クイックビュー
{"id":9387384078586,"title":"Various Artists (Stroom) \/\/ Aftermath and Transitions (Traces Of The Ukrainian Underground in Cologne (1994-1996)) LP","handle":"various-artists-stroom-aftermath-and-transitions-traces-of-the-ukrainian-underground-in-cologne-1994-1996-lp","description":"\u003cp\u003eベルギーのオールジャンルレーベルStroomが、2026年5月にリリースしたコンピレーションレコードです。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1986年から1992年にかけてウクライナの14バンドによって録音された20曲を収録。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e※デジタル音源を無料でお送りいたしますのでお気軽にご連絡くださいませ\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e以下、Michael Frankによる解説です。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"私は、ビジュアルアーティスト、ミュージシャン、プロデューサーであるグイド・エルフェンと、サウンドエンジニア、アコースティックアーティスト、パーカッショニストであるミヒャエル・シュプリンガーを、SHM(1)という5人組のグループを通じて知り合った。このグループのメンバーたちは、使われなくなった穀物サイロ「レナニア」でコンサートを企画しており、私は1988年と1989年にそこでザ・アブサードの一員として演奏した。また、当バンドはエルフェンのカセットテープ作品の一つにも収録された。エルフェンとスプリンガーは同じ高校に通っていた頃に出会い、すぐに親しい友人であり音楽上の盟友となった。彼らはSHMの他のメンバーと共に、ケルンにおいて主流とは一線を画した音楽を制作・流通させるための自主的なネットワークを築き上げた。レナニアの家賃は驚くほど安かったため、そこにレコーディングスタジオを構えることができた。\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eウクライナのアンダーグラウンドの最初の痕跡がエルフェンの元へ届いたのは、ハリコフとキエフの3つのバンドを収録したカセットテープを通じてだった。これを送ってきたのは、ジャーナリズムを副専攻として学び、ロッククラブ「ノヴァヤ・セーナ」の国際通信担当を務めていたイゴール・トルシュキンである。トルシュキンは世界中に無数の手紙を送っていたが、ケルンのエルフェンだけが唯一返信した受取人だった。その小包には、両都市のロックシーンを詳述したセルゲイ・ミャソエドフによる長文のエッセイが同封されていた。1986年、ミャソエドフはサーシャ・パンチェンコと共にハリコフで「ノヴァヤ・セナ」というロック・クラブを設立し、パンク、アヴァンギャルド、ダダイズム、さらには中世の旋律にまで影響を受けたバンドを紹介していた。もしエルフェンがインディペンデントなメールアート・シーンに関わっていなければ、この型破りな音楽に出会う機会はなかっただろう。それは1990年の夏、ソビエト連邦が崩壊し、翌年にウクライナが独立国家となる直前のことだった。\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e1991年、ハリコフ出身のシンガー兼キーボード奏者ソロヴェイカがケルンを訪れ、同じくトルシュキンが手配した引き渡しで、ウクライナのアンダーグラウンド・バンドを収録したカセットテープを6本と、ソ連のバンドを収録したカセットテープを数本、エルフェンに手渡した。多くのアーティストの独創的な音楽に興味をそそられた彼は、ウクライナを2度訪れ、現地で友人を作り、お気に入りの曲を収録したテープを編集し、ついにハンブルクのレーベル・ボスであるアルフレッド・ヒルスベルクを説得することに成功した。その結果、彼のレーベル「What's So Funny About」(アインシュトゥルツェンデ・ノイバウテンの発祥の地)を通じて、CD『Novaya Scena』としてウクライナのアンダーグラウンド・ミュージックが世に出ることとなった。1993年のリリースには、トゥルシュキンによる詳細なブックレットのテキストが添えられ、ハリコフとキエフの両シーンの歴史を辿り、歌詞を翻訳し、彼自身の評価を記していた。\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eこのアルバムには、1986年から1992年にかけてハルキウとキエフの14のバンドによって録音された20曲が収録されている。これらは、一般的なペレストロイカ時代のレコードとは一線を画す音楽であり、キャプテン・ビーフハートやザ・フォールのファンなら間違いなく楽しめるような、グルーヴの上に不協和音が突き刺さるような楽曲が多い。一方で、フルートやトランペットをフィーチャーし、フォーク、クラシック、パンクからインスピレーションを得たと思われる楽曲も含まれている。キエフの「Cukor Belaya Smert(直訳:砂糖のように白い死)」による幽玄な室内プログレのミニチュア作品には、クラシック教育を受けたピアニスト兼シンガーのスヴィトラーナ・ニアニオ(旧姓オクリメンコ)や、ギタリスト兼ビジュアルアーティストでありスポークスマンのエフゲニー・“イェニア”・タランらが参加している。ニアニオは母国語であるウクライナ語で歌っており、他にも2つのバンドが同様にウクライナ語で歌っている。今日、このことはかつてないほど関連性が高く、ウクライナの視点から見れば、1993年当時よりも文化的・歴史的に重要な意味を持っているように思える。当時の若いウクライナ人たちは、母国語で歌われるロック音楽が成立し得ることに驚嘆していたのだ!...\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3583869997\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=none\/transparent=true\/\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eレーベルその他作品は\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/sttv\"\u003eこちら\u003c\/a\u003e \/\/\/ Click \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/sttv\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e to see more Stroom releases available at Tobira.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e---------------------------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12\" black vinyl.