DTF Magazine is launching an anthology about contemporary Ukrainian culture with a new special issue — it will consist of printed issues that will reveal a specific phenomenon. The fifth issue is dedicated to the Ukrainian electronic music scene, its key formations, events, people and releases. We tell you more about what’s inside the issue and how to get it
What’s in the new print DTF Magazine
The new issue captures the last decade of the Ukrainian electronic music scene, which started actively developing after the events of the Revolution of Dignity, its heyday and subsequent adaptation to the surrounding conditions and turning points — coronavirus pandemic and full-scale war.
‘The electronic music scene, in particular the Kyiv scene, became a real phenomenon of post-Maidan Ukraine. It was more than a local phenomenon — Kyiv declared itself as one of the key centers on the club map of Europe, — Volodymyr Voloshchuk, editor-in-chief of DTF Magazine, says. — The year 2021 has become a peak year for both Kyiv and the regions… The year 2022 promised to be much more eventful. But russia’s full-scale invasion changed everything’.
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The fifth issue contains the following:
— The list of ‘30 Ukrainian electronic music albums of the decade’, compiled by the results of the survey.
— Exclusive shots of the construction of the most famous Ukrainian club in the world — ∄ (Club on Kyrylivska), and an interview with its architect.
— A rare interview with Slava Lepsheiev, founder of Eastern Europe’s biggest rave Cxema.
— A brief history of Kyiv rave as a phenomenon.
— Six essays and reflections on the regional electronic music scene by people without whom it’s hard to imagine it.
— Interviews with electronic musicians such as Heinali, Maryana Klochko, Nastya Vogan and Roma Krymskyi.
— A photo project about the romance of the dance floor in the works of Yana Franz.
‘This issue does not write a chronology of the Ukrainian electronic music scene. It discusses only some aspects of its life, which were mentioned above. It was important for us to hear the voice of the regions, so we invited its direct participants to write a series of essays. We wanted to learn more about the backstage of some of the most iconic projects, as well as answer the question: ‘What will this decade be remembered for in terms of music?’, so we conducted the first large-scale survey, compiling a list of ‘30 Ukrainian electronic music albums of the decade’. This is not yet a canon of Ukrainian electronic music, but a step towards its formation’.
The issue ends with stories of representatives of the electronic music scene, who from the first days of the full-scale war stood up for Ukraine. So, in the fifth issue you can see the frontline photo story by DJ and producer Raavel ( check out his mix for DTF Magazine here), as well as the diaries of Nikita Kozachinsky, the founder of Dnipro club Module.
‘We strived to give voice to those heroes who are defending Ukraine on the frontline today. And we close this issue with their words, thoughts and emotions. We dedicate the fifth print issue of DTF Magazine to all those who are fighting. In memory of all those whose lives were taken by the war’, Volodymyr adds.
Kyiv-based design studio CREVV was responsible for the design and layout of the fifth issue.
The project is implemented with the support of the Ukraine Confidence Building Initiative (UCBI), funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Where to buy the print issue
You can place your order for the special issue online at this link.
Price — 400 UAH. The copies will be sent on June 17 — we can send the magazine through Nova Poshta at the recipient’s expense or you can pick it up in Kyiv (Lviv Square and Golden Gate area, we will tell you the exact place).
You will be able to buy the magazine offline from June 22: in Kyiv — in Syndicate store, in Lviv — in MOT art space (where a new exhibition will run from June 22), in Kharkiv — in Ssweep store (from June 24).
In April 2023, the editorial staff of DTF Magazine released a collector’s print issue specifically for the Module of Temporality (MOT) project.
Like the art space exhibition, the issue continued to explore the key theme of the exhibition — temporality, and to engage in a dialog with Ukrainian and foreign artists. At the core of the magazine are works by Ukrainian artists combined with essays, interviews and diaries to present the art and reflection of those people who are in a state of temporality and uncertainty.
