Long ago, on a freezing December morning, we were taking a walk under the blazing Kyiv sun. We stopped to take a picture of an ugly but in a way curious building only to find that we were not alone in enjoying that bizarre beauty. 
- Stunner, isn’t it? 
- Yes, indeed.
Our partner’s in crime name was @dimasokolovskyi. Coupled with his profound gaze, Dima’s placid and unembarrassed silences were so magnetic that we couldn’t extinguish the fire of interest towards him. So we started talking, just like we know. Apparently, he had a lot to say, and we continued our walk together.
Behind his gentle and humble look was just as gentle and humble soul with a deep love for melancholic darkness, dense matters, unpolished forms, and warped voices of the past. Bizarre, indeed..

PM 04 Dima Sokolovsky

At 5 am, the smoke was beginning to lift and a tender May sun was climbing up the horizon thrusting its rays into the dark corridor of a warehouse. Leaned against the resonating wall, a woman was taking a slow drag on her cigarette. 
- Hey, sorry, got a light?  
- Sure.
A soft warm smile lit her face that seemed so familiar. Turned out it was she who had been playing a few hours before making all present drip with sweet sweat. The character of her music was nothing like anyone else's but like a morning sun ray or a strobing in the darkness light, like an enveloping fog or an impenetrable wall of cigarette smoke, like fragility or power, like Karine..

@karine_closer

PM 05 Karine

That day @diopsidd was working her very last shift in the skate shop. Summer had just started, yet the heat was full-on, unfairly burning the knees and noses of those who’d waited for it with a loving heart. Rose bushes were blooming in all possible colours exuding the perfume that tenderly intoxicated both humans and butterflies.  
Among the latter, the rumour had it that the girl from the skate shop was one of them, just without wings. Butterflies would occasionally fly into the shop to sneakily examine her in an attempt to justify or disprove the myth. Velvety skin, big eyes, gracious moves. And the music playing from the speakers...was like a bittersweet nectar from a flower, which is smiling, gorgeous, and yet a tiny bit sad. She was one of them, she definitely was..

PM 09 Doxan

Listen to the music. Listen to the textures and details. You may stumble here and there and you might get lost. Take your time and listen for yourself.

DJ and producer optyi is up next in our series with a flawless mix of dark and deep music.

https://soundcloud.com/optyi

GOSU Podcast 005 - optyi

@noizar's sound goes far beyond conventional house or techno. The Ukrainian DJ, who is now based in Amsterdam, has long since proven this with countless closing sets as resident at Kyiv’s legendary Closer club. It was there where he stood out for unearthing minimal techno treasures in places no one else looks. As such, you can always be sure that wherever Noizar mixes crop up online, they will be flooded with cheeky "ID?" requests, and quite often you will find they come on his vinyl-only Wicked Bass label.

For his Dekmantel Mix he offers a perfect snapshot of what he does in the booth: carefully dug out delights that don't really fit in usual categories. But they do tap into a specific deepness and groove that is rooted in Kyiv's minimal scene and the dance floor of Closer club. It results in a tight, taught hour of body music that perfectly balances function and form.

Dekmantel Mix 485 - Noizar

TB Determined. Hour plus of that quintessential Ukrainian head-down slew, from one of its pillars. Through the swirls, drive and slice!

Co-founder / resident of @closer-lisnyiprychal 

@timur-basha

item.cast 039: Timur Basha

They called it a ‘colorful techno daydream’ and I wouldn’t say better — I was trying to stay away from black this time and make a soft-gliding atlas of muted tones and shifting light. Thank you, EOS radio, for the invitation!

Timur Basha @ EOS Radio | 17.04.2025

tratacast.009 - Body Marcus & Metallicblue

Morphing Reality

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Bad Bunny, Toman - Verano en NY x NUEVAYoL (Ric Rulie Vocal Edit)

Love and Party

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PM 09 Doxan

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