For electronic producers Ulyana YUVI Avtenyuk and Dmytro BADWOR7H Kolesnichenko, ‘Kytsia’ became their first joint release. The dance track is about ‘meanings, memories, and doubts’ that are unique to each listener
The dance part of ‘Kytsia’ was written by BADWOR7H, ‘the kick drum and synthesizer that set the tempo’ were created by YUVI, and the bassline was recorded by musician GRABAR.
According to Ulyana, the track, ‘like most of YUVI’s songs, was created based on feeling and impulse’. The producer adds that she finds it difficult to collaborate with other musicians, but the collaboration with BADWOR7H ‘was constantly playing in her mind’. So, when choosing a co-producer, she thought: ‘Of course, Dmytro’.
‘Actually, at first the work was difficult. We’re both very stubborn, so we spent some time trying to get along and make compromises, which turned out to be completely pointless, — BADWOR7H recounts about the collaboration. — We finished the track, which was a compromise for both me and her — I didn’t like it. Then I listened again to Ulyana’s very first demo and tried to immerse myself in the atmosphere, rather than focus on agreements about whose instrument would stay and whose wouldn’t. And within hours, what you can hear now was created’.
YUVI and BADWOR7H shared one of the early demo versions of the track with DTF Magazine.
‘The rhythms of synthetic zeroes stitch together an emotional collage of fading touches and inner ruptures. The voice does not dictate but leads — leaving behind an inner dissonance and allowing each listener to hear their own’, the description reads.
About YUVI
YUVI (Ulyana Avtenyuk) is a Kyiv-based producer, songwriter, and DJ. She has been involved in music since the age of six and is formally trained as a saxophone instructor. In 2018, she began her career as a DJ.
The producer released her debut single ‘Zhyva’ in 2023, and in July of the same year, she released her first EP, ‘Po tobi’. It was included in DTF Magazine’s list of ‘30 Iconic Ukrainian Electronic Albums of the Decade’, and we shared more details about the release in our interview with YUVI.
In May 2023, YUVI also recorded a mix for DTF Magazine. According to her, it is ‘about anxiety in calmness’, in which ‘various moods intertwine in favorite genres combined with chaotic mixing’.
In April 2024, Ulyana released her debut album, ‘Spomyna Liubovu’. It consists of eight tracks, including collaborations with saxophonist Andrii Barmalii, the single ‘Zhydaie’ released in February 2024, and a collaboration with Odesa producer Geyer (‘Yak spomyna liubovu’).
In January 2025, YUVI released a collaborative track with renie cares titled ‘ye ye ye ye ye ye. Ye ye ye’. The song is described as ‘a soundtrack to the state when you want to hide under a blanket, but instead, you go into the night’. And in March, a collaboration with GRABAR was released, based on a poem by Lina Kostenko.
About BADWOR7H
BADWOR7H, also known as Dmytro Kolesnichenko, is a Ukrainian producer working in the genres of Bass, Drum’n’Bass, Garage, Hard Breaks, Electro, and Hard Dance. Among Dmytro’s popular releases are remixes of the tracks ‘russia is a terrorist state’ by TUCHA, ‘yakby’ by renie cares, ‘zhurba’ by DOROFEEVA, and jockii druce.
BADWOR7H’s discography also includes the EPs ‘KYIVENERGO’ with Chocollab and ‘Po kolu’, the latter of which was nominated for EP of the Year at the MEGOGO Music Awards 2024 and the ‘Zolota Zoria Lirum’ awards.
In 2024, the producer released his debut album ‘HDpizdoRezka’ and also served as an instructor at the Mirage Camp educational event organized by DTF Magazine.
