Mavka (band)

Mavka
Background information
Origin Kyiv, Ukraine
Genres downtempo, electronica, ambient, ethnic, folktronica, world music, folk, live-looping
Years active 2013–present
Labels Crossworlds
Associated acts Crossworlds, King Imagine
Members Iryna Skrypnykova
Oleksiy Mikriukov
Taras Lazer

Mavka is a Ukrainian band combining ethnic and folk themes with downtempo, electronica and ambient music.

The band was formed in 2013 by a theater actress Iryna Skrypnykova (lead-singer, composer, performer) and Oleksiy Mikriukov (composer) under the name Crossworlds.

Collaborating exclusively on-line they managed to release the first mini-album Ivana Kupala Night in 2014. The full-length Day and Night album was released a year later in 2015.[1]

Since then Iryna Skrypnykova began performing live using loop-station, vocal pedals and synthesizers creating polyphonic compositions in Ukrainian and her own invented 'Mermaid' language.[2] In 2015 another musician joined the band due to the growing amount of live performances and the band's name was changed to Mavka.

In 2016 Mavka appeared on a number of festivals including GogolFest and The Day of Street Music.[3] The band also played on Hi5 studio[4] and performed for the plays in Zoloti Vorota Theater.[5]

In 2017 members of Mavka wrote soundtrack and acted in the movie 'The Tale of Money'.[6][7]

Name

The band is named after Ukrainian mythological female long-haired figure Mavka that was believed to live in forests, lakes or rivers and appeared only on special holidays during the year.[8] Mavkas could entice or seduce young men to later tickle their victims to death.[9]

Style and languages

The majority of songs is written and performed in the Ukrainian language. They are whether interpretations of Ukrainian traditional compositions or original contemporary pieces. The band is also working on an album with the songs written in 'mermaid' glossolalia as the lead-singer calls it.[10][11]

Albums

References

  1. ↑ "A Past Reconsidered: Miglokomon, Zulya, Crossworlds, and Avis". Far from Moscow. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
  2. ↑ "У КИЄВІ ВИСТУПИТЬ ГУРТ, ЩО СПІВАЄ МОВОЮ РУСАЛОК". cultprostir.ua. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  3. ↑ "День Вуличної Музики у Києві - найкращий день в році!". streetmusic.com.ua (in ua). Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  4. ↑ Mavka (2016-06-01), Mavka - Kolo (live at Hi5 Studio), retrieved 2017-04-24
  5. ↑ "Свідки різних епох". cultua.media. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  6. ↑ "ДІВОЧИЙ ХОР ЗАСПІВАЄ НАРОДНІ ПІСНІ ПІД ЕЛЕКТРОНІКУ". cultprostir.ua. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Завершилося виробництво фільму "Казка про гроші"". Ukrainian state film agency. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
  8. ↑ Словарь української мови / Упор. з дод. влас. матеріалу Б. Грінченко : в 4-х т. — К. : Вид-во Академії наук Української РСР, 1958. Том 2, ст. 395.
  9. ↑ "Мавки, навки, нявки, мертвушки, бісиці — Українська міфологія". proridne.net (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  10. ↑ "Нова українська музика: інтерв’ю з вокалісткою гурту Crossworlds (ВІДЕО) - Информационное агенство ВидеоНовости". videonews.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2015-08-11.
  11. ↑ "Кияни Crossworlds записують альбом "русалчиною" мовою". MusicInUA (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2016-12-16.
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