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v/a - soviet funk 002 - secret stash records - vinyl

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Genre: Funk / Soul

1. Pomogite - Prozhekterstvo
2. Pomogite - Ubicy V Belyx Xalatax
3. Pavel Sysoyev - Do Novyh Vstrech
4. Victor Chizhova and Borris Baykov - Tula
5. Izakson, Artamonov and Larin - Rpex
6. Izakson, Artamonov and Larin - "Ne Magu Zhit Bes Tebya
7. Pavel Sysoyev - Zabludilsa
8. Yuri Spirin - Angel Moy

Over the past couple decades, slowly but surely more and more rare funk gems have been unearthed from all corners of globe; Africa, China, Latin America, and now Russia. Second Time around. Check!

The Soviet Funk series was all recorded by Pavel Sysoyev in Abakan, the capital city of Khakassia between 1971 and 1976. Sysoyev was an employee of the USSR State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcast (state controlled media). He ran a recording studio intended to create content solely for the government media entity. However, Sysoyev frequently brought in his friends and ran late night recording sessions when no one else was around. Today Pavel Sysoyev resides in Saint Paul, MN, just minutes from the Secret Stash headquarters. The label was introduced to him through a network of local producers. Within a matter of weeks we were in business together.

Soviet Funk Volume II After Secret Stash Records struck a deal with Pavel Sysoyev to mine his catalog of recorded music we quickly realized that the most difficult part was going to be narrowing down his massive collection into a few user friendly volumes of LP releases. With so much incredible music to work with, this would be no easy task. Volume 1 ultimately served as a nice introduction to Mr. Sysoyev’s catalog. For the most part it was extremely “user-friendly” and accessible (the only exception possibly being the Chizhova/Baykov tunes, which took a pretty big step “outside the box”). While it was what we considered to be a truly great record, it only scratched the surface of the musicality and creativity found in his collection. However, Volume II takes a closer look at the more jazz infused side of Pavel’s signature Soviet Funk sound. It includes more complex compositions and a much more aggressive playing style. However, it still maintains that groovy fun spirit captured so well in Volume 1.