Song of the Volga Boatmen (sovietwave version)

A electronic synthwave/sovietwave mix of the classing folk song of the volga boatmen, with an original animation
the music can be downloaded on my bandcamp; matthewarthur....
thanks to petrobus and TheoClarke who provided creative commons 3d models used (with modification) in the production of this video

[@ВладимирКрылов-ю1э]

I'm from Volga, and this song reminds me about history of my great ancestors. Thank you! For those, who is interested - the original name of the song is "Дубинушка" or "Эй, ухнем!"

[@justafloridamanfromthe75thRR]

"Dubinushka" and "Ey ukhnem" are two different songs and not even similar, and this one is the synth version of ey ukhnem

[@zacharykoplin6543]

This would fit perfectly into a retro sci-fi Soviet space future. Maybe something like For All Mankind’s later seasons

[@matthewarthur3606]

I haven't seen 4 all mankind yet, I'll have to check it out ^^

[@zacharykoplin6543]

@@matthewarthur3606 first and second seasons are 🔥, others sort of drop but not too much. Still very enjoyable

[@the_big_otter9740]

God this is so good... This song feels so Nostalgic for a past of soviet space exploration, a past which never truly happened and will never return. I can imagine a lot of people in the 60s and 70s (when the spacerace was happening) had a lot of hopes for the future, the promised future which saddly never arrived...

[@matthewarthur3606]

thank you! ^^ that's definitely the kind of feeling I was going for with this

[@ivillavig]

When you know the beauty and harshness of the space is when you appreciate more the harshness and beauty of our planet.

[@hugoc4606]

Never arrived ? I am an aerospace ingineer and I can tell you dreams are still there to motivate my works. And when you see some competitors (begin by S, end by X) I can tell you dreams have never been nearer to come true. By the way I very often listen Volga Boatmen while working 😅

[@OperatorB_20]

@@hugoc4606 Is it a real job or you just misspelled enginner?

[@t-brick]

Song of the Volga Spacemen

[@flanker1659]

Truly an underrated gem.

[@yo-dz2hf]

🗿🇳🇱?

[@phreak761]

​@@yo-dz2hfWrong flag 🇷🇺

[@phreak761]

@DeVolksrepubliek Wrong flag 🏳️

[@warriorofbaden7945]

She will always be a gem

[@acsatornad]

The man was alone. The control cabin of the spaceship hugged him tightly, like a womb. He thought of his great-grandfather, this illiterate peasant from the days of Tsar Nicholas. And then his grandfather, who instead of living in a hovel with a tiled floor could now live in a reinforced concrete housing estate, study engineering and then fight in the Great Patriotic War. It all came down to this one moment. He saw the reddish fireball of the sun hovering in eternal, steady stillness in the silence of space. He saw the booming globe of the Earth flickering beneath him. He saw the Great Continent, and he saw the New World, which in his father's time had been the slave of capitalists and imperialists, but now inhabited by free and equal people. And there he sat, in the little cabin above it all. The outstretched hand of Humanity, waiting to clasp the outstretched hand of a foreign civilisation, equally advanced and free, in a warm friendly greeting. It was 2039. Long live the Soviet World Republic. Long live Our Dreams.

[@pepper1614]

Then 80 million people starved

[@acsatornad]

@@pepper1614 dont read scifi if you cant separate things and lack imagination.

[@cursedayanami]

Did you wrote this? It's perfect

[@acsatornad]

@@cursedayanami Yes, thank you!

[@cursedayanami]

@@acsatornad Would you mind if I translated it to my language and reposted on twitter? I can tag your @ if you have an acc on it

[@RockApeGaming]

Song of the Kuiper Belt-men

[@matthewarthur3606]

lol

[@RadicalFloat_95]

This video is actually genuinely underated

[@RadicalFloat_95]

Actually thank you so much for pining me and damm how are you still replying to this video after so long and your actually to kind lol and this world and community actually genuinely needs more people actually like you

[@half-life2enjoyer]

Это самое грустное, что я слышал за последнее время. Сразу на ум приходят мысли о развале СССР. О всех упущенных возможностях, о том, сколько всего хорошего потеряли люди😔

[@ДаудМухамеджанов]

Товарищ, историю творят массы! Ничего еще не потеряно, 70 дней просуществовала парижская комунна, 70 лет СССР, а теперь нынешним и будущим поколениям поставлена тяжелейшая задача тысячалетия: добиться реаолюции, установить диктатуру пролетариату и устремить человечество к коммунизму. Иначе задница полная, ведь как сказал Кастро : социализм или смерть! Ну вот смерть принесёт буржуазия: медленную от убитой экологии или быструю от очередной войны за "интересы нации ".

[@TheNavalAviator]

Beautiful work, a suprise nobody thought of that before. Thanks for making it and I appreciate the charming ornamentations!

[@mugruith7436]

Fantastic work!

[@mugruith7436]

My new morning alarm. Ready comrade!

[@yagmurkara6865]

That mix needs to be listened more.

