система | system continues to act in wartime anyway!
Right now this is the most difficult time for Ukraine we decided to continue to share and promote Ukrainian artists' music and to develop the Ukrainian electronic scene. So today we're back to our audience with an incredible album "Kombimezon" by Ukrainian Odesa-based artist Polje aka Viktor Konstantinov. Here is what the artist's saying about his own material:
~ "My name is Viktor, I am a self-taught musician from Odesa, Ukraine. I started recording and posting my first songs on the Internet somewhere around 2013.
Polje is my main alias, under which I release music and perform in the format of electronic live or as a DJ since 2017.
"Kombinezon" (“jumpsuit” in English) is the first LP under this name. This album is a soup that took time to gather ingredients: traveling, sitting at home, trying to experience life in the capital, the opportunity to look at the context of the hometown from the outside, catching influences from art, literature, and more.
It turns out that I belong to the type of musicians who find it difficult to work in one style. I rarely manage to do something whole and at the same time relatively large in volume. But this time I solved this problem for myself: gradually I identified the basic set of sounds, instruments, and ways to use them. Then the sound produced easily absorbed the rest of the colorful community - as a comfortable jumpsuit.
Kyiv / Odesa 2021-2022"
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система | system все одно продовжує діяти у військовий час!
Зараз це найскладніший час для України, та ми вирішили продовжувати релізити та просувати музику українських артистів і розвивати українську електронну сцену. Тож сьогодні ми повертаємося до нашої аудиторії з неймовірним альбомом «Kombinezon» українського одеського виконавця Polje aka Віктора Константинова. Ось що артист каже про власний матеріал:
~ "Мене звати Віктор, я - музикант-самоук із Одеси. Свої перші пісні почав записувати і викладати в інтернет десь у 2013-му році.
Polje - мій основний псевдонім, під яким я публікую свою музику та виступаю в форматі електронного лайву або як ді-джей з 2017-го.
«Kombinezon» - це перший LP під цим ім'ям. Цей альбом є таким супом, збір інгредієнтів до якого потребував часу: мандрування, сидіння вдома, спроби відчути життя в столиці, можливість подивитися на контекст рідного міста зі сторони, виловлювання впливів з мистецтва, літератури тощо.
Так вийшло, що я відношуся до того типу музикантів, яким важко працювати в одному напрямі. Мені рідко вдається зробити щось цільне і водночас відносно велике за обсягом. Але цього разу я вирішив для себе цю проблему: поступово я визначив основний набір звуків, інструментів та шляхів їхнього використання. Далі вироблене звучання легко вдягло в себе решту різнобарвної спільноти - як зручний комбінезон.
Київ / Одеса 2021-2022"
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Album cover - Oleksandr Naselenko (photo), Alina Radomska (design), Kseniia Shcherbakova (artist), Dasha Chechushkova (model), Stanislove (trident)
Lyrics and music are written, recorded, performed, and mixed by Viktor Konstantinov, except:
Track 1
~ a sample from the song "Nich Yaka Misiachna" by Kobza was used,
~ a fragment from the poem “Foxtrot” by Mykola Bazhan was used, reads Maria Zadvorna
Track 7
~ fragments from Maik Yohansen's poem "Lullaby" are used
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Обкладинка - Олександр Населенко (фото), Аліна Радомська (дизайн), Ксенія Щербакова (художниця), Даша Чечушкова (модель), Stanislove (тризуб)
Слова і музика (запис, виконання і зведення) - Віктор Константінов, окрім:
Трек 1
~ використано семпл із пісні “Ніч яка місячна” гурту Кобза
~ використано фрагмент із віршу “Фокстроти” Миколи Бажана, читає Марія Задворна
Трек 7
~ використано фрагменти з віршу “Колискова” Майка Йогансена

Kombimezon

Polje - Yasne Mi

the language of tears, i speak to tragedy in it

Kyiv-based producer Maryana Klochko shares an hour of out-there electronics and post-club experiments, featuring original music and contemporary Ukrainian producers...

https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/maryana-klochko-23rd-september-2022

Maryana Klochko 230922

we'll just do it again

ROOM OF WORDS (2023)
MARIA MATIASHOVA

music Oleksii Podat 
voices Karina Piliugina, Verona
recording, mixing Dmytro Oleksiuk
translation Roksolana Mashkova
graphic design Yaroslava Kovalchuk
font design Ivan Tsanko
special thanks Dima Tolkachov, Ihor Babaiev, Nika Popova, Nastia Kolodka, Vladyslava Kozlenko