\u003cbr\u003eEdition of 300 copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Svitlana Nianio \/ Phanton - Fake 03:39 \u003cbr\u003e2. Svitlana Nianio \/ Phanton - ManySpace 02:15 \u003cbr\u003e3. Svitlana Nianio \/ Phanton - Quiet Place 03:06 \u003cbr\u003e4. Svitlana Nianio \/ Phanton - Політ Світляки 02:16 \u003cbr\u003e5. Няньо, ГиНерв \u0026amp; Таран - Nianio, GeeNerve \u0026amp; Taran - Шепочуть Cтіни - Whispering Walls 04:32 \u003cbr\u003e6. Няньо, ГиНерв \u0026amp; Таран - Nianio, GeeNerve \u0026amp; Taran - Pічка Bтома - Tired River 07:10 \u003cbr\u003e7. Solar - Your Secret 05:21 \u003cbr\u003e8. Solar - Three Steps 06:46 \u003cbr\u003e9. Solar - August Samba 03:58 \u003cbr\u003e10. Taran - Death And The Bachelor (Original Version) 05:44\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the label:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eI\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e got to know visual artist, musician, and producer Guido Erfen and sound engineer, acoustic artist, and percussionist Michael Springer as part of a group of five by the name of SHM (1). The members of the group organised concerts at Rhenania, a disused grain silo, where I performed with The Absurd in 1988 and 1989. The band was also featured on one of Erfen's tape releases. Erfen and Springer met when they were still at the same secondary school and soon became close friends and musical allies. With the other members of SHM they built an independent network for creating and distributing music beyond the mainstream in Cologne. Rent at Rhenania was incredibly low, allowing a recording studio to be established there.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first traces of the Ukrainian Underground arrived at Erfen's door via a cassette tape with three bands from Kharkiv and Kyiv, sent by Igor Trushkin, who – having studied journalism as a minor subject – had taken on the international correspondence for the Novaya Scena rock club. Trushkin had dispatched countless letters around the world, but Erfen in Cologne turned out to be the only addressee to respond. The package included a long essay by\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e Sergey Myasoyedow which detailed the rock scene in the two cities. In 1986, Myasoyedow, together with Sasha Panchenko, had founded the \"Novaya Scena\" rock club in Kharkiv, presenting bands inspired by punk, the avant-garde, dadaism, and even medieval melodies. If Erfen hadn't been part of the independent mail-art scene, he wouldn't have had the chance to discover this unorthodox music. It was the summer of 1990, shortly before the Soviet Union collapsed and Ukraine became an independent state the following year.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn 1991, singer and keyboard player Soloveyka from Kharkiv arrived in Cologne and – in a handover likewise arranged by Trushkin – gave Erfen half a dozen cassettes with underground bands from Ukraine and a handful with bands from the Soviet Union. Intrigued by the original music of many of the acts, he visited Ukraine twice, made friends there, compiled a tape with his favourite tracks and finally succeeded in convincing Hamburg label boss Alfred Hilsberg to present underground music from Ukraine on the CD \"Novaya Scena\" via his label What's So Funny About (the original home of Einstürzende Neubauten). The 1993 release was accompanied by an extensive booklet text by Trushkin, tracing the history of both scenes in Kharkiv and Kyiv, translating the song lyrics, and offering his own assessments.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe album compiled 20 tracks recorded between 1986 and 1992 by 14 bands out of Kharkiv and Kyiv – music beyond the usual Perestroika records, often with jarring dissonances over grooves that fans of Captain Beefheart or The Fall would certainly enjoy. On the other hand, there are tracks featuring flute and trumpet that seem inspired by folk, classical music, and punk. Ghostly chamber prog miniatures by Cukor Belaya Smert (lit. Sugar White Death) from Kyiv featuring, among others, the classically trained pianist and singer Svitlana Nianio (née Ochrimenko) and guitarist, visual artist, and spokesman Yewgeny \"Yenia\" Taran. Nianio sang in her native Ukrainian, as did two more of the bands. Today, this seems more relevant than ever, more culturally and historically significant from a Ukrainian point of view than it was even in 1993. Young Ukrainians were amazed at that time that rock music sung in their native tongue could work!