Zavoloka

UA

Ambient, Clicks, Electroacoustic, Electronic, Field Recordings, Folktronica, Glitch, Harsh Noise, Idm, Instrumental, Minimal, Sci-Fi

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Distorted Romanticism: Nady, Dunaewsky69, Clathrus, and King Imagine

Four projects from Moscow and Kiev consider private desires within the contrary pressures of civic existence. The result, not surprisingly, produces a certain tension; it soon takes the form of audible distortion.

The Art of Aimlessness: A. Zagaykevych, A. Kiritchenko, Nasienie, and Heinali

A compilation CD from Kiev label Kvitnu celebrates the life and work of Polish composer Karol Szymanowski. Together the eight contributors help to show the relevance of Szymanowski's heritage, even 79 years after his death.

Post-Kvitnu: Mushroom Wavved Collar, inf./sps, Razxca, and Hostel Field

Seattle's "Redfine" magazine has just published a compilation of tracks from the Kvitnu label (Kiev). Given that Kvitnu famously describe their sounds as "high blood-pressure music," what lies beyond that sonic limit?

Cossack Magicians vs. Modern Concrete: Zavoloka, Enko, and V4W.Enko

Three Ukrainian recordings from Kiev and Sumy consider the limits of local architecture and other structures. Escape, it seems, is conceivable through domestic tradition - and timeless intuition

Forms of Distortion and Difference: Zavoloka and Ugol Ratmanova

Kateryna Zavoloka and Ugol Ratmanova draw upon the changes evident in nature to validate an improvised aesthetic. Of particular importance are metaphors of blinding sunlight

The Esthetics of Digital Overload: V4W.Enko, Kotra, and Zavoloka

Kvitnu is an important and challenging netlabel based in Kiev. Even though the project's artists work independently of one another, their definitions of Kvitnu's raison d'etre have much in common

Kvitnu: The Philosophy and Business of "High Blood-Pressure Music" (eng/рус)

This week we spoke to Dmytro Fedorenko (aka Kotra) - about his work with Dunewsky69 (left) and Kvitnu, arguably Ukraine's most influential label in the sphere of experimental electronica.

Zavoloka: Endless Repetitions of Difference from the Ukrainian Countryside

Zavoloka is the sur- and stage name of Kateryna Zavoloka, a remarkable electronic musician from the Ukrainian capital of Kiev. Born in 1981, she is currently touted with understandable pride by her label, Kvitnu Records, as perhaps the nation's best-known electronic artist and one of Europe's most...