Teenage Arab

Example Album: No Me No Mine (Single) 

Location: Russia

Years Active: 2018-present

Style: Post-Industrial, Drone, Neo-Folk

A Moscow based duo whose only release to date consists of two extremely disparate tracks in terms of composition. Consisting of SILA and Zichy, Teenage Arab claims to draw influence from Russia’s 2010s rave revival and their own roots in Russia’s punk scene which can be heard on their sole EP’s opening track, “Ghosts Beak”. This said, very little of that influence is found on the EP’s sparse and droning scrap metal driven title track, “No Me No Mine”, which bears more resemblance to Muslim Gauze or Current 93 by way of Z’EV and Throbbing Gristle. Additionally, the song’s music video is a must watch for its matter-of-fact documentation of a massive protest held in Moscow around the time of the EP’s recording in mid-2018. 

Only time will tell where this project will end up, but “No Me No Mine” stands alone as an incredible update on classic industrial ideas.