Dakh Daughters is a Ukrainian music and theatre project started in 2012 in Kyiv . The band consists of seven women, who play on various instruments and sing in different languages (Ukrainian, English, French, German, Russian) and dialects of Ukrainian . They often use texts by famous authors in their lyrics (e.g. Taras Shevchenko , William Shakespeare , Joseph Brodsky , Charles Bukowski , Shaggy ).
25-531: Dakh Daughters participants are members of different projects such as DakhaBrakha and Perkalaba . The band's name derives from the Dakh theater which is associated with the project. The band became famous after publishing on YouTube the music video "Rozy / Donbass", based on Shakespeare's Sonnet 35 and Ukrainian folk songs. Also well-known is the video of their live performance on Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv during
50-696: A Ukrainian folk music quartet which combines the musical styles of several ethnic groups . They were a winner of the Sergey Kuryokhin Contemporary Art Award in 2009 and the Shevchenko National Prize in 2020. DakhaBrakha are a project of the Dakh Contemporary Arts Center , led by Vladyslav Troitskyi and born as a live theater music crew. Troitskyi continues to be the band's producer. Members of DakhaBrakha participate in
75-670: A European alternative to the Burning Man festival due to its unique features ("an electronically amplified, warped amusement park that has nothing to do with reality"). In 2011, Sziget was ranked one of the 5 best festivals in Europe by The Independent . The festival is a two-time winner at the European Festivals Awards in the category Best Major European Festival , in 2011 and 2014. In 2002, Sziget branched out to Transylvania when its organisers co-created
100-584: A crisis due to a sudden loss of governmental funding. A group of artists and rock enthusiasts proposed the Sziget event as a way to bridge this gap. The festival was started in 1993, originally called Diáksziget (Student Island). This first event was organised by music fans in their spare time and ran well over budget, taking until 1997 to repay the losses. From 1996 to 2001 it was sponsored by Pepsi and renamed Pepsi Sziget. It has been called Sziget Fesztivál ("island festival") since 2002. A comprehensive survey
125-448: A dedicated "party train" service (with resident DJs) that transports festival-goers from all over Europe. The second event (1994), labelled Eurowoodstock , was headlined by performers from the original Woodstock festival. By 1997, total attendance exceeded 250,000, and by 2001 reached 360,000. In 2018 that record was broken when 565,000 visitors attended the festival. Since the mid-2000s, Sziget Festival has been increasingly labelled as
150-585: A new annual festival there titled Félsziget Fesztivál ( Romanian : Festivalul Peninsula ) that soon became the largest of its kind in Romania . In 2007, the organisers co-created Balaton Sound , an electronic music festival held on the southern bank of Lake Balaton that quickly gained popularity. Following the end of the Communist era in 1989, the formerly lively summer festival scene in Budapest faced
175-526: Is an authentic vesnianka performed by the DakhaBrakha band: the musicians not only created the song for Mavka, but also appear in the cartoon as Lukash's friends, village musicians" Sziget Festival The Sziget Festival ( Hungarian : Sziget Fesztivál , pronounced [ˈsiɡɛt ˈfɛstivaːl] ; "Sziget" for "Island") is one of the largest music and cultural festivals in Europe . It
200-561: Is dangerous due to the tricky nature of the fast-flowing Danube river. In 2008, Sziget Festival lasted from 11 to 18 August. The festival, instead of 7+1 days as in 2007, was 5+2 days long, with a "zeroeth day" that featured one major gig ( Iron Maiden ) and a special "minus first day" called "Day of Hungarian Songs" that headlined a number of popular Hungarian rock bands (including LGT and Beatrice ). As well as Iron Maiden, R.E.M. , Mass Hysteria , Babyshambles , Sex Pistols , Jamiroquai , Anti-Flag , Flogging Molly , Alanis Morissette ,
225-504: Is held every August in northern Budapest , Hungary, on Óbudai-sziget ("Old Buda Island"), a leafy 108- hectare (266-acre) island on the Danube . More than 1,000 performances take place each year. The week-long festival has grown from a relatively low-profile student event in 1993 to become one of the prominent European rock festivals , with about half of all visitors coming from outside Hungary, especially from Western Europe. It also has
250-655: The Dakh Daughters project. DakhaBrakha were originally a daughter project of Ukrainian the avant-garde theater Dakh and its artistic director Vladislav Troitsky . DakhaBrakha performed in June 2014 at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival held in Manchester, Tennessee. DakhaBrakha were invited to participate through the globalFEST showcase. They were proclaimed by Rolling Stone as "Best Breakout" of
