Zvuki Mu

Zvuki Mu roughly translated from Russian means Music of Mu. What Mu means is apparently something only a Russian can understand. Why am I telling you this you may be asking yourself. Well it is because Zvuki Mu is the name of a Russian band that I happen to think rocks! Zvuki Mu was founded in the 80's in Moscow by Pyotr Mamonov, an artist from the Russian art scene nnown for being eccentric at best. His performance style could be described as startling. He is am imposing man and when an imposing man is screaming lyrics in Russian you sit up and take notice.
The band has consisted of different line ups but Mamonov has been the constant. Zvuki Mu was part of the Underground Moscow music scene during the era of Glasnost and were able to perform in Eastern Europe as well as making it to the west in 1989. Zvuki Mu eventually hooked up with Brian Eno who produced their first record titled "Zvuki Mu". Then the wall came down and the bottom fell out for Zvuki Mu in the west. No longer a forbidden music their popularity in the west dropped. There is a second record Zima but that is all in the west. Zvuki Mu is wildly popular still in Russia and East Europe. They are like Anton Chekhov meets Frank Zappa at Kafka's house. My favorite cut from the first record is "Krim". The last three lines of the song are "Give Me Money". Don't think this is difficult listening hour music; they totally rock. Their records are available for download and I highly recommend them.