Somatik Sound System, founded by Perforated Cerebral Party finds its origins in 2011. Somatik’s first tracks were recorded as cover versions in tribute to John Balance from "Coil" (2004) & Klaus Nomi (2006). 
The idea of this music genre was to make dark and slow techno that will resemble a funeral march. These two so-called requiems have begun bearing in the form of Somatik Techno that flourished some time after both of its founders had a near-death experience: one from a heart attack as a result of a lasting rave lifestyle, while the other spent a week in coma because of a tranquilizers overdose after a bad trip. As a result, Vovapcp & Tsaritsa Logiki aka PCP, the creators of Somatik Techno, had to slow down and their music automatically decelerated together with them. 
More and more artists started to find this music experiment appealing with its heavy and “rusty” groove, dark melodics and rasping bass lines. Being originated in Saint-Petersburg, Somatik Techno started gaining followers across the Russian Federation and in Ukraine, Belarus, Finland and Ireland.
                     
Shortly after the Perforated Cerebral Party and Hertzman met in 2012, the idea to craft a new music label that will reach more people with its idiosyncratic concept emerged. 
Hertzman is a co-founder and a boss of the Somatik Sounds. From the beginning, he along with more than 30 artists from abroad have been popularizing Somatik Techno. He is also one of the biggest adepts of this music genre, constantly producing solo-releases and establishing collaborations. In general, the achievements of the label this is one the merits of Hertzman’s efforts.
Slow and dark minimal ambient, analog electronic music impending to downtempo or psychedelic dub with IDM elements to name a few, but the significant and driving essence for every release of this kind are hypnotic 90 BPM, techno beat and heavy bass tones. The main goal conceptualized by Hertzman is to achieve the best composition’s significance in its semantic origin and qualitative arrangement. Consequently, less and less releases by outsider artists are considered as they have no key tones of Somatik style recognized in their music.      
The creation of the cover’s design is another important aspect in this system of musical magic. The similarity with the chemical elements of the Mendeleev’s periodic table is easily recognized in the production. Currently, the artwork’s design was transformed a little to showcase the deeper theme of the music with the label logo as a trademark accompanying the release. In the last several years, the design reflects people whose faces are hidden by the Somatik Sounds label logo, with the opposing image of each of them conveying a psychedelic meaning for each record.  
Stay tuned and follow our news, whilst fresh concentrate of Somatik Sounds will continue to stir its listeners no matter what.

Ambient music project of Oleksandr Hladun from Ukraine.

Somatik techno and ghettopsychedelic producer from Saint Petersburg

Booking:  jaziks@gmail.com



The Maneken is an outstanding artist working in one of the most trendy music directions – electronic rock. Using musical styles as an “outfit” for creation of his music ideas he made several unique “collections” which have found their fans not only in former CIS countries, but also in Europe and United States. When he first showed up in 2008, DJ’s from Ukrainian radio stations called him “Ukrainian Jamiroquai”. Today his compositions are wonderful combination of modern dance music and the broad of pop-rock culture heritage of the last decades.
Within two years The Maneken traveled half of the world. His concert geography goes from Yuzhno-Sakhalins’k in Russia to Washington DC, Los Angeles, Miami and Puerto Rico. He played on numerous significant events – he was the only Ukrainian artist playing at the Moscow Millionaire Fair 2009, gig at the main stage of Sochi Music Winter Conference  2010, electronic music festival Pure Future in Trakai, Lithuania, Odessa International Film Festival, Kazantip Festival and many others. His first solo concert held on April 16, 2010 in Kyiv, Ukraine, was a blast and just confirmed his reputation of being one of the most progressive artists on the territory of former CIS countries.
From the moment of his appearance The Maneken is cooperating with foreign recording companies. His debut album “First Look” (2009) was released by French label “Somekind Records” and thanks to Virgin Megastore distribution was sold in leading European countries and Japan. The Maneken’s music videos are being rotated on European music channels and on Middle East: Music Box Italy, MTV Baltic, MTV Arabia, Mad TV (Greece), Sola TV (Spain), QTOM (Germany) and thrice were in World Chart Express on MTV European.  
Turning point of The Maneken’s career was meeting German songwriter and movie director Charley Stadler, known for his “Dead Fish” movie with Garry Oldman playing the main character. Acquaintance grew into a friendship and long-term cooperation. As a result Charley wrote most of the lyrics and became a co-producer for The Maneken’s second album “Soulmate Sublime”. Album was released in April 2011 and presented in Kyiv, Moscow and Los Angeles, on May 2 during his promo gig at MUSEXPO-2011 – one of the main musical forums in the world.
Especially for the performance of new material The Maneken gathered the group, transforming from solo artist to an electronic-rock band. 
One of the most significant performance was on June, 14th when The Maneken played as an opening act before Jamiroquai show in Kiev Palace of Sports for 4 000 of people. During the summer of 2011 The Maneken was on tour performed at 54th Biennale at Venice, the biggest electronic festivals of CIS countries such as Global Gathering (Kiev), Kazantip etc. and presented the new album for 2 000 Ukrainian fans at Arena Concert Plaza (Kiev). 
In March of 2012 new single Safe Connection was released. The song is devoted to the problem of AIDS in Ukraine and it became official anthem for the project of the same name that were implemented by Elena Pinchuk ANTIAIDS Foundation. 
At the beginnig of summer The Maneken played at the biggest jazz festival of CIS countries "Usad'ba Jazz" in Moscow and start to work on a new album that is scheduled to release for autumn of 2012.

No words, only apathy.

-DM me on Instagram @forever.lorn for anything

Boards of Canada is a Scottish electronic music duo comprised of brothers Mike Sandison (b. 1 June 1970) and Marcus Eoin (b. 21 July 1971). 

They have released a number of works, most notably Music Has the Right to Children and Geogaddi, with little advertising and few interviews. Their sound has frequently made reference to sounds of the 1970s and the 1980s. It recalls, amongst other things, the warm, scratchy, artificial sounds of 1970s television, and indeed, band members Michael and Marcus admit to being inspired by the documentary films of the National Film Board of Canada, from which the group's name comes.

Butterfly Drone is following