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt is in the aftermath of the “Novaya Scena“ album that the music on this LP was created. About a year after the release of the CD in August 1993, Nianio and Taran came to Cologne to work on music for the dance production \"Transilvania Smile\" by the dance theatre ensemble Pentamonia (2). The seeds for the Traces of Ukrainian Underground in Cologne were sown. Starting in 1994, a series of informal recording sessions took place at Michael Springer’s Phanton Studio and at SHM studio in Rhenania. Together, these sessions formed the basis of the four different incarnations of the Ukraine-Cologne connection heard on STROOMS’s compilation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first four tracks focus on the collaboration between Michael Springer, Svitlana Ochrimenko, Taran, and Wolfram Burgtorf, a longtime friend of Springer's. Springer had almost completed “Fake“ when, out of the blue, Svitlana appeared at his studio. She carried a portable Casio keyboard with her wherever she went. She spontaneously added intricate keyboard melodies to the track and simultaneously sang as well. As far as Springer can remember, the lyrics deal with a man trapped under the ice in a frozen lake. In order to confound the gruesome atmosphere of the story, Michael finally added samples of his – quote – “horrible“ laughter to the track. The other three tracks by this particular Ukraine-Cologne connection are the result of spontaneous live playing with only minimal post-production by Springer.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe sound design of the last two tracks on Side A is quite elaborate. Guido Erfen, under the moniker of Gee Nerve (German speakers might get the pun), and the duo of Nianio and Taran create psychedelic and downright spooky vibes on the tracks featured here. What Erfen had in mind was to “create a kind of neo-exotica that gives the impression of a foreign culture that is in fact completely fictitious“. The trio put their heads together for weeks and created sophisticated arrangements, but then Nianio's and Taran's visas expired. The tracks were put together during one particularly inspired session on a Sunday afternoon in early March of 1995. It was not clear that these were to be the final recordings - the plans for further work on them once their visas were renewed inevitably fell through. The musicians parted ways and started solo careers. Luckily, the tapes of that special session were carefully looked after, and later Erfen edited and compiled the recordings into a proper album called “Frozen Jungle. “ It was finally released in 2021 by the US label Sincere Sensation. And, by the way, Ochrimenko took on the name Nianio after her stay in Cologne. Cukor Belaya Smert were no more.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe three tracks featuring Soloveyka would not exist if she and Wolfram Burgtorf hadn't met at these informal sessions at Phanton Studio. A little bit later, they started collaborating as a duo in Burgtorf's own small studio and chose the name Solar for their project. Soloveyka, who had performed with light jazz and pop bands in Kharkiv, spontaneously came up with melodies for the compositions by Burgtorf, usually just “shoobee-dooing” in scat vocals at first and then later writing lyrics. She sang in various languages, e.g., in English on “Your Secret“ and in Russian on the other tracks featured here: “Three Steps“ deals with the distance between two people when three steps on a staircase can seem as long as the way to the heavens. “August Samba“ is sung from the point of view of a jilted lover.