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Ishly Voly

from Sumna Dyskoteka by Butch Ross

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about

When the Ukraine war started I wanted to do something, despite knowing I could do really, nothing. So I went online and started looking for Ukrainian folk music, without really knowing what was out there. What I found was the Polyphony Project (www.polyphonyproject.com/en) a group of folklorists and ethnomusicologists who are recording old Ukrainian Folk Songs sung by old Ukrainian (mostly) women. I was blown away by the power and the pathos of these songs. So I decided to add beats to them. The beats actually kind of diminish the power of the original songs, but make them more accessible. As I was making the video for this song, I added audio from instagram and TikTok videos to the track. The Air Raid sirens are from Kiev, the violin is a young girl playing in a bomb shelter during a raid. And the piano at the end is a young woman playing her piano in her bombed out apartment. You can see all this in the video.

lyrics

I don't know if its because there's like an "old Ukrainian" that these ladies are singing in or what, but these lyrics basically break Google Translate.

But as near as I can figure, the jist of the song is a conversation between a young girl and her Cossack lover. She says "Who will hold me while you're gone" and he says, "Find someone else, for I probably won't return"

credits

from Sumna Dyskoteka, released March 3, 2023
Br: Dulcimer, Bass, Synths and programming
Kudsi Erguner - Ney Flute (sampled)
Voices - Burzak Kateryna Ivanivna, Chubovsʹka Hanna Mykolayivna, Hereles Oleksandra Stepanivna, Matsʹko Olʹha Petrivna, Samson Natalya Hryhorivna, Soroka Lyubov Mykolayivna, Vakulenko Mariya Andriyivna Recorded by Both Miklos & Myroslava Vertiuk for the Polyphony Project.
Contains samples of
"Hey, Last minute" by the Meters
"Im gonna love you a long time" by Barry White
Uncredited violinist collected from Twitter
Uncreditied pianist collected from Instagram

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Butch Ross Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga multi-instrumentalist and mountain dulcimer maestro Butch Ross has tackled everything from Radiohead to Bach and come away with a renewed appreciation for what the humble dulcimer is capable of. His music is born from his respect for its abilities, a respect born from the years he's spent prying apart its pieces and discovering new sounds where none existed before. ... more

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