Not a frequent poster, but feel like posting some #UkrainianVibes today
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1. ЗЛАМ – Кругообіг Буття (Cycle of Life) [Metal]
https://zlam.bandcamp.com/track/cycle-of-life
_"cycle of life", starting with an obvious one_
> Я не забув і досі тримаю скло в руці
> Готовий першим довести
> Усе що розбиваєш повертається завжди
> Ти маєш те що маєш, час відповісти
> I didn't forget and I still hold a piece of glass in my hand
> I'm ready to be the first to prove:
> Everything you shatter always comes back
> You have what you have, it's time you answer
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2. АППЕКС – Провулок в мороку дротами мотаний (An alleyway in the dark, weaved with cables) [Abstract Hip-Hop]
https://appeks.bandcamp.com/track/--19
_"walking in circles"_
> просто ти ходиш по колу В безпамятній комі
> Але забув
> Де усе так знайоме, Ти бачиш це вкотре,
> повтори повторів по колу
> але це не дежаву
> you're just walking in circles, in a mindless comma
> but you forgot
> Where everything is so familliar, you are seeing it another time
> Repetitions of Repetitions in a circle
> But it's not a dejavu
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3. Турбо-техно-саунд – Сни (Dreams) [90s Eurodance]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8_ieUp0wQA&t=1282
_circle = moon halo_
> Що наснилось мені, те пропало.
> Що знайшлось, те згубилось, нестало.
> Тіні сплять на стіні та й лишилось мені,
> Як знамення, це місячне гало.
> What I've seen in dreams, that is gone.
> What I've found, that is lost, vanished
> Shadows are sleeping on a wall and what I'm left with
> A moon halo, like an omen
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4. Круть – Пряля [Ukrainian Folk Pop]
_Prjalja – is a woman who spins (weaves) manually on a spinning wheel_
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY8ZUD1lo8E
https://open.spotify.com/track/7emyR4CPJr6KyzinLymTc2
It's an old folk song, first arranged in 1919 by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovyč who was at the time arranging lost of Ukrainian folk songs, including "Ščedryk" which will later be re-arranged as "Carol of the Bells".
Also, this arrangement and music video heavily references Ukrainian folk-funk of the 70s when Ukrainian musicians had to navigate soviet bureacracy and censorship in order to revive Ukrainian folk music, which was heavily prohibited earlier with Ukrainians being forcibly deported to russian Siberian working camps for merely singing. In the process, Ukrainian musicians of the 70s-80s succeeded briefly and created a wholy unique "folk-funk" or "mustache funk" movement.
... I just can't just make a music post without a single backstory, can't I?
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5. Джозерс – Вертаємось на Старт (Back to the Start) [Indie]
https://djozers.bandcamp.com/track/--59
_back to the start, repeating a cycle_
> Пора прощатись!
> До біса вас усіх
> До біса весь ваш цінний спадок
> Вертаємось на старт!
> It's time to say goodbye!
> To hell with you all
> To hell with all your precious legacy
> We're going back to the start!
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Thank you for your attention
