DakhaBrakha - Na Mezhi [2009]

Genre: Traditional Ukrainian Folk/Neofolk/Freak Folk

Tracklisting:
1. Ой, за лісочком
2. Над Дунаєм
3. Весна
4. Вальс
5. Ванюша
6. Заїнька
7. Дівка-Марусечка

DakhaBrakha is an Ukrainian collective playing some traditional neofolk, with a big dose of experimental chaos. Sounds kinda weird? So it is. Tribal drums, many types of string instruments playing in the background (some of the songs have their structure similar to post-rock - building the atmosphere and so on), that characteristic style of singing... To be honest, I'm pretty keen on this kind of ethno folk music and I was very impressed while listening to this album for first time, probably after getting bored with some averages like Hagalaz' Runedance, The Moon and the Nightspirit or other neofolk bands. At first I thought it's only a first impression but soon I realized that Na Mezhi is actually a grower and now I like it even more. If I was made to judge - one of the best CDs released this year so far.

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