Samtsi Dronta - Illeven (Самцы Дронта)

Самцы Дронта (Samtsi Dronta / Male of Dronts on russian) was a shoegaze / dream pop / experimental band formed in late 80s in Izhevsk - USSR. In 1987 the first band name was “SD“ and the first line-up consisted of Sergei Kochurov (guitar) and Vitaly Zhuikov (vocal). The first rehearsals were about noise on untuned guitars and cheap soviet synths listening to cassettes of Clan Of Xymox, Cocteau Twins, Coil and Dead Can Dance in the home studio of Konstantin Bagaev (from Стук Бамбука в XI часов, another cult soviet experimental band). In 1990 Maxim Fedoseev joined the group. According to him, he was invited because he was burnt with sulfuric acid and knew how to play the Soviet song “Клен ты мой опавший “ on the guitar. Also Anna Lebedeva joined the group. Concerts happened infrequently and the band recorded some tracks in 1992 (“Cassandra“ and “Croquet“) and 1993( “Wild Child“). Also a music video called “Сумерки“ (Twili