"Eager to outwit history, Ersatzmusika have inaugurated the Old Wave and now resurrect melodies from the late Soviet to the end of the Wende. Since history decrees inevitability and progress infinitely, Ersatzmusika recall old riffs, recast old texts and diverge only from what was said by saying it more forcefully."

A mythical and legendary place beyond the iron stage curtain where Gypsies sing of woollen boots, worshippers of Mammon decry broken hearts and glasses sing paeans to lost love. And where, what’s more, the troubadour is an outlaw. Welcome to the world of ErsatzMusika from Russia.