Pur:Pur

UA

Adult contemporary, Baroque Pop, Chamber Pop, Chanson, Crossover Jazz, Easy-list., English, Indie-pop, Jazz fusion, Lounge, Pop, Singer-songwriters, Smooth jazz, Twee

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A Collective Lyricism: The New Ounaviks and Ultra Vague Compilations

Two new compilation albums from Estonia and Ukraine gather a wide range of performers from various cities and styles. Across them all, however, lies a shared concern for understatement and small-scale, communal enterprise.

In Praise of Simplicity and Solitude: Pur:Pur, Ifwe, and Nevidimki

Pur:Pur, Ifwe, and Nevidimki all have new recordings. They share a quiet, lyrical tone that's born of an enduring respect for simple, even childlike pleasures. The kind of pleasures that loud, intrusive society makes so difficult.

Petting Zoos and Purple Giraffes: The Schilling Festival and Ultra Vague

The Schilling Festival is about to take place in Estonia; Ultra Vague Recordings in Ukraine have just released an extensive collection of new songs. Across these two events we find a telling investigation of smallness and (relative) anonymity.

The Enduring Charm of a Faraway Gaze: Oleg Chubykin, Lilac, and Smilla

From Vladivostok comes a new album by Oleg Chubykin, one of the nation's most consistently impressive songwriters. His CD's retreat from modernity can be found in other bands, too

Individuality as an Open System: Andrey Nailer, Synoptix, and ABC100

Andrey Nailer and ABC100 are based in Moscow; Synoptix operate from Yekaterinburg; Natasha Smirina is in Kharkov. In surprising ways, these artists all benefit from the distances between them

Tomato Jaws: Eleven New Remixes for Dancefloors and Dictionaries

A few weeks ago, the Kiev/Moscow trio Tomato Jaws released a polished collection of remixes. Making a quality recording, however, does not guarantee public respect

“Pur:Pur” – New Songs, Another Language, and Some Old Traditions

In April this year, the Ukrainian outfit Pur:Pur produced an excellent album of downtempo, lounge, and acoustic numbers all sung in English. The three musicians responsible for these - and earlier - noises have been Nata Smirina (vocals) and Stanislav Kononov (guitar), together with the vital - th...

Pur:Pur - "Love Is All You Need..." Until You Start Singing in Russian

The first time we investigated the work of Kharkov's Pur:Pur was just over a year ago. Most of what the trio had to say for themselves at that time contextualized both their acoustic minimalism and a related decision to sing in English. The tiny scale of the band's songs - made of one petite voi...

Indiecator: The Second Compilation Album

The portal known as "Indiecator" has just released their second sampler or web-based compilation in order to bring thirteen bands into the public view. In doing so, in continues a long and important tradition from the West. After all, the socialist music industry wasn't exactly operating accor...

Pur Pur: Ukrainian Lounge Lizards

Here's a band that saves us a little time and effort by immediately defining themselves in a couple of words: Kharkov Minimalists. From the second biggest city in Ukraine (below) come some very small sounds, in particular from founder members Natal'ia Smirina (above) and Evgenii Zhebko. [audi...