Pop music in Ukraine
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Pop music in Ukraine is Western
influenced pop music
in its various forms that has been growing in popularity in Ukraine
since the 1960s.
which included 2 electric banduras. Initially it started off as an instrumental group playing folk inspired cool jazz. Other groups gradually appeared on the scene primarily from Western Ukraine such as Medikus, Smerichka.
Major contributions were made by song writer Volodymyr Ivasiuk
and singer Sofia Rotaru
and Nazariy Yaremchuk
.
in 1978, developments in Ukrainian pop music almost ground to a halt. Even established folk -rock groups such as Kobza began to sing in Russian. The songs of Ivasiuk were rarely heard on the radio and many of the established singers such as Sofia Rotaru began to sing in Russian exclusively.
Many Ukrainian musicians moved to Moscow, and various Moscow based Pop groups had a pop songs in the Ukrainian language such as the group Samotvety - Verba.
The sponsoring of a Ukrainian only festival did much to change this perception.
Music groups (hoort) that came to prominence were:
Among the popular groups and performers of the 90's were Opalnyi Prynz (Opalni Prinz), Hadiukins Brothers and sister Vika, Russya
, Iryna Bilyk
. Oleksandr Ponomaryov
, Taisiya Povaliy, Oleksandr Tischenko, Anatoli Matviychuk, Andri Mikolaichyck. Bands like Scryabin, Loony Pelen (Vlad
), VIY http://www.viy.in.ua, Vopli Vidoplyasova, Aqua Vita, Van Gog, and Haidamaky (new genre "Kozak-Rock") were just a few of the many popular bands of that time.
, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004
.
.
Ukrainian pop and folk music arose with the international popularity of groups like Vopli Vidoplyasova, Viy
http://www.viy.in.ua, Okean Elzy
, et al.
The group Kazaky
became one of Ukraine's first outfits to achieve a degree of international recognition only weeks after its constitution in 2010 by relying on the impact of its video through the internet.
bands include Braty Hadiukiny/Брати Гадюкіни, Komu Vnyz
, Plach Yeremiyi/Плач Єремії, Taras Petrynenko
, Viy, Vopli Vidoplyasova, http://www.burninghearts.com.ua/*Burning Hearts and others. Opalnyi Prynz/Opalni Prinz/Опальний Принц was, perhaps, the most influential Rock band in the late 80's. Okean Elzy
, featuring Slava Vakarchuk has long been among the most popular bands of Ukrainian pop-rock, and has had some success abroad. The pop-singer Ruslana
also uses some elements of rock in her work. Interesting in rock music is Skryabin
.
The Rock legends of Ukraine is a series of compilations of the best works of known Ukrainian rock groups.
New wave of rock music in Ukraine is represented by such bands as TOL, Skinhate (Hardcore
), Flëur
, Ya i Drug Moi Gruzovik, Snuff
, Pictures Inside Me, Fakultet (New Metal), S.K.A.Y.
(Pop rock
), Marakesh, Holy Blood (Folk metal
), Kara, FACTOR 150 (Christian Metalcore
), Robots Don't Cry (Punk rock
), Opozitsiya, xDeviantx, E42, The Homebodies, etc.
, Drudkh
, Hate Forest
, Astrofaes
, Holy Blood, Blood of Kingu
, Raventale, Lutomysl and Dub Buk.
("The Dance on the Congo Square") which raps in the Ukrainian language (specifically the Slobozhanshchyna dialect) and mix hip hop with indigenous Ukrainian elements. Most Hip-hop in Ukraine is however in Russian.
Ukraine's 2005 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, GreenJolly's "Together We Are Many", had recently been the unofficial anthem of the Orange Revolution
. Eurovision required the lyrics be changed for the contest version because of rules against political content.
Recently a new artist named Vova zi Lvova (literally "Vova (Volodymyr from Lviv"), part of a collective known as Chorne ta Bile ("Black and White"), has entered onto the Ukrainian hip hop scene, gaining attention not only because of his serious lyrics (compared to groups such as TNMK, which frequently sing humorous or joke songs) but also because of his unique usage of the Ukrainian language in his lyrics.