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe final track on STROOM’s compilation is by Yewgeny Taran and also features Nianio's keyboard playing. It was recorded at SHM studio during the same sessions that led to the three tracks by Gee Nerve, Nianio, and Taran. Here you get the original version of “Death And The Bachelor“, one of two songs from the Cologne production that he took with him when he eventually moved to Munich. They ended up on his solo album \"ModAndMiniAndSpaceAge\", a double vinyl album released by Compost Records in 1996.\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist : Various\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel : Stroom\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ecat no : STRLP-063\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRelease date : 26th May 2026\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2026-08-27T15:13:24+09:00","created_at":"2026-08-26T09:45:09+09:00","vendor":"Tobira Records","type":"","tags":["folk \/ left-field pop","lp","new","recommended","strange beats","stroom.tv"],"price":521000,"price_min":521000,"price_max":521000,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":50174711169274,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":null,"requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Various Artists (Stroom) \/\/ Aftermath and Transitions (Traces Of The Ukrainian Underground in Cologne (1994-1996)) LP","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":521000,"weight":430,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":null,"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/after1_2c8cebfd-96f3-4b65-bdd8-fc5924e7b236.jpg?v=1787704859","\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/after2_d01996f8-8e74-4752-941a-3c2f872fa66e.jpg?v=1787704859"],"featured_image":"\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/after1_2c8cebfd-96f3-4b65-bdd8-fc5924e7b236.jpg?v=1787704859","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":40750244069626,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":350,"width":350,"src":"\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/after1_2c8cebfd-96f3-4b65-bdd8-fc5924e7b236.jpg?v=1787704859"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":350,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/after1_2c8cebfd-96f3-4b65-bdd8-fc5924e7b236.jpg?v=1787704859","width":350},{"alt":null,"id":40750244102394,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.333,"height":900,"width":1200,"src":"\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/after2_d01996f8-8e74-4752-941a-3c2f872fa66e.jpg?v=1787704859"},"aspect_ratio":1.333,"height":900,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/after2_d01996f8-8e74-4752-941a-3c2f872fa66e.jpg?v=1787704859","width":1200}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eベルギーのオールジャンルレーベルStroomが、2026年5月にリリースしたコンピレーションレコードです。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1986年から1992年にかけてウクライナの14バンドによって録音された20曲を収録。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e※デジタル音源を無料でお送りいたしますのでお気軽にご連絡くださいませ\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e以下、Michael Frankによる解説です。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"私は、ビジュアルアーティスト、ミュージシャン、プロデューサーであるグイド・エルフェンと、サウンドエンジニア、アコースティックアーティスト、パーカッショニストであるミヒャエル・シュプリンガーを、SHM(1)という5人組のグループを通じて知り合った。このグループのメンバーたちは、使われなくなった穀物サイロ「レナニア」でコンサートを企画しており、私は1988年と1989年にそこでザ・アブサードの一員として演奏した。また、当バンドはエルフェンのカセットテープ作品の一つにも収録された。エルフェンとスプリンガーは同じ高校に通っていた頃に出会い、すぐに親しい友人であり音楽上の盟友となった。彼らはSHMの他のメンバーと共に、ケルンにおいて主流とは一線を画した音楽を制作・流通させるための自主的なネットワークを築き上げた。