XLIV  SVINOKOP "Pas de chance"

cassette

An hour-long epic, representing almost complete works of St.Petersburg raw punk/hc band, from their start as russian Man Is The Bastard (in theory) to the final (as of the moment of this release) version as an Australian one-man Atari Teenage Riot (and, probably, the first Russian act to perform in Singapore after Vertinsky), wherein for a long time participated the owner of this label, recruited by the band’s leader Szarapow to provide for a Confuse-style guitar, but, as it can be clearly heard on the tape, it is achieved mostly owing to the tricks of sound engineering (see the monstruous demo of 2004, tracks 20-32 on the side А, recorded by Phil Monopolka). A bombastic edition, on the verge of megalomania (4 labels, the others being Szss, Karma Mira and Total Blam Blam) and a magazine overproduced already before its birth, and the print run of more than 200), designed in accordance with hardcore punk canons, with a huge booklet of stories from the members. By the way, the tape has a subtitle of rarities and beauties 2000—2007, but as there had been no more solo releases besides XXVII Dead don't bite, not included here, the rest automatically falls into rarities (however, I still have some unpublished live bootlegs). As a whole, the material is very versatile and exciting, pleasant to listen so that even the ends of the sides seem unexpected, despite the total length of 64 songs, many of which are replayed many times.

For me it was an intriguing experience of playing in a band, wherein I had for some time been the only composer (later some of the parts belonged to the bass players Anna Zaytseva and Mel Cooke). As a result, this period of my participation also looks the most rockish. The records without me are likely better (essentially there are two of them: the first demo from this tape (2000) and the last one, Merdre (2009, not on this tape). So the absence of musicians in a band is rather good.

The photo represents the attached multipage booklet. The print run is over, however I know where to get some original copies without booklets.

SVINOKOP "Pas de chance"