It's a collaboration track from the boys about memories. About nostalgic times when friends used to meet up at events, spent time together and partied till dawn in the city they love. The city which we are proud of and which has prideful and glorious name Kyiv. And even when Kyiv doesn’t live to it’s fullest, we are still able to feel it’s incessant rhythms while wandering through well-known to us but empty streets of Podil, Maidan Nezalezhnosti or Golden Gate, chilling near the banks of Dnipro river and Trukhaniv Island. Because Kyiv is our home, and we will always have a mutual pulse.
This release is dedicated to summer 2022.

HXRDBOY:
https://soundcloud.com/hxrdboy
https://www.instagram.com/hxrdboy/

BICYCLE RIDE:
https://soundcloud.com/bicycle-ride
https://www.instagram.com/bicycle.ride31/

Cover / Design: JETSU (Instagram - bit.ly/3x9Tj5h)

Available on SoundCloud / Bandcamp

© Darkness Theory 2022

Home Impulse

HXRDBOY & BICYCLE RIDE — Home Impulse (Single, 2022)

DJMERKK & DJ TERA TRAICE:
"Without any further ado.
We are closing this year with a track, that we created the day after one of our „Darkness Theory“ party at the Sloi bar. 
Despite its destructive and somewhat depressing vibe, we hope that this track will inspire you to create and move further on, the same it does with us. It’s filled with our pain, feelings, state of mind and personal as well as collective experiences.
Happy listening, happy holidays and peaceful skies above. 
Stay in touch."

DJMERKK:
@merkkthedj
instagram.com/mark.golos

DJ TERA TRAICE:
@djteratraice
instagram.com/dj_tera_traice

Cover / Design: JETSU (Instagram - bit.ly/3x9Tj5h)

Available on SoundCloud / Bandcamp

© Darkness Theory Corporation 2022

DUNGEON STYLEZ

DJMERKK X DJ TERA TRAICE — DUNGEON STYLEZ (SINGLE, 2022) (OUT EVERYWHERE)

"PSYCHO SURVIVAL 160" is track from the future mixtape of the same name created by our resident and permanent member HXRDBOY. By mixing drum'n'bass and memphis, Hardboy managed to achieve a mixture that combines speed, hardness, energy.

HXRDBOY:
@hxrdboy
instagram.com/hxrdboy

Cover / Design: JETSU
instagram.com/jxtsu.1

Available on SoundCloud / Bandcamp

© Darkness Theory Corporation 2022

PSYCHO SURVIVAL 160

HXRDBOY — PSYCHO SURVIVAL 160 (SINGLE, 2022) (OUT ON BANDCAMP)

Psychedelic darkness from two producers from Kyiv who are members of the local MY SWEET GRAVE RECORDS label. The balanced mixture of aggression and dirty sound.

RAPIRA:
soundcloud.com/rapira666
instagram.com/rapira115

SICKY DA KAPOOT:
soundcloud.com/sickydakapoot115
instagram.com/siskynakapot

MY SWEET GRAVE RECORDS:
soundcloud.com/sweetgraves
instagram.com/mysweetgrave

Cover / Design:
JETSU (instagram.com/jxtsu.1/)

Mixed by RAPIRA, SICKY DA KAPOOT

Available on Bandcamp, YouTube

© Darkness Theory Corporation 2023

SICKY DA KAPOOT X RAPIRA — +380-044-MSG-DRKNSS-115

UASSAULT is the Memphis/trap sound-based compilation that absorbs the tunes of producers from different parts of Ukraine from the West to the East. The dark, dirty audio base of the compilation, a reflection on the zeitgeist and analog tanked up with Memphis-rap cuts immerse you in an alternative world, the rough mood and content of which is built not only on representing a street life, but also seasoned with notes of liminality, nostalgia, tragedy, and sometimes mysticism.

The idea of creating its compilation was born in Kyiv at the «Брудний Пес» festival where most of compilation participants such as DTC residents and JOINTJAY were involved and able to met.

UASSAULT is about how different styles producers united together and made a huge work.

