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Simply Rock
Ocean Elzy, Mandry, Mad Heads XL and others
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From punk to hard-rock, from pop-metal to ballads in the rock-modern manner – however, the features so unnoticeably flow from one to another that they are not worth clinging tight to. The main thing is that energy of these guys is quite evident and nice. And all the rest – is already just a matter of taste.
| Domestic price: 40.14UAH,
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Powerful, sated musical grenade, in which classical, pure rock borders on the Gothic sound – and this is already good. But Valery Vlasenko’s vocals are something really so deep, rare, genuine that one even gets surprised...
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His audience is growing if not with the speed of a lightning, then – incessantly. At that, in three directions simultaneously. One – the listeners who came to love his own songs. Second – the audience who keep track of his theatrical life (i.e. "Theater 19"). Third – readers who value interesting poetry.
| Domestic price: 40.14UAH,
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Strange as it may appear, but you’ll find a good deal of novelties on the disc – the songs that have never been released before. And personally I consider them to be just wonderful songs. Anyway, the famous works also warm the heart. This is like it often happens with cronies whose close relationship doesn’t depend on circumstances. All this makes not a compilation but an album of a full value with incredibly crystal, lyrical and high spirits.
Domestic price: 40.14UAH 34.11UAH
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This is simultaneously the simplest and the most complicated format – there is nothing but the guitar and voice, and you either sound or you'd better not even start... "Acoustics" is the last real album by Vasyl Gontarsky, the fifth one. No others will follow. If everyone left behind so fair traces – the land would shine under our feet...
| Domestic price: 44.64UAH,
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"Vij" is one of a few groups that really know how to keep silent. In a qualitative, saturated way. They say little, but to the point – and then silence falls down for a long time. Sometimes, it even causes cold shiver, so many various meanings are hidden there. And sometimes – everything becomes so simple, clear, clean...
Domestic price: 62.64UAH,
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Attention! Now we offer to you discs from the first release – only they contain, as a hidden bonus, a video for the song "Bonnie and Clyde"."DVS" group already releases the third album in Ukraine – and one can say that the music concept of the group remains stable. "DVS" does what one can outline with a rather simple definition – "honest rock". In spite of anything...
| Domestic price: 39.69UAH,
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...this music has its own face, and it, which is good, can hardly be characterized with just one term. Yes, the sounding is characterized by soft lyricism – this could be usual pop-rock unless sometimes it did not swing, say, to the jazz palette...
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Second Breath is a Kyiv group that has been playing blues for 40 (!) years already. It is quite possible that this is the oldest active blues band not only in Kyiv, but also all through Ukraine. Or, maybe, through considerably wider territories – who know...
| Domestic price: 80.64UAH,
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...I very clearly feel here the attitude to music as to the goal and way of existence, not a product, however qualitative it might be. I think that it brings the group to balancing on the thin verge – rock, pop, art, magic, bread and show, temptation, the truth of art and art of the truth... this music is in a search. And – it finds.
| Domestic price: 44.64UAH,
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On the one hand – the drive to which everybody has got used to due to "Borsch", but at a bit different angle. On the other – the careful arrangement of the music: there is now less of the punk roughness, while a strange "fashionable" gloss has appeared there instead. On the third – Zdorenko in his texts does not step back from the previously invented recipe: merging of the comical and marginal.
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The very first sounds with which this disc starts inspire quite a stable association with rock music of the 1960s and 1980s – actually, a pleasant association. But – and this is also pleasant – the style palette of the album is varied and saturated enough. That is, this is rock, in which there is roll, and hard, and art, and atmospheric poetry and just poem...
| Domestic price: 40.14UAH,
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Kolo Hmar is a Kyiv group playing pure rock, without any superfluous stratifications. Currently, we do not have too many of such groups – however, it seems to be quite easy to explain that. Here, you need to create with the help of, so to say, simple tools complicated, voluminous pictures – that is why each of the group's participants must sound as distinctly as possible.
Domestic price: 40.14UAH 32.13UAH
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At present, as known, the composition and sounding of Kontrabass have changed quite considerably. Thus, the debut album is simultaneously rare evidence – there is no longer the Kontrabass that you have anywhere here, except for parallel alternative worlds. It is a pity to some extent – because that was cool...
| Domestic price: 44.64UAH,
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Her singing at once makes you ready for close observation. At that, gravitation towards the ballad form is perceived – so, in the texts, it is still easy to trace the lyrical line. But not thoughtless. And all that together creates positive impression – one feels good potential.
| Domestic price: 53.64UAH,
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And it is difficult to clearly define what the thing is, why exactly these songs warm you – but there lurks behind the external simplicity a sort of correct filling – unobtrusively, as a rain at night in summer...
