Kurs Valüt - Kurs Valüt

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KEXP

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4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2023

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Kurs Valüt - Kurs Valüt from the 2021 album Kurs Valüt on No Emb Blanc.

Kurs Valüt is an electronic duo formed in 2017 by Eugene Gordeev in Dnipro to popularize the Minimal Wave in Ukraine. “The very appearance of Kurs Valüt is partly caused by the underdevelopment of the dark underground in Ukraine,” the duo explained in an interview with Post-Punk in 2021. “The moment of the absence of the subculture itself, thematic festivals, events for Gothic or Post Punk music fans…this is the result of a long disconnect of Ukraine from cultural processes in Europe and the World.”

Our Song of the Day is the title track and opener of their sophomore self-titled record, released in 2021. It’s a throbbing club track that sees Gordeev monotonously reciting Ukrainian lyrics that this writer has yet to decipher but are compelling nonetheless. Of the album Kurs Valüt, the band had this to say on Bandcamp:

“The second album, Kurs Valüt is the result of a long work that summarizes difficult stage of life experience inspired by solitude, austerity and extreme mental states. In comparison to the debut album Veselo (2018) it is more melodic and metaphoric. Lyrics can be interpreted differently. Usage of a tube summing mixer during the studio processes adds a warm, non-commercial textured color to the sound of this release.”

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0:00.0	Music
0:29.0	In any place, most of all, the right, all that has its own head,
0:36.5	In any place, the heart of love, the devil,
0:40.0	In any place, the heart of love, the devil, the devil, the devil,
0:44.0	I'm still in the field, in the field,
0:47.0	I'm still in the field, in the field,
0:51.0	I'm still in the field, in the field,
0:55.0	I'm only one for each side.
0:58.5	Wak Sw位.
1:06.5	Wak Sw位
1:10.0	Wak Sw位.
1:25.0	I've been sparing us, the hazy palan.
1:32.0	Say, no, I'm not going to let you go.
1:36.0	Can I know what's wrong with you?
1:39.0	I'm not going to let you go, I'm not going to let you go.
1:43.0	I'm not going to let you go, I'm not going to let you go.
1:47.0	I'm not going to let you go, I'm not going to let you go.
1:51.0	I'm not going to let you go, I'm not going to let you go.
2:00.0	I swear, I swear, I swear
2:10.0	I swear, I swear
2:27.0	You know that death is as easy as possible
2:31.0	Even the sun is not shining
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