Tomato Jaws

UA

Bouncy Hard House, Club House, Dance, Deep House, Disco, Electro, Electro House, Electroclash, English, Eurodance, Funk, Funky House, House, R&B, Techno

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Thoughts of Escape on Arctic Dancefloors: Playone, AN:TI, and [Scio]

Some tech-house and dubstep recordings, released simultaneously in Kiev, Murmansk, and Tallinn, all give voice to an escapist aesthetic. They speak, however, with varying degrees of confidence.

An Oceanic Feeling: Playone, Sergey Kachura, Soul Cola, Quiet Fish, and BJE

An overview of some house exponents from Russia and Ukraine suggests that aspects of the US tradition are still hard at work. An escapist style goes head to head with actuality

The House that Patience Built: iMotion, Volta Cab, and All That Pitched Down

Three well-respected exponents of house music from Russia and Ukraine explain the difficulties of overcoming the hustle and bustle of daily life - in order to entertain an equally busy dancefloor

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

The Maneken: Fostering a "European" Credo within Ukrainian Pop

(The) Maneken is an increasingly important figure in Ukraine's house scene - and, as a result, we've cast an inquisitive eye in his general direction on more than one occasion. Not only does the solo work of this performer, aka Evgenii/Zhenia Filatov - stand out as extraordinarily well-produced cr...

Kooqla: New Trip-Hop to Mark the End of a Long Winter Hibernation

This Saturday in Moscow's 16 Tons nightclub, the downtempo/breaks outfit Kooqla will present their new single to the public. Entitled "Mute," it has been available for a few weeks as a free download, together with almost two hours' worth of vocal and instrumental samples. This "remix pack," as its...

Uniquetunes and Tomato Jaws: The Shifting Spontaneity of "Heart and Soul"

This month has seen the release of a new album by St Petersburg's Uniquetunes, whom we have praised with considerable volume on a couple of prior occasions. The last time we looked at one of their recordings was as recently as August; already we have additional/fresh material to assess. This...

Tomato Jaws: Looking beyond PR... to the Dancefloor

A few days ago we reported on the new Kievan dance project Kooqla, and mentioned in passing that vocalist Nata Zhyzhchenko (above) was just as well - if not better - known as singer with Tomato Jaws. To leave that connection unmapped would be rather uncivil to our readers - and so we're offeri...