9.2
/New Weird Ukraine, Neofolk, Lo-fi, Weird folk, Avant-folk, Dream folk, Experimental folk, Dark folk, Anti-folk, Free folk, Improvised music/
Comment: this 17-piece issue is a hidden gem having already been recorded in the ending part of the 1990s. This Ukraine-based musical group takes on a quirky kind of folk music which pours out ghastly vowel lines and effects, trance-induced drums, elusive (mini)-orchestrations, silentful monotonously bouncing bass chords, and some expressive keyboard drones (one track includes even the samples by Kraftwerk). The whole is an organic drift made up of both improvised approach and deliberated tactics. There can be drawn parallels upon the representatives of dark/neofolk, New Weird-related and the Finnish forest folk scenes. In a word, after listening to the release you can feel it was a truly elusive, unforgettable experience of the folk shamanism. Purgative and relieving in any cases.
