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This release from Art-Tek records presents the first full-length album by electronic music duo from St.Petersbourg - the EU (Christmass Toys). By releasing the album “EU_Soft” Art-Tek is carrying on presenting to all fans of electronic music the most innovative and avant-garde music from the post-Soviet space.

The band consists of Alexander Zaitsev, a mathematician (Ph.D.), and Ilya Baramiya, who is also working his Ph.D. in architecture. They became interested in modern electronic music in the early 1990s, when both started listening to a lot of electronic music from labels such as Warp, Ninja Tunes, Rephlex, etc. The common interest in music and records exchange became the main motivation for their friendship and collaboration.

According to the authors, their first experiments in sound and composition began in autumn of 1997 and this album became a complete report of their experiments during the period of 1997-2000. They created and recorded this album in a garage, which they transformed into a studio full of strange equipment including old rare analog synthesizers, drum machines, computers, and old mixing desk giving a distinct hiss, which they learned to use to add a special color to the sound.

Musicians managed to create quite a significant amount of audio material and their tracks appeared on numerous compilations in Russia and abroad. Not surprisingly, their music attracted the attention of the Art-Tek label a long time ago and the track «Chi» by EU has already appeared the famous «Artefacts» compilation in 1999. Approximately at the same time the band signed with Art-Tek to release their debut album.

The album is full of unusual rhythmic structures and soundscapes. A lot of warm harmonies and melodic variations may appeal even to classical music heads. The authors, speaking about their music, explain that «it has three components: sound, rhythm, and melody. The rhythm is initiated by everyday life: it is what we are doing and what we are listening to. The melodies usually come from the past: what is in our memory, what we used to listen to brings the harmonies. The sound itself is the most complicated component and it is the most interesting for us. We spend working on it the greatest amount of time. We think this component is leading us into the future».

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releases November 1, 2030

Artwork and design by Artego, original idea by Pavel Baryshnikov - Sphere
Mastered By – Yura Moorush
Written-By, Producer – Alexandr Zaitzev, Ilia Baramiya

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Art-Tek Records Moscow, Russia

Moscow-Nuremberg-London based music label producing experimental music from ex-USSR since 1994.

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Roman Belavkin aka Solar X and Yura Moorush

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