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The duo with Olga Nosova (drummer mostly known for her work with avantgardish noise-punk band Motherfathers) is one of the latest project of electronics veteran Alexei Borisov, and noticeably very fast-developing - their mind-boggling and abstract (though surprisingly groovy) music is already highly acclaimed among the music lovers not only in Russia, but around the world! The collaborative project was formed in April 2009 in Moscow.

Paying homage to both experimental tradition of Alexei's countless musical reincarnations and Olga's instrumental noise experience, the duo embrace elements of weird free-form spoken word psychedelia, live electronics, noise, heavy acid, electroacoustic, dub and far too many different types of acoustic torture to even bother mentioning all of them! The music is highly improvised, so naturally Borisov / Nosova is collaborating with various musicians, video-artists and poets from different countries both in live situations and in studio environment: Anton Nikkila (Finland), Dave Phillips (Switzerland), Matthieu Werchowski (France), Dora Bleu (Canada), Thomas Buckner (USA), Tom Smith (USA), Ilya Belorukov (Russia), Sergei Letov (Russia), Nikita Tsymbal (Russia) to name just a few. Borisov / Nosova band is touring extensively and in 2009 performed at Russia, Turkey, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Poland, Germany, etc.

Top-40.org is proudly presenting you the first ever completed release by one of the most evident and enjoyable project in Russian experimental electronics in 2009! "Istanbul Kebap" is not just an ordinary concert recording - here you got the emotional, hypnotizing evocative experience of Turkish voyage, weird but soulful musicotherapy for restless urbanites, combining idiosyncrasy of machine, random noises of swarming street market, illegal radio transmissions and yet the poignant and expressive, astonishing musical set,a groundbreaking on purpose, classy and exalted at it's best...

Recorded live at Spektro Festival, Turkey, October 21, 2009.

Alexei Borisov ::: voice, stylophone, electronics, effects
Olga Nosova   ::: drums, voice, TB-303, effects

Special thanks to Batur Sonmez, Nikita Tsymbal, Eric Mattson,
Nicole Gingras, Le Bruital Orgazme, Phil Maggi, Kristus Kut,
Dogzstar' crew and all nice people we met in Istanbul.



You may also want to check the video of Alexei Borisov and Olga Nosova performing live at Saint Petersburg, Russia. All videos uploaded by kobonan, we only arrange them in the fancy playlist for your convenience:

Alexei Borisov & Olga Nosova @ Myspace