THE DIASONICS
Origin Of Forms RECORD KICKS
Deep psych-soul soundtracks from Russian retroheads
8/10
They call it “hussar funk”: a solyanka stew of sinewy eastern grooves, modal melodies and freakfuzz guitar. For their debut – recorded to eight-track tape for added analogue authenticity – this newly minted Moscow quintet have taken inspiration from ’60s and ’70s film soundtracks, as well as recent tastemakers like The Budos Band, El Michels Affair or Sven Wunder. Underpinned by drummer Anton Moskvin’s precision breakbeats, the results are heady, eclectic and occasionally huge. Witness the monstrous “Salmanazar”, which feels like a lost Roy Budd score to some Kremlin cold-war thriller.