#corridor audio

As the war continues to rage in Ukraine, Ukrainian artists continue to make vital, vibrant music, often under the hardest of conditions.  Gianmarco Del Re has been chronicling their struggle in real time in his ongoing series, Ukrainian Field Notes, which to date has sparked a book and two compilations.  In this article, Richard Allen chooses his favorite releases from the hundreds covered on UFN…

Mariya Oksentiyivna Prymachenko – Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko Arrives From His Exile to Flowering Ukraine (1968) Welcome to a new streamlined episode of Ukrainian Field Notes. This month, we interviewed Mariana Bondarenko head of music and Iryna Lobanok Music Programme Manager at the Ukrainian Institute for our regular podcast on the London based community radio Resonance FM. The interview came…

ACL 2022 ~ The Year’s Best Labels

While many music labels impressed us this year, few had to deal with invasion and war.  Our Label of the Year is Ukraine’s Corridor Audio, a shining example of grace under fire. In retrospect, it seems scary to recall that Corridor Audio’s first release, a transparent 10″ record from Stanislav Tolkichev, was entitled The Last Day.  Few labels have had to face the challenges that Corridor Audio ~…

Ukrainian Field Notes IX

Beaver by Maryia Oksentiyivna Prymachenko Episode IX of Ukrainian Field Notes sees us cracking (absurd) jokes with Andrey Kiritchenko, while looking at New Ukrainian Rave Culture courtesy of СПАЛАХ (and yes, the embedded doc comes with English subtitles). We also sense Poly Chain‘s frustration in trying to convince her family in Kyiv to go to the shelters, and we discuss how war changes…