Homo Liber

Vladimir Tolkachev (b. 17 June 1951, Serov, Sverdolvsk, Russia; reeds/percussion), Yuri Yukechev (b. 1954, Western Ukraine; piano/percussion). Based in Novosibirsk, Siberia, Homo Liber grew out of a trio formed in the 70s by Tolkachev, drummer Sergey Belichenko and bass player Sergey Panasenko. In 1980 Yukechev joined the group, but within a few years Homo Liber had settled into a duo of Tolkachev and Yukechev, although their first recording, Siberian 4, smuggled out of the USSR and released in Europe and the USA by Leo Records, comprised one side by the quartet and one by the...