The single is based on a recording made in the Eastern Carpathians by the band manager, who did ethnographic fieldwork in the Polish-Ukrainian border region in 2020. The song was recorded from an inhabitant of Lubnia, a village in Ukraine’s Zakarpattia Oblast, situated right on the border with Poland. Ethnographers note that this area is inhabited by highlanders known as Boykos. 
The song narrates a serious marital quarrel with a touch of humour. A misunderstanding between an old woman (baba) and an old man (did) ends tragically when, in his anger, the husband drowns his wife in the village stream. Unable to bear being alone, he quickly marries a younger woman. A few days later, as he returns with his newlywed from the church and passes the bend in the river where he drowned his first wife, he sees her spirit emerge from the water, greeting him with, “I have already bathed; we can live together again.” Unlike our previous songs, this one features the handpan alongside the violin ane the hurdy-gurdy.

Hnala baba dida
DariaKosiek‬ - vocal, hurdy-gurdy
Anna Oklejewicz – violin
Maciej Harna – handpan, arrangement
Wojciech Lubertowicz – mixing and mastering
Gabriela Gorączko - animation
Words and melody – traditional

Hnala Baba Dida. Wav

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Beautiful traditional song from Galizien, Carpathian region. One of the newest records of The Doox band.

The Doox is a Ukrainian ethno-rock band, founded in 2013. This is a new folk in an interesting flutes and drive arrangement. A unique combination of male and female “folk” voices with bass guitar on the Ukrainian folk-rock scene.

The Doox experiment with music and can perform both in a light acoustic lounge format and with a strong driving & rock sound. The band's music is based on songs from all over Ukraine. The musicians strive to modernize folk folklore and thus introduce listeners to the Ukrainian flavor. 

The Doox try to combine ethnic sounds and melodies from all over the world, playing a variety of wind instruments of Ukraine and abroad.

The highlight of the band's music is a fusion of male and female voices in the traditional manner of singing. The band’s live outdoors performances cause a real sensation and get across the footlight.

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Файна народна сьпіванка з Галичени. Один з найновіших записів гурту The Doox.

The Dоох — український етно-рок колектив. Це новий фолк в цікавій сопілково-драйвовій обробці. Неповторне на UA фолк-рок сцені поєднання чоловічого і жіночого «народних» голосів з басами гітар.

The Doox експериментують з музикою і можуть виступати як в легкому акустичному лаунж-форматі, так і з сильним драйвовим саундом. На музику групи покладені пісні з усіх куточків України. Музиканти прагнуть осучаснити народний фольклор і таким чином познайомити слухачів із українським колоритом.

В Україні колектив уже встиг виступити на різних відомих фестивалях та в київських арт-клубах, часто концертує в Польщі та іншім заграниччю.

Гарні Вечори

the doox & July Vitraniuk • GAR​Ń​I VECZORY :: Г​А​Р​Н​І В​Е​Ч​О​Р​И :: Beautiful Evenings

Amazing song about Werchowyna -- the Highland region in Carpathian.

The Doox is a Ukrainian ethno-rock band, founded in 2013. This is a new folk in an interesting flutes and drive arrangement. A unique combination of male and female “folk” voices with bass guitar on the Ukrainian folk-rock scene.

The Doox experiment with music and can perform both in a light acoustic lounge format and with a strong driving & rock sound. The band's music is based on songs from all over Ukraine. The musicians strive to modernize folk folklore and thus introduce listeners to the Ukrainian flavor.

The Doox try to combine ethnic sounds and melodies from all over the world, playing a variety of wind instruments of Ukraine and abroad.

The highlight of the band's music is a fusion of male and female voices in the traditional manner of singing. The band’s live outdoors performances cause a real sensation and get across the footlight.

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ВЕРХОВИНА

Верховино  мати моя!

the doox • WERCHOWYNA nalegko (2017) zefra remaster (2024)

the doox • WERCHOWYNA (DJ Taras Fanatasy Remix)(2017) zefra remaster (2024)

the doox • WERCHOWYNA original (2017) zefra remaster (2024)

🇬🇧 A selection of archaic carols in a newly & modern rock reading by the “Carpathian Alligators” - the band KoraLLi from Stanislawiw.

🇩🇪 Eine Auswahl archaischer Weihnachtslieder in einer neuen und modernen Rock-Lesart von den „Carpathian Alligators“ - der Band KoraLLi aus Stanislawiw.

🇵🇱 Zbiórka archaicznych kolęd w nowoczesnym rockowym wykonaniu „Karpackich aLLigatorów” - zespołu KoraLLi ze Stanisławowa.

🇺🇦 Добірка старожитних кулєдок в новочєснім рок-прочитанню від "Карпатських аЛЛіґаторів" -- гурту КораЛЛі зї Станїславова.

🇨🇿 Výběr archaických koled v novém a moderním rockovém podání „Karpatských aLLigátorů“ - skupiny KoraLLi z města Stanislawiw.

