TaRuta. EthnoLab. /digi-pack/.

Already with their debut album "Born in Love" (2010) TaRuta clearly stated that their love of authenticity would not be an obstacle for all sorts of experiments. During the time that has passed, a lot of things have happened – but, above all, highly significant experience has been accumulated. Both that of stage performances, and of studio work (the studio, by the way, is "Komora", and the sound producer is Kost Kostenko, which also matters). As a result, their ethnic laboratory witnessed apparition from the lead of raw energy – and that's really just like alchemy – of a sort of a golden ball. Silky outside, while inside – tempered. Not one of those that lie, tidy and round, in a drawer on a velvet pad. But the one that can be charged – and shot right into the blue sky, to burst into a rainbow, disperse as a heap of goodies. It is not for nothing that a number of guest musicians joined recording of the album – including, for example, Roman Kolyada – yes, it worked out. And look what is specific: the core of the Ukrainian archaic material is not hidden, not disguised as it could be and as it has already happened. On the contrary, the foundation is very expressive, while all the rest – it is like pastel lighting. All those small sounds of country, rock, fusion, disco, club electronics – they are as if New Year decorations on a living tree. In this case, however, they are nicely organic. Thus – perception of a holiday is really there...