An other Soviet gem from 70s. Amazing instrumental electronic prog-rock from the “Russian beatnick” Yuri Morozov. The multi-instrumentalist, sound engineer and composer built his own home record studio where he produced around 60 of his own albums or as he stated “14,7 kilograms of tape”. Shadoks released his first album Cherry Garden of Jimi Hendrix in 2015. Back in 1973, it was only available in Russia if you had a friend who had a friend who had tape of his great but officially banned music. His creative output ranged from psychedelic folk and rock to experimental and abstract electronic compositions. Here’s a really interesting one-and-a-half hour
Documentary about him. He sadly died in 2006.
