goEast Party
in Kulturzentrum Schlachthof
featuring Russian skacore band LENINGRAD
Leningrad, the thirteen-strong line-up founded in 1997 by painter, actor,
radio presenter and musician Sergei Shnurov, is already a legend in Russia.
After starting out with a cult following among Moscow intellectuals, over
the past few years these kings of the Russian underground have grown into
the country’s biggest group – without compromising their incredibly
fresh music and lyrics. In conjunction with offbeat, absurd and political
lyrics, their explosive mixture of punk, ska, polka and latin meanwhile
rouses ecstatic reactions from millions of fans worldwide. The band is
banned from playing in Moscow and sells out in St. Petersburg, Hamburg
and New York. But forgetting the reputation and credentials: What are
they like on stage? Flawless is the only word for the outfit’s incendiary
mixture of hyper-fast ska saturated with hard-driving horns and combined
with equally danceable latin and balkan influences – not to mention
boozy Russian gangsta polka from the period 1930-50. In Germany, Leningrad
first came to notice through guest appearances at Vladimir Kaminer’s
hip “Russian Disco” in Berlin. Coinciding with the launch
of their new album “Bread” (Eastblok Music/Indigo), the first
to be released outside Russia, the special goEast concert promises the
audience a lesson in how to party in wild – and profoundly Russian
– fashion.
Friday, 07.04.
Kulturzentrum Schlachthof,
Gartenfeldstrasse 57, 22.00 onward
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