Drymba Da Dzyga band was founded in 2006 in Kiev, when I decided to gather people that will share my passion, style and interests. Members of the band are musicians of different styles and with plenty of practice experience in different bands of Kyiv that share the same idea – to unite authentic folk music and songs of Ukraine and rock style. Ancient songs and melodies of Ukrainians made a great impression to the members of the band, and shortly after that – the public.
The name of the band appeared by coincidence, but it’s very clear to our understanding the music and the style of the band. The mix of ancient and modern energies is overwhelming. It was the passion of the first time we felt the power of authentic Ukrainian singing, discovering its history and gathering materials for our work.
We’re young, but we have our style, our unique approach, and the music itself is very dynamic and full of drive. All those make-ups are shaping our image, and due to the original sound of our music, we have already our fans in the city and performing a lot.
Performances: Festivals like "Easter folk fest 2007" (Kyiv, Ukraine), "Kraina Mriy 2007" (Ukraine), "Slavske Rock Fest" (Ukraine), "Pidakamin" folk fest (Ukraine), number of town celebrations and club gigs.
The band "OTVINTA!" got together in 1994 in Rivne, Western Ukraine. The styles their music is closest to are rockabilly and psychobilly. From the very start, "OTVINTA!" sang in Ukrainian. That was pretty unique back then, given that most rockabilly and psychobilly bands the world over - Ukraine included - sang in English, thinking that no other language was good for the style. But the guys from Rivne broke the mould and what is more, started a style of their own, called ukrabilly – an energetic blend of rock-n-roll drive with surf, blues and country tunes, flavored with Ukrainian folk music. Another interesting thing about the band is that instead of the unwieldy double bass "OTVINTA!" uses the kozabass, a traditional Ukrainian instrument. No one else has been known to use the kozabass in rock.
In 1994-99,"OTVINTA!" toured all over Ukraine, performing in clubs and at open-air venues. Their first recorded songs appeared in the compilation "The First Ukrainian Rockabilly Front", where "OTVINTA!" was the only band singing in Ukrainian. The song "You said we were going to listen to some rockabilly on Sunday" became a hit both in Ukraine and Russia.
1999 saw the band’s first concert in Moscow, Russia. The same year, "OTVINTA!" was named Ukraine’s best rock-group at "This Season’s Pearls" music festival. Next year, the band made its first trip to Poland to play gigs in Warsaw and to perform at the folk & rock festival. Now OT VINTA! is the best known Ukrainian band at the music market in Poland. "OT VINTA!" toured more actively at home and abroad, and today the band is fairly popular in Ukraine, Holland, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Slovakia for its club performances and festival appearances.
The band’s discography includes two albums - "Dryg-Tyn-Dymba"(2002) and "Darma ya nayivsya tsybuli" ("Shouldn’t have eaten so many onions") (2005), and a few tracks which appeared in compilations, such as "The First Ukrainian Rockabilly Front" (1998), "Psychobilly Night" (2003/2004, Poland), "Aloha from East Europe" (2004, Russia). 3d album “Poperedu” (“Ahead”) released 6th of December 2007 become “gold” disc at home
