Koka Records is a Polish record label for traditional
Ukrainian folk music and Ukrainian independent music founded in 1989. They have published albums by groups such as
Kazma-Kazma,
Cukor Bila Smerť
Cukor Bila Smerť ( Ukrainian: Цукор — біла смерть, ; ''lit. Sugar — White Death'') was a Ukrainian rock band formed in Kyiv, Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the ...
,
Kollezhskiy Asessor The Ukrainians,
Drevo and
Oseledets' as well as individuals like
Svitlana Nianio,
Ihor Tsymbrovsky and
Mykhailo Hai. They are considered to be an important part of Ukraine's underground music history.
The label was founded by the Ukrainian musician Volodymyr Nakonetchny (Polish: Włodzimierz Nakonieczny) in 1989. As the state monopoly on music recording and release had already ended in Poland, Poland became a viable place to release underground recordings made in
Soviet Ukraine. As the years went on and the Soviet Union ceased to exist, Koka's scope expanded to include traditional music, with special focus on the music around the Polish-Ukrainian border.
The majority of bands released on KOKA were recorded in the private studio of composer Tadeusz Sudnik, who called it Studio of Impossible Sounds.
"Origin Is Not a Shallow Part of Identity"
by Agata Pyzik
Norient
6 June 2022.
References
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Polish independent record labels