Аудио Ахматовы

[ulvesang.livejournal.com]

I've heard some (relatively-)modern Russian music that was just brilliant and even had my main lecturer's seal of approval for training your ear for Good Russian™ (see post about Zemfira ;)). As admirable as this is, it means it will train me to not understand a word of Real Russian™ (for better or worse)-- though I could make great... political speeches? get good marks at uni? woo Russian girls? ;)

Anyway, it was still lovely. It was a vocal/keyboard/ballady type female artist who sang Anna Akhmatova's work as lyrics... or was it Marina Tsvetaeva's? Does anyone know who this vocal angel is?

Or even, does anyone know any other "good" modern Russian music? It seems that, besides Zemfira, all Russia produces rock and dance music that is very... Russian (for lack of a better explanation). Obviously the world has a smorgasbord of musical tastes, but something about (most) Russian music seems a bit... masochistic? ;)

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[merirustryfe.livejournal.com]

Leningrad and Mumiy Troll. Mumiy Troll has their ENTIRE discography up for download on their main website, if you're like me and don't really have any easy way of obtaining their actual CDs. I would like to, though, because supporting them would be awesome. <3

[trepang.livejournal.com]

try Mumiy Troll (Мумий Тролль), Splin (Сплин), Nol' (Ноль), Umka i Bronevik (Умка и Броневик), Psoy Korolenko (Псой Короленко), Venya D'rkin (Веня Д'ркин),

[helen-ricky.livejournal.com]

Pelagea (Пелагея) http://www.pelagea.ru/music/

[zverolov.livejournal.com]

Аквариум

[judiwe.livejournal.com]

I do agree that most of contemporary songs are difficult for the foreigners because that actually don't make sense... I like BI-2, for example. But I always ask myself what their songs are about???
One song that has some meaning and can be easily understood came to my mind: Brainstrom - Выходные. I'll try to post it in this society.
You can also see some beautiful (but not contemporary) songs in http://community.livejournal.com/rusforyou/

[sputnikgreat.livejournal.com]

try Naik Borzov
you can check some songs on his myspace profile
http://www.myspace.com/naikborzov

[rpocc.livejournal.com]

I can't remember any relatively good or quality _modern_ russian music, but... uh... What do you specifically looking for?
At this time almost entire music in russia strictly divided in either bard music with nice lyrics but boring melody, or complex and beauliful progressive music which are instrumental, or relatively fine rock-music with typical hardly-sensible rock lyrics, or dance having ugly lyrics and ugly music but is fine performed. Also most lyrics itselves except of pop are "masochistic", pessimistic or related to politics, if i understand you right. Also theres a scores of nice bands singing in (bad-spelled) english just because they don't count on russian folks chosen music that is very... Russian
Yes, i can suggest bands like Моральный кодекс, Эдипов комплекс, Сюткин и Ко, Сплин, Ноль even Ария (or even Алсу as the example of fine pop-music performer). But i personally like early music: Цветы, Автограф, Песняры, early Алла Пугачёва etc which are fine performed, fine produced and have fine properly spelled lyrics at the same damn time!
So, what do you looking for?

[prorok-samuil.livejournal.com]

Try to listen Константин Никольский (группа "Воскресенье"), Пикник, ЧайФ.

[miconazole.livejournal.com]

It depends what your definition of "modern" is, but I really like Kino and Nautilus Pompilius. Or do they embody the kind of Russian masochism you were trying to avoid? ;)

[ulvesang.livejournal.com]

dance having ugly lyrics and ugly music but is fine performed
You mean like Virus, Kraski, Tatu, etc? Да; привет, Россия мазохизма ))

complex and beauliful progressive music which are instrumental
Something more along these lines, please

Probably one of the worst songs I've ever heard in my life (and this is a high honour to attain, as I've heard some atrocious music) was some Russian group doing a cover of O-Zone's Dragostea Din Tei, only singing it in... angry growls. I actually wanted to throw a bottle through the PA

[ulvesang.livejournal.com]

I was thinking more along the lines of Virus, Kraski, Tatu, etc... gloriously masochistic-- but probably one of the worst songs I've ever heard in my life (and this is a high honour to attain, as I've heard some atrocious music) was some Russian group doing a cover of O-Zone's Dragostea Din Tei, only singing it in... angry growls. I actually wanted to throw a bottle through the PA

[ulvesang.livejournal.com]

I do agree that most of contemporary songs are difficult for the foreigners because that actually don't make sense

I think that's a universal phenomenon

Please could you stop the noise, I'm trying get some rest
From all the unborn chicken voices in my head
What's this...? (I may be paranoid, but not an android)
What's this...? (I may be paranoid, but not an android)

When I am king, you will be first against the wall
with your opinion which is of no consequence at all
What's this...? (I may be paranoid, but no android)
What's this...? (I may be paranoid, but no android)

Ambition makes you look pretty ugly
Kicking, squealing gucci little piggy
You don't remember
You don't remember
Why don't you remember my name?
Off with his head, man
Off with his head, man
Why don't you remember my name? I guess he does...

