Biography
stereopolina — is the solo synth-pop project of Karina Morgunova, launched in 2018. Originally from Kazan, Karina moved to Saint Petersburg in early 2018.
In her music, Karina blends red disco, post-punk, retrowave, and darkwave, taking listeners on a nostalgic journey across three decades — the '80s, '90s, and 2000s.
Karina writes all of her lyrics, music, and arrangements herself, staying true to the spirit of DIY culture. Her musical inspirations include Agata Kristi, Super Girls & Romantic Boys, and Soviet-era new wave.
She has performed at festivals such as STEREOLETO, VK Fest, Motherland, XX Moscow Synthetic Snow Festival, and Moscow Music Week.
Stereopolina has participated in tribute compilations dedicated to «Tarakany!», «Kino», and «Kolibri», collaborated with Yandex Market, the fashion brand Guess, and opened for Molchat Doma and Aigel. Together with Coma Brewery, she released her own branded beer, Stereobooze.
And opened for Molchat Doma, Aigel, M!R!M, Die Selektion.
Stereopolina’s music has been featured in the TV series «Pishcheblok 2», «The Volunteer’s Playlist», «Children of Change», «Fischer», «Investigation Led by…» with Leonid Kanevsky, «Caution, People!» and «Papa Mia» on the STS TV channel, the show «City League» on the TNT TV channel, as well as in the feature film «The Son-in-Law» starring Dmitry Nagiev.
She has recorded numerous collaborations with artists such as Slava KPSS, Lyokha Nikonov, Atom Brotherhood, German electro-punks Die Selektion, and Rigos.
Her releases have appeared on year-end lists by media outlets like Afisha Daily, post-punk.com, The Flow, National Public Radio, and Rules of Life.
She’s also been interviewed by Esquire, SRSLY, Sobaka.ru, Burning Hut, TASS, MTS Live, featured in Sapsan magazine and the S7 Airlines in-flight journal.
She has released 10 music videos, two of which were nominated for the Berlin Music Video Awards.
For now, Stereopolina’s discography includes 5 albums, 4 compilations, 3 EPs, 10 singles, 32 collaborations, and numerous remixes.
In the fall of 2023, she launched her own label, SIMMETRIYA., which now represents over 90 genre-diverse artists, including Nesmeyana, radiotehnika, Nostalgetik, and Djuna. The label’s first release was by Tanisiya, her track «I’ll Scream to the Whole World» was sampled in 2025 by TRAVMA turning it into a chart-topping hit.
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