Zoloto (Vladimir Zolotukhin) 3x

In younger years, Владимир Золотухин (Vladimir Zolotukhin, 1990) sang and played in Cardio Beat, a band that even appeared on the Russian edition of X Factor in 2015. But Zolotukhin truly shines on his own, which he started doing soon after, under the name of Zoloto. And the scarcer the resources you send him away with, the better the work he returns with.

Compare the studio versions of Останемся здесь (We’ll stay here) and Улицы ждали (The streets were waiting) with the two below. A ukulele, the wind, and an acoustic guitar: it might sound like little, but it was just enough.

Both are from 8 Месяцев в Вегасе (8 Months in Vegas, 2019), also featured in a documentary film (Kana Beisekeyev, 2020, 25 m).

Останемся здесь (We’ll Stay Here)

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Улицы ждали (Streets Were Waiting)

Also see Acoustic live (2020) and performances at Неформат (2020) and Новое Радио (2019).
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Стихнет мотор (Engine Stops, 2018)

Studio version from Всё вернётся (2020).
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More Zoloto: songs, poem, interviews

• PMML (2020)
• Кто нам поможет (2020)
• Миллион (2018)
• Сверчки (2016)
• Эскимос (2016)

From 2021 is Я ненавижу свет, based on a poem (1912) by Osip Mandelstam (1891-1938). More at Afisha Daily (2021); recitation by Sofya Skya (2019).

Listen Zoloto on Spotify and Apple Music.
More Zoloto on Facebook, Instagram, VK.
Interviews at Gakku TV (2019, 51 m) and BLVD X (2019, 3 m).

See/read:

• Vladimir Zolotukhin: “There are Kazakhs who set trends in Russia” (Esquire, 2019)
• Who is Zoloto? And what should you know about him? (PeopleTalk, 2019)
• 8 Facts about Vladimir Zolotukhin aka Zoloto (Modern Rock, 2019)

Most of the music here is also in this R1 playlist on YouTube (in order of publication).
Don’t miss Best Russian Music and Russian Song Lyrics.
More music on Music in Russian. More Russia on Rad Russia.