レナニアの家賃は驚くほど安かったため、そこにレコーディングスタジオを構えることができた。\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eウクライナのアンダーグラウンドの最初の痕跡がエルフェンの元へ届いたのは、ハリコフとキエフの3つのバンドを収録したカセットテープを通じてだった。これを送ってきたのは、ジャーナリズムを副専攻として学び、ロッククラブ「ノヴァヤ・セーナ」の国際通信担当を務めていたイゴール・トルシュキンである。トルシュキンは世界中に無数の手紙を送っていたが、ケルンのエルフェンだけが唯一返信した受取人だった。その小包には、両都市のロックシーンを詳述したセルゲイ・ミャソエドフによる長文のエッセイが同封されていた。1986年、ミャソエドフはサーシャ・パンチェンコと共にハリコフで「ノヴァヤ・セナ」というロック・クラブを設立し、パンク、アヴァンギャルド、ダダイズム、さらには中世の旋律にまで影響を受けたバンドを紹介していた。もしエルフェンがインディペンデントなメールアート・シーンに関わっていなければ、この型破りな音楽に出会う機会はなかっただろう。それは1990年の夏、ソビエト連邦が崩壊し、翌年にウクライナが独立国家となる直前のことだった。\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e1991年、ハリコフ出身のシンガー兼キーボード奏者ソロヴェイカがケルンを訪れ、同じくトルシュキンが手配した引き渡しで、ウクライナのアンダーグラウンド・バンドを収録したカセットテープを6本と、ソ連のバンドを収録したカセットテープを数本、エルフェンに手渡した。多くのアーティストの独創的な音楽に興味をそそられた彼は、ウクライナを2度訪れ、現地で友人を作り、お気に入りの曲を収録したテープを編集し、ついにハンブルクのレーベル・ボスであるアルフレッド・ヒルスベルクを説得することに成功した。その結果、彼のレーベル「What's So Funny About」(アインシュトゥルツェンデ・ノイバウテンの発祥の地)を通じて、CD『Novaya Scena』としてウクライナのアンダーグラウンド・ミュージックが世に出ることとなった。1993年のリリースには、トゥルシュキンによる詳細なブックレットのテキストが添えられ、ハリコフとキエフの両シーンの歴史を辿り、歌詞を翻訳し、彼自身の評価を記していた。\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eこのアルバムには、1986年から1992年にかけてハルキウとキエフの14のバンドによって録音された20曲が収録されている。これらは、一般的なペレストロイカ時代のレコードとは一線を画す音楽であり、キャプテン・ビーフハートやザ・フォールのファンなら間違いなく楽しめるような、グルーヴの上に不協和音が突き刺さるような楽曲が多い。一方で、フルートやトランペットをフィーチャーし、フォーク、クラシック、パンクからインスピレーションを得たと思われる楽曲も含まれている。キエフの「Cukor Belaya Smert(直訳:砂糖のように白い死)」による幽玄な室内プログレのミニチュア作品には、クラシック教育を受けたピアニスト兼シンガーのスヴィトラーナ・ニアニオ(旧姓オクリメンコ)や、ギタリスト兼ビジュアルアーティストでありスポークスマンのエフゲニー・“イェニア”・タランらが参加している。ニアニオは母国語であるウクライナ語で歌っており、他にも2つのバンドが同様にウクライナ語で歌っている。今日、このことはかつてないほど関連性が高く、ウクライナの視点から見れば、1993年当時よりも文化的・歴史的に重要な意味を持っているように思える。当時の若いウクライナ人たちは、母国語で歌われるロック音楽が成立し得ることに驚嘆していたのだ!...\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3583869997\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=none\/transparent=true\/\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eレーベルその他作品は\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/sttv\"\u003eこちら\u003c\/a\u003e \/\/\/ Click \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/sttv\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e to see more Stroom releases available at Tobira.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e---------------------------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12\" black vinyl.\u003cbr\u003eEdition of 300 copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Svitlana Nianio \/ Phanton - Fake 03:39 \u003cbr\u003e2. Svitlana Nianio \/ Phanton - ManySpace 02:15 \u003cbr\u003e3. Svitlana Nianio \/ Phanton - Quiet Place 03:06 \u003cbr\u003e4. Svitlana Nianio \/ Phanton - Політ Світляки 02:16 \u003cbr\u003e5. Няньо, ГиНерв \u0026amp; Таран - Nianio, GeeNerve \u0026amp; Taran - Шепочуть Cтіни - Whispering Walls 04:32 \u003cbr\u003e6. Няньо, ГиНерв \u0026amp; Таран - Nianio, GeeNerve \u0026amp; Taran - Pічка Bтома - Tired River 07:10 \u003cbr\u003e7. Solar - Your Secret 05:21 \u003cbr\u003e8. Solar - Three Steps 06:46 \u003cbr\u003e9. Solar - August Samba 03:58 \u003cbr\u003e10. Taran - Death And The Bachelor (Original Version) 05:44\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the label:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eI\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e got to know visual artist, musician, and producer Guido Erfen and sound engineer, acoustic artist, and percussionist Michael Springer as part of a group of five by the name of SHM (1). The members of the group organised concerts at Rhenania, a disused grain silo, where I performed with The Absurd in 1988 and 1989. The band was also featured on one of Erfen's tape releases. Erfen and Springer met when they were still at the same secondary school and soon became close friends and musical allies. With the other members of SHM they built an independent network for creating and distributing music beyond the mainstream in Cologne. Rent at Rhenania was incredibly low, allowing a recording studio to be established there.