Credits:

DJMERKK — soundcloud.com/merkkthedj
BLOODGROUND — soundcloud.com/bloodground23
CHIEFF ROCKKA — soundcloud.com/lance_wilson
DJ TERA TRAICE — soundcloud.com/djteratraice
HXRDBOY — soundcloud.com/hxrdboy
JETSU — soundcloud.com/jetsuuu
JOINTJAY — soundcloud.com/jointjay
TUPLE — soundcloud.com/iamtuple
MIDIKIDD — soundcloud.com/kidnamedmidi
WHEREAREYOUERICK — soundcloud.com/sixnot

Cover: JETSU
www.instagram.com/jxtsu.1/

With support of JOINTJAY and RAP.UA

Available on all streaming services

© Darkness Theory Corporation 2023

UASSAULT

DTC x RAP.UA — UASSAULT (Compilation, 2023)

A gritty rap flow in interconnected Memphis rap tracks from the '90s, infused with elements of adjacent genres, delivered as a one-hour set of street crime chronicles broadcast by @djteratraice at the joint DTC x BRUKXT 2024 event.

WATCH PERFORMANCE ON YOUTUBE:
https://youtu.be/-urPI_-CqJM

DJ TERA TRAICE:
https://linktr.ee/teratraice
https://instagram.com/dj_tera_traice

BRUKXT:
https://linktr.ee/brukxt

TRACKLIST:
01. Manson Family - Heltah Skeltah
02. Chieff Rockka, WHEREAREYOUERICK - STRAIGHT OUTTA
03. ISVVC - UNDERGROUND SOUND - MIX
04. Cursed - I’m Here 2 Kill, or Be Killed
05. Mc Holocaust - Undarground Enemy (Dj Akoza Edit)
06. Almighty Bumpin’, Slim Guerilla - Meet You Maker
07. DJ TERA TRAICE - TIME 4 CRIME
08. Three 6 Mafia - Smoked Out Locked Out
09. SpaceGhostPurpp - Bringing the Phonk
10. DJ Paul - Yeah, They Done Fucked Up
11. Roland Jones - PULLIN STUNTS
12. DJ Sacred - Paranoid Hood
13. Gangsta Blac - Powder
14. Prophet Posse - Orange Mound 
15. Tom Skeemask - 2 Wild for the World
16. Apoc Krysis, 3DMG - Breakin’ Necks
17. Mc Holocaust - Gotta Plan, Part 2 (Prod. DJ Sacred)
18. DJ TERA TRAICE, JUNTMANE - 4 DA KILLAZ
19. DJ TERA TRAICE - BALLIN THRU MA HOOD
20. Slim Guerilla - Jaw Talking 1995 (Prod.Genshin)
21. Three 6 Mafia - M.E.M.P.H.I.S.
22. Project Pat - Break Da Law 2001
23. Da Headbussaz - U See We Poe
24. Project Playaz - The Biz
25. Trillville, Lil Jon, Lil Scrappy - Neva Eva

WATCH ON YOUTUBE

DTC x BRUKXT DJ SET (Kyiv, 09.03.2024)

Unleashing both released and unreleased material — from personal trap productions as well as from fellow artists — unfolds into an hour of heavy rhythms in DJ set by @bloodground23, who continued the DTC showcase at collab event with BRUKXT club.

