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‘Unseen America: The Southwest’
Although people from around the world know the United States as the home country of the Empire State Building in New York, the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and the White House in Washington, the country is more than just these symbols. Kyiv’s America House invites visitors to explore an unexpected America. Their new exhibition “Unseen America: The Southwest” is a set of photographs by U.S. artist Mario Montoya, mostly depicting New Mexico and Arizona, in particular places where his family lived and worked.
“Unseen America: The Southwest.” America House (6 Mykoly Pymonenka St.) March 7 – April 5. Tue-Fri. 12-9 p.m. Sat. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Free. Bring ID
Jan Blomqvist & Band
Kyiv welcomes the Berlin-based DJ Jan Blomqvist and his band to the stage of the capital’s Atlas concert hall with their electronic music show. For his performances, Blomqvist combines vocals and simple beats, calling it “concert techno,” while mixing electronic music together with live drums and piano melodies. Blomqvist released his debut music album “Remote Control” in 2016, which became a worldwide hit. In Kyiv the musician, together with his band, which includes Christian Dammann, Felix Lehman and Ryan Mathiesen, will perform hits from their new album “Disconnected”, released in 2018.
Jan Blomqvist & Band. Atlas (37-41 Sichovykh Striltsiv St.) March 14. 8 p.m. Hr 799-1,999
Optic Nerve Live aka Keith Tucker
Dance all night long to an electronic music set by the U.S.- based DJ Keith Tucker, also known as Optic Nerve. Tucker started his career in 1988, mainly performing songs by American musician Juan Atkins, and soon released his first EP, collaborating with Atkins and Jesse Anderson, and made his name in the United States The DJ is now famous for using minimalistic techno rhythms combined with bass and electronic dance music. Apart from Tucker, the party also features Ukrainian DJ Igor Glushko, who is also one of the founders of Kyiv-based techno initiative Rhythm Büro, as well as DJ Lobanov and DJ Borys. It will be held at Kyiv’s Closer dance club on March 15.
Optic Nerve Live aka Keith Tucker. Closer (31 Nyzhnoiurkivska St.) March 15. 11:55 p.m. Price to be announced
Zapaska
An indie pop band that usually lives and plays in western Ukraine will present its new songs in Kyiv, a city where the band hasn’t performed for a while. After the release of their second studio album in 2016 and extensive touring in Europe, Zapaska put their concerts on hold. But their creative collaboration seems to have been continuing, because the band has promised “a lot of new stuff” at the Kyiv gig. A two-piece band, Zapaska creates a saturated canvas of sounds using live-looping – sequencing and mixing of musical phrases recorded live during the performance. They mix and filter their vocals, beats from a drum machine and sounds of various musical instruments, some of which are Ukrainian folk ones. Zapaska itself describes their genre as shy pop and folktronica.
Zapaska. Mezzanine (31 Nyzhnioyurkivska St.) March 15. 7:30 p.m. Hr 250
