Tartak
Encyclopedia
Tartak is a popular hip-hop/rapcore
/alternative
crossover band from Ukraine
. They mix styles of guitar rock, hip-hop and dance music to produce an energetic compositions and lyrics.
, Ukraine
.
The group has released five albums with a total of 74 songs and 9 videos. Tartak's songs "Ni Ya Ne Tu Kokhav" and "Stilnykove Kohannia" stayed on the Top 40 charts for 144 days and 75 days respectively. Tartak was one of the bands that performed during the events of the Orange Revolution
as seen in the picture to the right.
"Tartak" means woodsaw in Ukrainian
. Sashko thought that tartak symbolized something energetic, loud, active, and hence appropriate for a band name.
The true founder of Tartak was Vasyl Zinkevytch jr., a friend of Sashko. Bohdan Zinkevych came up with the name. Vasyl came up with the idea and put together the group; he also arranged the rehearsals since his father is a famous singer he has access to studios, so they could make records. At the beginning they were struggling because their lyrics weren't a success and the soloist (Vasyl Zinkevych) had no voice for lyrics they wrote. Sashko soon made changes because for a long time he was trying to make a place for himself in the show business. In the late 90's Sashko was making his way as a showman on the concerts, parades, and other musical events! when his fame actually came to him he claimed that the idea of Tartak was his idea.
Rapcore
Rapcore is a subgenre of rap rock fusing vocal and sometimes instrumental elements of hip hop with punk rock .-History:...
/alternative
Alternative hip hop
Alternative hip hop is a sub-genre of hip hop music. Allmusic defines it as follows: -Origin:...
crossover band from 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...
. They mix styles of guitar rock, hip-hop and dance music to produce an energetic compositions and lyrics.
History
Sashko Polozhynskyi founded the group in the Fall of 1996 in LutskLutsk
Lutsk is a city located by the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Volyn Oblast and the administrative center of the surrounding Lutskyi Raion within the oblast...
, 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...
.
The group has released five albums with a total of 74 songs and 9 videos. Tartak's songs "Ni Ya Ne Tu Kokhav" and "Stilnykove Kohannia" stayed on the Top 40 charts for 144 days and 75 days respectively. Tartak was one of the bands that performed during the events 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...
as seen in the picture to the right.
"Tartak" means woodsaw in Ukrainian
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....
. Sashko thought that tartak symbolized something energetic, loud, active, and hence appropriate for a band name.
The true founder of Tartak was Vasyl Zinkevytch jr., a friend of Sashko. Bohdan Zinkevych came up with the name. Vasyl came up with the idea and put together the group; he also arranged the rehearsals since his father is a famous singer he has access to studios, so they could make records. At the beginning they were struggling because their lyrics weren't a success and the soloist (Vasyl Zinkevych) had no voice for lyrics they wrote. Sashko soon made changes because for a long time he was trying to make a place for himself in the show business. In the late 90's Sashko was making his way as a showman on the concerts, parades, and other musical events! when his fame actually came to him he claimed that the idea of Tartak was his idea.
Studio Albums
- 2001 - Demo hrafichnyi vybukh
- 2003 - Systema nerviv
- 2004 - Muzychnyi lyst shchastya
- 2005 - Hulyay-Horod
- 2006 - Slyozy ta sopli
- 2010 - Opir materialiv
Remix Albums
- 2005 - Pershyi komertsiynyi
- 2007 - Kofein
- 2010 - Nazbiralosya na 2010 - remiksi+rimeyki+nevidane
Compilations
- 2006 - Zaklipani pisni abo bachyly ochi shcho kupuvaly
- 2007 - Dlya tekh kto v puti