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DakhaBrakha is becoming more and more transparent, clear – direct, if I may. Not as direct as a log, but – as an arrow. This is similar to how wisdom needs to pass the complete path from the sophisticated to the simple – otherwise, nothing but the intellect will grow. And it is when naked – rather a dead weight... Here – otherwise. On the first album music of the group literally wiped the listener off, snatched him / her for a hot dance – because that was really some primitive burst of fiery energy. The second album was a studio one, and thus softer – but the basis remained the same. And here, "On the Verge" – in the music of DakhaBrakha the force of water is revealed very perceptibly, magic of quite a different level appears, intended for other purposes. That is, the first works were just to burn everything old, not able to live on – to clear the space. The new work – must feed the new, fresh relying on those roots that did not subdue to the action of fire. That verge from which creation of the new myth, new cultural alloy may start passes somewhere – at least, the album does create preconditions for this. Whether they will succeeded in cherish from it something truly green and flexible – this is a question for the future. But the fact that DakhaBrakha based on experience of its own creativity passes the way from the primordial chaos to harmonious creation – seems obvious. Do your eyes see? Anton Jozhik Leyba (Hedgehog)
Publisher: author
Year: 2009
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It is obvious that something extraordinary was expected from DD – so that it were different from the first album but not inferior to it. The girls have met the both expectations, this is a cool art-house piece, quite far from the ordinary..
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..a studio album is a different story, it offers an opportunity to hear, not to see: music balancing on the brink of theater. Due to the art of intonation, which sometimes reaches its extreme and takes a step further – but also due to the art of silence, which only rarely acts as a pause, taking a breath, but mostly it keeps producing supplementary senses.
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An album that's a joke, a discovery, a surprise, a challenge – combining the folk music of the Carpathians with the North American folk. LBB have danced that subtly but stoutly: monologues about dialogues of cultures are not really needed when you have such illustrations at hand..
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This album was ready in the autumn of 2016 – but the musicians were in doubt, as a result they literally re-created it from scratch (the sound producer was Yuryi Hustochka). And it turned out – superb, literally. Fragile like the frosty crust on morning snow, thick and fragrant like masala – an album of hope, an album of surprise. Steppe blues..
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Cooperation of Astarta (a side project by Eduard Prystupa) with Colin Edwin (Porcupine Tree bass-player) is just an example of such quality implementation of ideas, when first you do not even try to understand what the essence is, but just listen. Listen carefully, because it is delicious.
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In its previous album "Pokosy", ShockolaD stepped away from jazz for an almost safe distance – the key definition of the work would be "ethno-lounge". Well, and this time the group seems to have decided to remix all familiar ingredients – both the ethno, and jazz, and acoustic lounge – and, sure, to season it with a few new colors.
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Belarus bands famous here are specific in their artistic, nonlinear attitude to arrangements, self-irony and – they are somehow particularly enlightened, I guess. When one listens to them – sometimes it seems that they are singing the anthem of the Sun, facing the dark wall of the ancient forest. And Vuraj in this regard is no exception.
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...while grounding on Ukrainian folk songs (not played out at all), the musicians threw into the pot a whole bunch of everything – African rhythms, rock groove, ethnic and electronic instruments – and they mixed that up well. The result turned out pretty hot to taste, diverse, sometimes quite unexpected.
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...Ukrainian authenticity is primarily the mystical energy of the earth and the complete harmony with the space. This is very powerful music! The new disc by ILLARIA is a kind of a calendar of Ukrainian music traditions. It includes cover versions of well-known folk songs based on authentic archival records.
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...the album "Free" resembles that very puzzle, an element of mosaics that was lacking in order that the picture became integral, completed. It – disregarding, let me repeat it, the status of the debut one – seems to sum up some results, outline the visible and known space and, thus, free space for a step forward.
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..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...
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This is music with its own identity. And it's not only about interesting arrangements – listen to the lyrics: this is not simulation of rural folklore, this is its urban rethinking, but not limited to the city. Somewhere there, a universal key to the roots reside...
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..It’s hard to pinpoint exact influences that aptly mirror what Dark Patrick is going for here, though a safe bet would want to include nods to numerous strata of organic electronica, soundtrack ambient, world ethnotronica, psych and trip-hop. Additionally, the band claims some affiliation to the fertile soils of reggae, dub and trance...
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The album "Duet" is a combination of not only two voices. This is synthesis of two very different manners of performance, schools, music styles, and aesthetics. Since Taras Zhytynsky is a rock singer, and Iryna Zhytynska is an opera singer (mezzo-soprano), a soloist of Wroclaw Opera House...