275-872: The Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts in Manhattan. They performed during the first weekend of the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana. DakhaBrakha played a well-received set at the Festival International de Louisiane in Lafayette, Louisiana , on April 30, 2022. In 2023, when the Ukrainian animation Mavka: The Forest Song (based on the play The Forest Song by Lesya Ukrainka )
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#1732787482738300-478: The Dakh Daughters manage to elaborate a poetry of anger to the rhythm of the drums of war, the sobs of the violins and the frenzied hope of 'Ukraine on fire'." They performed at WOMAD in 2023 where their freaky cabaret " Pussy Riot " style was well received. The band consists of seven women, who all are both singers, musicians and actresses in the Dakh theater : DakhaBrakha DakhaBrakha are
325-618: The Killers , the Kooks , Kaiser Chiefs , the Cribs , Speak and many other were also confirmed, the day of their performance is available at the Sziget website . The length of the festival was reduced so that the residents living in the neighborhoods nearby would have less trouble because of the noise. The organizers plan to take further steps to reduce noise: the metal stage will be open until 11 pm only and noise filtering walls will be built near
350-1660: The Stone Age , Deadmau5 Wednesday, August 13: Jake Bugg , Imagine Dragons , Placebo , Skrillex Thursday, August 14: Mary PopKids , Bastille , Lily Allen , Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Friday, August 15: Die Fantastischen Vier , CeeLo Green , Manic Street Preachers , Korn Saturday, August 16: Bombay Bicycle Club , Punnany Massif , Madness , The Prodigy Sunday, August 17: Triggerfinger , The Kooks , Outkast , Calvin Harris Tuesday, August 12: Brody Dalle , A Day to Remember , Casper , Jimmy Eat World , The Bloody Beetroots , Deniz Koyu , Thomas Gold (DJ) , Sikztah Wednesday, August 13: Girls in Hawaii , The Big Pink , Tom Odell , Miles Kane , Clean Bandit , R3hab , Madeon , Andro Thursday, August 14: Michael Kiwanuka , Fink , Irie Maffia , Bonobo , Stromae , Kavinsky (Outrun Live) , Axwell , Muzzaik Friday, August 15: Palma Violets , Band of Skulls , Angel Haze , Kelis , Klaxons , Sandro Silva , Laidback Luke , Dave Martin Saturday, August 16: Starlight Girls , The BossHoss , Jagwar Ma , Wild Beasts , Crystal Fighters , Quentin Mosimann , Fedde le Grand , Julia Carpenter Sunday, August 17: INVSN , Mount Kimbie , NOFX , La Roux , Darkside , DJAIKOVSKI ft. TK Wonder & MC Wasp , Ian Autorun , Borgore , Black Sun Empire , Jade Dr. Tamas Derce,
375-755: The Sun , Goose (Belgian band) and Zombie Nation . Söhne Mannheims , Verdena , Go Back to the Zoo and Triggerfinger . De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig , Baskerville, DeWolff, Kees van Hondt , Selah Sue , Marina and the Diamonds , Bloody Beetroots , Death Crew 77 and Hurts . Deftones , Lostprophets , Within Temptation , Sonata Arctica , Judas Priest and Motörhead . Monday, August 11: Ivan & The Parazol , Leningrad , The 1975 , Tankcsapda , Blink-182 Tuesday, August 12: Anti-Flag , Ska-P , Queens of
400-675: The centre's other projects, notably in the all-female cabaret project Dakh Daughters , as well as in the annual Gogolfest festival. The group's name derives from Ukrainian verbs Давати , 'Give' and Брати , 'Take' , while also playing on the Art Centre 's name "Dakh" (literally "roof" in Ukrainian). All of the members except Marko Halanevych are graduates of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts . Nina Garenetska also takes part in
425-721: The early Euromaidan protests in December 2013. Dakh Daughters has performed in various Ukrainian cities, as well as outside of the country (in Poland, Czech Republic, France, Russia and Brazil). They have taken part in such events as Zaxidfest , Gogolfest , Silent films festival in Odesa etc. The first band's studio album, IF , containing 9 tracks, was released in November 2016. The second, AIR , came out in April 2019. Dakh Daughters
450-990: The festival. They played at the Glastonbury Festival on the West Holts. They performed in July 2017 and July 2018 at the Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance held in Trumansburg, New York. In 2017, they performed at the South by Southwest festival (SXSW) in Austin , Texas. DakhaBrakha performed at the 2017 Sziget Festival in Hungary. In 2018, the group performed with Latvian group Tautumeitas at Latvia's World Music Festival Porta 2018. In 2019, they performed at
