Communication Dans Un Congrès Année : 2024

The Birth of the Soviet/Post-Soviet Cold Wave Style?: A Comparative Analysis of Kino and UK Post-Punk

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The late 2010s witnessed a surge in global popularity for a growing number of Russian and Belarusian post-punk bands, or more precisely, 'Cold Wave' bands, driven in part by the international success of Molchat Doma from Belarus. The post-Soviet Cold Wave genre is influenced not only by 1980s UK post-punk bands such as The Cure, Joy Division, and Depeche Mode but also, more significantly, by Kino, the legendary Soviet band that epitomized youth music culture during the perestroika era (1985-1991). Most of these post-Soviet Cold Wave bands cite Kino as their most important influence. Western popular music scholars have often overlooked Kino's pivotal role in Russian rock, instead focusing on avant-garde bands or those with overtly radical political stances (Yoffe and Laing 2005). Kino's music, characterized by its simplicity and repetition, has not received adequate musicological analysis in terms of its specific forms and features. However, Kino presents a compelling subject for study due to its deliberate departure from the 'romantic' and purist ideology of Russian rock, appropriating the post-punk/Cold Wave musical approach. This paper seeks to expand and refine Richard Middleton’s concepts of "discursive repetition" and "musematic repetition," applying them to differentiate the musical characteristics and narrative structures of Kino (and post-Soviet Cold Wave bands) from those of contemporary UK Cold Wave bands. How does 'discursivity' manifest in Kino's music, particularly in its use of electric guitar, melodic structures, and the overall temporal framework of their songs? In what ways does this distinguish their music from that of UK bands?
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hal-04864510 , version 1 (05-01-2025)

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Sangheon Lee. The Birth of the Soviet/Post-Soviet Cold Wave Style?: A Comparative Analysis of Kino and UK Post-Punk. Punk Scholars Network 11th Annual International Conference & Postgraduate Symposium, Punk Scholars Network, Dec 2024, Stirling, Scotland, UK, United Kingdom. ⟨hal-04864510⟩

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