1 St Studio Siberian Mouse Masha Babko Work -

| Detail | Information | |--------|--------------| | | Maria “Masha” Vladimirovna Babko | | Date of birth | 12 May 1992 (Novosibirsk, Russia) | | Education | – Conservatory of Music, Novosibirsk (Piano, 2009‑2014) – BA in Audio Engineering, St. Petersburg State University (2015‑2017) | | Early career | Session pianist for local theatre productions; freelance sound‑design work for indie video‑games; co‑producer on a regional folk‑pop EP (2018) | | Vision | “To give Siberian artists a world‑class laboratory where the wild spirit of the taiga meets the precision of modern technology.” | | Key influences | – Traditional Altai throat‑singing – 1990s Russian electronica (e.g., Kino , Alisa ) – International lo‑fi and ambient scenes (e.g., Nils Frahm, Boards of Canada) | | Why “Siberian Mouse”? | The Siberian mouse (a colloquial name for the tiny field vole) thrives in harsh conditions, building intricate burrows despite the cold. Masha saw the animal as a metaphor for the tenacity and creativity she wanted the studio to embody. |

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