Категория: Far From Moscow

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Pine Therapy: Endless Melancholy, Pavel Chigarskikh, SiJ, and Furthers

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Very similar themes frame the newest recordings from SiJ (aka Vladislav Sikach from Sevastopol). They appear almost simultaneous with a Swedish compilation from Lamour Records, wittily titled "Droning Ukrainians." It contains a track by Sikach, "Infinitas." Cleverly packaged on two cassettes –– the double album is designed to illustrate both the validity and vibrancy of an East Slavic drone or deep ambient scene. SiJ's own LP, working along related lines, is called "There Is No Life without Love." T Grounded in numerous remixes of the title track, the SiJ publication is also swathed in silence; its author has absolutely nothing to say. Interpretations of the instrumentals are more likely to come from fans.

A Great Escape: Magnetic Poetry, Kompakt–Katya, SiJ, and King Imagine

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The newest album from SiJ, called "Way to Dream," offers a lesson in constructive wistfulness. On first reading, the title almost sounds like a teacherly imperative; a better way must be found. The best dreams are structured far from home. This is how SiJ frames the new instrumentals, tagged as "ambient" and "cinematic": "The final rays of the sun are reflected across the smooth, azure waters of the sea. They capture the purest, most cherished desires and dreams; together they strive like an impassioned sailing ship towards a distant horizon. The light vanishes, giving way to a lullaby of starlight."

Dolor: 4 Pozicii Bruno, Endless Melancholy, SiJ, and Cosmonautics Day

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The concrete setting of these nervous outlooks is front and center in the instrumentals of SiJ (aka Vladislav Sikach from Sevastopol, Ukraine). Tags such as dark ambient, industrial, and drone are liberally applied. Sikach meets the generic expectations of those dour styles with field recordings taken from "mundane city streets and abandoned military or industrial facilities."

Distant or Elusive Aspirations: Clonki, x.y.r., SiJ, and More Oblakov

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If we combine these various absences, they eventually start to dovetail within the overarching melancholy of SiJ (aka Vladislav Sikach from Sevastopol, Ukraine). Tags such as dark ambient, industrial, and drone are liberally applied. Sikach meets the generic expectations of those dour styles with field recordings taken from "mundane city streets and abandoned military or industrial facilities."

A Growing Sense of Distance: Danila Plee, WPCWE, Osmenog, and SiJ

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It's this persistent tension or disconnect between self and other, citizen and civic norms, that leads to projects like SiJ (Vladislav Sikach from Sevastopol, Ukraine). Tags such as dark ambient, industrial, and drone are liberally applied. Sikach meets the generic expectations of those dour styles with field recordings taken from "mundane city streets and abandoned military or industrial facilities."