Ukrainian Field Notes VA is a fundraising compilation with a difference, music with a backstory that gives a first-hand account of the unfolding events since the full-scale Russian invasion in real time, and presents an overview of the changing face of the Ukrainian music scene dictated by blackouts and curfew restrictions.

What started off as an ongoing series of interviews with Ukrainian artists for the experimental music website A Closer Listen has now become a book comprising all 170 interviews conducted over the course of a year mapping out the electronic and experimental scene in Ukraine.

All musicians involved were asked to submit a track composed after February 24, 2022 to mark its publication. The resulting material reflects the diaristic nature of the book and deals with PTSD, displacement, separation, and loss, and shows at the same time the strength and resilience of Ukrainian artists with a meditative and uplifting reach.

The track listing follows the chronological order of the interviews, switching from ambient and electronic to classical and experimental in a seemingly random fashion, but war is chaotic and shattering, or as Serhii Zhadan writes in Sky Above Kharkiv, “War sharply changes ways of seeing, changes feelings.” Ukrainian Field Notes is a testament to the shifting sonic and human landscape.
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Ukrainian Field Notes VA - це благодійна фандрайзінгова компіляція, що відрізняється від інших, музика з передісторією, яка розповідає з перших вуст про події, що розгортаються з моменту повномасштабного російського вторгнення в режимі реального часу, і представляє огляд зміни обличчя української музичної сцени, продиктованої відключенням електроенергії та обмеженнями комендантської години.

Те, що починалося як серія інтерв'ю з українськими музикантами для сайту експериментальної музики A Closer Listen, тепер перетворилося на книгу, що містить усі 170 інтерв'ю, взятих протягом року, які окреслюють електронну та експериментальну сцену в Україні.

Щоб відзначити її публікацію, всім музикантам, які брали участь в інтерв'ю, було запропоновано надіслати трек, написаний після 24 лютого 2022 року. Отриманий матеріал відображає щоденниковий характер книги і стосується ПТСР, переміщення, розлуки та втрати, а також демонструє силу та стійкість українських митців з медитативним та піднесеним звучанням.

Трек-лист відповідає хронологічному порядку інтерв'ю, переходячи від ембієнту та електроніки до класики та експериментальної музики у, здавалося б, випадковий спосіб, але війна є хаотичною та руйнівною, або, як пише Сергій Жадан у "Небі над Харковом", "війна різко змінює способи бачення, змінює почуття". "Ukrainian Field Notes VA" - це свідчення мінливого звукового та людського ландшафту.

Credits:
The book "Ukrainian Field Notes" is available on the Bandcamp page of the UFN VA (https://systemnapotvora.bandcamp.com/album/ukrainian-field-notes-va)

Album mastering by Clasps
Album artwork by Dmytro Prutkin
All proceeds go to the charitable foundation Musicians Defend Ukraine (musiciansdefendukraine.com/en)

Ukrainian Field Notes 567 pages book is also available as PDF and ePub.
Spanish translation by Chema Chacón.
ebook PDF version: https://tinyurl.com/5n8hhbt2 
ebook ePub version: https://tinyurl.com/2znsn7rf 

Bonus items on the Bandcamp page for the UFN VA are the PDF & ePub versions of the book "Ukrainian Field Notes".

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Dalmata Daniel ‎– DDS09
Timothy J. Fairplay / Norwell
[12" Vinyl / Digital]

Neither Timothy J. Fairplay, nor Norwell are strangers to the Dalmata Daniel family: both of them are trustworthy contributors to DD compilation albums of earlier years, plus Norwell has released his 'ODD' EP and ‘Joint Spaceflights’ EP back in 2017 and 2019 on the label. So this time, it’s a return for Norwell, and a debut for Mr. Fairplay: their DDS09 split EP is here to present 4 tracks full of outer space lights, eerie vibes, mesmerizing beats and cosmic energies.

Timothy J. Fairplay’s side A starts with the explicit kicks and ominous basslines of ‘Caliber 9’. Slowly and steadily, the laser blasts and relentless drums all add up to define a world of space cadets on the run, where any odd-looking figure can turn out to be a malignant, speedy alien. ‘TV Tower’ takes us to another planet with an even higher rotation velocity. Fast percussion elements and squished lower frequencies take center stage in this intergalactic episode, but the whistle-like melodies and descending, bubbling robot signals make the journey complete. 

Flip to side B, and enter the contemplating, otherworldly atmospheres of Norwell. ‘Midnight Rituals’ gives you the chills with its breath-like swooshes, grievous sirens and deadly asteroid belts. Yet, there is no need to worry: after an intense ride with your spaceship, eventually you end up in the same spot, where you started: in the stable and steady mid-tempo beats of an expertly-programmed drummachine. The orbital mission comes to an end with ‘Natives’, a dense and heroic hymn with emotive structures and well-crafted harmonics. The track starts with the bittersweet, lamenting synths of a solo voice, pouring their heart out in the spotlight, all alone on the stage. All of a sudden, a hard-hitting, rhythmic groove commences its last rush of dedicated cadences. It is full of breaks, it is full of 303s, completed with airy echoes and dreamy, light gestures. ‘Natives’ keeps on building its structure with elegant paces, providing a massive, yet delicate experience of Norwell’s defined aesthetics. The track lets the last strokes of its gloomy synths roll out, along with the final round of looping drums, thus putting an end to DDS09.