In the 1970s Montreal positioned itself as a major centre for Ukrainian Diaspora pop music mainly through the efforts of Bohdan Tymyc and his Yevshan corporation. Yevshan released numerous recordings by Zabava bands such as Rushnychok, Syny stepiv. It is through Yevshan that Luba Kovalchuk recorded here first recordings and started her rise through an album called Zoria (Album cover by Maurice Prokaziuk).
Western culture
Western culture, sometimes equated with Western civilization or European civilization, refers to cultures of European origin and is used very broadly to refer to a heritage of social norms, ethical values, traditional customs, religious beliefs, political systems, and specific artifacts and...
influenced pop music
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
in its various forms that has been growing in popularity in Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
since the 1960s.
1970s
The 1970s saw the emergence of a number of folk rock groups. One of the most prominent was a group known as KobzaKobza
The kobza is a Ukrainian folk music instrument of the lute family , a relative of the Central European mandora...
which included 2 electric banduras. Initially it started off as an instrumental group playing folk inspired cool jazz. Other groups gradually appeared on the scene primarily from Western Ukraine such as Medikus, Smerichka.
Major contributions were made by song writer Volodymyr Ivasiuk
Volodymyr Ivasyuk
Volodymyr Mykhailovych Ivasyuk or Volodymyr Ivasiuk was a very popular Ukrainian songwriter, composer and poet from the Ukrainian SSR...
and singer Sofia Rotaru
Sofia Rotaru
Sofia Mykhailivna Yevdokymenko-Rotaru known as Sofia Rotaru is a Soviet and Ukrainian pop singer of Romanian/Moldavian heritage....
and Nazariy Yaremchuk
Nazariy Yaremchuk
Nazariy Yaremchuk was a well-known Hutsul Ukrainian singer, born in the village of Rivnya, Chernivtsi Oblast.In 1963 he finished the Byznytsk middle school no.1. After an unsuccessful attempt to enter the Geographical faculty of the Chernivtsi university spent some time working as a seismographer...
.
1980s
After the tragic death of V. IvasiukVolodymyr Ivasyuk
Volodymyr Mykhailovych Ivasyuk or Volodymyr Ivasiuk was a very popular Ukrainian songwriter, composer and poet from the Ukrainian SSR...
in 1978, developments in Ukrainian pop music almost ground to a halt. Even established folk -rock groups such as Kobza began to sing in Russian. The songs of Ivasiuk were rarely heard on the radio and many of the established singers such as Sofia Rotaru began to sing in Russian exclusively.
Many Ukrainian musicians moved to Moscow, and various Moscow based Pop groups had a pop songs in the Ukrainian language such as the group Samotvety - Verba.
1990s
The 1990s saw an explosion in the Ukrainian Pop music world. This was brought on by the Chervona Ruta Festival which was held in Chernivtsi in 1989 and sponsored by the Kobza corporation and Pisennyi Vernisazh - New Ukrainian Wave 92 (Kyiv) sponsored / producing by the Rostyslav - Show Agency. At the end of the 80's it was considered that Ukrainian language based rock would not be effective.The sponsoring of a Ukrainian only festival did much to change this perception.
Music groups (hoort) that came to prominence were:
- Komu Vnyz
- Ne zhurys'
- Taras PetrynenkoTaras Petrynenko-Background:His musical career started in 1969 after his performance on the dance floor with the group Eney, which consisted of students from the music school named after Mykola Lysenko...
and Hrono
Among the popular groups and performers of the 90's were Opalnyi Prynz (Opalni Prinz), Hadiukins Brothers and sister Vika, Russya
Russya
Irina Volodymyrivna "Russya" Poryvai is a Ukrainian singer, and musician.She released her first hit song "Don't stand by my window" in 1989. Russya had Top 10 hits on the Ukrainian charts in the late 1980s, and through the early and mid 1990s. She is a two-time winner in category Best Female ...
, Iryna Bilyk
Iryna Bilyk
Iryna Bilyk is a Ukrainian singer and songwriter. She wrote her first song at the age of ten. In 1995, Bilyk performed for the United States President Bill Clinton...
