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Ukrainian Underworld

by Colin Black

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"Ukrainian Underworld" is a treated audio documentary of descending deeper and deeper into the earth on one of Kyiv’s high-speed subway escalators. Ripping across this sonority is a recording of the artist aggressively bowing a house brick with a wood saw. As the subways in Kyiv are decorated with soviet propaganda (that was aimed to instil hope, faith, and certainty) this work is are an artistic sonic echo of the Russian Revolution. A revolution that reshaped the building blocks of Russian society and led to the architectural design of the subway network in Kyiv (and by consequence, its acoustics) as a symbol of collectivism.

"Ukrainian Underground" is not intended as a celebration of communism, but rather a reflective piece that asks you the ponder the larger ramifications of any type of political system, be it capitalism, socialism, communism ... etc.

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released November 7, 2017
Composer, Sound Engineer and Location Recordings: Colin Black

Photography: © AMY / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Colin Black Sydney, Australia

"… amongst the most significant Australian creative artists of his generation, a composer/sound artist who has created a significant body of important work in a relatively short time, work which spans installation, sound art, fìlm, radiophonic works, and beyond, with many of these works having gained international attention."
- John Davis, CEO Australian Music Centre, 25 February 2011
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