Room of words is an installation created in Kyiv at the beginning of 2023. Almost exactly one year after the start of the russian full-scale invasion, the young artist Maria Matiashova decides to share a testimony of an invisible process that Ukrainian people are going through on a daily basis, a process that does not only deal with physical circumstances, but also with language improvement and development. The research started out of necessity and became the bearer of a great reflection on the role of language in her personal geography at this moment in history. In the process of selecting words to record, the artist identified key functions of language for her:

- language can protect, like the words used as passwords to easily enter certain areas of the city at the military checkpoints in Kyiv, key-words underlining on one side the belonging and on the other unveiling the possibility to distinguish through wrong pronunciation the enemies; 

- language is play and exchange: like a child's game of passing the ball and exchanging words in association; 

- language is memory: a childhood memory from which to distance oneself if this is the language of the occupier;

- language is a political statement of resistance and also an instrument of oppression. 

Without any intention to relate her research only to war, the artist tries finally to define language as a source of aesthetic experiences creating a contemporary Manifesto of Ukrainian language. The words selected were chosen for their musicality and evocative characteristics, many are synonyms of more common words, some are words that were repressed during Soviet times and deserve the freedom to be expressed again. The aim is to inspire and reestablish the use of those words as an act of love, beauty and revolution. 

As Maria Matiashova said, 'Room of Words' is a play without a plot. It is a contrast between the smooth sound of Ukrainian words and the painful underlying reality of its meanings. Like in a Pandora's box, the spectator can choose to enter the room of meanings and discover the hidden truth of a life during war, of a struggle that this time has the sound of the Ukrainian language, but tends to symbolize and describe the characteristics of the universal struggle of human nature.

room of words - maria matiashova / music by oleksii podat

Your Periphery Is My Center is a show on @refugeworldwide curated by Oramics to support regionally underrepresented artists by amplifying the voices from the Eastern European electronic music scene and examining inequality within the industry. Each show presents a selection of music from a different country in the region of Central and Eastern Europe.

The second episode is prepared by Olena Pohonchenkova aka buddhist bubblegum and is dedicated to contemporary electronic and experimental music from Ukraine.

The show was aired on Refuge Worldwide in Berlin on the 27th of March 2023.

Tracklist:
YUVI - Жива
tofudj - geo
Shapoval Sextet - Sich-Maty
ногируки - очі розберуть
Неймовіра - Опадання
Chaosy - Shaolean
Оселедець - Церкви горять
Kimberley - What If
Polje - Kombinezon
VzyalSoundSystem Meets Green Point - Hypnobeat Worldwide
Potreba Group - Start Anywhere [Premiere!]
Mokri Dereva - Floating
Maryana Klochko - I Heard 'Em Whisper

🕊️ To support Ukrainian music and people in the war against imperialist russia, please buy the tracks you like on Bandcamp and/or donate to one of the grassroots initiatives below:
● Freefilmers - independent filmmakers that provide help to Ukrainians on deoccupied territories. PayPal: bodypractices@gmail.com
● Dream Team Odesa - Odesa friends regularly gather money for small urgencies at the front. PayPal: alera7809@gmail.com
● Kyiv Angels - the most creative volunteer team that help the most precarious groups as well as the Armed Forces. PayPal: cf.kyivangels@gmail.com

Your Periphery Is My Center by Oramics: Ukraine | buddhist bubblegum

Svitlana Nianio — Transilvania Smile, 1994

Release title: Transilvania Smile, 1994
Release subtitle: Original Soundtrack For The Dance-Theatre Performance
Release artist: Svitlana Nianio
Release date: 2023-08-04
Label: Shukai
Catalog: Shukai 8
Formats: 12” LP / Digital
File under: Folk, Classical

