Pustoy Kosmos by Art Deco Moth

The couple above you are arguing again, shouting booms through the floor. There is a faint smell of damp. The paint peels off the walls around you, the lights emit a constant drone and its a little too cramped to be comfortable, as an insect circles the dying bulb. Another night alone. Looking out the window, more places like this stretch into the dark. The light from their windows shines like stars. Little beacons of life calling into the gloom. Turning on the tape player, a siren wails in the distance. It may be another long night, but when the music starts, you don't feel as alone.
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Penned between factory shifts in the Клетка that was the state-provided habitation for Лайка Граденко and recorded in makeshift studios in the basement of and near Radio Factory Plant No.211 in Leningrad.
'Пустой Космос' was eventually found on a worn tape inside a loose brick with 'Отвези меня на Байконур' scribbled in the liner notes, paired with a photograph of the band taken at the Leningrad Rock Club. Began in 1982, recorded over 1983-84. Originally released mid-1985.

Tracklist

1.	Pustoy Kosmos	1:07

2.	Sputnik	3:40

3.	Mars-1: Taina I Voobrazhenie	2:11

4.	Planeta Pokoinikov	3:40

5.	Mars-2: Krasnaya Pustosh	2:30

6.	Oshibka Sisteme	3:42

7.	Mars-3: Mir Mashin	2:23

8.	Kapsula	2:16

9.	Lunniy Razlom	3:24

10.	Vozvrat V Pustoy Kosmos	1:56

Credits

released October 3, 2025

Released for International Space Week 2025, the debut EP of Art Deco Moth is finally touching down! Drawing inspirations from the Space Program of the USSR and Soviet pulp science-fiction, an epic voyage both back in time, as well as into the future punctuated by sounds of Soviet synths & drum machines such as ЭСТРАДИН-230, Аэлита and Роктон.
Each track is mastered on cassettes in varied states of decay for that period-accurate edge, lo-fi crunch and is complete with unique era-appropriate artwork for each, inspired by real posters, magazine covers or postage stamps of the USSR. Art Deco Moth are excited to bring you this lost album from behind the Iron Curtain for the first time.
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Bass, Synths & Vox - Лайка Граденко
Guitar - Колдан Чехов
Synths, Keys & Guitar - Полина Вокcова
Drums & Noises - Доктор Кинтобор

All lyrics written by Лайка Граденко, with some adapted from Sara Teasdale for 'Oshibka Sisteme'

'Sputnik/Satellite' & 'Kapsula/Capsule' are also found on "TRANS RIGHTS = HUMAN RIGHTS" compilation album released with LMNL Records

Mixing by Лайка Граденко, Полина Вокcова & Krobatt
Mastering & Other Gubbins by Krobatt
Video Assistance from Joseph McNeil & Caleb Campbell
Production assistance and additional thanks to Глюк, Миа, Фил and Ну, this would not have been possible without your endless patience.
Album artwork designed by Лайка Граденко & Alex H
'Пустой Космос' is produced by Лайка Граденко, Колдан Чехов & Krobatt

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