Step into our Yurt and join us for a monthly conversation on Europe-Central Asia developments. In these series of podcasts EUCAM welcomes guests from both regions to discuss exciting new research and the latest developments in Europe and Central Asia. Guests range from academics to policymakers and from journalists to civil society activists. What is happening in Europe that Central Asians should know about? What events are unfolding in Central Asia that Europeans should understand? Together, we discuss society trends, political developments, and economic turns while assessing the past and looking ahead to what may unfold.

In this episode, hosts Yelena Kilina and Kamila Smagulova meet with Sofya Du-Boulay, visiting fellow at the University of Sussex and senior lecturer at Alo-Too International University and Alesia Rudnik who is a PhD candidate in political science at Karlstad University and director of the Center for New Ideas. Together they discuss a recent ‘special issue’ on ‘political succession and legitimation in post-Soviet Eurasia’ that looks into the cases of Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Belarus. The guests assess parallels and differences between the cases of Azerbaijan, Belarus, and Kazakhstan. The discussion ranges from the increased online presence of the regimes to their relationships with the European Union.

A Chat in the Yurt - Episode XX: Succession and legitimacy

BS083 - Passage through the blue mist w/ Prince of Gosplan
@dekatmemwa

Prince of Gosplan (the alter-ego project behind the De Kat Memwa guestmix series) joins our own podcast with a sonic collage to explore and re-assess personal memories, emotions, events and places.
His "Passage through the blue mist" mix ties altogether classical music and jazz, melancholic poetry, Eurasian folk, spoken word and field recordings from his St. Petersburg native city. A blend of sorrow and hope: lending emotional depth while hinting at a spark of light in the darkest corners of the soul. Far from freezing you in time with cumbersome memories, this spiritual passage through the blue mist shall trace a movement from anxiety and loss toward an inner renewal.

Here are a few words from Prince of Gosplan about his mix:
"This is probably the most personal thing I’ve done under the Prince of Gosplan name. It’s a space where the imagined and the intimate blur — where I try to process memories, emotions, and places by shaping them into a kind of sonic essay. Maybe I’m overcomplicating it, and all these semiotics only make sense to me. In the end, it’s just a selection of tracks that were mixed in particular order, but the process itself feels strangely therapeutic to me. And that’s reason enough to keep doing it.
This particular mix was also shaped by impressions from reading diaries, works of autofiction, and essays — stories where protagonists face emotional challenges, yet eventually find the strength to move forward. That narrative arc resonated deeply with me. In fact, the cover of the mix features a frame from Hedgehog in the Fog by Yuri Norstein — a masterpiece that I see as a quiet meditation on getting lost, confronting inner fears, and coming out the other side altered, maybe softer, maybe stronger. Each sonic fragment in this collage carries part of that transformative journey. It flows through symbolic phases: drowning; resurrection; fragile and quiet joy; sadness and disorientation; then movement, searching, and finally rebuilding with a hope for better. And yes — blue is my favorite color. It holds sorrow and light at once, and to me, that’s where transformation begins."

Artwork taken from "Hedgehog in the Fog" (1975 Soviet animated film directed by Yuri Norstein).

BS083 - Prince of Gosplan

never go to tibet guys worst idea ever actually it seems pretty cool like the monks and mountains and stuff yk

AWAKE (SPIRITUAL INTERLUDE)

JUMP (Ft. 南部犯罪份子)

是了哇 (Ft. 南部犯罪份子)

SICHUAN TYPE SHIT

SHIT FYRE (Ft. Lil D)

BALOUN (Ft. Patrixx)

SHIT FIRE DYNASTY (INTRO)

WIZARD

Established in 2008 by FRIDE as a project seeking to monitor the implementation of the EU Strategy for Central Asia, EUCAM has grown into a knowledge hub on broader Europe-Central Asia relations. With CESS guidance and cooperation EUCAM will seek to continue to raise the profile of European-Central Asian relations in general, and more specifically to:

- Critically, though constructively, scrutinize European policies towards Central Asia;
- Enhance knowledge of European engagement with Central Asia through top-quality research;
- Raise awareness of the importance of Central Asia and Europe’s engagement, as well as discuss European policies among Central Asian communities;
- Expand the network of experts and institutions from Europe and Central Asia and provide a forum for debate.

Trollface + Balkan Rage + Still water + Adrenaline + Blox Fruits + Sigma Mode + Boiii what u say about phonk + Women + Hawk Twoah + Noradrenaline + Mango mango + Vietnamese smile
https://soundcloud.com/rexferd-884699668

Label, podcast series and parties to promote audio sophrology, 90's reminiscences, psychedelic atmospheres and exotic breaks.
Run from Lyon by @erevandj - Active since 2018.

Releases:
BSLP007 - Eiger Drums Propaganda - Live Excerpts - 19/09/2024
◈ https://soundcloud.com/bambooshows/sets/eiger-drums-propaganda-bslp007

BSLP006 - JS Donny - BnN - 29/02/2024
◈ https://soundcloud.com/bambooshows/sets/bslp006-cmr006-js-donny

BSLP005 - Jonquera - La Croix des Cros - 13/02/2023
◈ https://soundcloud.com/bambooshows/sets/bslp005-jonquera

BSLP004 - Metra.Vestlud - Coalyqsta - 12/10/2022
◈ https://soundcloud.com/bambooshows/sets/bslp004-metravestlud-coalyqsta-lp

BST003 - V/A - Vapordub: an introduction to contemporary psychedelic music - vol. 1 - 14/04/2022
◈ https://soundcloud.com/bambooshows/sets/bst003-vapordub

BSLP003 - Naomie Klaus - A Story of a Global Disease - 03/11/2021
◈ https://soundcloud.com/bambooshows/sets/bslp003-naomie-klaus

BSLP002 - Perse - Exile in H - 08/04/2021
◈ https://soundcloud.com/bambooshows/sets/bslp002-perse-exile-in-h

BSLP001 - Jonquera - DARKOS LP - 10/12/2020
◈ https://soundcloud.com/bambooshows/bslp001-jonquera-darkos-lp-previews

BST002 - V/A - Bamboo Shows Tapes 002 - 09/07/2020
◈ https://soundcloud.com/bambooshows/sets/bamboo-shows-tapes-002

BST001 - V/A - Bamboo Shows Tapes 001 - 12/12/2019
◈ https://soundcloud.com/bambooshows/sets/bamboo-shows-tapes-001

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