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first traces of the Ukrainian Underground arrived at Erfen's door via a cassette tape with three bands from Kharkiv and Kyiv, sent by Igor Trushkin, who – having studied journalism as a minor subject – had taken on the international correspondence for the Novaya Scena rock club. Trushkin had dispatched countless letters around the world, but Erfen in Cologne turned out to be the only addressee to respond. The package included a long essay by\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e Sergey Myasoyedow which detailed the rock scene in the two cities. In 1986, Myasoyedow, together with Sasha Panchenko, had founded the \"Novaya Scena\" rock club in Kharkiv, presenting bands inspired by punk, the avant-garde, dadaism, and even medieval melodies. If Erfen hadn't been part of the independent mail-art scene, he wouldn't have had the chance to discover this unorthodox music. It was the summer of 1990, shortly before the Soviet Union collapsed and Ukraine became an independent state the following year.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn 1991, singer and keyboard player Soloveyka from Kharkiv arrived in Cologne and – in a handover likewise arranged by Trushkin – gave Erfen half a dozen cassettes with underground bands from Ukraine and a handful with bands from the Soviet Union. Intrigued by the original music of many of the acts, he visited Ukraine twice, made friends there, compiled a tape with his favourite tracks and finally succeeded in convincing Hamburg label boss Alfred Hilsberg to present underground music from Ukraine on the CD \"Novaya Scena\" via his label What's So Funny About (the original home of Einstürzende Neubauten). The 1993 release was accompanied by an extensive booklet text by Trushkin, tracing the history of both scenes in Kharkiv and Kyiv, translating the song lyrics, and offering his own assessments.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe album compiled 20 tracks recorded between 1986 and 1992 by 14 bands out of Kharkiv and Kyiv – music beyond the usual Perestroika records, often with jarring dissonances over grooves that fans of Captain Beefheart or The Fall would certainly enjoy. On the other hand, there are tracks featuring flute and trumpet that seem inspired by folk, classical music, and punk. Ghostly chamber prog miniatures by Cukor Belaya Smert (lit. Sugar White Death) from Kyiv featuring, among others, the classically trained pianist and singer Svitlana Nianio (née Ochrimenko) and guitarist, visual artist, and spokesman Yewgeny \"Yenia\" Taran. Nianio sang in her native Ukrainian, as did two more of the bands. Today, this seems more relevant than ever, more culturally and historically significant from a Ukrainian point of view than it was even in 1993. Young Ukrainians were amazed at that time that rock music sung in their native tongue could work!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt is in the aftermath of the “Novaya Scena“ album that the music on this LP was created. About a year after the release of the CD in August 1993, Nianio and Taran came to Cologne to work on music for the dance production \"Transilvania Smile\" by the dance theatre ensemble Pentamonia (2). The seeds for the Traces of Ukrainian Underground in Cologne were sown. Starting in 1994, a series of informal recording sessions took place at Michael Springer’s Phanton Studio and at SHM studio in Rhenania. Together, these sessions formed the basis of the four different incarnations of the Ukraine-Cologne connection heard on STROOMS’s compilation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first