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Moscow's cultural scene is famously enormous and varied - but where to start? Our arts-savvy editorial team trawl what's on offer, to bring you our selection of Culture Picks for your leisure time. Current and upcoming recommendations are:
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| 04.02.12 23:59 |
Gabin (Italy) | |
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Fillippo Cary and Max Bottini, the men behind this curious project, came from vastly different musical backgrounds. Cary is a DJ, and had spent much of the '90s presiding over chill rooms in Rome's major venues. Bottini, a jazz bassist, had spent the past decade performing with the likes of John Scofield and Billy Coghan. Almost two years after their first album, Gabin are back with a new sparkling creation. Many things have happened since Filippo Clary and Max Bottini manipulated Duke Ellington’s famous song “It don’t mean a thing” almost for fun, and transformed it into that unforgettable jingle “Doo Uap Doo Uap Doo Uap”. Read more
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| 04.02.12 21:00 |
Petr Nalitch and Friends | |
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Possessing a fine, mellow timbre, tenor Petr Nalitch happened to become the first Russian musician with an internet start in career. His 2007 amateurly made "Gitar" video clip created the greatest stir in RuNet with millions of downloads from YouTube. The Russian media have largely hailed Petr as Russia's answer to Borat - but he is more than that. Not does he evade any accusations of cultural insensitivity by parodying people of his own ethnicity, he also backs it up with an irresistibly catchy tune delivered by his mellifluous tenor voice. Read more
B2 Club |
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| 10.02.12-11.02.12 20:00 |
Rammstein (Germany), Deathstars (Sweden) | |
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Formed in 1994 in East Berlin, Germany, this confrontational alternative rock band takes its name indirectly from the western German town of Ramstein, site of an airshow disaster in 1988. The band's signature song, the eponymous "Rammstein", is a commemoration of the tragedy that took place at the Ramstein Air Base. The extra "m" in the band's name means that it translates literally as "ramming stone", or "battering ram". The bands style, an explosive mixture of horror, romantism, explosive and unhinged live shows and dark heavy music quickly made them famous throughout the world. Even though the majority of the group's lyrics is in German, the band has enjoyed success in a huge number of countries outside of Germany, including Russia as well. During their concerts in Moscow Rammstein are going to share the scene with another well-know industrial metal band - Swedish Deathstars. Read more
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One of the world's greatest reggae artists have survived more than thirty years in the music business and proven the power of pop-influenced reggae music. With worldwide sales topping 30 million albums during their career, the UB40 story demonstrates just how far people can go by staying true to their roots. A traditional Jamaican-based reggae band with a slinky, kinetic lead singer, UB40 quickly gained popularity with lovers of reggae genre all over the globe with their melancholy wistful melodies, propelling reggae rhythms and subtle dub production. In addition to its world fame, UB40 had tremendous influence on the formation of the alternative music scene in Soviet Union, becoming one of the first and few "Western" bands whose compositions managed to get through the iron curtain and reach the Soviet public. Read more
Stadium Live |
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| 23.02.12 21:00 |
Stereo MC's (UK) | |
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Back in the early 1990s, in the years between acid house and acid jazz, British hip-hop outfit Stereo MCs were massive. Tracks such as "Connected" remain classics. Their 1992 breakthrough "Connected", a sample-free album recorded completely with live instruments which spawned major hits like "Step It Up," "Creation," "Ground Level," and the title track. In 2001, Stereo MC's issued a new album "Deep Down & Dirty". Their most recent album "Double Bubble" was released in July 2008. Read more
Sixteen Tons |
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| 07.03.12 21:00 |
Petr Mamonov | |
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In 1995, leaving behind over-the-top pleasures of shaking-the-stage life, Mamonov secluded himself from society in the Moscow neighbourhood forests and settled in his wooden house somewhere near Vereya town to bother with about two dozens of cats and read Holy Writ. Sometimes he comes back to sing new songs and present his one-man show to the Moscow aesthetes. His concerts combining songs, monologues and theatre actions, are fascinatedly thrilling: kind of funny, kind of shocking with shivers down the spine and one pulsing thought - Genius! Read more
B2 Club |
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| 08.03.12 20:30 |
Kasabian (UK) | |
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Kasabian are a British four-piece formed by Tom Meighan (vocals), Sergio Pizzorno (guitar and vocals), Chris Edwards (bass), Chris Karloff (Keyboards and Guitar) and Ash Hannis (drums) who left shortly before the release of the first album. Named after Linda Kasabian, Charles Manson's getaway driver turned state witness, this Leicester quartet has definitely carved out their own niche in the musical landscape with their special rocking sound involving elements of electronics, that can be compared to the one of Stone Roses, 70's Krautrock, and young U2. In September 2011 the band released their fourth album titled "Velociraptor!" full of phsycodelic motives and elements of space rock. The album set the band off on a large-scale tour, including a series of concerts in the US and the group's first and only concert in Moscow. Read more
Stadium Live |
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Valentin Serov: Life Line | |
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Valentin Serov, a key-person of Russian art on the turn of the 19th – 20th century, gained his world popularity due to his portrait works. Among his mostly well-known works are: Portrait of the Actress Maria Yermolova (1905), Portrait of Henrietta Girshman (1907), Portrait of Ida Rubenstein (1910), Portrait of Princess Olga Orlova and others. Creating his works, Serov concentrated mainly on the development of light and color, the complex harmony of reflections, the sense of atmospheric saturation, and the fresh picturesque perception of the world. A fruitful artist, Serov created a large number of vivid paintings and drawings. Drawing took a special place in his art. The exhibition presents about 250 pastels, temperas, sanguines, charcoals,watercolours and artist’s engravings. Exposition shows the artist’s evolution and gives a possibility to follow his work from the beginning till the end. Read more
Tretyakov Art Gallery |
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