Viy. Ochi Vid‘my. /Songs by the group Viy performed by Ukrainian musicians/. (Eyes of the Witch)

It is difficult to say for sure how long ago expectation for release of this disc started. The very idea was announced at the end of 2004, therefore we expected for it sometimes in 2005 – but there was no time for something, something stopped, the number of compositions and the list of participants did not overtake for long, the release was postponed several times – the changes took place up to the last moment. Actually, just like that, at the last moment, the piece by Pikkardiyska Tertsiya was included into the disc – the final, 14^th track. Presumably, if the approach to the initiative were more commercial, everything would happen faster – but hardly more qualitatively, more interestingly. Because due to such unhurried step the disc had time to absorb everything that indeed wanted to appear on it – and in the form to which it has ripened within the musicians, and was not dictated from outside. Therefore, we will not say here what has appeared better, what is worse – this is the issue of personal tastes and likings, nothing more. We can say only one thing for sure – look at the list of groups – so diversified musicians sound on the disk that no music preference will, most probably, remain unsatisfied. Provided, certainly, that the tastes revolve somewhere around rock music. And another detail: the booklet contains brief stories in relation to each group that is a participant of this tribute – and that is also nice.