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"

Mysterious artist with strange name @interesnyeoshchushchenia from Moscow debuting on the Minor Notes Recordings early this autumn! Revnost EP perfectly fits for the start of this melancholic and beautiful season. 

MNRD006 was created as a reimagining of the super freaky sound of Russian "Perestroika" popular music and its legacy. Sampling old cassettes in not more than G+ condition from family archives and personal digs, Interesnye Oschuscheniya developed his own style, which is gravitating to house music with a lo-fi filter on it. It is very hard to identify the original tracks where these samples came from, so you can hear only recycled versions in scenes by this unique artist himself. But for a true diggers we can say that you should check libraries of "СОЮЗ" pop label compilations, "Трепанация Ч-Рэпа" mixtapes and 7" vinyls from "Кругозор" magazine issues through the years. 

Besides 4 tracks of solid deep and lo-fi influenced house music here you can find a brilliant example of how eclectic Interesnye Oschuscheniya can be. Just try "Eto Prosto Veter" to enter the Jungle side of Minor Notes tastes.

Buy now!

Interesnye Oschuscheniya - Revnost

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Electro cyberpunk romancer @saturatedcolor from Vinnytsia, Ukraine with another cool tune "Digital Experience" free to download on his Bandcamp page, enjoy! https://saturatedcolor.bandcamp.com/track/digital-experience

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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"

I'v been releasing at Private Perons, AIWO Records, Kyiv House, and other labels. I am constantly digging for new musical forms, so it's hard to find some specific tags for my material. Kyїv house, minimal blips and experimental stuff.
🐵 Art-Director of IllUMINATE series
https://soundcloud.com/gasolineradio/sets/illuminate-ukraine-series

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