The former U.S.S.R. had its own synthpop and new wave acts, but the Cold War prevented a lot of Americans from hearing how good they were at assembling those 80s music building blocks into cool formations we didn’t get here.

Track listing: 

0:00 Alyans, “At Dawn (На заре)” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon Music 

8:18 Forum, “Let’s Call Each Other (Давайте созвонимся)” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon Music

11:37 Tvoi Den, “Let Me (Позвони)” 

15:26 Rusya, “Bewitched Ring (Зачароване Коло)” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon Music  

19:24 Bioconstructor, “Bureaucrat (Бюрократ)” — Spotify

26:03 Vladmir Osinskov and Olga Chipovskaya, “Safari (Сафари)”

33:09 Natalya Gulkina, “This Is China (Это Китай)” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon Music 

36:38 Piknik, “Telephone (Телефон)” — Apple Music • Spotify

41:33 Olga Voskonyan, “Cars (Автомобили)” — Apple Music • Spotify

46:55 Allyans, “Give Me Fire (Дайте огня)” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon Music 

50:40 Rusya, “Rusalanka (Русалонька)” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon Music  

54:14 Forum, “Little Island (Островок)” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon Music

57:29 Tvoi Den, “Don’t Forget (не забывай)”

65:51 Electroclub, “Don’t Marry Him (Ты замуж за него не выходи)” — Apple Music • Spotify • Amazon Music 

This whole thing is put together by me, Drew Mackie. Follow me on Twitter. I'm on Instagram too. Also listen to the Spotify playlist that inspired this podcast.

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