. Oleksandr Ponomaryov
Oleksandr Ponomaryov
Oleksandr Ponomaryov born, August 9, 1973, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine) is one of the most famous singers of Ukraine. He has been awarded the country’s "Singer of the Year" seven times.One of Oleksandr's early passions was boxing...
, Taisiya Povaliy, Oleksandr Tischenko, Anatoli Matviychuk, Andri Mikolaichyck. Bands like Scryabin, Loony Pelen (Vlad
Vlad (musician)
Volodymyr Mykhailovich DeBriansky , better known by his stage names Jack Spade or Vlad, is a jazz, blues, rock and classical guitarist, producer as well as an actor....
), VIY http://www.viy.in.ua, Vopli Vidoplyasova, Aqua Vita, Van Gog, and Haidamaky (new genre "Kozak-Rock") were just a few of the many popular bands of that time.
- Haidamaky later united with Polish band Voo VooVoo Voo-Band members:* Wojciech Waglewski - guitar, main vocals, and lyrics. Founder and leader of the band, its name comes from his initials. Father of Bartosz Waglewski and Piotr Waglewski, better known as Fisz and Emade. He also plays with the bands "Osjan" and "Gaya"....
, performing numerous concerts across Europe. - Vopli Vidoplyasova in their clip Kateryna portrayed the events of the Ukrainian struggle for independents in 1917-1921.
2000s
In recent times folkloric elements have made a resurgence in modern Ukrainian pop music. Hutsul folk melodies, rhythms and dance moves were used by the RuslanaRuslana
Ruslana Stepanivna Lyzhychko is a World Music Award winning and MTV Europe Music Award nominated artist, and the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004....
, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Eurovision Song Contest 2004
The Eurovision Song Contest 2004, was the 49th Contest and it was held in the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. This was the first occasion in which the contest was held in Turkey after they had won the competition in 2003 with Sertab Erener singing "Everyway That I Can"...
.
- Sofia RotaruSofia RotaruSofia Mykhailivna Yevdokymenko-Rotaru known as Sofia Rotaru is a Soviet and Ukrainian pop singer of Romanian/Moldavian heritage....
– released a number of Ukrainian language albums that were in top chart positions (YedinomuTo the Only OneYedinomu - is the third studio album of Sofia Rotaru, recorded in Ukraine. The album was released in 2003 in Ukraine and Russia with 16 tracks with consequent worldwide release. This album appeared after a pause caused by the death of Sofia's husband Anatoliy Evdokimenko and is a tribute to his...
) - Okean ElzyOkean ElzyOkean Elzy is one of the most successful and popular Ukrainian rock bands. It was formed in 1994 in Lviv, Ukraine. The band's vocalist and frontman is Svyatoslav Vakarchuk. Okean Elzy is the best-loved Ukrainian rock band not only in Ukraine but also in most CIS countries...
– popular rock band - RuslanaRuslanaRuslana Stepanivna Lyzhychko is a World Music Award winning and MTV Europe Music Award nominated artist, and the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004....
- singer, composer, pianist, conductor (http://www.ruslana.com.ua/) - Verka SerduchkaVerka SerduchkaAndriy Mykhailovych Danylko , better known as his drag character Verka Serduchka , is a Ukrainian comedian and pop and dance singer. In the role of Serduchka, he represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 and finished in second place...
- singer - Svetlana LobodaSvetlana LobodaSvitlana Loboda is a Ukrainian singer and composer. Loboda represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 and finished in 12th place with 76 points.-Early life:Loboda was born in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR...
- singer - VIA GRA
- nikitANikitANikitA is a Ukrainian pop duo formed in Ukraine by Yuriy Nikitin. The group consists Dasha Astafieva and Anastasiya Kumeyko.They are said to be one of the most unusual Ukrainian music bands, as their specified theme of music is "Sexual Aggression". The band released their little known single...
- neAngely
- Potap & Kamenskikh
- Ani LorakAni LorakKarolina Miroslavivna Kuiek, , popularly known as Ani Lorak , born 27 September 1978, Kitsman, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, is a famous Ukrainian pop singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur, and former UN Goodwill Ambassador...