four tracks focus on the collaboration between Michael Springer, Svitlana Ochrimenko, Taran, and Wolfram Burgtorf, a longtime friend of Springer's. Springer had almost completed “Fake“ when, out of the blue, Svitlana appeared at his studio. She carried a portable Casio keyboard with her wherever she went. She spontaneously added intricate keyboard melodies to the track and simultaneously sang as well. As far as Springer can remember, the lyrics deal with a man trapped under the ice in a frozen lake. In order to confound the gruesome atmosphere of the story, Michael finally added samples of his – quote – “horrible“ laughter to the track. The other three tracks by this particular Ukraine-Cologne connection are the result of spontaneous live playing with only minimal post-production by Springer.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe sound design of the last two tracks on Side A is quite elaborate. Guido Erfen, under the moniker of Gee Nerve (German speakers might get the pun), and the duo of Nianio and Taran create psychedelic and downright spooky vibes on the tracks featured here. What Erfen had in mind was to “create a kind of neo-exotica that gives the impression of a foreign culture that is in fact completely fictitious“. The trio put their heads together for weeks and created sophisticated arrangements, but then Nianio's and Taran's visas expired. The tracks were put together during one particularly inspired session on a Sunday afternoon in early March of 1995. It was not clear that these were to be the final recordings - the plans for further work on them once their visas were renewed inevitably fell through. The musicians parted ways and started solo careers. Luckily, the tapes of that special session were carefully looked after, and later Erfen edited and compiled the recordings into a proper album called “Frozen Jungle. “ It was finally released in 2021 by the US label Sincere Sensation. And, by the way, Ochrimenko took on the name Nianio after her stay in Cologne. Cukor Belaya Smert were no more.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe three tracks featuring Soloveyka would not exist if she and Wolfram Burgtorf hadn't met at these informal sessions at Phanton Studio. A little bit later, they started collaborating as a duo in Burgtorf's own small studio and chose the name Solar for their project. Soloveyka, who had performed with light jazz and pop bands in Kharkiv, spontaneously came up with melodies for the compositions by Burgtorf, usually just “shoobee-dooing” in scat vocals at first and then later writing lyrics. She sang in various languages, e.g., in English on “Your Secret“ and in Russian on the other tracks featured here: “Three Steps“ deals with the distance between two people when three steps on a staircase can seem as long as the way to the heavens. “August Samba“ is sung from the point of view of a jilted lover.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe final track on STROOM’s compilation is by Yewgeny Taran and also features Nianio's keyboard playing. It was recorded at SHM studio during the same sessions that led to the three tracks by Gee Nerve, Nianio, and Taran. Here you get the original version of “Death And The Bachelor“, one of two songs from the Cologne production that he took with him when he eventually moved to Munich. They ended up on his solo album \"ModAndMiniAndSpaceAge\", a double vinyl album released by Compost Records in 1996.\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist : Various\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel : Stroom\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ecat no : STRLP-063\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRelease date : 26th May 2026\u003c\/p\u003e"}