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Muscut Records

Muscút (Ukr. Мускáт) — etymologically is a syllabic abbreviation of two words: Music and Cutting. The label founded by Dima Nikolaienko in 2012 in Kyiv and releases such artists as Pavel Milyakov, Andrew Pekler, Yuri Lugovskoy, Chillera, Papiro, Wrong Water, OL, Indirect, SAD, Mlin Patz and more...

Record label focuses on pseudo and practical audio archaeology. By “pseudo” term label means hauntology and by “practical” — an archival sub-label Shukai.

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Art-director and designer: Dmytro Nikolaienko
Lino cut and illustration by Anna Makarchuk
Year: 2014
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Art-director and designer: Dmytro Nikolaienko
Year: 2015
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Art-director and designer: Dmytro Nikolaienko
Illustration by Kranky
Year: 2016

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M5 cover
Art-director and designer: Dmytro Nikolaienko and Pavel Milyakov
Illustration by Ed Emshwiller (from the movie “sunstone” 1979)
Year: 2016

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Art-director and designer: Dmytro Nikolaienko
Artwork by Anatoly Gankevych
Year: 2016

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M8 cover
Art-director: Dmytro Nikolaienko
Illustration by Zhora Shwin
Design by Lesha Mykhailov
Year: 2017

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Art-director and designer: Dmytro Nikolaienko
Lettering by Yevgeny Anfalov
Photo by Evgeny Fadeev
Year: 2018

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M10 cover
Art-directors: Jugoceania, Dmytro Nikolaienko
Year: 2018

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Art-directors and designer Dmytro Nikolaienko
Illustration by Anna Makarchuk
Year: 2019

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Art-director and designer: Dmytro Nikolaienko
Photo by Dmytro Nikolaienko
Year: 2019
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M13 covers
Art-director and designer: Dmytro Nikolaienko
Illustration by Mlin Patz
Year: 2019

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Art-director and designer: Dmytro Nikolaienko
Stamp: Vitia Prohorov
Photo by: Christina Chigrinova
Year: 2019

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Art-director and designer: Dmytro Nikolaienko
Photos by Maik Gräf
Year: 2019

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Art-director and designer: Dmytro Nikolaienko
Photos by Dmytro Nikolaienko
Year: 2020

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Art-director and designer: Dmytro Nikolaienko
Year: 2020

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Art-director and designer: Dmytro Nikolaienko
Illustration by Anna Makarchuk
Year: 2020

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Art-director and designer: Dmytro Nikolaienko
Year: 2020

Credits

Client: Muscut Records 
Year: 2012—Now

Discipline

Art-direction
Brand identity
Editorial design