Merrie Melodias #1 - That’s All Folks! - 23rd April 2024

Uzbekistan-based DJ and boss of the experimental ТОПОТ label Eugenie Galochkin presents rare vinyl rips from the Soviet Melodia label. Melodia has released music from all around the world: from obscure Baltic electronica and free jazz from Siberia; to synth-pop from Tajikistan and academic avant-garde from Ukraine. The series will explore how national and cultural characteristics are embedded in musical language.

In this first episode we travel to the East – to Transcaucasia and Asia in the 70s–90s: we listen to colourful Korean funk, sunny Azerbaijani jazz, desert Uzbek folk and traditional dance music from Laos and Burma. That's all folks!

I want to dedicate this show to the anniversary of the Melodiya label – it turns 60 years old on the 23rd of April 2024. And the best thing is that the label is still releasing music.