Generally I am interested in traditional music/dance and ethnic pop music around the world. I also enjoy classical music, early jazz, new age and keep my ears open for many other kinds. I prefer music recorded in 1900-1970s, before the era of globalization and show business, or contemporary performances in the traditional style.
- Music from Russia, Ukraine and other former republics and ethnic minorities of the USSR. The older the better.
- Classical vocalists of Russian origin.
- Traditional and pop music of the following regions and ethnicities:
- Gypsy and Jewish music around the world.
- East and South Asia (especially Korea, Japan, China, Vietnam, India)
- Central Asia, Uyghur
- Middle East, Arabic
- Mediterranean
- Latin and South America
- Europe
- Popular dance music of 1900-1950s
(tango, foxtrot, rumba, pasodoble, charleston, waltz, etc.).
- Unusual musical experiments such as a tango played as samba, classical music played as jazz, adaptations of music for instruments by which it was never meant to be played, vocal imitations of musical instruments, parodies.
- Unusual, creative and amazing performances of any kind.
- Anything related to cultures of the world, especially of the former USSR nations, and especially Russian and Ukrainian: way of life, traditions, folklore, fairy tales, crafts, costumes, architecture, artifacts, etc.
- Russian movies, TV and radio programs, cartoons, etc., made before 1980s.
- Traditional musical instruments of the world and unique modern inventions.
Songs/music of one culture adapted and performed by singers/musicians of another, in original or a different language. Generally I am interested in such recordings made before 1980s. The older the better.
- Russian songs by non Russian performers, especially from Asia.
- Non Russian music, which was popular in Russia in 1900-1970s,
originals and their Russian versions.
- Songs by Russian immigrants and of Russian communities around the world
(France, Canada, Israel, Shanghai, USA).
- Posters, flyers, articles and reviews of Russian/Soviet performances outside of the USSR,
and foreign performers inside the USSR.
- Neapolitan songs performed by non Italian performers, in any language.
- Russian, European, Latin and Middle Eastern music of 1900-1970s by Asian performers.
- Asian & Middle Eastern adaptations of jazz, early rock-n-roll and early disco.
- Political songs and/or their lyrics in any language:
songs of protests, revolutions, international affairs, wars, communist/anti-communist propaganda,
songs dedicated to political figures and events around the world.
- Underground, anti-communist songs, ditties (especially Russian) or their lyrics.
- Audio/video recordings of speeches of former Soviet leaders, party members, generals, workers.
Memories, news broadcasts and other documentaries of the USSR.
- Political posters around the world (propaganda, wars, communism, civil responsibility, etc).
- Unusual, rare, historical, experimental and bizarre musical instruments, acoustic and electric.
- Early sound recording technology (acoustic and electric) and music industry in the USSR republics.
- Antique, unusual and experimental audio/video recording/playing machines and media of any kind.
For all of the topics above, I am looking for:
- Audio and video recordings (digital, LPs, 78s, tapes, reels).
- Books, articles, photos, web sites.
- Recommendations on the performers.
- Translations from different languages, especially from Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Italian & Neapolitan.
- Enthusiasts with similar interests for recordings/knowledge exchange.
If you have similar interests in music and would like to share them, please contact me.
Note, music is not the only thing I care about, it's just one of my biggest passions. I have many other various hobbies and interests, most notably cycling, hiking, crafts, antiques, all kinds of vintage things, history of material culture and heraldry. I love meeting collectors and enthusiasts of any kind and learning from them about their hobbies. If I had time, I wish I could learn more about world's history, archaeology, and sciences like physics, astronomy, anthropology, zoology, biology, geology, economics and business... pretty much everything in the world that I still don't know. But now, most importantly, I am trying to learn photography and video making.