WATCH PERFORMANCE ON YOUTUBE:
https://youtu.be/kHu926dVEPg

BLOODGROUND:
linktr.ee/bloodground
instagram.com/bloodground23

BRUKXT:
linktr.ee/brukxt

TRACKLIST:
01. Soudiere & DJ Yung Vamp - I Know U See It 
02. GUCCIGARETTE & Roland Jones - SWERVE ON 
03. Roland Jones - OVA THIS 
04. Roland Jones - INTROLUDE PT4
05. BLOODGROUND & Mich Halera - MAFIA
06. GIOVANE SIX & BACKWOOD BOY & DOJA - READY 2 SWERVE 
07. Soudiere & Dj Smokey & DJ Kraft Dinna - Corona Doomsday
08. DJ Yung Vamp - Geeked Vamp Boy Imma Heal Myself 
09. SPACED & North Posse & GUCCIGARETTE - WATCH MY BACK
10. North Posse - Tricky Type
11. Roland Jones & Tenngage & Apoc Krysis & Jupiluxe - WHAT THEY DOING 
12. BLOODGROUND & Mich Halera - SMOKIN’ OPPS
13. BLOODGROUND - 2 MANY WHIPS
14. SPACED - BLOW A BAG 
15. TUPLE - TALKIN’ SHIT
16. TUPLE - KILLAS 
17. cassyb - ASKAP PURPLE 
18. BLOODGROUND & whereareyouerick - LONG LIVE
19. BLOODGROUND - STONERZ (unreleased) 
20. TUPLE - SMOKIN’ SIPPIN’
21. Holy Mob & Inteus - Weighted Die 
22. BLOODGROUND & whereareyouerick - EASY COME EASY GO
23. SPACED - DOPE FIENDZ Pt. 2
24. Roland Jones - WE SUM BALLAZ
25. whereareyouerick - RIDGECREST KILLAZ
26. SPACED - ROOKIE 
27.BLOODGROUND & Whereareyouerick - R.I.P. GANGSTA BOO 
28. BLOODGROUND & 420SHINOBI - DIE LIE (unreleased) 
29. North Posse - South Sauce 
30. DJ Sacred & Icemane Tha Kingpin - Sound Of The South.
31. Benny Cassette - Watch Your Back

Drop of another recording from DTC x BRUKXT collab event. Ain’t just a DJ set — it felt like a whole damn concert. @jetsuuu & @merkkthedj (aka Mark Golos) came through with live electric guitar, Memphis revival, punk-rock, and psychedelic flips that turned the whole place upside down. Straight genre-bending madness — raw an unfiltered.

WATCH PERFORMANCE ON YOUTUBE:
https://youtu.be/oQLnNY1ov20

JETSU:
https://soundcloud.com/jetsuuu
instagram.com/jxtsu.1

DJMERKK:
https://linktr.ee/merkkthedj
https://instagram.com/merkkthedj
https://instagram.com/mark.golos

BRUKXT:
linktr.ee/brukxt

TRACKLIST:
01. Akira Yamaoka — The Day of Night
02. Tommy Wright III — On Lockdown
03. Eternal Tapestry — Ancient Echoes
04. Yves Tumor — The Feeling When You Walk Away
05. Joy Division — Day of the Lords
06. JXTSU & CHIEFF ROCKKA — COCAINE NIGHT
07. santo (aka DJ GLOW) — 660
08. santo (aka DJ GLOW) — killahoe
09. Koopsta Knicca — Purple Thang
10. santo (aka DJ GLOW) — fuck you
11. D.J. APOC — Psychopathic
12. MC Money & Gangsta Gold — Dead In His Tracks
13. DJMERKK unreleased track
14. The Velvet Underground — Venus in Furs
15. D.J. Sound & Tha Frayserclick — Tryflin' G-Bitch
16. santo (aka DJ GLOW) — Ride Thru
17. DIRTYPHRAME — FORCED TO SUICIDE
18. MC Money & Gangsta Gold — Stickem High Layem Low
19. santo² — GET Buck Interlude
20. DJ Sacred — Dirty Hoes (ft. Chieff Rockka)
21. Da Hardway Mafia — In This Bitch (Tape Rip)
22. DJMERKK & MIDIKIDD — PROJECT PIMP
23. djcrackjaw — ROBOBITCH
24. djcrackjaw — 2.WEED OUT INCIDENT 1996
25. D.J. APOC — GHETTO STYLEZ MIX
26. SVZZ unreleased track
27. BLOODGROUND & TUPLE — IT'S OKAY
28. djcrackjaw — FUCKED UP
29. JUNTMANE & RAPIRA666 — SILENT HILL
30. SICKY DA KAPOOT — TEASE ME MORE
31. Black Flag — I've Had It
32. JUNTMANE — SMOKIN' REAL SLOW
33. MVRKOSOFT — STASH POT w/HENNEYKID
34. JUNTMANE — GOTTA MISTERY
35. SICKY DA KAPOOT — IN DA SMOKE
36. Billy Boyo — One Spliff A Day
37. MOREOFUS — Outcasts
38. DJ Smokey — Blow My High
39. Da Hardway Mafia
40. JUNTMANE — WANNA EVERYTHING
41. Amyl and The Sniffers — Guided by Angels
42. Far Apart — Hazel
43. DJ EASTSIDE BOUNCE — FUCK A SUCKA UP («SUMMERTIME MIX» EP)