Rain down, rain down
Come on rain down on me
From a great height
From a great height... height...
Rain down, rain down
Come on rain down on me
From a great height
From a great height... height...
Rain down, rain down
Come on rain down on me

That's it sir
You're leaving
The crackle of pigskin
The dust and the screaming
The yuppies networking
The panic, the vomit
The panic, the vomit
God loves his children, God loves his children, yeah!

And that's one of Radiohead's more lucid ones!

[rpocc.livejournal.com]

"You mean like Virus, Kraski, Tatu, etc?"
Personally, i dividing our pop-music in Tatu, Dima Bilan, Валерия etc as well-performed bubble pop, and Вирус, Руки вверх as totally unmisical occurence. Really i can't judge, it depends on taste, some people even prefer "bedroom-played" penal art also known as "Руский шансон" :))

"Something more along these lines, please"
Our relatively famous instrumental progressive bands are Затерянный мир, Inner Drive, Rushus Project, Infront, Rite Band, Disen Gage, Exit Project and of course great "Kostarev Group" and Арсенал.
There's also prog-bands with vocals, for example:
Russian lyrics: Кафтан смеха, Веспер, Agnost Dei (that Kursk guys performing brutal prog-metal but really fine)
English lyrics: NyL, The Decomposers, Eternal Wanderers (where i participate as bass-player).
Only band with both Russian and English lyrics i know is my own — Quorum. :)
I should warn you that overwhelming majority of our progressive bands (including most of listed above) perform music fine, but have really bad singers — actually worse than worst pop may have, and it is major reason why our best prog-rockers play instrumental music.
Unfortunately every non-bad singer thinks that he was born to be a star and never want to deal with "non-commercial" projects.

Oh, i hope that all above isn't off-topic.

[judiwe.livejournal.com]

Let's not remember Beatles "I'm the Eggman" and so on and so forth!:)))

[l-e-s-t-e-r.livejournal.com]

One of my favourite Russian songs... Lyrics by Sergei Yesenin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTwXZxv_-vk


Монгол Шуудан - Москва

Слова - С.Есенин


Да тепеpь pешено без возвpата - я покинyл pодные кpая,
Уж не бyдyт листвой кpылатой надо мною звенеть тополя.
Hизкий дом без меня ссyтyлился, стаpый пес мой давно издох,
Hа московских изогнyтых yлицах помеpеть знать ссyдил мне бог.

Я люблю зтот гоpод вяземый, пyсть обpюзг он и пyсть одpях,
Золотая дpемотная Азия опочила на кyполах.
А когда ночью светит месяц, когда светит, чеpт знает как,
Я идy, головою свесясь, в пеpеyлках в знакомый кабак.

Шyм и гам в зтом логове жyтком, и всю ночь напpолет до заpи
Я читаю стихи пpоститyткам и с бандюгами жаpю спиpт.
Сеpдце бьется все чаще и чаще, и yж я говоpю невпопад,
Я такой же как вы пpопащий, мне тепеpь не yйти назад.

Hизкий дом мой давно ссyтyлился, стаpый пес мой давно издох,
Hа московских изогнyтых yлицах помеpеть знать ссyдил мне бог.

источник: http://accords.com.ua/song21383.html

And I like this one too =)

[l-e-s-t-e-r.livejournal.com]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sU0pDGIASo

"Город золотой"

Над небом голубым
Есть город золотой
С прозрачными воротами
И яркою стеной.
А в городе том сад,
Все травы да цветы,
Гуляют там животные
Невиданной красы.
Одно как рыжий огнегривый лев,
Другое – вол, исполненный очей,
Третье – золотой орел небесный,
Чей там светел взор незабываемый.

А в небе голубом
Горит одна звезда,
Она твоя, о Ангел мой,
Она всегда твоя.
Кто любит тот любим,
Кто светел тот и свят,
Пускай ведет звезда твоя
Дорогой в дивный сад.
Тебя там встретят огнегривый лев
И синий вол исполненный очей,
С ними золотой орел небесный,
Чей так светел взор незабываемый.

Текст А. Волохонского

[brissen.livejournal.com]

> O-Zone's Dragostea Din Tei, only singing it in... angry growls.

Oh. that must be "Бони Нем" (Boney Nem). Surprizing thing is that their frontman is an ex-ballet dancer.

[spiritrc.livejournal.com]

If you're looking for good Russian _music_ and _vocal_, try listening to Мельница (The Windmill) and Флёр (Fleur). Мельница sounds a bit Irish, but is very good. You may also like Юта.
Сплин is also fine for music (not for vocal though). Especially their recent song after the text by Vladimir Mayakovsky. The song is called "Маяк". If you like the "silver age" poetry, and you seem to do, you will like it. Mayakovsky is a difficult poet for the learners, but his rhymes are very interesting and his metaphors are very non-standard.

Personally, I also like "Високосный год", they are very lyrical.

I believe most of the songs can be found in p2p networks like http://emule.com and the like.