Objective Music

Do Major (pronounced Dough Mah-zhor) is an independent music ensemble from Russia. Do Major's independence not only pertains to their many years long struggle to play underground music during Soviet censorship, but also to keeping independent abstract and surreal music alive in an era of homogenization of Russian music.

With the guiding efforts of guitarist/composer and occasional shaman/singer Andrei Suchilin, Do Major obliterates the boundaries of what is possible or allowed.

Do Major uses everything available to the emerging Russian indy-group, sampled voices taken from the Melodiya archives, driving and occasionally off center rhythmic schemes, Tchaikovsky themes mixed with angular, dangerous guitar and percussion interplay,16th century Russian liturgies sung with Enoesque backdrops, deceptive rhythms, and songs that grind masterfully in a surreal, Russian way.

"To Go Out", released in 1994 is Do Major's third Russian release and their first CD since the 1991 counter-revolution. "To Go Out" follows the introspective, somewhat garish dreams of an unknown person sleeping on the sofa.

Do Major's guitarist/composer, Andrei Suchilin is now producing other indy-groups in Russia. Sup s Katom (Cat Soup) is a CD compilation which showcases the Russian indy-rock scene from the dark side of Moscow, Ethno-techno featuring gyoto-monkish throat singing of Tuva, Psycho-erotic Russian and English lyrics, and the rye bread humor and experimental genius of some of Russia's first bands that are free to experiment, including Tango, Shulman's Schizophrenics, Gandhi, Kaspar Hauser, Dobrolyot, Tank 'n' Girl, Kardioballet, Ne Zhdali, Yat-Ha and other's.

Objective Music also makes available the CD compilation "The Trip," a collection of six electronic experimental bands including The Keepers, Do Major, Vladimir Polyakov, Aleksandr Voronin and others who create tapestries and motion sounds for a trip into the minds of recently discovered Russian ambient composers.

Samples of the music

Spin:"Industriya Moix Razvl echenia"
Dobrolyot: "Ochishenie "
Kardiobalet: "Graznye Boogie"
Gestapo Band: "2 Kinds of Strangers"