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Out 27/05/2022

Back in 2021, when Volodymyr Gnatenko agreed to work on his debut album, none of us could have predicted it would be released, post-pandemic, against the backdrop of war. At the time, the 23-year-old producer from Lutsk was riding high on a string of well-received 12s for labels such as Where We Met and Animals On Psychedelics, besides local Ukraine labels such as LSS557 and Rhythm Buro. He was, between covid closures, playing live at Kyiv clubs such as Closer and Kureni, looking to tour in Europe, and spending every spare second making music.

How things change. When missiles began to rain on Kyiv, Gnatenko, alongside a few friends from Closer, hid in his studio. For a while, the bombings did not stop. But for the producer, neither did the music-making. Choosing to stay in the city, he continues to make beats, managing only to mix down between bombing raids. He changed his first name to match that of his president, ditching the previous spelling of his name because it was the same as the aggressor, “[the same as] my worst enemy, I am ashamed and disgusted that I started my career with it”. 



The album speaks of softer, easier times. A combination of rich ambience, and laidback breaks alongside loose progressive and trance-fused dancefloor tracks, this debut brings together all the strands that Gnatenko plays with. The process, he says, was exhausting and long. Yet the results are lighter, fresher. Maybe because, he says, “it is dedicated to my future wife. All the tracks are my words of love for her". Deeply hypnotic and freely moving between ideas, it feels like it was made a lifetime ago, not a matter of months. Now, it resonates with a new defiance. It is a debut with an extra layer of meaning.

Words by Jane Fitz.

Volodymyr Gnatenko - Rainalice 2LP (OYSTER38 - Snippets)

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Six years, fifty releases, countless artists and multiple subsidiaries; the Oyster Cult’s reach extends far beyond what sceptics once thought possible. It’s only fitting, then, that we gather some of our finest under the Kalahari banner in celebration.

The anniversary release is upon us. Six whole years since Jacy helped inaugurate the label with a spin on Midwestern house, OYSTER40 signals a landmark occasion. 18 tracks, quadruple vinyl boxset action, and in true Oyster Cult tradition, it comes bearing pearls.

Dancefloor squarely in focus, the Cult assembles on a compilation spanning alumni and new inductees alike. It’s an assemblage of the fractal, explorative and ritual-ready; at once a focused distillation of the Kalahari sound and celebration of its many acolytes. Big on atmosphere, heavy on groove, we delve deeply into the musical DNA shared by all who grace the label.

Tough, direct cuts (Sansibar, Roza Terenzi, Big Zen, Maara & Priori) to the pristine and widescreen (S.O.N.S., Volodymyr Gnatenko, Adam Pits), this is all quintessentially Kalahari. Elsewhere though, the likes of D. Tiffany and SW. journey further into realms of abstraction: the former opting for hi-tech, dreamstate IDM, while the SUED co-founder dissolves a house template into dubby introspection.

Calling upon contemporary talents, for the most part, there are also exceptions. Raymond Castoldi - the one-time house producer best known as Madison Square Garden’s music director - returns with an unreleased nugget from ’91, while an ‘Aliens’-sampling track from Detroit-indebted techno outfit Syzygy gets the reissue treatment.

Various - The Chants Of The Holy Oyster | Kalahari Oyster Cult (OYSTER40)

Track with my friend @soundcloud.com/b1ju
Lyrics by - bijū 
Cover - www.instagram.com/aallllix/

bijū / volodymyr gnatenko - запах крові

track with - https://soundcloud.com/dry-hands

SVET / Volodymyr Gnatenko - eromena

I dedicate this music to you my dear!
I love you as much as I love the music!
Happy birthday!

https://soundcloud.com/shjva

Shjva <3

truw

xaradu

Alian Core / Volodymyr Gnatenko - su4ziu

Enter the sublime world of Ukrainian artist Volodymyr Gnatenko's music. Ahead of his Animalia release (due out very soon), is a studio-recorded live set of 100% original material. The artist has become prolific and known for his beautifully sublime, emotional trance-tinged music.

Unique and entrancing music filled with depth, groove & elements of surprise.

Thank you for this set Volodymyr! @gnatenko

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Animix One Hundred & Fifty Two: Volodymyr Gnatenko

For Animalia’s 11th release, Animalia welcomes Ukrainian producer Volodymyr Gnatenko (@gnatenko) with his EP AbiaA. 

Known for his progressive, trance-tinged releases and live sets, AabiA builds on Gnatenko’s lush soundscaping with five new tracks, including a remix of fellow Ukrainian producer Shjva’s Usu and an additional digital sixth bonus track with Ilya Semaskevich. Deep, atmospheric and emotional, the EP spans dreamy synth lines meshed with breaks, both rolling and downtempo. I first encountered Volodymyr’s sound at a party in Berlin last April, where he played a transformative live set that stayed with me long after. AbiaA perfectly reflects what resonated with me then and still - the entrancing and immersive world he conceives is a rare skill in electronic music, but one I endlessly seek. 

Limited edition CD version available. 

Animalia would like to acknowledge that whilst all tracks were produced in Europe, the label itself operates on the traditional land of the Woiwurrung & Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation, and pay respect to their elders past, and present. Sovereignty was never ceded.

releases March 25, 2024 

Artist: Volodymyr Gnatenko 
Title: AabiA 
Format: Digital/ CD 
Artwork by: Márton Tóth (Lisbon, Portuga) 
Mastered by Corey Kikos (Melbourne/Naarm, Australia)

Volodymyr Gnatenko - AbiaA (ANIMA11)

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Clpi

Alian Core / Hena - Lastyday

Hena - Secret

Hena - Askania

Andriy K. x biju x Volodymyr Gnatenko - Magura

My live at Positive Education Festival
soundcloud.com/positiveeducationfest

Volodymyr Gnatenko live Positive Education 15.11.2024

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Saddy

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KL 12

Pryamyi

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Intamb

Mershiy LP

Eh U

Mershiy

AfGui

Nsumuna

Torni

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ZOOM Rec.126

► Sliding into transcendence w/ the lovely Vladimir Gnatenko.
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Vladimir Gnatenko | Boiler Room x Cxema

After 616 ep, Twig discovered 2 new artists...side A from Israel, side B from Ukraine.

Artwork by @mona_bit_

https://seekers.net/release/ssl008/

side B - Vladimir Gnatenko

https://vladimirgnatenko.bandcamp.com/album/waansin

Waansin

Full album - http://vladimirgnatenko.bandcamp.com/album/skaak

Roman K. & V.Gnatenko - Una

Skaak

Animals On Psychedelics 005 - Vladimir Gnatenko - Die Nag EP

Our new podcast comes from Vladimir Gnatenko, the Kyiv-based producer and live act who recently played his debut Rhythm Büro gig at the latest edition of Natura festival. This studio live set is supposed to both capture the vibe of his performance at Natura (which it is almost identical to), and also present some other unreleased tracks of his.

Vladimir Gnatenko (live) - Rhythm Büro Podcast 014

Now in London 
Booking - volodymyr.gnatenko.booking@gmail.com

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