The tenth, jubilee release of "Instrument" series is a sudden turning point and immediately changes the rules of the game, anticipating emerging trends. Oleg Buyanov - one of the main GOST contributors responsible for prominent records "True White" and "Height Difference" makes his debut in "Instrument" framework. OL's new release creates a path of complete diverseness - a unique mix of ambient, dub and mutational electronica, though the author's hip-hop DNA is still recognisable.
The release title as well as its symbol flirts with the privacy of communication in the context of its facilities and tools of the present world. Music acts as the info-channel, which provides unseen and coded data to a person from aside. The vagueness of mood, recurrent rhythm changes, and order of arrangement seem to rhyme with the paranoid feeling of being wiretapped. OL (along with another GOST ZVUK resident Flaty) recently had a similar experience of sound synthesis with their Serwed project whose recent LP was released via West Mineral Ltd. The groove of "SORM" is swirling, distorted and sometimes "disengaged"; sound guided by its waves exists in a constant process of decomposition, dissolution and then reassembles in new configurations. More

OL is coming back to GOST with his first double LP - a one hour masterpiece that sums up his research of the Soviet sound heritage. The album titled "Height Difference" fluctuates through different genres and tempos reflecting the ups and downs of daily life. This refined and sincere work showcases the talent and unique sound of a prolific Russian producer. More

FIT SOUND welcomes Moscow's OL to the label with his debut 12", Lada Passenger. Three late night dance floor stompers that pay special attention to textures of percussion, woven with expert touches of melody and bass. Essential tracks for the working DJ from an artist that is clearly coming into his own! More

Russian label Gost Zvuk (roughly translates as 'state standards for sound' ) releases its well-anticipated third record which is a courtesy of Oleg Buyanov - Moscow's underground scene veteran also known as OL. Inspired by some late Soviet documentaries exploring Russia's nature and science, this musical adventure reflects Oleg's very unique take on nostalgic post-Soviet neo-romanticism. Driven by raw and jazzy house groove, this record showcases the work from one of the high-profile Russian producers of our time. Supported by the likes of Huerco S, Anthony Naples and Madteo. Limited hand-stamped white 12''. More

Meda Fury welcome OL from Moscow, Russia. This follows many varied contributions for labels such as Faces, Fine Grains, Phonica and Capital Bass. Lum Edit barges in sirens blaring, banging out machine like kick, hats and toms. The heaviest raw funk bassline is unleashed, and lumbers amongst Rap TV show samples and gunshots. Industrial gangster house. Around has a broken, jazzy Detroit feel. Sparing R&B vocal samples and afrocentric percussion ride the wah-wah and heavy bass guitar. Rimms comes straight out of leftfield, cutting edge drum machines rubbing up against Baltic art-rock samples. Its a strange claustrophobic affair with ghostly vocals. East European dancefloor paranoia. Myxa breaks the tension wide open, building a coiled spring of whistle-like riffs. R&B vocal snippets hype it up further before snapping and spilling its own elastic sub-bass. Fine feelgood ghetto-house action. Podumay's glitchy raw drums stomp forward towards all kinds of unknown sci-fi sounds and Kraut synth backgrounds. The contrast is a Detroit soul bassline and house percussion. Melt Down brings the tempo and mood way down to a mysterious close. The echoing sound of water and eerie isolationist synth washes recall BOC. The beat is straight current-day Hip-Hop, tight snares rolling over dangerously low Miami-strength bass. Game over.

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Russian Beatmaker, OL, returns to Faces records with two faster paced jazzed up/ soul'd out jazz tracks on house/broken tip...check! the label say "OL aka Oleg Buyanov is and remain one of our favorite beatmakers from the so-called emerging "beats scene" from Moscow (Russia) and we are proud to present his new 7" and second release on FACES Records after the excellent Kurilovo EP (FACES 701).
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Asyncro is a record label launched by Moscow's electronic music producer OL in 2019. The opening release is an LP by Serwed - the debut collaborative project from OL and his Gost Zvuk label-mate Flaty. This record offers precise cuts with a wide range of rhythmic structures and granulated backgrounds, based on the duo's explorations of free-form generative sound. More