Kurs Valüt is a

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EBM/synth-pop band from

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, which was founded in 2017 by Yevhen Hordieyev.

History and style

The project's name Kurs Valüt means ''exchange rate'' in Ukrainian, it was used as a nickname for a party featuring Odesa-based band Klymentovo Pole. That set Hordieyev played with Stas Koroliov (known also for the project YuKo). Kurs Valüt texts contain mentions of cultural phenomena, patterns and memes often discussed in Ukrainian medias and social networks ("покращення" ("improvement" was slogan of

Viktor Yanukovych Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych ( uk, Віктор Федорович Янукович, ; ; born 9 July 1950) is a former politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 until he was removed from office in the Revolution of Di ...

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in 2010), "швидкогроші" ("fast money" is a popular network of fast credits), "інтерсіті" ( intercity trains were a hot news when firstly appeared), "здобули" ("we won" or "we attained" was a meme with an opposite meaning from

Euromaidan Euromaidan (; uk, Євромайдан, translit=Yevromaidan, lit=Euro Square, ), or the Maidan Uprising, was a wave of Political demonstration, demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on 21 November 2013 with large protes ...

times)), also many constructions from the journalist language of television.Ім’я і прізвище вигаданого героя — Kurs Valüt
/ref> Music also contains similar hints. For example, the song ''4533'' uses the sound of voting in

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and the song ''Love inspektor'' uses the green light sound of

traffic lights. Some texts are written by Ukrainian classics like

Hryhoriy Skovoroda Hryhorii Skovoroda, also Gregory Skovoroda or Grigory Skovoroda ( la, Gregorius Scovoroda; uk, Григорій Савич Сковорода, ''Hryhorii Savych Skovoroda''; russian: Григо́рий Са́ввич Сковорода́, ...

(''Kurs Valüt'') and

Pavlo Tychyna Pavlo Hryhorovych Tychyna ( uk, Павло Григорович Тичина; – September 16, 1967) was a major Ukrainian poet, translator, publicist, public activist, academician, and statesman. He composed the lyrics to the Anthem of the Ukra ...

(''Veselo''). Kurs Valüt uses

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in stylization. In 2022-2023 Kurs Valüt went on European tour performing in Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Netherlands, Slovakia and Sweden. Hordieyev described the project as follow: "''Kurs Valüt'' is rather a study of pop pherment, a try to invent an unusual musical and textual solution without cliche. Refusal instead of suggestion, coldness instead of carnaval."Євген Гордєєв / Ksztalt, Kurs Valüt, МС Брехунець та інші супрематичні пошуки
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Discography

;Albums * ''Veselo'' (2018) * ''Kurs Valüt'' (2021) ;Others * ''Nemae Sliv '' (2019

* ''Ni '' (2020

* ''Nomer '' (2022

References

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External links

Soundcloud

The Dark Dnipropop of Ukrainian EBM Duo Kurs Valüt’s “Karantin”
– post-punk.com
KURS VALÜT at no-emb-blanc.com
Electronic music groups Musical groups established in 2017 Ukrainian electronic musicians 2017 establishments in Ukraine