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igor_compName: Igor Z.
City: Moscow, Russia

Igor started his gonzo-career in school, on the shores of Baltic Sea, where he launched a school-radio station which “polluted neighborhood air with bizarre tunes for a couple of months” and was then was successfully, if unsurprisingly, shut down.


After moving to Moscow he has been floating between freelance collaborations with local fanzines and hard studies at the University of International Relations – itself a breeding ground for countless art and music projects.


Igor’s obsession with music and print eventually led him into the world of “serious” media business. He got involved into the team of Xyligan magazine – a leading Russian title about contemporary urban culture. Igor was also behind the deal between Xyligan and Dazed & Confused which has eventually become a syndication partner of the magazine. At the moment he is overloaded with a number of event projects in addition to his work as editor-in-chief for Xyligan’s web site.


posts by this scout:

iPad brings hope

(Feb 28, 2010) It wouldn’t be too disengenuous to say that the iPad presentation has been widely discussed among local media circles as i...

Uniqlo arrives, finally

(Feb 28, 2010) There is only one word you might coin when it comes to mass fashion in Moscow and the word is ’slow’. Brands come an...

Miseducation

(Feb 22, 2010) ‘School’ is often compared to British ‘Skins’ but the principal difference is that ‘School’ d...

Imaginarium at Soviet-era cinema hall

(Feb 20, 2010) Coming back from the opening night of Terry Gulliam’s ‘Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus’, I have to admit it was ...

Moody Shopping

(Feb 20, 2010) Andrew Kovalev is a grey-figure of Moscow concept-stores business. He has been standing behind the best stores selling independen...

Cops on fire

(Feb 18, 2010) Musicals are not something closely associated with hip-hop and underground. Nevertheless Moscow based hip-hop community How2Make ...

Circumstances matter

(Dec 02, 2009) Young Moscow-based director Pavel Ruminov showed up with a new experimental work after several years of silence. His new film is c...

Stand Up TV

(Dec 01, 2009) Stand Up comedy is taking over popular Russian TV channels. The grotesque name of the most rated program on Saturday evenings R...

Kitchen talks

(Nov 30, 2009) Private kitchens used to stand in the epicenter of Moscow social life due to the lack of public space in this city. But even today...

Chocolate Factory

(Nov 29, 2009) There is a splendid red-brick factory almost overlooking the Kremlin just on the embankment of Moscow-river. For ages it has been ...

Back to the bars

(Sep 25, 2009) Drugs aside, fuck disco bolus (disco bolus? – ed), in times of financial turmoil everybody is back to their roots.  Drinks ...

Dirty baleariс dances still run the show

(Sep 25, 2009) After a series of fanzine hipster parties (always named in mysteriously bizarre way like “Kolya, ty ne s toy zhivesh’ – lite...

Pop-up stores bubbling up in all areas

(Sep 24, 2009) Moscow fashion and streetwear scene is bubbling with pop-up and concept-stores opening up every-day. Now it has become as cheap an...

Grabbing fresh music to go on ‘Advanced Music’

(Sep 24, 2009) Good place to grab fresh music news is a blog Advanced Music made by a promo team standing behind famous Moscow parties called Idl...

New wave of German art-house getting attention

(Sep 24, 2009) Lots of things I’m personally waiting for. I like Michael Haneke and looking forward for the first screening of his latest ‘Da...