- SMSSMSSMS is a form of text messaging communication on phones and mobile phones. The terms SMS or sms may also refer to:- Computer hardware :...
- Natalka KarpaNatalka KarpaNatalka Karpa , born Nataliya Semenivna Karpa is a Ukrainian singer, anchor lady, and the "Distinguished Artist of Ukraine" . She is closely associated with the city of Lviv.-Biography:...
- Natalia Mohilevska (Nataliya Mogilёvskaya)
Recent developments
One of the most important and truly original musicians to come out of Ukraine in recent years is the ultra-avantgarde folk singer and harmonium player Mariana SadovskaMariana Sadovska
Mariana Sadovska is a German-based Ukrainian actress, singer, musician, recording artist and composer.-Life:Sadovska began her work with Les Kurbas Theater at Anatole Vasiliev's Festivals in St. Petersburg and Moscow. There she was tapped for the "Slavic Pilgrim Project" by Jerzy Grotowski in...
.
Ukrainian pop and folk music arose with the international popularity of groups like Vopli Vidoplyasova, Viy
Viy (band)
Viy is a Ukrainian ethnic-rock band originating from the capital Kiev in 1991.-Discography:* Chorna Rillya * Khata Skrayu Sela * Chorna Rillya Collector's Edition * Rock Legends of Ukraine - Viy...
http://www.viy.in.ua, Okean Elzy
Okean Elzy
Okean Elzy is one of the most successful and popular Ukrainian rock bands. It was formed in 1994 in Lviv, Ukraine. The band's vocalist and frontman is Svyatoslav Vakarchuk. Okean Elzy is the best-loved Ukrainian rock band not only in Ukraine but also in most CIS countries...
, et al.
The group Kazaky
Kazaky
Kazaky is an all-male Ukrainian dance group. Assembled by choreographer Oleg Zhezhel, the group has released several songs which have garnered popularity on YouTube...
became one of Ukraine's first outfits to achieve a degree of international recognition only weeks after its constitution in 2010 by relying on the impact of its video through the internet.
Rock
Ukrainian rockUkrainian rock
Ukrainian rock is rock music from Ukraine. The most popular bands include Komu Vnyz, Plach Yeremiyi, Taras Petrynenko, Vika, Tea Fan Club , Viy, Vopli Vidoplyasova and others. Opalnyi Prynz was, perhaps, the most influential rock band in the late 1980s and early 1990s, followed by its predecessor...
bands include Braty Hadiukiny/Брати Гадюкіни, Komu Vnyz
Komu Vnyz
Komu Vnyz is a Ukrainian rock band founded in 1988. Komu Vnyz's music is a blend of gothic and industrial styles, combined with the lyrics of ancient Ukrainian legends...
, Plach Yeremiyi/Плач Єремії, Taras Petrynenko
Taras Petrynenko
-Background:His musical career started in 1969 after his performance on the dance floor with the group Eney, which consisted of students from the music school named after Mykola Lysenko...
, Viy, Vopli Vidoplyasova, http://www.burninghearts.com.ua/*Burning Hearts and others. Opalnyi Prynz/Opalni Prinz/Опальний Принц was, perhaps, the most influential Rock band in the late 80's. Okean Elzy
Okean Elzy
Okean Elzy is one of the most successful and popular Ukrainian rock bands. It was formed in 1994 in Lviv, Ukraine. The band's vocalist and frontman is Svyatoslav Vakarchuk. Okean Elzy is the best-loved Ukrainian rock band not only in Ukraine but also in most CIS countries...
, featuring Slava Vakarchuk has long been among the most popular bands of Ukrainian pop-rock, and has had some success abroad. The pop-singer Ruslana
Ruslana
Ruslana Stepanivna Lyzhychko is a World Music Award winning and MTV Europe Music Award nominated artist, and the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004....
also uses some elements of rock in her work. Interesting in rock music is Skryabin
Skryabin (band)
Skryabin is a pop/rock band from western Ukraine founded in 1989. Andriy "Kuzma" Kuzmenko is the band's long-haired lead singer.One of the group's 2005 songs, Lyudy Yak Korabli , spent a record 39 continuous weeks on FDR Radiocenter's Top 40, which began tracking Ukrainian radioplay in May 2002...
