The wildly subversive music of Soviet Ukraine. nytimes.com/2024/10/14/art…

Two talks on aquarium drunkard Transmissions this week: Mark McNeill on Light in the Attic's Even the Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971​-​96; then, Hermanos Gutiérrez discuss the spacey guitar instrumentals of Sonidos Cosmico (Easy Eye Sound). Listen: podlink.com/transmissions

“Even the Forest Hums” is an 18-track compendium of wildly diverse Ukrainian sounds that pulls back the curtain on a quarter-century of pop, post-punk, disco and experimental music largely made under Soviet control. nytimes.com/2024/10/14/art…

"Although it’s made up of recognizable elements, the sounds from these three decades of Ukrainian history sound like nothing else, before or since." My review of Even the Forest Hums, out today on Light in the Attic for @spectrumculture spectrumculture.com/2024/10/17/var…

“Even the Forest Hums” pinwheels between sounds and scenes. Sugar White Death, or Cukor Bila Smert, sounds like the band David Lynch might have tapped for an especially sinister “Twin Peaks.” nytimes.com/2024/10/14/art…

A lovingly curated new compilation excavates 25 years of Ukrainian music that flourished in the shadows of Soviet officialdom pitchfork.visitlink.me/hkJmIg

Even the Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971-1996 arrives as both a sonic balm and a reminder that Ukraine is not merely some liminal backwater pitchfork.com/reviews/albums…

“When the war started, I had phone calls from international journalists: ‘Who are you, Ukrainians? What is your music?’ Nobody was interested before,” the journalist, filmmaker and record store owner Vitalii Bardetskyi said. nytimes.com/2024/10/14/art…

A new piece by me on vintage music from Ukraine: Even the Forest Hums, Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971-1996 4columns.org/dayal-geeta/ev… 4Columns

なんと素晴らしく奇妙で美しい音楽が詰まってるコンピなんだろう。ウクライナにこんな音楽たちがあったなんて、、、感動すると共に、早くウクライナに平和が訪れて欲しいと強く思った Even the Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971​-​1996 lightintheattic.bandcamp.com/album/even-the…

“Though the Soviet system stifled rebellion, the local music scenes were teeming with life. Folk songs were often permitted, so musicians were able to use folk in subversive ways.”—Geeta Dayal on “Even the Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971–1996” 4columns.org/dayal-geeta/ev…

~*🌻＊*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚ even the forest hums: ukrainian sonic archives 1971-1996 ˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚＊🌻*~ 10/10 best thing i’ve listened to all year (and yes that includes brat)

👀😱😭 Voy a tocar en el Zócalo este 17 de Diciembre a las 17:00 hrs. Solo por si las moscas, se comenta que claro que este evento es entrada libre. Toco con mi banda de sueños : I la Católica , Gibran Andrade y Jacob Wick 🎼‼️ un honor, esto, sin duda! ovaciones.com/verbena-navide…

Donate records or volunteer for the dublab x In Sheep's Clothing hifi Fire Relief Fundraiser Record Sale at ROWDTLA on Feb 2. Sign up here: bit.ly/3WbJpwb

happy bday David Lynch I made this mix for dublab 5yrs ago, interspersed with recordings of him talking abiout art, lines from his films, as well as deep cuts from his music career like 'Blue Bob'.  dublab.com/archive/time-a…

Los Angeles' dublab and In Sheep's Clothing hifi are joining forces to host a benefit record sale for wildfire relief. ra.co/news/81962

Green Umbrella ‘Echoes’ works made during and a week around viewing performances will show through Green Umbrellas 2024/2025 season starting 1.28.2025 in the BP Hall at Walt Disney Concert Hall

Sunday, Feb 2nd: ZZK Records is teaming up with dublab and Sheeps Clothing for their Fire Relief Record Sale. 💜 Stop by and join us!