Arrangement of Ukrainian folk melodies by David Minnick. Performed by the Kobzarska Sich advanced group, 2013

Field,Forest, and Sky

Recorded ca. 1989 between Кобзарська Січ and Одум Зустріч. Nothing but Vintage baby!

Бегемот Theme Song

Please relish the sound quality - adds to the vintage vibe.  This is what it sounds like when a toddler finds a cassette tape

Бегемот Untitled "Boards of Canada Edition"

Another Бегемот Track from the late 80's.  Can you tell I was listening to a bit of Yello at the time?

Солодка Еволюція - Бегемот

Lost a very dear friend to me yesterday. This is his interpretation of Musical Moment (Музичний Момент) by Hryhoriy Kytasty.  

You will be missed my friend.

Musical Moment - Yuri Petlura

This last week has been horrible. Last wednesday, I got the terrible news that a dear friend, Yurij Petlura had passed on and all of his friends spent this last weekend saying goodbye.
I first met Yurij only about 10 years ago but it seems I've known him forever. We grew close at bandura camp because of our shared love of bandura. Everytime we played together I would tell him what a pleasure it was to play with him. Just sitting next to him made you a better musician. I could go on for paragraphs and paragraphs about our friendship and how much he'll be missed. He was a positive influence on all who knew him.
Here's a recording of Yurij, Christina Hlutkowsky, Borys Ostapienko and myself playing a piece, Myla's Song, at the staff talent show during the Kobzarska Sich bandura camp in 2013.
You will be sorely missed my friend...

Myla's Song ЮП, ХГ, АБ, БО

Ought To Be 10.26.15

Christina Hlutkowska, Nicholas Deychakiwsky  Kobzarska Sich 2017

Song About Yavtushiy

My friend Brian B. came over yesterday and wanted to hear how my new O-Coast sounds.  Well, it sounded like this.

O-Coast
Oberheim Matrix 6 (percussion)
Moog Slim Phatty
Beat Step Pro

Brian Was Over

The advanced group at Kobzarska Sich Bandura camp 2012.  Composition by David Minnick.

Myla's Song "Studio Version"

This song is from about 1991 or 92 - an era when "James Brown is Dead" was the big dance song.  This was a pure sequencer song with no multitracking, had to do some real time patching though to get the vocoder plugged in to the right sounds as I recall.  I still miss the Lately Bass tweak from my TX81-Z which died some time in the early 90s

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