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Music contents of this release do not differ from the premium edition (apart from a hidden surprise track). Differences relate only to the external design – besides, there is no booklet with the lyrics here. Hence the lower price of this edition compared to the premium one.
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...the content of the album in the style aspect is ambiguous – but, definitely, interesting. This time to their branded ethno-chaos they have added quite a bit of very diverse elements: here you have soul, and D'n'B, and hip-hop, and art-rock, and almost jazz decorations. It appears cool.
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Is the studio version different from the concert one? No doubt. Without disclosing all secrets, it is enough to say that it remains up to date to go beyond one language and one culture. In my opinion, the album represents the Ukrainian music, but the music which is done by the new generation. It is the product of the new world. The entire world.
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Taking the Carpathian and Polissya folklore as a basis, PoliKarp modernizes it very carefully – the key melody and, actually, the manner of singing remain unchanged. While speaking about rhythmic structures and additional melody lines – here already musicians release their fantasy. And that is why in their music it is possible to hear impacts of outright rock, and jazz, and funk, and dub..
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First I listened to the Ojra’s records somewhere at the end of 90-ties, yet then it was the attempt to join the archaic and the up-to-date. The staff of the group changed several times since then, and they didn’t give up to search. Of course, a variety of creative paths they made gave its outcome: one of the best, I think, neo-folk records of all Ukrainian discography of the recent years.
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From ballads to dance, from folklore through art rock to meditation and jazz – I would call this world fusion, as a lot of roots from the whole world have intertwined here. However, all the plays have their common root: the basis is creative re-consideration of music of Crimean Tatars and other Black Sea peoples.
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The mosaic that results is as bright as deep – "Burdon" once again opens the beauty of old music virtually lost for large audiences. And, at the same time, throws a tank of oxygen into the flame of modern folk – let it burn brightly and not die away...
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The album "Valley of Muses" is, in fact, a Ukrainian project in the domain of world music – at that, presumably, virtually the first one in Ukraine. It is strange and nice to hear how organically there sound together, for example, the lyre, the deeply Ukrainian violin, – and the Indian percussion. Or the mandolin with the drymba – why not a couple?
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01-09-2017 19:51 |
ÄàõàÁðàõà ï³äíåñëà óêðà¿íñüêèé åòíî-ôîëê-êðîññîâåð-ñòèëü íà íàéâèù³ ùàáë³ - ãóðò óñï³øíî ãàñòðîëþº ïî âñüîìó ñâ³òó. Íàö³îíàëüíà àâòåíòèêà âäàëî ³ íåïîâòîðíî çì³øàíà ç âèêîðèñòàííÿì ìóçè÷íèõ ³íñòðóìåíò³â ³íøèõ íàðîä³â.
Ñëóõàòè öåé, ÿê ³ âñ³ ³íø³ àëüáîìè êîëåêòèâó - îáîâ'ÿçêîâî!
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Viper Vertex
, Oakland, California, United States
27-05-2014 08:36 |
Hi Dakha Brakha!
I heard your music on NPR Public Radio in the Bay Area, California, came home looked it up on-line so I could get the CD to hear more AND support your wonderful music! So, I am absolutely THRILLED and delighted with my DakhaBrakha CD! Your music is a creatively wonderful blend of art, electro-trance (is that a category?!) and traditionally global with contemporary flair and originality! Certainly worth thewait to get here! I have been listening to it a lot, and told many of my friends and students about this cool new (to me!) Ukrainian Music CD! (I am a Professor teaching multimedia/video and digital arts at an Art College in the Bay Area) THANK YOU!
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Ìàð³ÿ
, Õàðê³â
14-11-2009 12:19 |
Äóæå ö³êàâà ºòíîìóçèêà. Ñëóõàëà ïî ï'ÿòäåñÿò ðàç³â. ×åêàþ íîâèõ àëüáîì³â
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Matt
, Le Mans, France
13-11-2009 18:18 |
Discovered in Dublin for "Hotel Kiev" video performance. Amazingly deep ! Looking forward the next album...
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Spud
, Dublin, Ireland
29-10-2009 09:03 |
I first encountered this band live and they really blew me away. I'm delighted to have them at home to enjoy at any time.
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, Aberystwyth, UK
13-05-2009 12:07 |
Good music - I listen to it a lot. Not quite as good as their earlier album (Jagudky ) but still more interesting than anyone in the UK is currently producing. One or two tracks do seem to be a bit derivative of their earlier work, though even with them there is sufficient development to make them worthwhile. It will be interesting to see how the group develops over time, whether they will fall into a rut or move their music on in some way.
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, Vancouver, Canada
10-04-2009 19:50 |
kruto!
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