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Dvanov’s Video for “шушан (shushan)” is a Stark View Into Modern Russian Social Reality Set to Industrial Hip-Hop Beats

Dvanov, photo from Bandcamp

Dvanov’s video for “шушан (shushan)” (“That’s It” in English) looks like it takes place in some near future of societal collapse and a simple act of solidarity in sharing drinks and other amenities and rolling through episodic experiences of people trying to eke out small moments of joy as they can in an otherwise bleak reality. The music is a seething industrial post-punk beat under almost spoken word rapping in Russian commenting on the stark reality of the scenes depicted and the confusion, disorientation and social disruption in life under an entrenched oligarchy and its impacts on everyday existence. Fans of “Come To Daddy” period Aphex Twin, the more dystopian end of clipping. and Sleaford Mods if that group stripped its pointed commentary of humor may enjoy this song and the rest of the St. Petersburg, Russia-based project’s new album с​е​м​ь​я (“Family” in English) which released on March 17, 2023. Watch the video for “шушан (shushan)” on YouTube and follow Dvanov at the links below.

Dvanov on Instagram

Dvanov Gives Voice to the Spirit of Restlessness and Discontent in Suburban Russia on “древолюция”

Dvanov, photo courtesy the artists

Utilizing an array of sounds that gives the impression of a flurry of images glitching and a disordering of the senses, “древолюция” (Drevolyutsiya, the Russian word for “revolution”) by Dvanov embodies a time of confusion and chaos with an eerie precision. The arrangements are like a hip-hop track but the noises and the urgency of Ivan Beletsky’s vocals are more in line with industrial music aesthetics making what you hear more comparable to Death Grips and Sleaford Mods than something that will hit you immediately like hip-hop. The collage of samples, synths and drum machines is a raw expression of the angst and anxiety of the suburbs that are the subject of a good deal of Dvanov’s material informed by a desperate desire for change that you see even in the most mundane of contexts whether you’re in St. Petersburg or Chicago. Listen to “древолюция” on YouTube and connect with Dvanov at the links provided.