TNMK
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TNMK or Tanok na Maidani Kongo is the most successful Ukrainian hip-hop
group http://www.kmstudio.com.ua/index.htm?http://www.kmstudio.com.ua/cheremshyna/tnmkongo.htm. They are notable for clever, yet often tongue-in-cheek lyrics; mixing hip-hop with rock
, funk
and jazz
music and playing real instruments on their albums and live shows, rather than using mere samples
and drum machine
s.
The group was formed in Kharkiv
, Ukraine
in the early 1990s and released its debut album Zroby meni hip-hop in 1998. The title track became an underground hit in Ukraine, but it wasn't until the release of Neformat in 2001 that they rose to mainstream popularity. 2004's Pozhezhi mista Vavilon had a harder sound, while Jazzy, released in the same year, was a live album
recorded with a Ukrainian jazz band Skhid-Side and featured TNMK songs re-arranged in a jazz
and funk
manner. In the same years the group toured France
and recorded French versions of some of their songs. One of their latest albums, Syla, was voted the best album of 2005 by the most popular Ukrainian music portal music.com.ua. Their latest album is ReFormatTsia vol.2, which is a list of remixes of their songs sung by them and other singers such as Oleh Skrypka, Mariya Burmaka and GreatFruit, the album also includes a remix of the song Chervona Ruta
featuring Sofia Rotaru
.
Ukrainian hip hop
Ukrainian hip hop, also known as Ukra-hop or Ukr-hop is a major part of the Ukrainian music scene.In Ukraine some bands, like Tartak, Tanok na Maydani Kongo , or Grafit rap in Ukrainian language and mix hip hop with indigenous Ukrainian elements, while many others do not, preferring instead to rap...
group http://www.kmstudio.com.ua/index.htm?http://www.kmstudio.com.ua/cheremshyna/tnmkongo.htm. They are notable for clever, yet often tongue-in-cheek lyrics; mixing hip-hop with rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
, funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
and jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
music and playing real instruments on their albums and live shows, rather than using mere samples
Sampling (music)
In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...
and drum machine
Drum machine
A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums or other percussion instruments. They are used in a variety of musical genres, not just purely electronic music...
s.
The group was formed in Kharkiv
Kharkiv
Kharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was...
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
in the early 1990s and released its debut album Zroby meni hip-hop in 1998. The title track became an underground hit in Ukraine, but it wasn't until the release of Neformat in 2001 that they rose to mainstream popularity. 2004's Pozhezhi mista Vavilon had a harder sound, while Jazzy, released in the same year, was a live album
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...
recorded with a Ukrainian jazz band Skhid-Side and featured TNMK songs re-arranged in a jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
and funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
manner. In the same years the group toured France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and recorded French versions of some of their songs. One of their latest albums, Syla, was voted the best album of 2005 by the most popular Ukrainian music portal music.com.ua. Their latest album is ReFormatTsia vol.2, which is a list of remixes of their songs sung by them and other singers such as Oleh Skrypka, Mariya Burmaka and GreatFruit, the album also includes a remix of the song Chervona Ruta
Chervona Ruta
Chervona Ruta is a flower, but also part of the Ukrainian culture related to the holiday of Ivan Kupala Day. According to the legend, still respected in Carpathian mountains and Bukovina, rue is a yellow flower which turns red only for a couple of minutes on the night of Ivan Kupala...
featuring Sofia Rotaru
Sofia Rotaru
Sofia Mykhailivna Yevdokymenko-Rotaru known as Sofia Rotaru is a Soviet and Ukrainian pop singer of Romanian/Moldavian heritage....
.
Members
- Oleh "Fagot" Mykhailyuta - lead vocals
- Oleksandr "Fozzey" Sydorenko - lead vocals, occasional guitar
- Kostiantyn "Kotia" Zhuikov -bass
- Yaroslav "Yarik" Veriovkin - guitar
- Oleksiy "Lyopa Tarasych" Saranchin - keyboards
- Viktor "Vitold" Korzhenko - drums
- Anton "DJ Tonique" Baturyn - scratches
Discography
- 1998 Zroby meni hip-hop (Do Me the Hip-Hop)
- 2001 Neformat (Non-Format)
- 2002 Reformatsiya (Re-Formation) (remix album)
- 2004 Pozhezhi mista Vavilon (Fires of the City of Babylon)
- 2004 Jazzy (live album)
- 2005 Syla (Power)
- 2008 ReFormatTsia vol.2 (Reformation vol.2) (remix album)
