Ukrainian pop sensation MONATIK took the charts by storm in 2014 with his debut full length Саундтрек сегодняшнего дня and he is back with a brand new 16-track album titled Звучит. The young singer/songwriter’s sophomore effort includes 2015 single “Сейчас”, as well as “Тише” featuring local pop star Anna Sedokova.
Acclaimed by critics and bloggers in Ukraine and Russia, MONATIK’s new album is on track to become one of this year’s most successful releases with the two most recents singles “Выходной” and “Кружит” already clocking up over 3 million YouTube views.
Onuka is an electrofolk project created by Ukrainian electronic artists Evgeni Filatov (aka The Maneken) and Nata, former vocalist of Tomato Jaws and KOOQLA. They are joined by 7 musicians playing keyboards, drums, traditional flute, trombone, French horn, bandura (Ukrainian traditional instrument) and electronic samplers.
“Misto” is taken off Onuka’s debut album, which was presented live on the 17th of October 2014 in Kiev and shot to #1 spot on iTunes Ukraine and then returned to the top of the chart in December.
Hailing from Ukraine, Время и Стекло (Vremya i Steklo or Time and Glass in English) is an electro dance duo made up of Aleksey Zavgorodniy (aka Pozitiv) and Nadya Dorofeeva. Their blend of infectious synth-infused pop caught the world by storm with 2015 single “Имя 505” and they are now set to do the same with their new tune “Песня 404” which is quickly gaining traction in Ukraine and abroad.
Время и Стекло - Песня 404
Время и Стекло - Имя 505
For their previous single “Имя 505” the duo shot a surreal music video that went viral and got around 70M views on YouTube, hugely contributing to the song becoming a massive hit across Ukraine, Russia and the CIS. While the clip for “Песня 404” is yet to achieve the same feat, it has already been watched 10M times. Not bad!
Hailing from Ukraine, MONATIK (aka Монатик) grew up in the northwestern city of Lutsk, where he started doing breakdance as a teenager and quickly joined local collective “DBS Crew”. After taking part in TV shows “Everybody Dance!” and X-Factor in 2010, MONATIK teamed up with choreographer Nikolay Boychenko and dance collective «D’Arts» to produce his debut video “ТайУлетаю”. Soon after, he started writing songs for popular artists, including Svetlana Loboda, Anna Sedokova, Eva Bushmina or Dima Bilan, and finally released his debut album Саундтрек сегодняшнего дня in April 2014 to glowing reviews.
“В Лучшем Свете” and “Дым” are both taken off the young singer/composer/producer/dancer’s debut album, which also includes hit singles “Прости…” and “Воздух”.
