Ojra

Ojra

Halyna Breslavets - Voice
Olga Voropaeva - Voice
Natalka Dudynska - Violin
Petro Yuha - Sopilka, Hulusi
Yurko Yefremov - Bass, Dulcimer, Drymba
Musicians of the Ojra folk band are professionally educated and Halyna Breslavets is teaching Ukrainian authentic folk vocal in Kharkov's State Academy of Culture. During more than 10 years musicians are collecting and studying authentic Ukrainian folk music. Ojra are laureates and participants of many folk, jazz and rock tenders and festivals. They collaborated with experimental theater Yara Art-Group and La MaMa/New York, Luk, Viñtor Morozov & Mertvyj Piven' (Dead Rooster), etc.
In 2007 OJRA and experimental electronic musician Andrey Kiritchenko met together and decided to make a folk / electronic collaboration.
information from: http://www.myspace.com/ojrakiritchenko
photo from: http://www.myspace.com/ojrafolk

Albums:

Ojra. Krokovoje koleso. /digi-pack/


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.
Domestic price: 390.60UAH, International price: $27.90USD

Ojra, Andrey Kiritchenko. A Tangle Of Mokosha.


The space remains clear – decorations appear fragmentary and absolutely unobtrusive. They afterwards form their own layer of fragile patterns – but the space all the same remains clear and transparent, therefore the general picture acquires depth, immensity, extraordinarily lots of warm, light, heartfelt overtones sound in it...
Domestic price: 390.60UAH, International price: $27.90USD