DROP OF THE VOL. 1 DTC COMPILATION WE’VE PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO WITH HEAVY STREET CHRONICLES FROM UKRAINIAN UNDERGROUND PLAYERS OF MEMPHIS REVIVAL AND TRAP SCENE. BORN IN SHADOWS, SPEAK IN TRUTH.

TRACKLIST:
1. CV70 — SILENT THUG
2. DESTRUKTION — I HATE THESE LYIN BITCHAS
3. JXTSU & NO NAME PLUG — DARKNESS
4. WHEREAREYOUERICK & JUNTMANE — A DAY IN DA HOOD
5. DJMERKK — FACE 2 FACE
6. BLOODGROUND & NORTH POSSE — CHRONIC BLAZE
7. TUPLE — BREAK YO NECK
8. DJ TERA TRAICE — PROJECT HOES
9. Dj Alpina — The Only Ground U Dont Play
10. djcrackjaw — june. liquor and hoes
11. NO NAME PLUG — SCREW VIBE
12. Dj Twi$t II — Sinister Smile (ft. Trippjones & Occvlt)
13. SICKY DA KAPOOT — SLANGIN FOES
14. HXRDBOY — BITCHES IN DA HOUSE
15. Jointjay — Put Your Mouth
16. DJ Bishop — Diamond In The Back

TAGS:
CV70 (@qgsooqa)
DESTRUKTION (@destruktionua)
JXTSU (@jetsuuu)
NO NAME PLUG (@big420playa)
WHEREAREYOUERICK (@whereareyouerick)
JUNTMANE (@junt_mane)
DJMERKK (@merkkthedj)
BLOODGROUND (@bloodground23)
NORTH POSSE (@northposse)
TUPLE (@iamtuple)
DJ TERA TRAICE (@djteratraice)
Dj Alpina (@lance_wilson)
djcrackjaw (@djcrackjaw)
Dj Twi$t II (@kick-42870673)
Trippjones (@trippyjones)
Occvlt (@occvlt)
SICKY DA KAPOOT (@sickydakapoot115)
HXRDBOY (@hxrdboy)
Jointjay (@jointjay)
DJ Bishop (@djbishopsupertrapstar)

℗© Darkness Theory Corp., 2025. Kyiv, Ukraine

DARKNESS COMPILATION VOL. 1

BUY ON BANDCAMP

DARKNESS THEORY COMPILATION VOL. 1

Kyiv dungeon playaz, art and promo gang. Since 2020.

All Rights Reserved.

Mail: darknesstheorykyiv@gmail.com

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• Darkness Theory Corp. X Бар Публіка — 31.12.2023 (Kyiv)
• Darkness BBQ // KRYTOTYT — 09.09.2023 (Kyiv)
• Darkness Theory // Torba Bar — 22.07.2023 (Kharkiv)
• Darkness Theory Full Event // ARSENAL XXII — 17.06.2023 (Kyiv)
• Darkness Theory Corp. at БРУДНИЙ ПЕС (Keller Bar / Kyrylivska, 71) — 03.06.2023 (Kyiv)
• Darkness Theory Showcase // Gasoline Radio — 21.02.2023 (Kyiv)
• Darkness Theory 10th Event Anniversary // Sloi Bar — 11.12.2022 (Kyiv)
• Darkness Theory Corporation Two-Year Anniversary // Sloi Bar — 23.10.2022 (Kyiv)
• Darkness Theory Corporation Charity Event // Sloi Bar — 25.09.2022 (Kyiv)
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• GLOCKDOWN by Darkness Theory // Otel' — 04.02.2022 (Kyiv)
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