Tonight's song is Заповіт by Space Spice Boy, airing at 2:00 AM. It's from this wonderful compilation of Ukrainian music:

https://sidelinemag.bandcamp.com/album/electronic-resistance-a-darkwave-post-punk-compilation-from-the-ukrainian-underground

Here's a video of him singing a different song, accompanied by members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine's Marching Band at the 86 Festival of Film and Urbanism in Slavutych, Ukraine in 2018:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ctvhljcV5g

The bot selected Morwan as the featured artist on tonight's program. The song airs at 2:03 AM.

We profiled him in many other episodes of this show. He left Irpen, a suburb of Kyiv, after it was attacked early in the war. He ended up in Berlin, with nothing but a laptop and personal items in his backpack, leaving behind his studio equipment in Irpen. Fans sent him money for new equipment, and he is touring Europe a bit now. Here's a photo from a recent concert in Leipzig, Germany.

https://morwan.bandcamp.com https://www.instagram.com https://facebook.com/morwano Interview: https://spoook.substack.com/p/voices--from--ukraine

Our featured song tonight airs at 12:33 AM. It is the song Опадання by Неймовіра, from his album Музика Сутінок. is a solo project of Vlad Yakovlev, from Kovel', Ukraine.

https://knittedsea.bandcamp.com/

Most of the time, the bot chooses the Ukrainian song for the overnight program. And sometimes it can't stop at just one song! That is the case this evening. Here is the list of fine Ukrainian tunes the bot embedded in tonight's show:

Bot's pick tonight, playing at 3:00 AM. Randomly selected from our collection of over 150 Ukrainian songs: Ritual 2 by Naughty Saw.

https://naughtysaw.bandcamp.com

To choose tonight's song, we went back in time to a 2018 compilation on Ukraine's Khatacomb label. The artist, Tchornavidma, created this spooky instrumental entitled Stella Askaris, which airs at 1:40 AM on tonight's program.

He is based in Zaporizhzhia, not far from the nuclear power plant that the invaders started shelling again yesterday. Spooky music seems appropriate at this time.

Tchornavidma has been making gloomy music since 2011, and his numerous releases on Bandcamp are free to download (or "name your price.")

https://tchornavidma.bandcamp.com

No Ukrainian song tonight! The bot was under maintenance, and was temporarily replaced by a rock music feed. Bot + Ukrainian music stories will return on Tuesday morning.

The bot's pick tonight is ambient music by Yuri Popov, who releases music under the name 58918012. The piece Everything Ends airs at 3:08 AM.

https://58918012.bandcamp.com

https://instagram.com/erringmind/

Note the comments next to this photo in Yuri's Instagram account:

erringmind Я хмарка, хмарка, хмарка. Я зовсім не ведмідь. erringmind @olena_popova_art Хтось дістане) translation: erringmind I'm a cloud, a cloud, a cloud. I'm not a bear at all. erringmind @olena_popova_art Someone will get it) Aha, a joke, but do you get it? The meaning of the bear is obvious, but the clouds? We can guess; what do you think?

Tonight we feature the music of Oleg Puzan, who releases music under the names Dronny Darko and Line Spectrum. At 1:20 AM, we play the ambient piece Theme 4 is from his June 2022 release, "10 Years of Dronny Darko". Last night, the bot's assistant selected music by Oleg's wife Sasha Puzan, and decided to follow up with Oleg's music tonight.

The Puzans exemplify the experience of the Ukrainian family during wartime. Sasha and their young son left Ukraine shortly after the war began, while Oleg stayed behind in Kyiv. We don't know what Oleg is doing to support the defense of his country, but will follow up when we learn more.

Many artists continue to create music, perform live, and even tour at this time. There is support for culture and the arts from the Ukraine government, especially during this war. While the invaders appear to be trying to stomp out Ukrainian culture and replace it with theirs, saving Ukrainian culture and making new art is clearly part of defending one's country. Some artists keep creating, promoting Ukrainian culture worldwide and raising funds for their country. Other musicians dropped everything to join the Ukrainian army. We love sharing all their stories here, while playing their music on WZBC.

		https://dronnydarko.bandcamp.com/music https://facebook.com/dronnydarko https://soundcloud.com/dronnydarko Interview: https://www.side-line.com/click-interview-with-dronny-darko... 2016 live performance: https://youtube.com/watch?v=T8uVo_Nn5NU
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Opinions expressed on this page are those of the bot's assistant, and do not necessarily represent those of WZBC or Boston College.

