Going Back in Time to Soviet Central Asia's Boogie Nights
2025/3/5
State of the World from NPR
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Anvar Kalandarov
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Greg Dixon
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Natalia Nurukhamedova
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Vic Sahony
Greg Dixon: 我认为苏联中亚地区的70年代和80年代，表面上看起来是停滞的苏联后方，但实际上隐藏着丰富的文化和音乐活力，这与官方宣传的经济成就和社会主义未来大相径庭。那些关注当地情况的人们早就意识到了这一点，而这张合辑正是对此的证明。
Vic Sahony: 这张名为《Synthesizing the Silk Roads》的专辑，完美地捕捉到了中亚地区作为东西方文化交汇点的独特音乐风格。它融合了迪斯科、合成器音乐和中亚民族旋律，展现了东西方文化在丝绸之路沿线的交融与碰撞，这与历史上的丝绸之路贸易路线遥相呼应。专辑中收录了各种各样的音乐类型，包括朝鲜铜管乐队、克里米亚鞑靼爵士乐和维吾尔族乐队Yashlik的摇滚乐，这些都证明了中亚地区音乐的多样性和活力。
Anvar Kalandarov: 我是一位来自乌兹别克斯坦塔什干的唱片收藏家，多年来收集了大量珍贵的苏联中亚地区的唱片。这些唱片不仅记录了当时的音乐文化，也反映了苏联时期的政治和社会背景。塔什干录音厂在二战后成立，它在苏联的宣传机器中扮演着重要的角色，也为中亚地区的音乐发展提供了重要的平台。录音厂生产的唱片销往塔什干和其他中亚城市，成为当地俱乐部和迪斯科舞厅的热门音乐。
Natalia Nurukhamedova: 我是当时一位流行的乌兹别克歌手。由于远离莫斯科，我们拥有相对更大的创作自由，可以将自己的风格融入到俄罗斯歌曲和其他音乐中。我们认为自己是先锋派，是实验者。尽管如此，我们仍然受到一定的限制，一些更具实验性的乐队甚至面临骚扰和监禁。
supporting_evidences
Vic Sahony: 'Released on Ostinato Records, an imprint that highlights overlooked global music, the album captures Central Asia's role as a forgotten cultural stomping ground where East met West in an echo of the region's trade routes of old. I can hear so many different cultures mingling in this music... But strange synthesizers and Central Asian folk melodies give the music a genre-bending twist.'
Anvar Kalandarov: 'My name is Anvar Kalandarov... In the process, he uncovered a hidden history that dates back to World War II and an order by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin to evacuate millions of Soviets out of the reach of the invading German army. Sound engineers, critical to the Soviet propaganda machine, were among the new arrivals to Central Asia, where they came to form the backbone of Tashkent's Zavod Gramplastinek, the Tashkent record factory...'
Natalia Nurukhamedova: 'She may not recall all the lyrics, but she definitely remembers the sense of relative freedom. They let us get away with more. There weren't as many restrictions because we were so far from Moscow. And so we'd add our own style to Russian songs, to everything. We thought of ourselves as avant-garde, as experimenters.'
Deep Dive
This chapter introduces the concept of the podcast episode, focusing on a compilation of songs from a Tashkent record factory in the 1970s and 80s. It highlights the diverse musical genres present, spanning Korean brass bands to Uyghur garage rock and Crimean jazz, showcasing Central Asia as a melting pot of cultures.
- Compilation of songs from Tashkent record factory (1970s-80s)
- Diverse genres: Korean brass bands, Uyghur garage rock, Crimean jazz
- Central Asia as a cultural melting pot
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