Zumvo is the alias of Russian musician Sasha Artemyev. His new limited edition cassette Разводы (Stains) is out now via Zurkas Tepla‘s Moscow-based CANT label. According to Tepla, the two have been associates for the last twenty years. Reflecting on their past, he explains: “Actually, once upon a time we also played in the same band, recorded music together, and walked around Tushino.”
Describing his colleague as a “good-natured rascal,” Tepla clarifies this description by further explaining that Artemyev’s mischievous ways are not the result of a deceitful streak, but instead come from a more “cheeky” and “child-like” place. Zumvo, then, seems to be the perfect outlet for this artist’s playful ways. Разводы‘s wandering structure laces together snippets of conversation, vocal goofing, random samples, and, most importantly, smokey, laid-back funk jams straight from the outer space minds of Artemyev and his musical cohorts.
Разводы is being released as a very limited edition cassette with handmade covers from Tepla and his daughter Alice, with no two alike. For other releases on CANT, check out Ivan Zoloto’s Ghosting, out now via the label. For more audio weirdness, don’t miss Zurkas Tepla’s Occassion Smell LP from 2019 out on Klammklang.
