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Dos-Mukasan (Kazakhstan, USSR)

Band was created in 1967 by students of Polytechnical Institute of Almaty, being in Bayanaul during their practice.
Title is made of their names: Dos (Dosym Suleev), Mu (Murat Kusainov), Ka (Kamit, left group), San (Sanya- Aleksandr Litvinov). Main purpose was to transfer traditional style to new modern sound. (as they say - to unite beat, swing and jazz with melody of steppe) . In 1976 band became laureat of Youth and Students of USSR festival in Minsk, and of 10th international Berlin festival. Band opened own producer center in mid-80th. Now band just appeares for few special retro-concerts. Band was called best band of century, Toy Zhyry - best song of century, and unofficial title is Kazakhstani Beatles. (or as we say Beatles is english Dos-Mukasan)

All members of band are very famous people of Kazakhstan, Dosym Suleev - professor, director of Kazakh national techical university; Murat Kusainov - honoured artist, director of music center Auen, composer Aleksandr Litvinov- chief mine-surveyor of Kazakhstan Sharip Omarov - member of Parliament, president of parliamentary comittee, Doctor of Political Sciences, president of football club Meirbek Moldabekov - president of state airspace agency Nurtas Zhumadilov - president of "Banur" agency, Bakytzhan Zhumadilov - director of "Nomad" joint turist company.

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V.A. "Steppe-Punks" 7" (Kazakhstan)

with DOBROVOL'TSY PONYEVOLYE / 12 PODVIGOV NURKYENA / NEMTSOV & NEMTSY / FIMA & MIFICHYESKIYE DB / ALDAR KOSE & NADUVNYYE BAURSAKI / B'RNAY KARABASOV & SAMOZVANTSY (all from Karaganda) Released May 2000, sky blue vinyl. 

Mail contacts in 1998 with Edgars Embergs in Latvia and Syeva Oplachko in Omsk, Siberia, established from our temporary base in Northern Uganda ended up in a package of 3 Kazakhstan tapes arriving in our Kitgum post office box. Bands play different styles of punk, from fast Soviet style to garage surf to folk and industrial-influenced. Discover the Central Asian underground! The record covers the period from late 80's to mid-90's.

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