NeDilya. NeDilya. // www.UMKA.com.ua

To be on the safe side, I will remind you that Dilya is a ex-vocalist of our celebrated group Tanok na maidani Kongo. And again, just in case – I will remind you that TNMKongo is almost the first Ukrainian group which has become a real popularizer of hip-hop on the territory of Ukraine. And now, just to make sure, I will say that Dilya, as they say in Odessa, is "two great differences" for TNMK. In general, it should be like that, because it is a solo project. The things which are taken out of context. In this particular case, lyrically coloured thoughts are taken out of context. The thoughts which are a bit difficult for uttering by forceful recitative. The thoughts which require an unhurried development in the form of emotions and intensive examination at different shades of light. The thoughts which look more like the shadows of thoughts, the track of rash silver fish which have flashed by somewhere in the depth. They resemble reminiscences, and reminiscences not so much of head as of heart. And the music of this album is just the same as the lyrics – not aggressive, but bright-aniline. It looks more like a background than a separate canvas, a background that is not importunate at all, but saturated. This is the background which does not draw your attention away, it only accentuates the main lyrical theme. I think, it will be much more pleasant to listen to this album in the evening. After supper.

Arlett. Arlett. /digi-pack/.

..Eventually, the debut album by Arlett generally somehow avoids excesses, sticks to certain mainstream – which, incidentally, has its zest. It is read as being without a mask, simple expression, a sort of a light conversation. Due to which, probably, there will be a chance and the will for a deeper conversation.

Domestic price: 222.60UAH, International price: $15.90USD

Gouache. Simple me. (CD+DVD).

"Gouache" has already become one of the most noticeable and interesting recent novices. The guys immediately set the goal of, so to speak, "western" quality – and they are successfully implementing their objective. Everything went right: having heard songs by "Gouache", our audience frequently fails to believe that it is a purely Ukrainian product sounding.

Domestic price: 250.60UAH, International price: $17.90USD

Green Silence. .

The group says about itself that in the search for its own style it arrived at funk with jazz – and afterwards added into the mixture blues, Brazilian and Hutsul ethno, and not only that. The search continues, windows are open. Suggestions are being accepted. In the end, it is really so – here, it is possible to hear a mixture of "everything with everything", but the mixture is sustained, not aimless eclecticism.

Domestic price: 250.60UAH, International price: $17.90USD

NeDilya. NeDilya.

Arlett. Arlett. /digi-pack/.

Gouache. Simple me. (CD+DVD).

Green Silence. .

NeDilya. Trohy teplyh sliv. (Some warm words)