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Russian Alexey Devyanin whom we know better as Gultskra Artikler is fulfilling its country’s ages old dream of getting down to warmer waters with his new alias Pixelord.

There’s one man in the world that I’d like to meet in person. It’s Our Man From Odessa, OMFO: “It all started in a chaikhana somewhere in Central Asia. As I was enjoying a bowl of tea, suddenly the east of my brain started to send strange signals to my body. And then my vision of the world turned into the abstract motif of a Turkmen rug…”

Those nice folks at Nicepromo has sent undomondo a new split LP by Russian soundscape artist Alexey Devyanin aka Gultskra Artikler and Leeds drone outfit Lanterns.

Going on a short weekend vacation at 10AM and it’s already 3AM here and I need some sleep, so here are 2 faves from the last months. First, a smoky roots reggae/dub hit from 70’s Jamaica, remastered this year by Wackies. Bullwackies All-Stars’ Free for All is the title track and it was out on The Heptones’ Hepic label.

When I ponder on extraterrestrial life, I almost always think if they’re as selfish and crochety as our race the oh so self-righteous humans. Just look at this list on wikipedia – the list of active autonomous and secessionist movements, there’s not even one country who’s not having a problem with a minority group.

We had Senor Coconut in Istanbul 2 weeks ago and there was this guy playing after him, called O.M.F.O.. I first thought his name was Orko, then a few variations like OMFUG etc. quickly followed. But the real OMFG moment was when he began to play.

Here’s a label roundup off some new labels I’ve found out about this week. The first one is a netlabel called Top 40 from Russia dealing with minimal, ambient, drones and other electronic experiments.

Greetings to you all, my fellow Undo citizens. I’ve been soaked into hiphop nowadays and decided it was time to do a little dedicated corner.