– Gabor Nemerov

A1* ‎– A2* Written & Recorded by ‎– @Timothy-J-Fairplay in Kingston Upon Hull, 2022
B1** ‎– B2 Written & Recorded by ‎– @Norwell in Pilisborosjenő, 2020

*Published by House Of Klart
**Aditional Vocals by Angela Santa

Art Direction‎ – Daniel Jani (Studio Jetski)
www.instagram.com/studiojetski

Mastered by ‎– A.P (GS Mastering & Post)
www.ghostsounds.net

Executive Producer ‎– @maximilliansinclair

Dalmata Daniel: https://dalmatadaniel.com
Triple Vision Record Distribution: https://distribution.triplevision.nl

DDS09

DDS09: Timothy J. Fairplay / Norwell [SNIPPETS]

Cinematic #14 is a one-minute sonic vignette—fragmentary, dreamlike, and textured. Quirky pacing meets open space, suggesting a scene already in motion. Minimal yet evocative, it feels like a glimpse into a larger cinematic world.

cinematic #14

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A synth jam on a mystic journey through incense and martial arts. Artwork also by me (and a friend) done many years ago haha. cheers!

Mandarin Slice

To be released April 2nd.
Order here: https://pinkman.bandcamp.com/album/5-years-of-tears-vol-1

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Pinkman records presents Five Years of Tears: A string of releases dedicated to celebrating the 5th birth year of the label. The first volume features contributions by 3 of the labels usual suspects, as well as newcomer Randstad. Ernestas Sadau's powerful, raw and menacing cut starts sets the scene for Alessandro Parisi to delve deep into his synthesizer toolkit. What comes out is a highly emotional production, infused with sirens and melodies that may cause tearful mourning on the dancefloors. On the B side Identified Patient provides yet another one of his notoriously slow and filthy underground creepers, while Randstad delivers another burst of energy that celebrates raw percussion, gloomy pads and haunting vocal samples.

PNKMN5Y1 | Various Artists - Five Years of Tears Vol. 1 (clips)

Title track of Spectral Empire's upcoming ep Iron Muscle.
Release date: 23/10
You can preorder the record here:
https://kompakt.fm/releases/iron_muscle

A1. Spectral Empire - Iron Muscle

The colours flickered abruptly on the television screen as he sat and stared into space. He was not paying attention to the wave of meaningless colours before him for his life was now nothing but grey... 

'Black, blue, yellow, green...' 

They flashed once more.

'Black, blue, yellow, green...' 

They'd always said that this day might come, that we'd become numb as a nation to all the colour and life in the world. To all the glory in variation and difference, in beauty and in light. It was a sad state...

Concret & TYU are set to release a dazzling new EP packed with rugged energy and life for Trafico Music. They've also drafted in a host of remixers including the likes of Corrado, Luzius and Bellville. Our stand out from the release however, came from Comeme affiliated producer Borusiade who continues to move from strength to strength.

Halo EP

PREMIERE: Concret & TYU - Black, Blue, Yellow, Green (Borusiade Remix) [Trafico Music]

Artist: Keplrr
Title: Esoteric Functions
Label: Control Freak Recordings
Format: 12" Vinyl
Release date: 21/08/20
Purchase: https://es.juno.co.uk/products/keplrr-reconstructed-club/783365-01/

Keplrr returns to Control Freak with ‘Reconstructed Club’ - a collection of high-definition techno with a meticulous focus on sound design, careful arrangement, and a painstaking attention to detail.
Our choice here is A-Side ‘Esoteric Functions’ a screw-face roller full of anxious, rising pads, driving percussion and an insistent sub rumble.
’Reconstructed Club’ is a call to an extraterrestrial dance floor, a catapult through the vortex - strap in for the ride.

https://soundcloud.com/keplrr
https://soundcloud.com/controlfreakrecordings

Reconstructed Club

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PREMIERE #1134 | Keplrr - Esoteric Functions [Control Freak] 2020

https://soundcloud.com/jorkes
https://soundcloud.com/nikkname
https://soundcloud.com/ombrainternational
Buy Release: https://ombrainternational.bandcamp.com/album/ombra-intl-017-destiny
YouTube: https://youtu.be/QqyKQuR1SzI

Welcome to a new dream come true. Only we can decide what is salvation or surrender. Goodbye 2020, hello new beginnings.  London's Birds makes her Ombra debut with a dirty post-punk tinged tribute to the late Andrew Weatherall. FREERIDE MILLENIUM cohorts, Jorkes & Nikkname deliver a dystopian manifesto to the citizen's of the renegade and rebel truth. Buenos Aires born, Berlin-based Skelesys returns to the homefront, venturing into an accelerated dark wave bomb incorporating his enigmatic vocals and guitar.  Silicodisco & Madrid's Rotten City Records boss, Alvaro Cabana return to Ombra with a hypnotic kraut-rocktechno vibe. Chilean, Ducati Flux, is 1/2 of the Berlin-based live duo, Random Atlas. With a few tracks already confirmed on Ombra this year, this is his first. A slow and heavy-snared weapon, with a nod to the oldskool turntablist scratch records.  Last in the EP is Belgian's NAUFRAGI. A triumphant return to Ombra, with a super cosmic track, Italo and new wave inspired.

Tracklist:

1. Jorkes & Nikkname - Citizen   
2. Ducati Flux - Trash   
3. Birds - Keep The Ship Moving   
4. Skelesys - The Scorpion King   
5. Silicodisco & Alvaro Cabana - Misty   
6. NAUFRAGI - Mongo

V/A - OMBRA Intl. 017 - Destiny

Citizen

PREMIERE: Jorkes & Nikkname - Citizen [OMBRA Intl.]

International digital Music Label and Live Cast serie, Art and music events organizer/in situ projects conceptor working on the relationship between architecture and live music. Odesa-UA based project, active worldwide. We work against the GATEKEEPERS in the music scene and industry and give space to newcomers, unheard and forward thinking music.

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