ARTISTS

Every year RUSH initiative, together with its experts, forms a pool of the most export-promising Russian musicians of various genres, presents them to the international music professionals and media, and promotes them by organizing showcases of Russian music at the key showcase festivals and through running various promo campaigns.

аvant-pop, electronic, punk, and industrial

SHORTPARIS /RU/

Art punk band from St. Petersburg, mixing mysterious rituals and dance-like drive

indie pop, indie electronic

Electronic avant-pop with a Far East vibe from a young Moscovite

modern classical, nu jazz, electronic, experimental

FOGH DEPOT /RU/

Instrumental trio from Moscow, performing cinematic music

indie pop, art punk performance

SADO OPERA /RU/

Queer music and performance band from Russia based in Berlin

experimental pop, post punk, new wave, no wave, free jazz

GLINTSHAKE (ГШ) /RU/

Avant-garde post-punk band, bringing together sounds of Stravinsky and Sonic Youth

dream pop, alternative rock, shoegaze

Trio from St. Petersburg, performing romantic and somewhat utopian dream pop

synth-pop, experimental, spectral electronic, electro-romance

Synthesizer diva from St. Petersburg, blending the best traditions of Soviet and Western electronica

electronic, house, indie dance

KITO JEMPERE BAND /RU/

Russian live house music band juggling electronic dance anthems and pop-ballads

alternative, garage rock, psychedelic

Moscow-based quartet that interprets the songs and myths of ancient Slavs

contemporary classical

KIRILL RICHTER /RU/

Composer and pianist at the foreground of Russian neoclassical music

electronic, IDM, psychedelic

ANTON MASKELIADE /RU/

Electronic musician-experimentalist with magic audiovisual show

garage rock, blues rock, punk, psych

THE JACK WOOD /RU/

A powerful garage-punk from Siberia blessed by famous rock heroes

post punk, new wave, glam rock

Wet Red is an eye-catching rock band who live, rehearse, and perform just a short walk from the Kremlin