139: Стас Маньков / Mankov, Mauko Rec. — Интервью-подкаст «Русская кибернетика #ruscyber

Support the editorial team with any card: https://pay.cloudtips.ru/p/ruscyber The interview was very engaging and lively – Stas easily switched from a professional, businesslike approach to the sincere, direct speech of a musician and DJ, devoting himself entirely to the creative process. We celebrate the great successes of Stanislav and the Mauko label since their previous "cybernetic" visit in 2023: we explore how to act when Ricardo Villalobos plays your music, how one track on BBC Radio 1 brings sudden success and disrupts the usual rhythm of life, how to combat internal perfectionism, and why "just shut up and do it" is still the best, albeit well-known and often tired, solution. We'll learn how to release a major remix single with minimal mastering costs thanks to a network of friendly creators, and what the "musician's paradox" is when, unlike remixes, you eventually don't want to listen to your original track. We'll delve into why streaming seems so accessible until you decide to take it seriously as an independent label, a standalone publisher counting on working with curators, editors, and having your new releases featured in stores. How Mauko Records's path to digital platforms took almost three years, "leaving scars on the heart" of the label's CEO. Seeing that artificial intelligence in images, video, and music is making significant progress every six months and unceremoniously changing the rules of the game, we'll explore where things are heading with specific examples: why Kojima "went crazy" with the Prada ad, and why video editors have to learn prompts; how AI sifts through vast amounts of reference images, perfectly imitates art, but still doesn't replace it. We discuss why vinyl pressing and collecting in Russia is the "new luxury" and at what cost physical media is making a comeback. We'll estimate the economics of the domestic vinyl market and how much a release needs to cost to break even. How popular does an artist need to be for a sale to cost, say, 3,500 rubles? We'll also explore what to do about a musician's common nightmare: even a brilliant record can end up gathering dust on a record store shelf without constant promotion. We'll conclude our conversation with an important topic about the regional cultural landscape: why the greatest tragedy of a modern musician is public inattention and indifference; what local venues are music retreating to, where it concentrates and gathers strength for a new blossoming. Stas Mankov / Mankov, Mauko Rec. — in a detailed conversation for the interview podcast "Russian Cybernetics" with Alexander Kireev and Evgeny Svalov / 4Mal. Friends, discover new electronic music by Russian-speaking composers with the musical educational project "Russian Cybernetics" and its hosts Evgeny Svalov (4Mal) and Alexander Kireev! Send a track/mix to the air, contact the editors, or invite someone to an event: https://contact.ruscyber.ru/ You can always find new episodes of "Russian Cybernetics" online: Music podcast: https://podcast.ru/827118308 Interview podcast: https://podcast.ru/1502878729 Apple Music / iTunes: Music podcast: https://apple.co/3LgLx38 Interview podcast: https://apple.co/47mmmVv VK: Curated playlist: https://vk.ru/audio?z=audio_playlist-27623... Interview podcast: https://vk.ru/podcasts-27623429 Spotify: Profile with curated playlists: https://sptfy.in/ruscyber Interview podcast: https://sptfy.in/ruscyberinterview Telegram channel: https://t.me/ruscyber Youtube channel:    / @ruscyber   VK community: https://vk.com/ruscyber Vinyl records: https://clck.ru/3T392e Multi-link to all social networks: https://linktr.ee/ruscyber Hashtags: #ruscyber and #russiancybernetics #modernrussianelectronica #house #deephouse #techhouse #progressivehouse #indiedance #nudisco #dj