Papa Srapa. Music documentary by Konstantin Ivanov & Nikita Kabardin.

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A Story

PAPA SRAPA is not a typical music documentary, but rather a condensed trip to the very heart of Noise. It is loaded with music that can hurt and heal, Russian weird avant-garde and savage vigor of its preeminent performer.

The film takes us to bizarre noise festivals and performances with ravers, tripsters and freaks immersing into worlds of sonic violence and ecstatic states of mind. Together with Papa we trace Noise back to 1920-s, binding it to early Soviet avant-garde figures, such as Dziga Vertov, Arseniy Avraamov and Nikolai Kulbin.

The craftsmаn should make his own tools - so Papa makes his of old Soviet radio components and cheap junk. We show it is not just about the way he plays them, using blood and saliva, but about the way he brings them to life. His weapons, known to the best part of Russian electronic musicians.

Festivals & Screenings

Vitaly Mansky presents Papa Srapa at ArtDocFest

Vitaly Mansky presenting movie at ArtDocFest

The movie, being a debut project, had 2 sold out screenings at most prominent Russian documentary festival ArtDokFest. Check out the video report on how that did happen (in russian with subtitles).

Also, the movie was shown in Switzerland at Lausanne Underground Film&Music Festival (video coming soon) and in Poland (Sputnik Festival) and Montenegro ( SlovoNovo Festival).

We're currently applying to more festivals and looking for connections in the movie industry. Check out our bomb teaser.

Drop us a line to request the screener or to have a coffee with us in Paris or Saint Petersburg.

dive into the underground . . .

Our camera followed Papa Srapa at every step and turn. We sneaked into numerous dim rooms and spacious halls he was performing at, chased him to the eerie underworld of an abandoned factory. We listened to his liquored up revelations on the Soviet underground - and tasted of his doomsday DIY synth shrieking.

This film shows that Noise music was not born in Europe or Japan, but came to be as a bright child of a century-old tradition of Russian avant-garde.

The Team

Konstantin Ivanov

Nikita Kabardin

Cameraman Konstantin Ivanov and software developer Nikita Kabardin united to become a two-headed director. Driven to deeply research the avant-garde and underground culture, they called themselves Schizoproletariat.

Konstantin is based in Saint Petersburg and took filming duties in dozens of films in Russia.

Nikita is based in Paris and works as a software engineer (with projects like Spotify and Battlefield).