em guide the muscut and shukai sounds of lost futures
At first glance, the sonic worlds of Ukrainian labels Muscut and Shukai sound very similar. While the aesthetics of both share the sound of the nostalgic allure of blurred, overdubbed tape loops, they diverge in their creative approach. Shukai delves into the archives, unearthing lost gems often banned and suppressed by the Soviets, while Muscut crafts new music that evokes the feeling of a lost vintage soundtrack to a picture promising visions of a brighter future.
em guide with mappa on the fluid boundaries between fictional and real sound worlds
Jakub Juhás likes to listen to sounds that are easily overheard – from soundscapes in ponds to gradually disappearing Ukrainian folk songs. Ján Solčáni met the Slovakian mappa label runner and talked with him about peripheries, creating in Eastern Europe and doing things with love.
em guide cultivating tenderness through listening with warm winters ltd.
Warm Winters Ltd. is a great platform to discover experimental music (not only) from Eastern Europe. The label from Braitslava does not commit itself to genres, and yet the music is characterized by a certain tenderness. Label founder Adam Badí Donoval on his approach to curating and the challenges of running a label in Eastern Europe