.
The Rock legends of Ukraine is a series of compilations of the best works of known Ukrainian rock groups.
New wave of rock music in Ukraine is represented by such bands as TOL, Skinhate (Hardcore
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
), Flëur
Flëur
Flëur is a musical collective from the Ukrainian city of Odessa, being unique for the Ukrainian musical scene. The collective is based around the two original members and frontwomen Olga Pulatova and Olena Voinarovska who write the lyrics, perform vocals and previously wrote all the music...
, Ya i Drug Moi Gruzovik, Snuff
Snuff
Snuff is a product made from ground or pulverised tobacco leaves. It is an example of smokeless tobacco. It originated in the Americas and was in common use in Europe by the 17th century...
, Pictures Inside Me, Fakultet (New Metal), S.K.A.Y.
S.K.A.Y.
S.K.A.Y. is a Ukrainian Pop rock band. It was formed in 2001 in Ternopil, Ukraine.-History:After the band had been formed in 2001 it started to tour the country and performed at several festivals like Perlyny sezonu, Tavriyski ihry and Chervona ruta. They became more known for a broader audience...
(Pop rock
Pop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...
), Marakesh, Holy Blood (Folk metal
Folk metal
Folk metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. As the name suggests, the genre is a fusion of heavy metal with traditional folk music...
), Kara, FACTOR 150 (Christian Metalcore
Metalcore
Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...
), Robots Don't Cry (Punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
), Opozitsiya, xDeviantx, E42, The Homebodies, etc.
Black Metal
Influenced by their Norwegian counterparts, Black Metal bands include Nokturnal MortumNokturnal Mortum
Nokturnal Mortum is a Ukrainian black metal band from Kharkiv.-History:Nokturnal Mortum started as death metal band Suppuration in 1991, then turned to black metal and changed name to Crystalline Darkness but "had to change the name back in 1993/94 to Nocturnal Mortum because there already existed...
, Drudkh
Drudkh
Drudkh is a Ukrainian metal band that mixes elements of folk metal and black metal. They were formed by Roman Saenko, prolific metal musician, the leading member of Hate Forest, Dark Ages and Blood of Kingu; Thurios, the leading member of Astrofaes and, with Saenko, a former member of Hate Forest;...
, Hate Forest
Hate Forest
Hate Forest was a Ukrainian black metal band formed by Roman Saenko, the leading member of Drudkh, Dark Ages, and Blood of Kingu. Thurios joined the band in 1998 after the recording of "Scythia". The music is mostly very fast, but occasionally slow, with low, distorted vocals and dark ambient...
, Astrofaes
Astrofaes
Astrofaes, a Ukrainian black metal band from the town of Kharkiv, first came in to being in 1996 as a project between Thurios and Khorus...
, Holy Blood, Blood of Kingu
Blood of Kingu
Blood of Kingu is a black metal band from Ukraine formed in 2005 by the main member of Drudkh, Dark Ages and Hate Forest.Lyrically, Blood of Kingu deals with Sumerian/Ancient Egyptian and Indo-European mythology and history. The vocals include death growls as well as Tibetan chants.On 7 December...
, Raventale, Lutomysl and Dub Buk.
Fusion groups
The band Mandry is known for fusing traditional Ukrainian music with rock, blues, reggae and chansons.Hip-hop
One of the prominent groups is Tanok Na Maydani KongoTNMK
TNMK or Tanok na Maidani Kongo is the most successful Ukrainian hip-hop group . They are notable for clever, yet often tongue-in-cheek lyrics; mixing hip-hop with rock, funk and jazz music and playing real instruments on their albums and live shows, rather than using mere samples and drum...
("The Dance on the Congo Square") which raps in the Ukrainian language (specifically the Slobozhanshchyna dialect) and mix hip hop with indigenous Ukrainian elements. Most Hip-hop in Ukraine is however in Russian.
Ukraine's 2005 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, GreenJolly's "Together We Are Many", had recently been the unofficial anthem of the Orange Revolution
Orange Revolution
The Orange Revolution was a series of protests and political events that took place in Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005, in the immediate aftermath of the run-off vote of the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election which was claimed to be marred by massive corruption, voter...
