Uzbekistan-based DJ and boss of the experimental **https://tawpot.bandcamp.com)** label **[Eugenie Galochkin](https://www.instagram.com/gl4kn/)** presents rare vinyl rips from the Soviet **[Melodia](https://soundcloud.com/firmamelodiya** 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 episode, we continue to explore the diversity of Soviet jazz released on the major label and monopolist **Melodia**.
Here we focus is mainly on its lighter genres – electro-jazz, jazz-funk, jazz-mugham, jazz-choral, folk-jazz from the Baltic States, the Lesser Caucasus, Central Asia and Russia. To this music it is really pleasant to float through the spring city – so many melodies and much relaxation in it!
