Sergey Fyodorovich Letov (russian: Серге́й Фё́дорович Ле́тов, born September 24, 1956), is a Russian musician and composer, known for his

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style. He is the founder of the recording label ''Pentagram''. He has collaborated with numerous

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and

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artists, including his younger brother

Yegor Letov Igor Fedorovich "Yegor" Letov (russian: link=no, И́горь Фёдорович "Его́р" Ле́тов, ; 10 September 1964 – 19 February 2008) was a Russian poet, musician, singer-songwriter, audio engineer and conceptual artist, best know ...

, composer

Sergey Kuryokhin Sergey Anatolyevich Kuryokhin (russian: Серге́й Анато́льевич Курёхин, also transliterated as Sergei Kuriokhin, Sergei Kurekhin, Sergueï Kouriokhine, Sergey Kuriokhin, etc.; nicknamed "The Captain"; 16 June 1954 – 9 Ju ...

, and cult Soviet art punk band DK. Letov has written music for movies and plays, collaborating with Russian, Italian and Austrian theatres, the German non-profit cultural association Goethe-Institut, and the Moscow Institute of Journalism and Literature.

Discography

The following is a partial list of albums featuring Sergey LetovHomepage of Sergey Letov (retrieved on April 1, 2008)
/ref> * TRI-O. ''Trialogue''. SoLyd Records, 1995 * Document. ''New Music from Russia''. The 80-s. Leo Records * Conspiracy. Zurich 1989. Leo Records *

''Polynesia''. SoLyd Records *

and Pop-Mechanika. ''Live in France''. Kurizza records * Kings and cabbages. Moscow Composers Orchestra. Leo Records * Moscow Composers Orchestra and Sainkho. Life at City Garden. U-Sound * Soft Animals. Conquest of the Arctic. Random * Dice 2. ''She Says''. Ishtar Records *

. ''Tragedy, Rock Style''. Union Records *

. ''Divine Madness''. Leo Records * DK. ''A cup of tea''. SS Records * The soldier Semenov. ''Step back!'' ZVUKOREKI * Sainkho. ''Out of Tuva''. Craw 6 *

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. ''Time''. DDT Records * Inna Kuznetsova. ''A lonely island + 4 Remakes DJ OBJie''. Objective Music * Suchilin, Letov, Pillaev. ''Palma mira (A Palm of Peace)''. Objective Music * Umka & Bronevichok. ''Komandovat' paradom''. Otdeleniye vyhod * DK. ''A mine field by the 8 of March''. SS Records * DK. ''Moskva kolbasnaya''. SS Records * AU (Pig) ''Holiday of Disobedience or The Last Day of Pompei'' 1998 * Valentina Ponomareva. ''FORTE''. Boheme Music * Yury Yaremchuk. ''Duets''. Landy Star * Misha Feigin with Serguei Letov. ''Moscow in June''. Spontaneous Folks Records * DK. DMB-85. SS Records * DK. An Occupation. SS Records * DK. Tantsy-Shmantsy Brahmsa SS Records * DK. Boga Nyet SS Records * DK. Do osnovania a zatem. SS Records * DK. Snova liubov' poselitsa. SS Records * Nick Rock-n-Roll and group Trite Dushu. Padre. Branch "exit". *

. Italy. Solyd Records *

. Iblivyi opossum. Solyd Records *

. Don Carlos. Solyd Records *

. Prizrak Kommunisma. Solyd Records * DK. FAMILY of the FLOWER KINGS. SS Records * TRI-O and one D.A.Prigov. HOR Records * Sergey Letov, Alexei Borisov, Anton Nikkilä. HOR Records *

Grazhdanskaya Oborona Grazhdanskaya Oborona (Russian: Гражданская оборона, ), Russian for ''Civil Defense'', or ГО, often referred to as ГрОб, Russian for ''coffin'') were a Soviet-Russian rock band formed by Yegor Letov and Konstantin Ryab ...

. ''Zvezdopad''. HOR Records *

. ''Tribute''. Misteria zvuka *

. ''Svoboda (Freedom)''. HOR Records *

, Sergei Letov. ''Concert in O.G.I.''. HOR Records *''Golden Years of Soviet New Jazz. Volume III''. Leo records * Sergei Letov - Yury Parfenov. ''Secret Doctrine''. HOR Records * Vladimir Miller and Quartets. Long Arms * Andrei Suchilin. Quasiland * Virtual Flowers. Dark Cocktail. Random Music

* Sokolovsky Ivan, Letov Serguei. Simulated Prison. Random Music * THE NEW BLOCKADERS/GOSPLAN TRIO. Sound Sketch for Raging Flame

* Rada & Ternovnik. Zagovory. Vyrgorod *

Sainkho Namtchylak Sainkho Namtchylak ( tyv, Сайын-Хөө Намчылак, russian: Сайнхо Намчылак, born 1957) is a singer originally from Tuva, an autonomous republic in the Russian Federation just north of Mongolia. She is known for her Tuvan ...

. Arzhaana. Asia+ *

. Pop-Mechanics. WESTBAM * TRI-O & Sainkho. Forgotten streets of St. Petersburg. Leo Records * HLAM. Woodstockeveryday. HLAM Records * Zoo Jazz. Hivernale Pudeur. Sergey Letov. Pascal Rousseau. Ivan Sokolovsky. Exotica EXO 03137 * Alex Rostotsky/Yury Parfenov. Once Upon a Time in the City of Kazan Cosmic Sounds CS-17 * EMBRYO 2000 live vol. 1 Indigo 9753-2 * Sergey Letov, Alexei Borisov, D. A. Prigov. Concert in O.G.I. Otdelenie VYHOD V 168 * RADA and GOSPLAN trio OTDELENIE VYHOD CD B242 * KILLDOZER. Vadim Kurilev and Sergey Letov. * Elektricheskiye Partizany (Electric Guerillas). Chyorny Protuberanets ili Nam Nuzhna Anarkhiya * Symphony of Horror. Cisfinitum and Sergey Letov. * Oxford News. Lidya Kavina, Sergey Letov, Vladimir Kitliar, Misha Salnikov and Alexei Borisov.

References

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