Russian music and films

I have been listening to a bit of Russian music courtesy of my Russian friends here, especially Vavan-the-technician, who actually studied music. He plays the piano and the accordion, so we have a lot to talk about...he has given me some of the music he plays and I showed him my accordion online.

The other day we watched a James-Bond type film, Russian style, called Chasing the Piranha. I actually enjoyed it a lot and understood quite a bit, with translation for the more complex bits provided by Vavan. I would say I understood about 50% on my own, which probably doesn't say much for the script ;-)

The music in it is pretty good, there is a traditional Siberian music track which is used in the film and which has been remixed as the main soundtrack (track 1). The Siberian music is really strange and gets some getting used to, but I am now fully hooked.