(Synthwave) Olivaw - Fog (EP) - 2013, MP3, 320 kbps

Fittingly distant from Moscow's bright lights is Olivaw, otherwise known as Maksim Krapivin from the arctic port of Arkhangelsk. He has since moved to St. Petersburg. The last time we looked at his catalog, he showed little desire to offer biographical facts or any other information about present-day goals. Instead, we found greater specificity regarding his glo-fi sounds of the past and a VHS nostalgia. By way of example, several of his earlier recordings in 2013 were tagged as "'80s OutRun." That strange phrase or category takes us back to video games of the mid- and late 1980s.

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