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Ruslana
Lyzhychko was born on
24th May 1974 in L'viv
, a regional center in western
Ukraine. Since she was four years old, she
studied at an experimental music school and
sang in a band. The microphone was her first
toy. She learnt the notes earlier than the
letters. Her brightest childhood memories
are connected to her experiences on stage.
It was then when it was determined for sure
that she will dedicate all of her life to
music. When Ruslana graduated from the
conservatory, she obtained two educational
qualifications in the field of music as a
piano player and a symphonic orchestra
conductor.
Ruslana's father is from the west-Ukrainian
place of the Hutsuls; the dwellers of the
Ukrainian Carpathian mountains. They have an
unique culture with an ancient and rich
history which inspired Ruslana to create her
song "Wild Dances". "The origin of the
Hutsuls is the mystery of Eastern Europe".
After Ruslana conducted her own expeditions
to the mountains with ethnographers,
musicians, designers, jewelry makers and
craftsmen, she based her overall show on
surprising and sometimes mystical rituals,
traditions, motives, which were preserved in
the Land of the Hutsuls throughout the
centuries since pre-Christian times.
Her style is hard to define but it can be
called "drive-ethno-dance". Powerful and
permeating ethnic drums are combined with
modern dance beats. The "hey" exclamations
sound like military cries accompanied by
heavy feet and whip blows against the floor.
Heavy distortion guitars are combined with
the famous Hutsul voice vibration. The
trumpet patterns, which are played in the
Hutsul-Moldavian manner, go together with
the trembitas (an ancient Hutsul music
instrument).
The song "Wild Dances" brought Ruslana the
victory on Eurovision Song Contest 2004 and
entered dozens of European music charts. It
is a bright personification of the new style
of Ruslana. The English version of the album
"Dyki Tantsi" was released in Europe in fall
2004: "Wild Dances (Welcome to my wild
world)".
Ruslana's new project takes us into a future
city which experiences a global energy
crisis, far more threatening than lack of
oil and gas. The inhabitants of the
synthetic city are lacking their will for
life, their energy of the heart - the fuel
for people. Wild Energy combines the art of
music and video production, literature and
social commitment in an extraordinary way
and will cover the whole creative year of
the singer. On June 15 2006, Ruslana
presented her new single and video Wild
Energy. These are the first single and video
from Ruslana’s new project, based on the
fiction novel by Maryna and Sergij Diachenko
Wild Energy. Lana.
The unique video in a
fantasy style, which is a screen version of
a part of the novel, set a new record in the
field of musical video making by its scale
and technologies. The singer herself appears
in the new video in a rather unexpected
image, as she is blonde. The first people to
see and listen to Ruslana’s Wild Energy will
be the Ukrainian mass media and the singer’s
fan club members, who will attend the
presentation as the special guests. In the
autumn of 2006, Ruslana will be producing
her new album, Wild Energy. Next day Ruslana
went on a FIFA World Cup 2006 tour in
Germany to support the Ukrainian national
football team. She performed in Hamburg,
Cologne, Berlin, Leipzig, and Nuremberg.
Discography:
In An Instant Of Spring. Sonorous Wind
(1998)
The Last Christmas Of the '90s (2000)
The Best (2001)
Good evening, to you... (2002)
Diki Tantsi (2003)
Diki Tantsi + Eurobonus (2004)
Wild Dances (2004)
Wild Dances.New Year Edition (2005)
Club'in (2005)
Wild Energy (2008)
Singles:
Wild Dances
(2004)
Dance with the Wolves (2004)
The Same Star (2005)
Wild Energy (2006)
Moon of Dreams (2008)
Not for Sale (2008)
New Energy Generation (2008)
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