CONTROLLED BURN

This mix by the group krai explores underground recordings of the late-Soviet period, a time of flourishing musical samizdat when albums were recorded from record player to record player.

«We created a mix from record player albums of the 1980s, a nostalgic homage to a time before ours which from today’s perspective does not seem to be so unimaginable.

The term "controlled burn" means a managed fire that helps a forest to grow. Today we are a forest that is enclosed on all sides so that the controlled fire does not become a catastrophe. But there are always risks for those who try to control nature.»

krai worked with the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art archive.

BIO

krai is an informal grouping from Bryansk, which once had certain aims but has long since lost direction and now develops chaotically. The group includes artists, musicians, and other no less interesting characters.