475-495: The main stage will shut down at 11 pm and no music on that stage will be played after that. For this reason the Iron Maiden concert was taken from its original starting time of 9:30 pm to 9:00 pm. In addition to music, the festival offers a plethora of other activities including cinema , dance , theatre , tattooing , Internet access, volleyball , tennis , football , indoor rowing , rock climbing , bungee jumping and
500-659: The main stage with more typical popular rock acts. The festival is popular with west Europeans . Around 50% of visitors come from outside Hungary, with the largest group coming from the Netherlands . Many also come from Belgium , the UK , Germany , Italy , France , Ireland and Romania . Being located on an island, some festival goers have tried to enter by swimming across the Danube or by paddling across in inflatable rafts. The organisers very much discourage these attempts as it
525-442: The mayor of Újpest , the 4th district of Budapest , has sued Sziget Festival, claiming that the event is so loud the locals cannot sleep at night. The mayor wants to force the organisers by court decision to cease every program between 6 pm and 10 am - which virtually means closing down the festival. The mayor already lost a similar case against Sziget at court in 2002. The organizers of the 2008 festival promised local officials that
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#1732787482738550-2257: The noisiest stages. Sziget 2009 was 10–17 August 2009. The festival had a 5+2 day schedule again. The "zeroeth day" had a Rock Against Racism concert, featuring mostly Hungarian bands. The "minus first day" had one major gig again, this time the 20th anniversary concert of Hungarian rock band Tankcsapda . The Lineup: Main Stage IAMX , Nouvelle Vague , Ska-P , Snow Patrol , Lily Allen , Miss Platnum , The Ting Tings , Die Toten Hosen, Bloc Party , Fatboy Slim , Haydamaky, Jet , Primal Scream , Pendulum , The Prodigy , The Subways , Editors , Klaxons , Manic Street Preachers , Placebo , Disco Ensemble , Danko Jones , Maxïmo Park , The Offspring , Faith No More World Music Main Stage So Kalmery, Napra, Oi Va Voi, Calexico , 08001, Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club , Figli Di Madre Ignota, Zamballarana, Amadou & Mariam Speed Caravan, Woven Hand & Muzsikás, N&SK, Khaled , Vieux Farka Touré, Tiken Jah Fakoly , Brotherhood of Brass: Boban Marković Orkestar + Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars A38-WAN2 Stage: Blasted Mechanism, De Staat, La Troba Kung-Fú, Matatu, Miloopa, Muchachito Bombo Infierno, Squarepusher, Tricky, White Lies , Babylon Circus Rock Stage: Backyard Babies, Brujeria , Deathstars , Donots, Expatriate, Life of Agony , Satyricon , Turbonegro, Turisas Party Arena: Armin van Buuren , Birdy Nam Nam, Coldcut, Dillinja , Eric Prydz , Grooverider, Jose Padilla, Paul Oakenfold , Pete Tong , 808 State Prince , Thirty Seconds to Mars , The Prodigy , Pulp , Chemical Brothers , White Lies , Kasabian , Kaiser Chiefs , Manic Street Preachers , Dizzee Rascal , Interpol , Flogging Molly , Kate Nash , British Sea Power , Skunk Anansie , Gogol Bordello , La Roux , Rise Against , The National , Hadouken! , Good Charlotte , Batucada Sound Machine . AfroCubism , Rotfront , Ojos de Brujo , Gotan Project , Eliades Ochoa , Hurlements d’Leo , Debout Sur Le Zinc , Goran Bregovic Wedding & Funeral Band and Shtetl Super Stars . Crystal Castles , 2 Many DJ's , Empire of
575-485: Was done and published on the risktaking behaviour and mood of Sziget visitors (2007) by the National Institute for Health Promotion (OEI). The survey revealed amongst others that the last sexual encounter of 9.4% of its participants was unprotected. Sziget Festival is notable in that it contains acts from many different genres. 2006 saw, among others, a blues stage, a jazz tent, a world music stage, alongside
600-448: Was featured prominently in the 2019 Ukrainian musical comedy film Hutsulka Ksenya . "Through their music and their songs, it is the notions of heritage and identity that are questioned, summoning both classical texts – such as Shakespeare's Sonnet 35 – and Ukrainian folk songs. These poems or stories sung, chanted, rapped, always question the universal and timeless struggle of Man for the defense of his freedom and his affiliations. Thus,
625-555: Was released. The audience saw an animated version of the band members as characters of the animation. Soundtracks of the Mavka animated film also belong to DakhaBrakha due to their ethnic motives required by the film's plot. "The team recreated the ethno dance and other ceremonial elements with the help of experts from the Ivan Honchar Museum National Center for Folk Culture. The music for this episode
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