. Nowdays Samir is not only a participant in many Russian and foreign festivals such as AFP (Russia) and Episode (Vietnam). He is also the organizer of his own parties in the best Russian clubs such as Gazgolder club (Moscow), Chauteu de Fantomas (Moscow) Heaven (Moscow) and others.

Currently, Samir is full of ideas, dreams, and passion for electronic music and is open for co-operation. He wants to expand the scope of dance culture and believes that electronic music can express the deepest thoughts, emotions, beauty and true human greatness.