Victor Tsoi and Kino

[Frau_Blucher]

Maybe not strictly new wave but 80s Russian rock legends of some sort apparently. "Gruppa Trovi" or "Blood Type", from a clip off the movie Igla:

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Pretty detailed bio on AMG:

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... qw5ld0e~T1

I don't suppose anyone actually has an album?!

[SwampThing]

I posted about this a while back, but it's missing now. The song is included the new Grand Theft Auto game.

some good info on the band here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kino_(band)

and Vitor here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Tsoi

I like this mix better

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I purchased the MP3 from Amazon, it's inlcuded on the GTA soundtrack.

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