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As we've mentioned repeatedly here and on our radio show, January Sun, the stellar debut 12" release from Russian producer/singer Yana Kedrina -- aka Kedr Livanskiy -- currently sits in rare company with Oh No, untitled unmastered., and Lemonade as one of the best records of 2016. And while the entrancing, beautifully lo-fi "No More Summer Rain" doesn't actually appear on the record

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We still haven't fully absorbed her extensive and amazing '90s Russian pop videos post from earlier today, but Kedr Livanskiy brings us part II of today's takeover, featuring some of the most legendary and influential uses of music in Russian film...

We're psyched to welcome one of our favorite new artists, Kedr Livanskiy, for a little two-part takeover here on the site today, featuring some of the music and films from Russia that informed her unique sound growing up in the post-Soviet '90s...

Russian artist Kedr Livanskiy shares another great track from her brilliant January Sun EP, out this week on 2MR. There are probably no hits on Livanskiy's debut record, as its beauty tends to be a little icy and bleak at times, and her lyrics are obviously almost entirely in Russian...

Kedr Livanskiy came out of seemingly nowhere (the Russian underground, actually) in late 2015 and dropped one of our favorite tracks of the year, the beautifully dystopian "Sgoraet (Burning Down)". Today, she announces her incredible debut EP for 2MR, January Sun, and shares the beautiful lead single "Razrushitelniy Krug (Destructive Cycle)", in which she creates an ethereal ex

Thanks to Josh for the heads up on this sprawling, ominous new track from Russian underground dance-pop producer/singer Kedr Livanskiy, inspired by "the otherworldliness of Russian winter", "the feeling of impending death and transition to another state when winter is over", Laurel Halo, Autechre, Inga Copeland, and Mazzy Star, among other things...