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A new CD has got a title "The Way" not by accident: this name corresponds to the content of the album and to its mood. The road, journeys, nature, love…
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Rockabilly clothes have obviously become too small for them, that’s why now different trends like rock’n’roll, folk, punk, reggae and even a bit of swing have got mixed in this music. But the main thing is a powerful, like spring, and positive power.
| Domestic price: 49.14UAH,
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In the sphere of music, the group has developed and deepened the stylistics set with the album "There Is Hope" – thus, drive has became a bit less hard, but in some respect even more powerful, plastic. But there is also another aspect.Vadym Krasnooky becomes – forgive my loose definition – a lyrically-cheerful philosopher, and this does impress.
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"Made in YuA" is not just a dedication to UA, although it is here that Yury Andruhovych acted not only as the author of the lyrics, but also as a full-fledged participating performer. "Made in YuA" is poignant texts with the genetic spirals of subtexts, delicate – excuse my tautology – rock melodiousness with burlesque and grotesques masks, with the already branded atmosphere of transparent dusk..
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It looks hardly possible that the name "Mehanichny Apelsyn" ("Clockwork Orange") directly relates to the oeuvre by Burgess: otherwise, it would be quite possible that the group would play a mixture of sort of glam-trash-heavy-punk – wouldn't it? Although that's not a fact. However, "Mehanichny Apelsyn" performs a different – maybe, classic – mixture: blues, rock-and-roll and big beat.
| Domestic price: 44.64UAH,
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...the album again suggests the idea that the war for independence of Ukraine that started dozens of years ago – lasts till now. And now even more than ever before it is opposition of identities – because external, political and geographic independence is worth nothing unless it is founded on internal freedom. To quote the song – "...to be oneself and to be proud".
| Domestic price: 76.14UAH,
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Motor'rolla, disregarding obstacles, has managed to make a step ahead in quality – it seems that right now the group has finally found its real sounding, has reached a sort of their own standard. This is important – because, having such a work in one's reserve, it is possible to freely experiment in any direction. Durable foundation – is there.
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The main thing is to create high-quality music and to maximally enjoy the very process. They do succeed in that. Both in texts, and in music by the group, it is possible to hear sincerity without glossy sugar – nevertheless, externally everything sounds easily and naturally. Mureny are somehow able to keep the look of outsiders, but at the same time create interesting, not really unambiguous pop-rock.
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Even their texts alone would already be quite sufficient to advantageously stand out against the majority – no doubt. This, if you wish, already really looks like rock poetry. Well, and plus – actually the music. Two bright constituents perfectly merge in it. On the one hand, this is powerful rock. On the other – warm freshness arising due to participation of not quite ordinary, as for rock, instruments matters here – a pan-pipe, accordion, domra.
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Pay attention at the title of the album – it displays its content and its essence very well. The composition of the album and every of its songs, as well as their forms and content, strive to logical harmonicity, adjustedness of every musical move, every note.
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From the one hand, the songs on this disc are very different, but on another hand, they have common energy deeply inside. This album is a juicy mixture of hard rock music of 70-th, Oriental melodic and modern electronic rhythms.
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On this album they are still young man, which inherent children's awkwardness, any other "thoroughbred puppy". It is frank music, and outstanding Svyatoslav Vakarchuk's lyrics. His songs are as silent light in a fog.
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This group represents Ukrainian rock'n'roll music of today. It is popular in Ukraine and in Russia by its drive music, strong, unusual vocal, own style. This is their second album. Their style has slightly changed according to modern music tendencies.
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"Frankly speaking, seventy percent of our songs I like much more in this variant then in album versions. Especially Divchyna" (S. Vakarchuk, leader of OE)
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May be, for the sake of that it was worth while changing the group members – with the exception of Guru, of course. Now it is interesting what will happen next. Because judging by ears – to be continued.
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Okean Elzy advances – and freedom sounds in its music. There is no pursuit for the sake of acknowledgement – and there is no temptation of observing style limitations, but there is the ability to make it maximally as exact as you consider necessary. Sheer rock music grows from this root, creativity not for the sake of freedom, but as its direct result.