[@Charon.1]

That feeling when your moon rocket explodes every single time

[@cam4636]

This is...absurdly pretty

[@matthewarthur3606]

I'm glad you think so!! ^^

[@Nevdashev]

Отличная работа! Звучит невероятно круто 👍

[@sachacendra3187]

When you build the generation ship in civ IV as Russia: Otherwise great song ! May one day the Soviet Union's legacy be honored and a new revolutionary project follow their foot steps and bring humanity across the river of stars.

[@matthewarthur3606]

I played a lot of civ 4, but I hadn't remembered this song was in it

[@sachacendra3187]

Yeah it was one of the main themes of Russia@@matthewarthur3606 You're song made me realised it aha

[@DavidGrush]

Bravo, so good !

[@matthewarthur3606]

Thanks!! ^^

[@pinkagave]

I've known this song for years, played by the Paul Mauriat orchestra. This version is lovely!

[@matthewarthur3606]

thank you!! ^^ I hadnt heard the orchestral version before, its nice

[@strykermoonfall2220]

Amazing track. Subscribed.

[@matthewarthur3606]

Thanks for the sub!

[@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886]

Please make more iconic russian songs into soviet synthwave. It will grow your channel very much quickly.

[@matthewarthur3606]

I have recently made another like this; kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJ-vdKSmpK2tZ7c

[@Sharpthingy]

Very cool

[@weqweqkweq7264]

Cool song.

[@YesTHATJohnSmith]

Very pretty rendition!

[@matthewarthur3606]

Thank you very much!

[@YesTHATJohnSmith]

@@matthewarthur3606 You're *more* than welcome. 🙂

[@abmusicfrance]

Very nice !!! Subscribed

[@matthewarthur3606]

Thanks and welcome ^^

[@Dunno1999]

Remind me with Peter I and Stalin theme in Civ 4, which also used the same song.

[@ВладимирКрылов-ю1э]

2 most based people of Russian history

[@TheRealCraig2000]

FREO HEAVE HO FREO HEAVE HO FREO HEAVE HO GIVE EM ALL THE OLD FREO HEAVE HO

[@Bloodlyshiva]

...Memories of Civ1's rendition.

[@canadian_pagan]

Very nice

[@matthewarthur3606]

Thanks!

[@izomimiyamora463]

Wow its very cool

[@matthewarthur3606]

Thanks! ^^

[@SukacitaYeremia]

I wonder what will we heave in the microgravity of space...

[@matthewarthur3606]

even without gravity there is still inertia to overcome!

[@ЭмануэльВанВинтер]

Я с Волги.

[@КаоЛин]

Ухнем

[@cursedayanami]

Amazing

[@matthewarthur3606]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@DieReweEmskirchen]

came here from the new video of the revolutionary communist international

[@Dr_Kel-Kellin]

Perai..... Esse som me lembra MUITO a abertura de um certo jornal que passava toda noite, alguém lembra o nome do jornal? Era Fala Brasil? Não lembro

[@firestormdeadbringer8167]

0:30 Стой! Парень вернись, я тебя не знаю кто ьы такой но мы вместе обязательно идем далее...

[@ernstschmidt4725]

it just needed a lil slow down 0,75 works quite well

[@matthewarthur3606]

Personally, I prefer the tempo I made it at.

[@ernstschmidt4725]

@@matthewarthur3606 i thought it sounds more epic a bit slower, but that's just, like, my opinion man. great job anyways.

[@flare2000x]

The clip at 0:50 is American from the Saturn V rocket

[@matthewarthur3606]

I know? the video doesn't specifically depict the Russian space program. The lander is a completely fictional craft of my own design.

[@Marja-k358]

[@robertmiles1603]

cant beat the kharitonov version but still not bad

[@matthewarthur3606]

.

[@АлексейШустов-х5ц]

Ещё ухнем!

[@akyildirim25]

iyi gibi

[@Tequilasaur]

Н1💪

[@bieloruskii]

spotify ?

[@matthewarthur3606]

Free download here; matthewarthur.bandcamp.com/track/song-of-the-volga-boatmen

[@Taffer-bx7uc]

At the end of the day, Poland still cannot go into space and that's a good thing!

[@matthewarthur3606]

I have no idea what this means. but as a general rule, I think everyone should be exploring space.

[@williamolsen5287]

Do what it takes to stand out stronger like that give everyone your shit - willly 0

[@matthewarthur3606]

um, okay

[@Mr.Bonez05]

☭

[@MCDreng]

"sovietwave" = synth wave but Russian songs?

[@MCDreng]

@@valeriansamborski5844 it just sounds like any other 80s synths to me!

[@MCDreng]

@@valeriansamborski5844 >talking about material conditions Possible comrade spotted?

[@matthewarthur3606]

I just used the genera tag that was closest; for the algorithm. The music is not inspired by Russian films or the 1980s.

[@MCDreng]

@@valeriansamborski5844 I see you tovarisch

[@0легЗахаров-т3э]

Советы💪🚩 Цивилизация.