2003 Russendisco Hits - Various Artists

Back in the 1970's and 1980's, no one would have thought of Soviet Russia as a hotbed of happening alternative rock. And as this compilation demonstrates, there was a good reason for that perception: it was not, in fact, a hotbed of happening alternative rock. However, it was a place where bands managed, despite pervasive cultural oppression and state-sanctioned musical monotony, to build a small and surprisingly diverse underground dance-music scene. Compiled by emigred DJ's Yuri Gurzhy and Vladimir Kaminer, this album brings together a host of slightly cheesy but always quirkily charming selections by the likes of Siberia's Red Elvises, Distemper, the St. Petersburg Ska-Jazz Review and RotFront. Yes, most of this stuff is mostly fun for the kitsch factor, but the album is also a genuinely moving document of youth culture's ability to create weird and crazy music under even the most adverse conditions. Now, the Soviet Union is just an ilussion faded on time, Moscu's night seems not to be the same and the KGB's agents are not around your school anymore... but if you close your eyes and listen carefully, you'll be there again, living on the "opposing side of the american way of life"

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Nice video from Russendisco... Enjoy it!