VIS-À-VIS

Dziękuję

KoraLLi / К​о​р​а​Л​Л​і • Oj na rići Jordańi :: Ой на ріці на Йордані

Śnij

KoraLLi / К​о​р​а​Л​Л​і • W nediliu rano Sonce schodylo :: В неділю рано Сонце сходило

Kocham Cię

KoraLLi / К​о​р​а​Л​Л​і • Nebo i Zemlia :: Небо І Земля

Księżyca blask

KoraLLi / К​о​р​а​Л​Л​і • Czy doma doma :: Чи Дома Дома

🇬🇧 A Christmas Carol from Carpathian people well known as Gutsuls — in electronic reading by Qzzaargh — better known to the public as Sergij Kuźmiźski: the frontman of the legendary Hadyukin's Brothers.

🇺🇦 Різдвєнa коліда від Карпатського народу, відомого як Гуцули — в електронному виконанні Qzzaargh — більш відомого широкому загалу як Сергій Кузьмінський, фронтмен леґендарного гурту «Брати Гадюкіни».

Deep Gutsulia

Qzzaargh • Deep Gutsulia (remastered)

Loboda

Mistress of Csejte

My white ones geese

Rehearsal record of unpublished and unfinished "Aridnyk" track in 2017 year. 
Credits: Vitaly Savitar - vocals, keyboards, drums.

Aridnyk (rehearsal) - Borzhava Inspirations (Jumping into the void) (2017)

A mashup of a rare 1978 Ukrainian funk band Vodogray's rendition of a folk song 'Three trembitas' (Три трембiти), released as a flexy vinyl recording in a Soviet Krugozor magazine and a modern hip-hop track. Where the trembita echoes through time into the rhythm of the streets. Ludmila Artemenko and Victor Shportko meet The SuperSmashBroz @SuperSmashBroz, Alejandro Blanco and Wizz Dakota @wizzdakota on the border of folklore and fire.

Vodogray x SuperSmashBroz – Три трембіти / Top Speed (Ukrainian Folk-Hop Mashup)

He walks with thunder in his veins... In the stillness of mountain fog, the rhythm begins—metallic, raw, ancient. Chanting rises like smoke from the pinewoods... This is no melody—it’s an invocation. A warning. A spell. The molfár has spoken, and the Carpathians are listening.

Molfár

Salamander’s dreams .mp3

Wernyhora is a world music/folk band from Sanok, winner of
the 1st Prize of the Folk Music Contest at the Festival "Nowa Tradycja"
(2021), as well as the Main Prize and the Audience Award of the Festival
"Mikołajki Folkowe"(2020). In their current musical search, the band
mainly focuses on the traditions of the Polish-Ukrainian borderland,
especially the music of the inhabitants of the Carpathians (from the
Lemko region to the Hutsul region).
In 2021, Wernyhora had the opportunity to present their interpretation
of Boyko's music at the most important folk and world music festivals in
Poland, including the EtnoKraków Rozstaje festival, Ethno Port in
Poznań, the Real Musicians Tournament in Szczecin or the "Music
Enchanted in Wood" Festival. At over 20 concerts in 2021, the music of
the Sanok band was enthusiastically received by the audience amazed by
the beauty of instrumental arrangements and the sensitivity of the
Wernyhora’s vocalist.
At the end of 2021, the band released their debut album "Boyko Voice of
the Bieszczady" which included six Boyko songs in perfect arrangements
showing the musical artistry of three Sanok musicians. Thanks to the
artistic quality of the songs recorded on the disc, the album enjoys the
media patronage of the Second Program of the Polish Radio and the
Radio Centre of Folk Culture and the Folk Magazine.
Daria Kosiek - singer with a unique voice, holder of a scholarship from
the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Thanks to her
exceptional vocal skills, she received a special Czesław Niemen Award as
part of the New Tradition Festival (2021), as well as at festivals Kropa and
Sabałowe Bajania (2019). Apart from Wernyhora, Daria also sings in the
women's band Widymo and the Lirofonia project.
Anna Oklejewicz - multi-instrumentalist, loves playing string
instruments. She plays especially in pagan metal and dark folk projects.
In Wernyhora, she is responsible for string instruments, including vielle
and viola da gamba.
Maciej Harna - plays on the hudry-gurdy  and exceptional arranger of Wernyhora, musicologist, educator, creator (founder and composer) of the multiinstrumental Orkiestra Jednej Góry Matragony, also cooperating with
KSU, Lirofonia and Karpaton (Slovakia) ensembles. A scholarship holder
of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.

It is the stories and our imagination that give life and meaning to this world. And because I love music ... that it questions, that it awakens, that it intrigues, that it disturbs, that it moves... beyond the boundaries of genres ... This project is an expectation, a research in embryo ("one man band"), and the exploration - being for the moment totally free to leave the field - of the possibilities open to changing inspiration and protean nonconformism ... I admit that it is not easy to enter, and I thank all the more those who took the time to stop and listen to some of these stories ...

We are rediscovering to the world the forgotten, or never heard properly Ukrainian root music! Unfortunately, Ukraine itself is not a mother for such music, but an evil stepmother... However, the music we're rediscovering is worth hearing out full power! So sit back and listen! And if you liked it, we will be very grateful for your little support of these «unheard-of» Ukrainian musicians... ❤️
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Vinyl collector turned sound collagist. Mixing Eastern Bloc nostalgia with soulful tape grit and house grooves.

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