While the study of post Soviet popular music could be limited to the post Soviet geographical sphere (e.g. Russia, Ukraine) that would not cover all the Russian/Ukrainian/Belorussian (and other) language music within that area. Due to large waves of emigration to mainly Germany, Israel and the United States there are a lot of (mainly) Russian speaking communities outside the former Soviet Union. These groups still have strong connections to their origin (home country is not quite accurate, since the Soviet Union ceased to exist...) and these ties also include music. These communities provide a market for groups singing in Russian like Akvarium, Auktsyon, Billy's Band, Iva Nova, Markscheider Kunst, Leningrad and others. This is an important factor enabling them to tour outside the former Soviet Union (when talking about a tour to the US, Efr, the singer from Markscheider Kunst, told me that they mainly played for emigrants).
However, the emigrants themselves also make music and sing in Russian. In line with this there are organizations like the Русский Рок-Клуб в Америке (The Russian Rock Club of America) and Пи-Рок (Pi-Rock - Germany) aimed at providing a community for these "local" groups, promoting them and as with the Russian Rock Club of America, to organize concerts/festivals. These organizations are primarily orientated towards the emigrant community (although Mikhail Yaroshevskiy, one of the founding members of the Russian Rock Club of America, told me that through press coverage also people with no link to the emigrant community have appeared at their festivals).
But there are also attempts to target both the emigrants and the non-Russian speaking inhabitants. One example is the monthly radio show Schum. Based in Halle (Germany), the show features (mainly) groups from the post Soviet Sphere and Germany (singing in Russian). The show itself is bilingual (Russian, German) thus targeting both a German as well as a Russian speaking audience. The fortnightly event Russendisko in Berlin (Germany) focuses even more on a non Russian speaking audience. The DJs Wladimir Kaminer and Yuriy Gurzhy play music both from the post Soviet sphere as well as from emigrant. According to Yuriy and other regulars only about 15% of the Russendisko's visitors are emigrants.
While emigrant music is not widely listened to in e.g. Russia, the music coming out of Russia is an important element in these emigrant projects. So the study of post Soviet popular music also has to take groups and musical practices outside the former Soviet Union into consideration.
However, the emigrants themselves also make music and sing in Russian. In line with this there are organizations like the Русский Рок-Клуб в Америке (The Russian Rock Club of America) and Пи-Рок (Pi-Rock - Germany) aimed at providing a community for these "local" groups, promoting them and as with the Russian Rock Club of America, to organize concerts/festivals. These organizations are primarily orientated towards the emigrant community (although Mikhail Yaroshevskiy, one of the founding members of the Russian Rock Club of America, told me that through press coverage also people with no link to the emigrant community have appeared at their festivals).
But there are also attempts to target both the emigrants and the non-Russian speaking inhabitants. One example is the monthly radio show Schum. Based in Halle (Germany), the show features (mainly) groups from the post Soviet Sphere and Germany (singing in Russian). The show itself is bilingual (Russian, German) thus targeting both a German as well as a Russian speaking audience. The fortnightly event Russendisko in Berlin (Germany) focuses even more on a non Russian speaking audience. The DJs Wladimir Kaminer and Yuriy Gurzhy play music both from the post Soviet sphere as well as from emigrant. According to Yuriy and other regulars only about 15% of the Russendisko's visitors are emigrants.
While emigrant music is not widely listened to in e.g. Russia, the music coming out of Russia is an important element in these emigrant projects. So the study of post Soviet popular music also has to take groups and musical practices outside the former Soviet Union into consideration.
Постсоветская популярная музыка вне пределов постсоветского пространства
(Русская версия - адаптирована Sergio Mazzanti)
Вследствие больших эмиграционных волн, много русскоговорящих общин оказались за рубежом, преимущественно в Германии, Израиле и США. Эти группы тесно связаны со своем месте происхождения. Эти общины приносят немаленький рынок для музыкальных групп, поющих на русском языке, как Аквариум, Аукцыон, Billy’s band, Ива Нова, Markscheider Kunst, Ленинград и др. Это им помогает гастролировать за границей.
Но сами эмигранты делают музыку все равно на русском языке. Для того, чтобы организовать их концерты и рекламировать их музыку, возникли организации, как «Русский Рок-Клуб в Америке» и «Пи-Рок» (Германия), прежде всего ориентированные на эмигрантскую публику.
Тем не менее, предпринимаются попытки добиться также к не русскоговорящему населению. Как примеры, можно указать на радио-шоу Schum (Галле, Германия) и особенно на Russendisko (Берлин); по мнению Юрия Гуржего, одного из главных ди-джеев Руссендиско, эмигранты составляют только 15% их посетителей.
Но сами эмигранты делают музыку все равно на русском языке. Для того, чтобы организовать их концерты и рекламировать их музыку, возникли организации, как «Русский Рок-Клуб в Америке» и «Пи-Рок» (Германия), прежде всего ориентированные на эмигрантскую публику.
Тем не менее, предпринимаются попытки добиться также к не русскоговорящему населению. Как примеры, можно указать на радио-шоу Schum (Галле, Германия) и особенно на Russendisko (Берлин); по мнению Юрия Гуржего, одного из главных ди-джеев Руссендиско, эмигранты составляют только 15% их посетителей.
