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81 ◆ Ivan Zoloto

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"THE IDEA BEHIND THIS MIX IS MY PERSONAL TRAGEDY: AUTHENTIC FOLK MUSIC WAS MY FIRST INTRODUCTION INTO "WEIRD MUSIC" WHEN I WAS LIKE, 11. I WAS REALLY INTO ALL THOSE COMPILATIONS OF LATIN AMERICAN SONGS, STUFF FROM PHILIPPINES ETC. BUT WHENEVER I WOULD REACH OUT FOR RUSSIAN COMPILATIONS, THEY WOULD ALWAYS SOUND BLAND, STRAIGHTFORWARD AND "TOO MUSICAL" IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

IT ALL COMES DOWN TO SOVIET MUSICAL EDUCATION AND ERADICATION OF VILLAGE CULTURE. IN MOST CASES, SUCH SONGS AND TUNES WOULD BE DEEPLY ROOTED IN CHRISTIANITY OR PAGANISM AND SOVIETS HAD A MISSION OF "RE-INVENTING FOLK MUSIC" VIA CONSERVATORIES. BASICALLY, THERE ARE ALMOST NO DECENT COMPILATIONS WITH REAL AUTHENTIC FOLK MUSIC AND NO LABELS DEDICATED TO DOCUMENTING SUCH MUSIC. THANKS TO VK.COM (WHICH USED TO BE 100% ILLEGAL) SOME PUBLIC PAGES STARTED TO APPEAR WHICH WOULD POST RECORDINGS FROM EXPEDITIONS. SO, THIS MIX IS MY ATTEMPT AT MAKING A COMPILATION OF REAL, AUTHENTIC RUSSIAN FOLK MUSIC."