Tvorchi

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TVORCHI
"Bonfire" release official photo
"Bonfire" release official photo
Background information
OriginTernopil, Ukraine
Genres
Years active2018 – present
MembersAndrew Hutsuliak
Jeffery Kenny

TVORCHI are a Ukrainian electronic music band from Ternopil formed in 2018 by sound producer Andrew Hutsuliak and vocalist Jeffery Augustus Kenny. They have four studio albums: The parts (2018), Disco lights (2019) 13 Waves (2020) and "Road" (2020). The band performs songs in Ukrainian and English.

History[]

TVORCHI on StudMiss TSMU, 2019

Andrew Hutsuliak and Jeffery Kenny get acquainted on the street accidentally when Andriy approached Jeffrey on the street to check his level of English and to talk with him.[1] The acquaintance grew into a collaboration where the Ukrainian became a music producer and the Nigerian a songwriter and vocalist. Both studied at the Faculty of Pharmacy of Ternopil National Medical University.[2][3][4]

On May 30, 2017, the world saw the band's first single, "Slow". On September 4, the second single "You" was released.

On February 2, 2018, the band released their debut album, dubbed The Parts. On September 20, 2018, the band released a video for the song "Youth'" (Ukrainian: Молодість, romanizedMolodist).[5]

On February 14, 2019, the second album named Disco Lights was released.[6] On February 21, the band released a video for the song "Believe".[7] According to the guys, the shooting budget was $100.[8] Within a few days, the video garnered 400,000 views on YouTube, and the song ranked 9th in Google Play charts in Ukraine.

In the summer of that year, the band performed at music festivals Faine Misto (Ternopil), Atlas Weekend (Kyiv) and Ukrainian Song Project (Lviv).[9][10] On September 9, the band released the single "#не танцюю" and on September 16, a music video for it.

In February 2020, TVORCHI presented a "Bonfire" song on environmental issues and took part in the National Selection to Eurovision 2020 and made it to the finals.[11][12]

The music video for the song "Мова тіла" from the second studio album Disco Lights premiered on May 7 on the band's YouTube channel and on the "Premier" program on M1 TV channel. The video, directed by Andriy Lagutin, was shot in the fall of 2019 in Kyiv.

On May 31, 2020, the «Золота Жар-птиця» Music Award (11th award ceremony) is TVORCHI's victory in the «INDI» nomination.

On September 25, 2020, the premiere of the video for the lead single from the album 13 Waves - Living My Life. The work is directed by Dmytro Dorosh.

In September 2020, TVORCHI released their third album, 13 Waves, which was recorded remotely because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine. The album was played more than 2 million times on music platforms in the first week since its release. On December 19, 2020, the artists won the online music award "CULTURE UKRAINE" in two nominations: "Best New Artist" and "English-language single" with the hit - "Bonfire". The band has also been nominated for the YUNA 2021 Music Award in four nominations, including Album of the Year.

Music videos[]

Year Name Album Director Notes
2018 Молодість The Parts Morris Ternevich
2019 Believe Disco Lights Andriy Obolonchyk
#не танцюю Kyrylo Sulyha

References[]

  1. ^ "Кліп тернопільського гурту TVORCHI зібрав понад півмільйона переглядів на YouTube - 20 хвилин". te.20minut.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  2. ^ "У ТДМУ відбувся день фармацевтичного факультету". ТЕРНОПІЛЬСЬКИЙ НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ МЕДИЧНИЙ УНІВЕРСИТЕТ імені І.Я.Горбачевського. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  3. ^ "Творчі таланти ТДМУ здобули нові перемоги". ТЕРНОПІЛЬСЬКИЙ НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ МЕДИЧНИЙ УНІВЕРСИТЕТ імені І.Я.Горбачевського. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  4. ^ "ТНЕУ | Інтерв'ю із гуртом "TVORCHI"".
  5. ^ TVORCHI - Молодість (Official Video) (in Ukrainian), retrieved 2019-09-10
  6. ^ "TVORCHI подарували тернополянам новий альбом – Терен" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  7. ^ TVORCHI - Believe (Official Video) (in Ukrainian), retrieved 2019-09-10
  8. ^ "TVORCHI у фіналі Ukrainian Song Project 2019: найцікавіше про яскравих новачків шоу-бізу". TVORCHI у фіналі Ukrainian Song Project 2019: найцікавіше про яскравих новачків шоу-бізу. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  9. ^ "The Hardkiss та Kadebostany. Хто виступатиме на фестивалі "Файне місто Тернопіль"". Шпальта (in Ukrainian). 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  10. ^ "Фестиваль "Файне місто-2018" оголосив повний лайн-ап". ТСН.ua (in Ukrainian). 2018-06-20. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  11. ^ "Дует TVORCHI: що відомо про тріумфатора другого півфіналу Нацвідбору". РБК-Україна (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  12. ^ "Tvorchi duo breaks new musical ground | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice". KyivPost. 2020-02-13. Retrieved 2020-02-17.

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