Sounds Of Survival Vol. 1
Sounds Of Survival Vol. 2
In 2022 and 2023 two solidarity compiltations between SPK Records Ukraine and Noland has been released, created to support and give visibility to Ukraine’s underground music scene.
Being an underground artist in Ukraine has never been an easy path to choose. This war is not only an attack on their lives, but on their passionate existence as musicians.
In the last couple of days we have coordinated this compilation with a sense of the urgency of the circumstances & the direct need it has created.
Our friend Dubmasta, who is based in Kyiv was collecting tracks from friends of the local scene, around the SKP Records collective.
Consistent online access has been a major stumbling block, communication of all kinds frustrating and complicated. We, sitting here in Berlin, get worried, whenever we don’t get a response. Foa Hoka’s singer Dmytro Kurovskiy wrote that he is sitting in a basement in Chernihiv in the dark, while constant airstrikes hit the city.
A rocket exploded close to his studio. The windows got crashed, but synthesizers & equipment, thankfully for the time being, have survived the most recent attacks, as has he.
Still under these circumstances, against all odds, Dmytro managed to send material & photos.
This compilation wouldn’t have been possible without Serge Dubrovskiy AKA Dubmasta, Oleksiy Mikrykov AKA King Imagine (Kyiv) & Dmytro Kurovskiy (Chernihiv) in Ukraine. Many thanks to Helmut Erler for providing the mastering & Brenda Alamilla for the artwork.
With love from Noland, Andi & Hannes Teichmann.