Ariadna

Working with classic hardware synths, the Russian musician makes dark, dreamlike techno infused with her ethereal vocals.

Russia seems like a country particularly well-suited to producing electronic music. The winters are long and occasionally brutal, ideal weather for just holing up in a studio with a copy of Ableton. The sun disappears for months at a time, creating a cloudy, perpetual twilight that begs for moody washes of synth. The…

Russian indie electronic artist Kedr Livanskiy (real name: Yana Kedrina) first came to public attention with her 2015 single "Sgoraet" and 2016 EP January Sun, both of which combined lo-fi house and jungle beats with a distinctive pop sensibility, resulting in extremely catchy Russian-language electropop tunes covered in wintry layers of echo.

Mistress of the labyrinth, bride of Dionysus, goddess of mazes, paths, snakes, fertility, passion and wine, the legend of Ariadne is built on the twin