Tartak

Tartak ( _ua. Тартак IPA| [tɑr'tɑk] ) is a popular hip-hop/rapcore crossover band from Ukraine. They mix styles of guitar rock, hip-hop and dance music to produce an energetic compositions and lyrics.

History

Oleksandr (Sashko) Polozhynskyi founded the group in the Fall of 1996 in Lutsk, Ukraine.

The group has released five albums with a total of 74 songs and 9 videos. [ [http://www.umka.com.ua/eng/singer/?id=155 List of Tartak albums] ] Tartak songs: "Ni Ja Ne Tu Kohav" and "Stilnykove Kohannja" stayed on Top40 charts for 144 days and 75 days respectively. [ [http://top40-charts.com/artist.php?aid=6467 Top40-Charts] ] Tartak was one of the bands that performed during the events of the Orange Revolution as seen in the picture to the right.

"Tartak" means "woodsaw" in Ukrainian. Sashko thought that tartak symbolized something energetic, loud, active, and hence appropriate for a band name.

The true founder of Tartak was Vasyl Zinkevytch junior, a friend of Sashko (Bogdan Zinkevytch came up with the name), he came up with the idea and so far picked a group members, and arranged the rehearsals since his father is a famous singer he has access to studios, so they could make records. At the beginning they were struggling because their lyrics weren't success and the soloist (Vasyl Zinkevitch) had no voice for lyrics they wrote Sashko soon made changes because for a long time he was trying to make it so desperate in a show business (he moved to Kiev a while before the Tartak was fonded). In the late 90 Sashko was making his way as a showman on the concerts, parades, and other musical events! when his fame actually came to him he claimed that the idea of Tartak was his idea.

Discography

Albums

2001 — Demo Grafichiy Vibuh

2003 — Sistema nerviv

2004 — Muzichniy list shchast'ya

2005 — Pershiy komertsiyniy (remix album)

2005 — GulyayGorod

2006 — Slyozi ta sopli

ingles

2006 — Ukraino, zabivay!

References

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External links

* [http://tartak.com.ua/ Official web site]
* [http://tartak.com.ua/istorija/ Official biography by band's front-man Sashko Polozhynskyi]
* [http://uaformat.com/content/view/1384/39/ 10th Anniversary interview]