Linear notes:
Svitlana Okhrimenko (artist name: Svitlana Nianio) is a Ukrainian artist, musician, and signer. She is one of the most prominent representatives of the independent music scene of Kyiv in the late 1980s — early 90s. She has repeatedly recorded and performed in collaboration with other musicians and bands, such as Oleksandr Yurchenko, Sugar White Death (Cukor Bila Smert’), Ivanov Down, GeeNerve & Taran, and Blemish. Svitlana still performs and publishes new recordings today.
“Transilvania Smile” is one of the first solo works recorded in 1994. During this time, Svitlana repeatedly visited Germany, where she had the experience of playing in parks and on the streets, gathering contacts of the local art scene. Her cooperation with the international choreographic group Pentamonia, based in Cologne and consisting of several girls who performed in theaters, took part in various performances, and were engaged in music. They met in the 1990s during joint performances with "Sugar-White Death." After that, they corresponded, and the idea of doing something together arose. Svitlana attended several of their performances, which inspired her to write music for a new project, and the band members helped to realize their creative ideas. Later, they started rehearsing together.
The name “Transilvania Smile” was invented by the project participants, and it symbolized the mold on the mirror and the reflection of a smiling vampire. However, shortly before the premiere, they changed it to “Firefox”, as the participants actively used flashlights and the play of light and shadows in the scenography.
The premiere occurred in the local Urania theater, previously a gallery. Isabel Bartensein directed the choreography, and Svitlana played, sang, and improvised. She said it was an excellent experience for her and the band. Besides Cologne, they also performed in Aachen.
Later, Michael Springer offered Svitlana to record this material in his "Phanton" studio. They had already worked together and recorded music for their project (Svitlana Okhrimenko / Phanton). Michael was also interested in the Ukrainian independent scene and participated in the creation of several compilations that featured bands from Kyiv and Kharkiv. Svetlana played the piano and harmonium in the studio and also sang. After the recording, the material was never released in its entirety. Two compositions appeared on the cassette compilation “Shovaisia” (Hide) in 1995, some episodes were re-recorded for the “Kytytsi” album in 1999, but for a long time, the full version of this recording remained practically unknown to listeners and was kept in Svitlana's and Michael’s archives.
This album is one of the most personal and insightful works of Svitlana Nianio from the 90s, which you can now get to know in its original form and sound.
Tracklist:
Side A (45RPM)
Episode III
Side B (33RPM)
Episode I
Episode II
Episode III
Episode IV
Episode V
Episode VI
Episode VII


Credits:
Original Soundtrack for the Dance-Theatre Performance “Transilvania Smile” by Svitlana Nianio
Recorded in phantonstudio, Cologne, 1994—1995
Mastered by Michael Springer (phantonstudio)
Shukai team: Dmytro Nikolaienko, Dmytro Prutkin and Sasha Tsapenko
Liner notes by Vlad Yakovlev
Graphic design by (DN)
Svitlana’s stage photo by Christiane Bowinkelmann
Pentamonia Dance Group photos by Olav Faustmann
Special thanks to Michael Springer (phantonstudio) and Guido Erfen

Shukai 8
www.shukai.org
© ℗ Shukai / Svitlana Nianio
2023

Transilvania Smile

Episode III

Svitlana Nianio - Episode III (Transilvania Smile, 1994)

I as a slash symbol

Велика ріка Хєнь-Юань

Цукор Біла Смерть – Велика ріка Хєнь-Юань (John Object Edit)

>< CRUDE Exclusive Premiere ><

Artist: Maryana Klochko 
Title: Babusia 
Label​: Standard Deviation
VA: Intermission
Release date​: 9th December 2020

Tracklist:
01 Katarina Gryvul - In Coma 
02 Nastya Vogan - Anti
03 Tofudj - 2018
04 Maryana Klochko - Babusia
05 Voin Oruwu - Identify 
06 Recid - Stryzhka 0
07 John Object - 500mg
08 Genetica - The Devil


Support the artist & label:
Bandcamp >> https://standard-deviation.bandcamp.com/


Standard Deviation is a new multidisciplinary label working on the intersection of music, art, and publishing, aiming to foster collaborative exchange between an aspiring Ukrainian scene and the global community.
 
As an offspring of ∄ club, for its 1st-anniversary Standard Deviation presents a compilation of tracks by eight emerging Ukrainian artists with diverse musical backgrounds. The compilation aims to reflect the current state of the Ukrainian electronic music scene. It includes Nastya Vogan and Recid, residents of ∄ club, Voin Oruwu with his futurist sound, singers, and producers from Lviv Katarina Gryvul and Maryana Klochko, Pep Gaffe community resident Tofudj, experimental musician John Object, as well as hardcore and gabber music purveyor Genetica.
 
∄ is a non-binary, safe space in Kyiv, vibrating to the sounds of electronic music. Every season space assumes a new name and a new identity that shows itself throughout the program. 

Maryana Klochko is a singer and producer from Lviv, Ukraine. She explores the voice as a deep connection with the inner self and collaborates with the film and fashion industries. In 2019, Maryana became a resident of the Gaude Polonia program.


Follow:
@maryana-klochko
@standard-deviation

>> Mastered by UTC+16
>> Art Direction & Design by RAM
>>Original Artwork by Johannes Schnatmann

CRUDE Premiere: Maryana Klochko - Babusia [Standard Deviation]

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