Zvuki Mu

Zvuki Mu ( _ru. Звуки Му), a Russian rock band, was founded in Moscow in the early 1980s. Lead singer and songwriter Pyotr Mamonov is one of the most creative, revered and eccentric figures of the Russian art scene, whose absurdist lyrics are as playful and disturbing as his vocal style and explosive on-stage presence. The band's sound combined starkly simple yet textured melodies with synthesizer sounds, quite unlike anything else heard in Russian rock at the time. One of Zvuki Mu's albums was produced by the famous British musician and producer Brian Eno.

The band's name is best translated as "The Sounds of Mu" (where "mu" has been said to stand for music, Moscow streets, Japanese/Korean negative or a cow's 'moo').

Some of the band's recordings were later used in Mamonov's theatre performances, with only the vocal parts being sung live.

ee also

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External links

* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/%D0%97%D0%B2%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B8+%D0%9C%D1%83 Zvuki Mu discography]
* [http://www.zvukimu.com/ unofficial Zvuki Mu website (Russian)]