Lost And Sound

Here it is! The trailer for first season of Lost And Sound! I've always believed one the best ways to understand a culture is through music.I boarded a flight to Kyiv earlier this year with little idea what would happen. Get a little taste of what I discovered as I travelled from monasteries to the dancefloor meeting some of the new young creatives transforming the city’s underground music scene… My sister project to my Arts Council backed Lost and Sound In Berlin.Listen out for the 5 part podcast series going live next week… Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/lostandsound)

It’s Friday night. Finally, I actually go clubbing. Kyiv’s top venue for underground music, Closer provides a valued space for the city's creatives to meet and dance. I meet up with the co-op’s PR officer, Alisa Mullen, who talks about how she quit a 9-5 job, like many others in the last few years, on a mission to give creativity, music and dancing a spectacular platform in the city. Music Credits:Adventure Time by Ghetto SunrisePart of Criminal Practice, a Kyiv dj and producer communityCheck out more on their Soundcloud:https://soundcloud.com/ghetto_sunrisehttps://soundcloud.com/criminal_practiceKiss by John Objecthttps://soundcloud.com/johnobjectSupport the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/lostandsound)

Friday afternoon, I met up with Maya and Tanya, two thirds of Tight Magazine - the stylish online zine with an international and erudite approach to music culture. High up on a hill, overlooking the giant Motherland Monument,  we talk about how their new post-soviet generation are making the most of the shifting landscape in the city and forging new creative outlets and collaborations.Check out the magazine here: https://en.tight.mediaThe music you heard in this episode, chosen by Maya and Tanya is…Xtal by A-BodyVA Deck by Acid JordanBoth these tracks released on the compilation ШЩЦ/SHITS 01A kyiv based record label and experimental events series focussing on innovative and obscure underground musicYou can buy the compilation as a Limited Edition DVD or as MP3 via their Bandcamp page. https://ssshitsss.bandcamp.com/releasesAll the music you hear in this series is by Kiev based artistsSupport the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/lostandsound)

Timur Dzhafarov records and DJs under the name John Object. He makes sublime, hectic electronic music that reflects the over-saturation of modern life. We met up in Ocean Plaza - the second largest shopping mall in Ukraine. We discuss difficult music, how a creative journey led from The Beatles to playing at Cxema - Kyiv’s most prominent techno party and how KFC is a metaphor for European capitalism. All of this in the coleslaw isle of a supermarket. Music Credits:Bellweather by John ObjectAvailable on his Heat EPReleased on the Bio Future Laboratory labelYou can buy it digitally by going onto the Bio Future Laboratory Bandcamphttps://soundcloud.com/johnobjecthttps://soundcloud.com/bio-future-labSupport the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/lostandsound)

My second day in Kyiv began meeting up with multi-media artist Georgiy Potopalskiy - who records as Ujif_Norfound. His studio is high up on a hill, surrounded by technology old and new, where he is immersed in street art, audio visual tech and has a new LP that is 5 hours long. Georgiy talks poetically about how the landscape around him influences his work.Music Credits:Process excerpt by Ujif_Notfound (Kvitnu Records)Car Beat by Ujif_Notfoundhttp://kvitnu.comhttp://www.un2114.comSupport the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/lostandsound)

My first day in Kyiv, I met with Igor, Vera and Alex, the collective behind Kyiv party organisers and label, Rhythm Büro. They've created a niche for atmospheric and deep techno. We meet in their bunker-like studio where they talk about their backgrounds and how deep sounds inspire them.Music creditsLog by Na NichThe Key by Na NichAnd you can find out how to buy digital and 12” vinyl of that from their Soundcloudhttps://soundcloud.com/rhythm-buroAll the music you hear in this series is by Kiev based artistsSupport the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/lostandsound)