Standard Deviation is thrilled to present @hanna_svirska's latest work, YANGOLA. The central themes of the EP are celebration of spring and faith in the revival. This motive is explored through the mysticism of Ukrainian myths, but also finds a more literal meaning in the circumstances and setting in which the EP was produced. The Single ’Vesnianka’ is out today!

Exploring the traditional themes of ancient Ukrainian folklore, YANGOLA creates a story based on personal and shared mythologies: in ‘Vesnianka’, the protagonist is trying to find an angel, but there are a lot of skeptics around her who don't believe in the angel's existence or do but have given up searching. The angel appears only in spring when the earth has the most power, preparing for its renewal. If someone sees the angel's light, they will begin the regeneration process of the Universe. The Black Beast (‘Chornyi Zvir’) will turn to ashes, and the young Cossack will not die under a tall willow tree (‘Vysoka Verba’). The characters trying to find the angel get lost in their dreams and wander through the woods. They travel in time, plunging into the achievements of their ancestors. The name YANGOLA (derived from the Ukrainian word for angel) stands for an imagined musical genre, like a lullaby, legend, or ballad. YANGOLA is a genre of finding renewal, light, and infinite hope.

The release is supported with a remix of ’Chornyi Zvir’ by the Parisian audiovisual experimentalist and Subtext Records affiliate, Aho Ssan.

YANGOLA releases May 26, 2023

Original tracks written, performed, produced by Hanna Svirska 
Original tracks mixed by Hanna Svirska and Nikita Mekalin 
Original tracks mastered by UTC+16, Kyiv 
Remix produced by Aho Ssan 
Remix mixed and mastered by James Ginzburg 
Artwork by Sana Shahmuradova

Download / Stream

Chornyi Zvir (Aho Ssan Remix)

Recorded in Cologne and Berlin, first half from @ivy_94, second half by @blondo, originally broadcasted on September 12th, 2023 on nts.live

nts.live/shows/spa

SPA #35: Ivy & Phillip Jondo for NTS Radio

Saskia - Observation

Gardenia

Silencio

The neon-lit allure of Miami at night is an aesthetic hard-coded into frazzled eye sockets, whether you grew up enthralled by Tony Montana’s rise to power or fell into the ultra-violent fantasy of GTA. Something about the clamouring Florida heat drives people to excess, whether they’re players in a fiction or real-lifers living like movie stars. It’s a visceral aesthetic which enchants the world over — just one lurid notch in the bedpost of American cultural colonialism — and it shows up the sullied reality of ‘the dream’ even in the dimmest of lighting.

Brodinski didn’t have to soak up this pervasive inspiration vicariously through mixed media — bedded into Miami for a summer, he wrote The Sinkhole while contemplating the knotty character of this art deco wonderland once the sun goes down. The French producer has lived many lives in many places throughout his career, touching on chart-baiting electro and late 00s techno as a breakout superstar in the superclub era. Evil World saw him working with a heavyweight cast of rappers and more recently he’s linked up with the likes of Louisahhh and Low Jack to indulge a more gutter-dwelling flip on his upfront, flamboyant strain of haute-club-couture.

The Sinkhole evokes broad, palm-lined boulevards cast in the moon’s milky glow in every haunting pad — a seductive siren song calling out over Biscayne Bay. But threat is never far away, spelt out in every bludgeoning, bloated slap of bass, in every quivering string line cast in a minor chord, in the needlepoint detail slithering and shivering around the rhythm section. Without resorting to the lowest common denominator of speed, Brodinski finds his own way to spell out tension, directing a bewitching set piece that beguiles as it ensnares, promising you the depraved but oh-so elegant thrill ride your heart so deeply, ashamedly desires.

—Oli Warwick

Produced and mixed by @Brodinski
Mastered by Rashad Becker
Artwork by Ian Bruner and Babybrush

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The Sinkhole

Brodinski - Thick Skin

III DIM w/ Eleftheria: 30th May '24

The Physical Therapy episode of Clout Farm. It's what they are calling this episode of Clout Farm: Physical Therapy’s. 

We entered PT’s home inside of New York City and exchanged subject-driven words. These relate to: body workouts, ye olde witch house 1.0 era, being college roomies w Mykki Blanco, the most shredded Fade To Mind associate, putting on a too-advanced-for-its-own-good Todd Edwards + LOL Boys show back in day. Also contains controversial debate re: the American insistence on single-ply toilet paper vs. Madjestic Kasual’s haemorrhoidoskeptical multi-ply lifestyle.

PT also called us rizzless. Is this facts? Draw an informed conclusion by listening to podcast:

Full ep: patreon.com/CloutFarm

full ep yep

Episode 23: "ADULT CONTEMPORARY" feat. Physical Therapy *FULL EPISODE ON PATREON*

Dijit - Shitan - ٨ - شيطان

Towers of Sorrow

Stellar Modem – SignalWave Instrumental DJ Set

∄ is a cultural institution in Kyiv, established in 2019 on the territory of a former brewery, located at 41 Kyrylivska Street. It serves as a multifunctional space for club events like ∄ Community Events, Curated By, Enareї, for experimental music concerts like Miasma of the Real and other cultural events.

∄ also manages the in-house music label Standard Deviation. Established in September 2020, Standard Deviation is a multidisciplinary label for music, art and publishing, cultivating creative exchange between an aspiring Ukrainian scene and a global community.

K41 is the community-born name of the institution embraced and widely used by the public.

Chornyi Zvir (Aho Ssan Remix)

∄ (K41) / Standard Deviation