Внутренняя эмиграция (slowed & reverbed)

In an era of constant rush and shifting meanings, many people feel the desire to temporarily disappear from the outside world. To retreat within themselves.

This album is a melancholic, abstract reimagining of Surmachina's previous work. An attempt at "inner emigration." Music created for states, not events. For long, quiet evenings.

Surmachina is a project by a beatmaker and multi-instrumentalist from northern Moscow, incorporating classical hip-hop, noir jazz, and lo-fi aesthetics. Each release experiments with new sounds. For example, the album "Японские Заметки" ("Japanese Notes") is recorded in the format of travelogues, with warm guitars, voice recordings, and jazz melodies. And the album "Странные ритмы вечернего Подмосковья" ("Strange Rhythms of the Evening Moscow Region") is united by reflections on the metropolis and its suburbs. Occasionally, Surmachina's tracks feature a raspy saxophone and female vocals. The release “Онега” ("Onega") blends hip-hop beats, electronics, and authentic instruments. Specifically, it features recordings of the Solovetsky choir, Bulgarian and Pomor chants, and samples of the Scandinavian talharpa and the Carpathian kalyuka. In 2024, the hip-hop album "И тайное общество битмейкеров" ("And the Secret Society of Beatmakers") was released, dedicated to life in the big city. The album's main feature is the use of modern synthesizers (Arturia Microfreak, Dreadbox Typhon) and samplers (Roland sp 404, Elektron Digitakt).

In 2025, "Хождение за три моря" ("Journey Beyond Three Seas") was released—a journey album featuring the sounds of the Scandinavian talharpa (a bowed instrument), northern Russian chants, flute, and Udmurt wedding songs. All of this is thickly interwoven with pumping hip-hop rhythms and electronica.