Dakh Daughters
Dakh Daughters | |
|---|---|
| Genres | freak-cabaret,dark cabaret |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Members | Solomiia Melnyk, Ruslana Khazipova, Natalka Bida, Anna Nikitina, Zo, Tetiana Havryliuk, Nina Garenetska |
| Website | dakhdaughters |
Dakh Daughtersis aUkrainianmusic and theatre project started in 2012 inKyiv.The band consists of seven women, who play on various instruments and sing in different languages (Ukrainian, English, French, German, Russian) anddialects of Ukrainian.[1]They often use texts by famous authors in their lyrics (e.g.Taras Shevchenko,William Shakespeare,Joseph Brodsky,Charles Bukowski,Shaggy).
Dakh Daughters participants are members of different projects such asDakhaBrakhaandPerkalaba.The band's name derives from theDakh theaterwhich is associated with the project.[2]
The band became famous after publishing on YouTube the music video "Rozy / Donbass", based on Shakespeare'sSonnet 35and Ukrainian folk songs.[3][4][5][6]Also well-known is the video of their live performance onMaidan Nezalezhnostiin Kyiv during the earlyEuromaidanprotests in December 2013.[7]
Dakh Daughters has performed in various Ukrainian cities, as well as outside of the country (in Poland, Czech Republic, France, Russia and Brazil). They have taken part in such events asZaxidfest,Gogolfest,Silent films festival in Odesa etc.
The first band's studio album,IF,containing 9 tracks, was released in November 2016.[8]The second,AIR,came out in April 2019.[9]
Dakh Daughters was featured prominently in the 2019 Ukrainian musical comedy filmHutsulka Ksenya.[10]
"Through their music and their songs, it is the notions of heritage and identity that are questioned, summoning both classical texts – such as Shakespeare's Sonnet 35 – and Ukrainian folk songs. These poems or stories sung, chanted, rapped, always question the universal and timeless struggle of Man for the defense of his freedom and his affiliations. Thus, the Dakh Daughters manage to elaborate a poetry of anger to the rhythm of the drums of war, the sobs of the violins and the frenzied hope of 'Ukraine on fire'."[11]
They performed atWOMADin 2023 where their freaky cabaret "Pussy Riot"style was well received.[12]
Members
[edit]The band consists of seven women, who all are both singers, musicians and actresses in theDakh theater:[13]
- Solomiia Melnyk
- Ruslana Khazipova (who is also a member of the band Ragapop, and a former member ofPerkalaba)
- Natalka Bida
- Anna Nikitina (who is also a member of the band Ragapop)
- Zo
- Tetiana Havryliuk
- Nina Garenetska (who is also a member of the bandDakhaBrakha)
Discography
[edit]- If(2016)
- Air(2019)
- Make Up(2021)
References
[edit]- ^Борис БарабановУкраина на все голоса. Dakh Daughters спели в «Гоголь-центре»КоммерсантъNo. 50 от 26.03.2014.
- ^Cultural focus: UKRAINEArchived2014-04-13 at theWayback MachineEaP Culture Programme Website
- ^Rozy / Donbass
- ^"Dakh Daughters взорвали российский YouTube своим" Фантастиш Донбасс "".Звуки.ру. 2013-08-15.Retrieved2014-04-14.
- ^"Córy Dakha niosą pomoc"(in Polish). Kulturaonline.pl. 2014-03-25. Archived fromthe originalon 2014-04-13.Retrieved2014-04-14.
- ^Елена АкимоваУкраинки взорвали YouTube песней «Фантастиш Донбас»Комсомольская правда, 8 августа 2013
- ^Hannusya
- ^"Dakh Daughters release a debut album".Dakh Daughters release a debut album.Retrieved2017-05-26.
- ^"AIR-Dakh Daughters".AIR-Dakh Daughters.Retrieved2020-01-02.
- ^Hutsulka Ksenya
- ^Le Bec, Marie."choix de la rédaction les dakh daughters".www.lintermede.com.Retrieved2022-10-24.
- ^Dalton, Stephen (2023-08-04)."Womad 2023 review — still an uplifting feast of global music".ISSN0140-0460.Retrieved2023-08-04.
- ^"Сім'я Даху – CCA" Dakh ""(in Ukrainian).Retrieved2023-12-28.
