A note from the artist: The tracks have eloquent titles for a reason, like the names of paintings or Ukrainian poems. These are memories, strong memories of childhood, summer holidays in the village, my great-grandmother, grandmother, cherry blossoms, a mud hut, and a big willow tree in front of the yard. But memories pass quickly, just like childhood. That's why it's important to preserve this treasure, it helps us to live on.’

Smezkh and OO Recordings would like to remind you of the importance of continued support to Ukraine. If you have the means, we would like to encourage you to donate to Future Sich, through this link: sich.ngo/en/donate and follow here: www.instagram.com/future.sich/

https://soundcloud.com/smezkh
https://soundcloud.com/oorecordings

PREMIERE⚡️Smezkh - August Evening In The Village [OO Recordings]

OO Recordings is proud to present a damn near perfect blend of high-flying experimentation, moody ambient and dancefloor-worthy remixes in the form of an EP by the Ukrainian multi-talent Smezkh.

Taking the listener into a digitally distorted visit to a universal state of place known as a village, Smezkh paints an audio picture that is tranquil at times, yet surrounds the listener with hectic - even disturbing - moments that underline both the beauty that prevails in the world and the hardship of the time the artist and his peers find themselves in. Hope and universal lightness always exist but this is clouded by the terrors of mankind. A product of a disastrous time in their home country and the world at large, it is nearly impossible to hear the hardship that has engulfed the creative process from which this EP came. Even with cases of serious power outages, turmoil and personal distress, this EP is a testament to the very creative drive that makes us human and proves that art in many forms is a way to capture the spirit of an era and not just the facts and statistics.

This is an EP that deserves your ears, and no short-handed descriptions of the tracks could ever do it justice. The personal view of the artist on the release is to be heard and not explained. The EP is finished off by remixes by fellow ukrainian Revshark, the Helsinki-based Fleur Amser and Iceland’s creative mastermind Jónbjörn.

Artist’s note:
‘The tracks have eloquent titles for a reason, like the names of paintings or Ukrainian poems. These are memories, strong memories of childhood, summer holidays in the village, my great-grandmother, grandmother, cherry blossoms, a mud hut, and a big willow tree in front of the yard. But memories pass quickly, just like childhood. That's why it's important to preserve this treasure, it helps us to live on.’

Smezkh and OO Recordings would like to remind you of the importance of continued support to Ukraine. If you have the means, we would like to encourage you to donate to Future Sich, through this link: sich.ngo/en/donate and follow here: www.instagram.com/future.sich/

https://oorecordings.bandcamp.com/album/joyful-and-a-little-sad-ep

Artist
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smezkh/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/smezkh
https://soundcloud.com/jonbjorn

Label
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oo_recordings
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/oorecordings
Bandcamp: https://oorecordings.bandcamp.com/

PREMIERE: Smezkh - August Evening In The Village (Jónbjörn Remix) [OO Recordings]

The sixth release on OO Recordings grows the roster of artists into Ukraine as the multi-disciplinary talent known as Smezkh treats us to an experimental, emotional, and ambient set of four original tracks - and one bonus live drone composition. The release finishes with three remixes that take on experimental and more dancefloor-oriented shapes.

Smezkh - Scrolling Through Memories

Smezkh - 0001 Sad (bonus)

OO Recordings is an independent label, run by @raule123, @djaleksialeksi and @handshaking. OO focuses on music with electronic and leftfield touches. O to O was a show on Noods Radio. And a club night at times.

OO vol. 1 - 2017
OO vol. 2 - 2019
OO Splits 1 - 2021
OO Splits 2 - 2022
OOR005 - January 2023
OOR006 - November 2024
OOR007 - TBA 2025

Sub-label releases:
OORFD001 - TBC 2025
OORFD - TBC 2025

Music is the cure

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How to submit music: http://bit.ly/How2SubmitMusic

My name is Moskalus and i run a YouTube channel and upload music regularly.
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