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Cousins Richard Bevan and Joshu Doherty. Based in East London, UK

Posthuman's output has evolved over the years, encompassing many genres & styles from their early electronica releases, to their later acid & slow-mo techno approach, with an overall signature sound of dark, brooding and melancholic sounds.

Their debut release in 2000 was a series of hand made CDs simply called "Posthuman" (though better known by the colour of the card inserts - grey, black, blue and brown) which were sold at live shows and via Rough Trade and Smallfish Records in London.

The duo then went on to host a number of parties in an abandoned underground train station in London between 2001 and 2004, and founded their own label Seed Records (2) with which they released 3 albums and several other releases of their own and other artists material. They also were the first act on Manchester based imprint Skam's SMAK sublabel.

Doherty left Seed Records to help relaunch UK techno imprint B12 Records in 2006, and started a new label Balkan Vinyl in 2010.

In 2007, Doherty founded London-based acid house retrospective clubnight "I Love Acid", where Posthuman are monthly resident DJs. He also performs as AGT Rave Cru.

Seed Records continues under the stewardship of Bevan and long time collaborator Bruce McClure.

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Posthuman Discography at Discogs

Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova Photo by Getty Images

Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova have announced plans to form a human rights organization. In their first legitimate press conference since being released from prison on December 23, the two activists revealed that they're forming a group called "Zona Prava" (translation: "Justice Zone") that will protect prisoners' rights in their native country of Russia.

"We feel a huge responsibility for people who are in prisons," Tolokonnikova said at the Moscow conference on Friday, as Billboard reports. She and Alyokhina said they hope to work on the project with another recently freed political prisoner, former oil (etc.) tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was released from jail last week after serving 10 years.

"We won't ask anyone for financial assistance," Tolokonnikova told the press, clarifying that they won't accept money from Khodorkovsky and want to collaborate with him "on an ideological level." The group will reportedly be crowd-funded and feature a board that will oversee the financing.

As for other future ventures, the punk protesters said they don't intend to capitalize on the Pussy Riot name or play any upcoming shows. "We are not Pussy Riot right now," Tolokonnikova explained, with Alyokhina adding, "We can promote our cause without playing any shows... And we will never play any shows for money."

In the short term, any arts-related action the two women take will be linked to their latest cause. The pair, who were subjected to harsh conditions during their nearly two years in custody, said they are plotting an arts program for inmates because current circumstances in Russian prisons require a "cultural revolution."

When asked about the possibility of entering politics, Tolokonnikova said, "I wouldn't rule out political plans, but in the near future we will be focused on human rights activities."

Regarding Russian president Vladimir Putin, who recently said he feels "pity" for Pussy Riot, Tolokonnikova said, "We still feel the same about him." She added (via the Associated Press), "We still want to do what we said in our last performance for which we spent two years in prison: drive him away."

Pussy Riot's release under Russian amnesty law has been criticized as a "PR stunt" on Putin's part, in advance of February's Winter Olympics, which are set to take place in the Russian city of Sochi.

"Whether one likes it or not," Tolokonnikova said (via Reuters), "Going to the Olympics in Russia is an acceptance of the internal political situation in Russia, an acceptance of the course taken by a person who is interested in the Olympics above all else: Vladimir Putin."

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Pussy Riot Plan to Start Human Rights Group, Still Want Putin Gone