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During the action, you can receive the new album by Okean Elzy "Dolce Vita" as a gift! You do not have to include "Dolce Vita" into your order – only if you plan to get more then one copy of the release.
| Domestic price: 54.54UAH,
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"Opium" honestly searches for its own rock language in texts and in music, and this is nice. In our opinion, "Opium" plays simple classic rock – and this, you should agree, is not that easy. Besides, the song lyrics do not resemble a simple set of rhymes and meter at all – the experience lived through, live thoughts and feelings are obviously inlaid into these words.
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Plach Yeremiji songs are usually serious, philosophic poems accompaniment by rock-group. Music in the songs sounds hard, then changes to a easy ballads and again explodes, overfilled by emotions. All this is a specific "Lviv's" colouring.
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“Pomaranch” is the energy of colour. It is a cheerful, fresh, flexible, hot, not completely fluid, but quite a pellucid energy.
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Not too simple, but quite light, melodious – just rock. As it should be, it has enough drive – but enough romanticism as well, that is why the album is on the whole not tense, not aggressive. Melodious and energetic songs of young people, who, it seems, are almost in love.
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Compared with the first one, the second album by the group "Sami Svoi" seems stronger, more balanced. Besides, the leader of the group Oleg Suharev, as the author of lyrics, absolutely does not avoid naturalism – in the sense that quite considerable pieces of our actual reality are built into his texts. Not too beautiful one, honestly speaking.
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This album was about to become the third work of the band 5'nizza – but unfortunately, while working at the album the musical concept was changed so much that the group broke up. Nevertheless, on the basis of it there appeared a new project the front man of which is Andriy “Sun” Zaporozhets. So the name of it derived from the leader's one.
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Siryk B.A.N.D. is as though the voice of such metropolis in which everything is mixed up but has not got lost. So, elements of synth-pop, hip-hop, psychedelics, punk, ethnic hints coexist incredibly harmoniously – one should have truly impartial views in order that this kind of mixtures sounded qualitatively. They have them.
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These songs seem to get out from a dusky fog into a sunny light – and to become simply honest, without any decorations. They are not always pleasant, still they are not less pure and thanks to this, they are even more valuable. In the sense that when only the truth remains, you can’t call it good or bad – it is better than such appraisal.
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This is relatively light music – but on each album by Skryabin there are always songs on social topics. And sometimes so serious and poignant that it hurts – although externally they, without unnecessary showing off, may look humorous, or quite simple, or sentimental...
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..in the musical aspect no cardinal changes seem to take place – however, there is probably no need of that. Well, and what shall one do with thoughts? Whether you want it or not, you must mature – well, and in our country specifically almost every generation lives through two or three lives at once, therefore childhood passes very quickly..
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Maximally simple, clear concept – the acoustic guitar plus singing. And it means that lyrics come to the first plan – and, believe me, they are worth being listened to attentively, and not once.
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...the limited composition – three musicians – dictates the need of playing distinctly. Otherwise, it will make no sense. The group manages to play the alternative without applying open sound aggression. The atmosphere is created not due to external drive, but by internal accumulation of tension..
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"TIK" is a group that right from the first song conquered admiration of the entire country. At that, it was not a protest march or hymn, no heroic lyricism, pathos, aplomb – no. They simply quietly, with a somewhat sad smile began singing about "...weird creatures without brain and without roots" – and this was enough..
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Consequently, the crisis of the second album has pass successfully – and was it ever there? The first thing that strikes one's eye is the change of the general mood. The first disc was saturated with positive, smiling – but sadness. The second disc is quite a different thing. "You love brandy cola, and I love wine, and it means that we won't be together anyway"...
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And we will hear the music that is quite rare today in Ukraine – pure rock. Clear rhythms and texts not deprived of the existential, firm guitar turns and energetic male vocal – yes. This is just the color that has been recently lacking in the variety of Ukrainian music, and it’s a pity.
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It took about two years for this triple union to finally ripen – and, justifying all expectations, the drink has appeared really interesting and decent. You cannot gulp it in one go to forget the next instant – no, here you will want to savor, to come back repeatedly. And attractiveness of this music in that it lives on the border among absolutely different styles, takes something from each but belongs to none of them in full.
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