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En 1983, l'auteur est envoyé dans un camp de Mordovie pour activités antisoviétiques. Dans cette fiction inspirée de faits réels, il décrit ses années de captivité avec humour, ironie et optimisme, dressant une galerie de portraits de ses codétenus. Son oeuvre offre un tableau vivant de la société soviétique qui devient un vaste théâtre de l'absurde. …

80s GROOVE 2 SESSIONS is 2CDs spanning the era’s rich variety of styles, from Gwen Guthrie and Cheryl Lynn’s party starters to electro anthems from Joyce Sims and Tyrone Brunson and the mellow soul of Lonnie Hill. A terrific era for dance music, which is still regularly referenced, sampled and plundered by the new soul generation.

The new instalment of the critically acclaimed 12"/80s series features an eclectic and varied selection of the 12"s from that most singular of decades. This volume’s theme is Electro: Pop. The three CD set showcases electronic, synth and drum machine 80s genres from electro to synth pop to new romantic to new wave to hip-hop–all in their full-length 12" extended mix glory. Featuring a mix of the classic and the underground, this back to basics collection includes seminal 80s 12”s from such legends as New Order, Human League, Simple Minds, Grandmaster Flash, Soft Cell, Japan, Afrika Bambaataa, Heaven 17, Yazoo and Frankie Goes to Hollywood, many of who have inspired today’s new wave of chart electropop from La Roux to Little Boots to Florence & the Machine to Goldfrapp.

House is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by a repetitive four on the floor beat and a tempo of 120 to 130 beats per minute. It was created by DJs and music producers from Chicago's underground club culture in the 1980s, as DJs from the subculture began altering disco dance tracks to give them a more mechanical beat and deeper basslines.