Genres
Besides being hard to tie to one country, it’s impossible to pin her to a single genre. It’s categorized as dance/electro because of Дельфины (2019), Free Love (2017), and Огонёк (2017). Also to elevate this section musically, at least. Тропик Козерога (2019) doesn’t seem meant for dancing at all, though Luna herself does something along those lines. Мальчик, ты снег (2016) is also very calm. Luna, freshly awake again.
Often, it’s somewhere in between. A beat with undertones, something sultry or a bit melancholic. That’s when it becomes a Грустный дэнс (Sad Dance, 2016).
Чужие Люди (Strangers, 2020)
Мы вас не поняли, мы вас не поняли. Чужие люди на нашем проводе.
Сижки (Cigarettes, 2019)
Он курит свои сижки, а я живу отдельно. Осталось только небо, для полёта только небо.
Спящая красавица (Sleeping Beauty, 2018)
Пока мой принц не разбудит меня. Спящая красавица я.
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On YouTube, you can also find Самолёты (2017), Jukebox (2017, also on Вечерний Ургант on 27-11 that year), and Бутылочка (2016). More music on Spotify and Apple Music, more Луна via Instagram and VK.
Reading: Nice to Meet You: Ukrainian Singer Luna on The Shining and the Importance of a Smile (Interview Magazine, 2020) and Meet Luna, the star of the Ukrainian musical revolution (i-D/Vice, 2016).
Most of the music here is also in an R1 playlist on YouTube (in order of release).
See also Best Russian Music and Russian Song Lyrics.
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Muziek
Anyone who wants to present Russian music cannot ignore Zemfira. Popular and mainstream – millions of records sold – but the attitude is rock.
Raw Anti-Putin punk from Nizhny Novgorod / Нижний Новгород. Loosely based on ‘Maggie’ by The Exploited.
The Retuses 3x
Muziek
Dreamy indie-folk with a melancholic currrent. Created by Михаил Родионов (Mikhail Rodionov) (1992).
War Title track from the album (YouTube, Bandcamp, Spotify) released in 2023. Featuring девять песен о войне, nine songs about war, с ее похоронами в финале, with its funeral in the finale (Meduza 2023). Video clip by Какой-то либерал, 2023 Lyrics, lyrics with translation War Funeral Also see, from the same album, the videos for: […]
Offret 3x
Muziek
"nThe word *offret* is Swedish and means 'sacrifice'; the band Offret is Russian and makes heavy music. The link between the word and the band: a [1986 film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sacrifice_(1986_film)) in Swedish by the Russian Andrei Tarkovsky.n"
‘До свиданья, дорогая!’
Muziek
Я СМЕЛЕЙ (2019) I am braver – from their first and only album Себя потерял (2019). A world of colorful paints But I am just a shadow Don’t look for me I’m braver Don’t look for me I’m braver Don’t look for me I’m braver The […]