Our Ukrainian song plays at 1:07 AM, "Airflows" by protoU, aka Sasha Puzan from Kyiv. She has 13 albums on the Cryo Chamber record label, including collaborations with other artists. ProtoU's sound could be described as "dronescapes."

In this interview by Gianmarco Del Re of Fluid Radio, we learn that Sasha is also a violinist and singer. She and her son left the country a few days after the war started, leaving her husband behind. His name is Oleg Puzan, and he collaborates with Sasha on some albums under his alias Dronny Darko. We'll feature Oleg's music on a future program.

Here's a long interview with Sasha:

The bot plays Leoal's song Ortёa Codra at 1:49 AM. Leoal is one of those mysterious artists for whom we can find no information. They appear on the Ordeal compilation, which features experimental music from Nova Kakhovka and southern Ukraine:

https://despotism.bandcamp.com/album/ordeal

At 12:18, the bot plays tonight's Ukrainian song selection, Рок-Н-Рол На Спині by R4zyob. The album is a mixed bag, but this song is nice. We ran the song title through three translators and got "Rock-n-Roll On the Back" every time. The album title, Голоси, means "Voices".

On the bandcamp page for Голоси, they posted these tags:
experimental lviv ukraine acoustic breakbeat electropop indie noise pepsi-rock psychodelic pop Kyiv
Does anyone know what this genre "pepsi-rock" is? LOL

We can't find any interviews, photos, or other recent information on R4zyob, other than their social media (listed below), and this video, which appears to be about the war. "Добро пожаловать в ад" translates as "Welcome to hell".

https://www.facebook.com/r4zyob-110594644107508/posts/

https://www.instagram.com/r4zyob

The bot selected three Ukrainian songs to play in the middle of the night.

3:19 AM - The Mirror of Mrs Berd by Zinaida Opomnis!

3:28 AM - Bye, Friend by Osfill Klayse

5:05 AM - Зубья созвездий (Star Teeth) by The House of the Hidden Light

The bot selected two Ukrainian songs tonight, and played them back-to-back, starting at 1:25 AM.

The first song is "Hidden Cycle" by Waveskania, a solo project of Katerina Yan. We profiled her recently: https://spinitron.com/WZBC/pl/16213837/

The second song is by В'язане Море (Knitted Sea), which is the solo project of Vlad Yakovlev. The bot selected the title cut from his latest album, "Спокій". We wrote about Vlad on July 9: https://spinitron.com/WZBC/pl/16170564/

The daily Ukrainian tune comes late in the program: "Be Strong In Dub" by Black Subbass, playing at 6:30 AM.

The bot also played Perfsect & O9 at 4:23 AM.

We love it when the bot plays a song by Zavoloka, because it gives us another opportunity to post this fantastic photo of her. Zavoloka is Ukrainian artist Kateryna Zavoloka, who is now based in Berlin. Her website includes her bio, discography, photos, and videos, including a music video of "Ornament", the song the bot plays at 4:22 AM on today's program. https://zavoloka.com/about/

Listen to more of her music at https://zavoloka.bandcamp.com/

The bot selected two Ukrainian songs for the overnight program. First, around 4:44 AM, it's Del Cano. We profiled Del Cano on July 24:

https://spinitron.com/WZBC/pl/16181317/

The second song plays at 7:31 AM, "Stalker (Ukrainian Ghost)" by Rudnic Ore. We've written about them before:

https://spinitron.com/WZBC/pl/15898413/

https://spinitron.com/WZBC/pl/15898413/

Both Del Cano and Rudnic Ore are from Odesa. We don't know whether they are still there, though.

Sorry, no music tonight. WZBC is temporarily off the air.