Utro Records releases GAZ's Bolka Otvutre EP on limited vinyl

Utro Records issued GAZ’s Bolka Otvutre EP on June 26, and the Saint Petersburg label made its 62nd release a limited 10-inch pressing of just 30 copies. The split-format rollout gives the digital side three tracks, Katarzis, Lyulka and Bolka, while the physical record carries Bolka and a full exclusive version of Otvutre that exists only on vinyl.

That choice fits the way Utro has built its name since launching in Saint Petersburg in 2021. The label frames its catalog around minimal and microhouse, but it treats those tags as a starting point rather than a box, emphasizing rhythm, texture and atmosphere, and presenting itself as a bridge between artists from different cities and cultures. Its roster now stretches across Russia, Romania, Peru and Germany, which gives the imprint a wider network than a simple local vanity project.

GAZ, credited here as Zlatin & Getsu, lands neatly inside that approach. Utro describes Bolka Otvutre as saturated with otherworldly atmospheres over dry, monotonous beats, with dissonant strings and brass pushing the music toward what the label calls conservatory horror. The release keeps the minimal-techno pulse intact, but the arrangement is more about pressure, space and tension than a straightforward club workout. Mastering was handled by Pheek, and the cover photo was credited to Ivan N, keeping the release chain tight and hands-on from sound to sleeve.

The EP also arrives in the middle of a fast-moving run for the label. Utro’s five-year anniversary compilation, VA — Utro: Five Years Anniversary, came out on May 22 as the label’s 60th digital release, and Denis Andreev’s Predator EP followed as release 61. Bandcamp’s discography page now shows 63 Utro releases in total, which places Bolka Otvutre inside a catalog that has kept moving quickly beyond the anniversary set.

For minimal techno listeners watching Saint Petersburg closely, that matters. Utro is no longer behaving like a one-off regional outpost chasing the broad deep-minimal lane; it is shaping a recognizable post-2021 identity through numbered releases, cross-city links and physical editions with a clear internal logic. Bolka Otvutre fits that pattern precisely, and the 30-copy vinyl run makes the record feel less like another upload and more like a small, durable object from a label that is defining its own corner of the scene.