Luk (band)
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Luk (stylised as Lюk) was a
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music band from
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. In their texts musicians used mostly Ukrainian, Russian and French. Luk was formed in 1999. The name was given accidentally without special meaning (''люк'' means ''manhole''). After released four studio albums Luk declared its break up in 2011. Luk collaborated with Kharkiv-based Ukrainian writer
Serhiy Zhadan Serhiy Viktorovych Zhadan ( uk, Сергі́й Ві́кторович Жада́н; born 23 August 1974 in Starobilsk, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian poet, novelist, essayist, musician, translator, and social activist. Life and career ...
. Most of their Ukrainian-language songs were witten in lyrics of Zhadan (in particular the first album ''Tourist zone'' is based on Zhadan's play "Merry Christmas, Jesus Christ"). Also Luk recorded a lot of songs with
5'Nizza 5'nizza (slang spelling of uk, п'ятниця , meaning "Friday") is an acoustic group formed in 2000 in Kharkiv, Ukraine that disbanded in 2007 and reunited in 2015. It is made up of friends Serhii Babkin (, guitar), and Andrii "Sun" Zaporozhet ...
member Andriy Zaporozhets (in particular the second album is a result of collaboration with Zaporozhets). Their third album contains two songs recorded with other 5'Nizza musician Serhiy Babkin.


Members

* Olha Gerasimova (vocal) * Oleh Serdyuk (keyboards) * Serhiy Belmas (bass) * Velentyn Panyuta (guitar) * Oleksandr Kratinov (drums)


Discography

;Albums * ''Tourist zone'' (2002) * ''Lemon'' (2004) * ''Sex'' (2005) * ''Мамина юность'' (Mamina Yunost, 2009) ;Compilation * ''The Best of Luk'' (2008)


Links


Official page
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