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Listen: releases / Idiosync — Extrapolation

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:00:56 GMT

Idiosync has successfully accomplished an uncommonly interesting experiment in a cross-genre-supertemporal-beyond-boundaries modification of the cultural continuum. The result of his study is presented in a form of a deftly performed music album.

Listen: releases / Snow Slow Party — Snow On

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 03:36:56 GMT

This music, that came from long and quiet snowy days, is a nice example of assembling simple things into beautiful compositions. Snow Slow Party showers us with audible snowflakes which are made of piano notes and electronic beats.

Look: videos / Anxiety / Relief

Wed, 22 Mar 2012 13:14:56 GMT

Ami Lindholm made it possible to get inside an animator's head. Her animated diary shows us what it feels like to make animations, handle a creative process, struggle with the art, and live in an endless loop of similar situations between anxiety and relief.

Music: mixes and sets / 56 Stuff Music Quasianthology

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:46:56 GMT

DJ Greenleg has listened carefully to all the music that has been released on 56 Stuff music label before the end of 2011, then from all that massive he picked a number of tunes and assembled them into a short but solid mix.

Look / Galleries / Existential Landscape

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:48:56 GMT

Anton Apchekhov produced the series of intriguing visuals which contain a number of symbols. There are no any specific clues given to the viewer except for probably one—the author's choice of medium. All the images of the 'Existential Landscape' are placed on porcelain plates, and it seems to be a kind of hint. Or maybe not.

Releases / Not So Easy. Less Quiet.

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:56:56 GMT

A compilation-antonym to our previously released 'Easy. Slow. Quiet'. The title says it all: this time we made a selection of tracks that couldn't be called calming. It's better to call it... well, not so calming.

Announcement: Not So Easy. Less Quiet

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:21:56 GMT

As you know, at the end of 2010 we released 'Easy. Slow. Quiet.', a nice calming compilation filled with slow and chilling tracks. Year later, id est now, we prepared an inverted release, a compilation-antonym named 'Not So Easy. Less Quiet.'. The release date is December 20, 2011. Right now you can watch a video announcement which is available on Vimeo.

Look / Galleries / Signs of Life

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:21:56 GMT

Jason Michael Durham, a mixed media conceptual artist, took a road trip through the deserts of Nevada and California. The result of that trip is a selection of unconventional images on which fragments of highway markings and other informative signs interact with lonely landscapes and produce surprisingly new meanings.

Look / Galleries / Throes of art illustrated: more!

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:21:56 GMT

More and more brave artists from various places meet our tough challenge and visualize something that is really hard to visualize. Our ongoing collaborative project dedicated to all the troubles, impediments and hardships which often go along with creative process continues! Check out the update!

Goods!!

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:17:56 GMT

Oh yeah! We've got our materialization spot, the place that gives you an opportunity to bring some fiftysixness into the real, offline world. The objects which are presented there are all true-life, they exist, you can have them at your flat, or at your working place, or you can buy them as gifts to your friends and relatives. Isn't this amazing? Even if you are not going to buy anything, at least go and check the presentation, our super cute FiftySix Bot made a huge step in his modeling career!

Music: mixes and sets / Idiosync — Live at Erarta Museum

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:20:56 GMT

In August 2011 Idiosync played this live set at the Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, presenting new material for his debut album. The album title is 'Extrapolation' and it refers to Idiosync's method of composing music by merging electronica with extracts from various sound libraries of the Soviet Union. We present a complete recording of the set.

Getting our music releases is easy. As never before

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 06:51:56 GMT

We said goodbye to the 'pay-as-much-as-you-want' scheme (which, truely said, was not really usable) and switched to the common practice of digital sales. This means that from now you can easily purchase our music releases via leading digital distributors (iTunes, Juno, eMusic, Amazon, We7 and many others). You can just find 56 Stuff items inside your favorite service or choose one from the links on our releases pages (an illustration shows how they look like). The prices are reasonable. Give it a try!

Releases / Scaly Whale — Igra

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:20:56 GMT

Scaly Whale prepared a set of various situations and states that offer us to recollect some feelings and moods from our childhood, a time when playing was the main type of activity. Let's get back to childish infantility, simplicity and lightness. Let's find our favorite games and toys.

Scaly Whale — Igra: pre-release downloads

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 22:30:56 GMT

The official release date for 'Igra', the debut album of Scaly Whale, is 20.06.2011. However there is a way to download the whole release (with the artwork, commentary and so on) a week earlier. Believe it or not, it's possible! Learn how!

Illusory Pseudoupdate

Mon, 30 May 2011 09:40:56 GMT

For those who assume that the frequency of updates on 56STUFF.com is too low, we made the simple yet effective illusory pseudoupdate. It has a very common format of content: a couple of images plus some text. Using the illusory pseudoupdate is as easy as child's play. The only thing you have to do in order to get fresh, original, and definitely new page is just to press 'refresh' button.

Releases / Yellowhead — Immediate Relocation From Kitchen To Space

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 07:20:56 GMT

Yellowhead uses various household sounds and casual conversations in combination with electronic synthesizers, more or less broken beats as well as other unrecognizable sonorous things for the purpose of reaching new odd outlandish spaces.

Look / Videos / Mantra

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:15:56 GMT

Visual impressions by a cinematographer from the city of Varanasi, a place with a really strong vigour. Filmed and directed by Anton Drozdov.

Events / Videos / Music Take-Away Moscow

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:56:56 GMT

Video report from Music Take-Away event that took place on 26.02.2011 at Yeti Snow Station, Moscow.

Releases / Foolk — Light Bulb

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 09:56:56 GMT

'Light Bulb' shows Foolk that no one has heard before. On this album the artist almost gives up the usage of samples and performs more clearly as a pure melodist and a master of rhythms.

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Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:00:56 GMT

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