Vladimir Gnatenko (Live) @ Closer || DENSE || 29.01.2022

We're happy to share with you the live set of a UA artist Volodymyr Gnatenko from ZMYSŁ, multidisciplinary art event which took place at Theatre Powszechny, Warsaw. 

party or spectacle?
/ sensory euphoria & boundaries liquidity, audio-visual journey / scented sculpture / spatial artworks / a party or spectacle? / electronic / plants / abstract or concrete? / delicate touch of aesthetics / sound immersion / liberation / body fusion / emotional abundance / memories elusiveness / ecstatic ritual / space for dialogue / Слава Україні / self-expression / 2k22 or 2k23? /

To make ZMYSŁ party happen we’ve invited artists from many fields to connect music, visuals, lights, performance, sculpture, scent and artworks! Blurring the line between a party and a spectacle has never been that close.

Volodymyr Gnatenko LIVE set @ ZMYSŁ 31.12.22

@krimskyroman introducing the third edition Difficult Dance series.

Pulsating downtempo selection with interlacing sample interludes with lines from the poem "Berestechko" by Lina Kostenko. 

"I learned them at school looong time ago. And last month they were performed by pani Natalia in the theater Dah in Kyiv. I couldn’t even imagine how relevant they will be today…inspired again, thank you 🙏"

DD 003: Roman K

Meet a great duo in the new edition of Difficult Dance.

Roma Pivnenko @wieloroman, is a DJ and guide in conscious listening practices. A resident DJ at Brik and mentor at Closer Connections.

Petr Zelinsky @ucantrustme, is an Odessa DJ based in Kyiv and a resident of @polygon-ua. He focuses on raw, late '90s and early 2000s dance music with swing grooves and dub effects. 

Guys recorded live diverse b2b set on the Brik rooftop last summer, reflecting on their deep friendship. 

Enjoy!

DD 009: Cantrust & Wieloroman

https://soundcloud.com/valeria-obodzinska

Valeria Obodzinska @ Strichka 2024 Garden Dj Mix

When I got invited to play at @brukxt_brukxt, I decided to come up with something special. As a result, I selected a wide variety of broken beat records, ranging from old school electro to weird post-dubstep stuff. The experiment turned out to be interesting, so I decided to share the recording from the party publicly.

Igor Glushko - BRUKXT 13-07-24

@shjva — одна з продюсерок і диджейок, які все активніше заявляють про себе на українській сцені. Свій перший сет вона відіграла в рідному Луцьку — місті, яке, зокрема, вплинуло на формування її звучання. Майже вісім років тому поїхала вчитись до Польщі, де вела радіопрограму TRANSERFING, заснувала з друзями лейбл PENUMBRUM, а також стала однією з ключових фігур так званої мігрантської сцени. «Ця сцена досить самостійна й динамічна, і відчувається, що для нас це своєрідна ностальгія. Усі ми дивимось на українську сцену і розділяємо її цінності», — пояснює Shjva.

Для нового епізоду True Music Scene від DTF Magazine та Ballantine’s Shjva записала спеціальний мікс: «Це мої улюблені платівки плюс кілька локальних треків від моїх друзів, зокрема з нашого лейблу. Вийшла досить динамічна історія».

Інтерв'ю з Shjva читайте на сайті DTF Magazine — https://donttakefake.com/true-music-scene-5-lutsk-varshava-migrantska-stsena-ta-miks-vid-shjva/

True Music Scene: #5 [Луцьк—Варшава] — SHJVA

Recorded at Detali: Explore More event, deep in the wood near Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
www.instagram.com/detali.we.are/

MAKS YOS b2b ROMAN KAPIY b2b OLES @ Detali: Explore More / 31.08.24

This recording was made during a challenging time for me and my fellow Ukrainians, amidst an existential struggle for the values of our community. Music is an essential part of my life, transcending the confines of style and perception. The story you are about to hear was recorded in the largest country in Europe, historically known as Kyivan Rus, where the principles of freedom and self-defense reign supreme. Through this set, I aim to share a narrative that lies deep within me.

Soundcloud ➟ @user-955908011
Instagram ➟ www.instagram.com/woundeadalex

Upperberry | Alex Savage

Ben Junctions remix of Palcoyo by Aydn Britt. A deep, dark and moody interpretation with a dub techno vibe.

Palcoyo (Ben Junction Remix)

Hey this is Skwirl here to gab at you briefly about the records we have coming for this year’s thematic cluster! The theme is Nostalgic Wavs and each record has been linked to a concept under the rather large umbrella of nostalgia as a function of emotional attachment to memory.

Our first record in the cluster is Sciuridae: a self titled record at the nexus between the Skwirl and Shīdo monikers and is our “Kairosclerosis” record.

Kairosclerosis is the conscious realisation of happiness or bliss, which in turn inspires the mind to wish to truly live in the moment - to savour it - and ultimately to feel it ebb away. We’ve categorised it as Restorative, Present Unknowing on our Nostalgic Wavs chart (see below).

https://tr.ee/WLC_Nostalgic_Wavs-Graphic

Sciuridae is the squirrel family of rodent or as Shmuel (Ehye/hoyah) blessedly coined for me “the familial forms of [Skwirl]”.

Making music is for me a very subconscious experience a large amount of the time - so much so that Skwirl and my ambient project Shīdo are defined not ultimately on genre characteristics but on the inner worlds and consciousness levels that accompany the sessions and spill out into the work.

The pieces that comprise this record were recorded at the periphery of sessions for other records - often when fatigue of conscious action meets the internalised buzz of instinctive activity that the often tedious and repetitive rituals of electronic music making have burned onto subconscious flow states. They have also all come from a place of peace of mind and spirit, the conscious realisation of that peace and the desire to define that inner world with an artefact.

The result is a record very dear to me - most likely because it represents a necessarily highly authentic vision of my inner landscapes in these special moments. “Sciuridae” is much more abstract and subconsciously devised than my Skwirl work but somehow more consciously constructed than much of my Shīdo work - it is both and neither.

In making artefacts of conscious realisations of peace, bliss and happiness these feelings and moments become crystallised and immortalised and in that way these tracks have been made to convey warmth - a warmth I genuinely hope finds and wraps you in a blissful listening state.

Feels Swatch - https://tr.ee/Sciuridae-Feels_Swatch

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All tracks written, produced, and mixed by Sciuridae

Mastered by Jacob Korn @ Tailout

Cover image by Ian McCarthy

Feels Swatch by Brittany Myers

Distributed digitally by EPM Music

https://skwirl.bandcamp.com/album/sciuridae

https://soundcloud.com/woodland-creatures-label

Vladimir Gnatenko (Live) @ Closer || DENSE || 29.01.2022

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