After the mind-boggling success of single “Имя 505” (over 100M views on YouTube), Ukrainian synthpop duo Время и Стекло (Vremya i Steklo) is back with yet another infectious electro-tinged pop gem. New single “Навернопотомучто” is an hymn to the late-night revels which brings echoes of the summer that slowly surrenders to autumn.
As per usual, Nadya Dorofeeva and Pozitiv have come up with an eye-catching music video for the new song and it’s already gone viral! Premiered on YouTube two months ago, it has been watched over 21M times to date. Get an eyeful below!
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.
Время и Стекло (Vremya i Steklo or Time and Glass in English) is a Ukrainian duo created in 2010 by Aleksey Zavgorodniy (aka Pozitiv) and Nadya Dorofeeva, and produced by Aleksey Potapenko. Their blend of modern dance pop was well received by critics in their native Ukraine and the duo released their debut album in late 2014. Their new single “Имя 505” surfaced in the first half of 2015 and quickly gained traction online.
Время и Стекло - Имя 505
To promote the new song, Vremya i Steklo shot a surreal music video that instantly went viral and got them a lot of media attention. It has been watched over 36 million times on YouTube to date.
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”.
