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Zvuki Mu (translated as The Sounds of Moo) is a Russian experimental rock/post-punk band. Founded by Петр Мамонов in Moscow in 1983. The band has gone through a variety of line-up s, and has played a similar variety of musical styles: experimental (1983–1987), psychedelic rock (1988–1991), post-punk (1993–1997), and lo-fi/freak folk (1998–2005).


Early Zvuki Mu formation

Pyotr Mamonov
Alexey Bortniychuk (various instruments)
Alexander Lipnitsky (bass)
Pavel Hotin (keyboards)
Alexander Alexandrov (bassoon)
Mikhail Zhukov (percussion)
Karen Sarkisov (drums)

Zvuki Mu "canonical" line-up (1986-1990)

Pyotr Mamonov (vocals, rhythm guitar)
Alexey Bortniychuk (solo guitar)
Alexander Lipnitsky (bass)
Pavel Hotin (keyboards)
Alexey Pavlov (drums)

Second Zvuki Mu line-up (1993-1996)

Pyotr Mamonov (vocals)
Alexey Bortniychuk (guitar)
Evgeny Kazantsev (bass)
Andrey Nadolskiy (drums)

OtZvuki Mu (1997 – to date)

Alexey Bortniychuk (guitar)
Alexander Lipnitsky (bass)
Pavel Hotin (keyboards)
Alexey Pavlov (drums)
Alexander "Fagot" Alexandrov (bassoon)
(with rotating cast of vocalists)

Brand New Zvuki Mu (since 2015)

Pyotr Mamonov (direction, vocals, guitar)
[a=Grant Minasyan] (drums)
[a=Ilya Urezchenko] (bass)
Alex Gritskevich (electronics, keyboards)
Slava Losev (wind, keyboards)

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