From now on the song "Zbroya i Kvity" (Guns and Flowers) from
album FOREVER will receive national airplay. It's been chosen as the
next radio single. So now the song got an album version and a radio
version from FDR, both could be heard and demanded on radio stations
all over Ukraine. The album version is also available to listen on our
website, in MUSIC section.
After a few years break we go to Europe again. Attention, POLAND, we are coming! Meet us on 21 June in Warsaw, check the details in concert announcements.
There are rumours about the new "world music" festival, bigger than anything of the genre in Ukraine - SVIRZ'09. We are happy to anounce, that we will participate in this 3-days 5-stages action in the bosom of nature with beatiful scenery. While we are stated in the program as MAD HEADS XL, it is obvious that for the world music festival our new project UkrainSKA perfectly fits, and that's what we are going to perform there. Yet the biggest MAD HEADS XL hits won't be missed either. All the information on the festival.
Recently we are mostly talking of our new project UkrainSKA, but in fact MAD HEADS XL keep rocking as well. A few days ago we've shot a new music video for the song SKREENka from FOREVER album. The video is directed by a well-known Ukrainian clip maker and musician Viktor Skuratovsky, who promises to present his work to the public soon.
15 May in Obolon's Docker Pub we start the test shows with our new program UkrainSKA. Yet you won't miss some of the hottest MAD HEADS XL hits to close up the evening.
UkrainSKA now has a website in the Internet. Like the project itself, the homepage is under constraction, but is already available to visit.
We would like to say many thanks to everybody who participated in thinking of the name for our new project! We received a lot of responses on this subject, and most of them were saying we should keep our "working" name. We have to admit, there were a plenty of alternative propositions, interesting and creative. But in the same time, most of the authors were saying themselves, that the existing version is the best, so now we declare it as final: UkrainSKA.
We are planning to oficially present UkrainSKA project at KRAINA MRIY FESTIVAL in Kyiv on 27 June. But the program could be heard live even earlier, as we are starting the test shows since May in DOCKER PUB and DOCKER'S ABC. We are still going to perfom the usual MAD HEADS XL program as well, so check the concert anouncements carefully to see which one is that.
From now on the song SCREENKA (a slang word which means TV SET) from
album FOREVER will receive national airplay. It's been chosen as the
next radio single. So now the song got an album version and a radio
version from FDR, both could be heard and demanded on radio stations
all over Ukraine. The album version is also available to listen on our
website, in MUSIC section. The previous radio single, the song PROBKY
(TRAFFIC JAM) spent 16 weeks in national top 40 airplay charts, peak
position 11.
On 16 April at 16-00 a web conference with Vadym
Krasnooky will start on the website of public movement NE BUD BAYDUZHYM
(DON'T BE CARELESS). The questions could be already set here.
4 April at 9-45 pm watch us in "Folk-Music" program on First National TV channel. This time our ukrainSKA is upgraded with real ethnic singing.
Recently we appeared on British TV news, BBC channel. The reporting was dedicated to crisis in Ukraine, so, the long interview about the decisive importance of optimism in overcoming all kinds of problems was cut down to just a few most depresive phrases. However it looks positive anyway.
On 1 March MAD HEADS XL will participate in the concert dedicated to the 60th Anniversary of Volodymyr Ivasyuk. Specially for this event the band has prepeared 2 songs of the prominent Ukrainian composer ("Balada pro dvi skrypky" (The ballad of two violins) and "Zymova Kazka" (Winter tale)) in their own arrangements. The concert could be seen live on 1st National TV channel.
We are currently working on a new concert program. In fact it's going to be a new project which will exist simultaneously with MAD HEADS XL and perform separately. The repertoire of this project will consist of Ukrainian folk songs in our arrangements, which means folk ska punk with no definite style limitations. So far a working name for this future project is "UkrainSKA", but we are still looking for other possible names. That's why we encourage our fans to propose names for the new project. Please send your ideas to madheads@madheads.kiev.ua or post them on our website's forum. Thanks in advance for everyone who cares, presents from the band for the best name :)
It is already possible to hear some songs from the future project at our club shows. In March we plan to visit Zhytomyr and Lviv, which will be additionally announced. In Kyiv we wait for you at the Docker's. In Obolon's Docker Pub we now perform on Thursdays. Giving you the possibility to leave earlier before working Friday, these concerts will be starting at 21-00 without delays.
Please take notice that our shows in Docker Pub and
Docker's ABC in February will be on diffrent days of the week. 7 (Saturday) -
Docker Pub, 13 (Friday) - Docker's ABC and 19 (Thursday) - Docker Pub
again.