. Eurovision required the lyrics be changed for the contest version because of rules against political content.
Recently a new artist named Vova zi Lvova (literally "Vova (Volodymyr from Lviv"), part of a collective known as Chorne ta Bile ("Black and White"), has entered onto the Ukrainian hip hop scene, gaining attention not only because of his serious lyrics (compared to groups such as TNMK, which frequently sing humorous or joke songs) but also because of his unique usage of the Ukrainian language in his lyrics.
Popular performers in Ukraine
- Vopli Vidoplyasova – Ukrainian folk-rock (http://vopli.com.ua)
- Plach YeremijiPlach YeremijiPlach Yeremiyi is a Ukrainian rock band from Lviv, Ukraine. The band was actually formed in February 1990, but the two most constant musicians - Taras Chubay and Vsevolod Dyachyshyn have played together since 1984 in the band Tsyklon ....
– rock music - MandryMandryMandry is a popular Ukrainian folk-rock, blues, ska band; the band formed in 1997 in Kiev, Ukraine. The band's vocalist and most recognizable member is Serhiy "Foma" Fomenko.- Activity :...
- Mix of Ukrainian folk-rock and other genres (http://www.mandrymusic.com) - ViyViy (band)Viy is a Ukrainian ethnic-rock band originating from the capital Kiev in 1991.-Discography:* Chorna Rillya * Khata Skrayu Sela * Chorna Rillya Collector's Edition * Rock Legends of Ukraine - Viy...
– Ukrainian folk-rock (http://www.viy.in.ua/)
Music of the Ukrainian Diaspora
Pop music in the Ukrainian diaspora took off in the mid sixties in Western Canada with cover recordings by the Drifters 5 of Beatles tunes. They were followed by performers such as Mikey and Bunny.In the 1970s Montreal positioned itself as a major centre for Ukrainian Diaspora pop music mainly through the efforts of Bohdan Tymyc and his Yevshan corporation. Yevshan released numerous recordings by Zabava bands such as Rushnychok, Syny stepiv. It is through Yevshan that Luba Kovalchuk recorded here first recordings and started her rise through an album called Zoria (Album cover by Maurice Prokaziuk).
- Julian KytastyJulian KytastyJulian Kytasty is a Ukrainian-American composer, singer, kobzar, bandurist, flute player and conductor. He was born January 23 1958 in Detroit, Michigan, in the family of refugees....
– singer, composer, kobzar, bandurist - Mariana SadovskaMariana SadovskaMariana Sadovska is a German-based Ukrainian actress, singer, musician, recording artist and composer.-Life:Sadovska began her work with Les Kurbas Theater at Anatole Vasiliev's Festivals in St. Petersburg and Moscow. There she was tapped for the "Slavic Pilgrim Project" by Jerzy Grotowski in...
– singer, composer (http://borderlandmusic.de) - Eugene HutzEugene HützEugene Hütz , September 6, 1972) is a Ukrainian-born singer and composer, most notable as the frontman of the critically acclaimed New York Gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello. Hütz is also a DJ and actor.-Early life:...
of Gogol BordelloGogol BordelloGogol Bordello is a Gypsy punk band from the Lower East Side of Manhattan, formed in 1999 and known for theatrical stage shows and persistent touring.Much of the band's sound is inspired by Gypsy music... - Victor MishalowVictor MishalowVictor Mishalow is an Australian born Canadian bandurist, and educator. He is also known as a composer, conductor, and musicologist.-Biography:Born April 4, 1960, in Sydney, Australia, he graduated from the Sydney University B.A...
– composer, kobzar, bandurist
Ukrainian Labels
- Lavina music (2001)
- Rostok records (1997)
- Moon recordsMoon Records UkraineMoon Records is a Ukrainian record label formed in 1997 and based in Kiev, Ukraine. The label is specialized in producing the music of Ukrainian and Russian musical artists and is currently the largest music publisher in Ukraine.-Bands released on the label:...
(1997) - Atlantic music (1991)
- JRC (Joint Recording Company, 1998)
- Nova records (1997–2001)
- Zone records (1996)
- Audio Ukraina (1991)