Dark Ambient Radio

Olegh: Well, I was given a floor to represent my music and my set included some 10 tracks from the period between 1998-2008. I had an opportunity to expose the ideas I'm interested in and to forward them towards the Ukrainian audience gathered. Since Ukraine has been suffering from kind of inferiority in comparison to Russia and its citizens (at least half of them) are indifferent to dependence on Russia I thought it would be quite adequate to evoke a feeling of patriotism towards the country they life in. The messages are simple, in the face, and that's the way I really feel. I also wanted people worldwide wouldn't think most Ukrainians are nation-blind, - they do care. Many have to prove that everyday, and still many have to be reminded about that too, that they are Ukrainians and have to be proud of that. I do.
That was my first live set and probably nowadays I would change some aspects but generally I feel I'm ok with worldwide establishing of my political and social views. Though don't get me wrong pls, I'm not a russophob but I'd like more people in Ukraine were patriots of the land they life in. Moreover I do not think dark ambient should be exceptionally about some abstrach things, low-key emotions and unknown galaxies...We are surrounded by real things, here and now, and they influnce us one way or the other. Still I like space exploration themes too surely, and devote some time on this matter.

Olegh: Feelings are indeed high, but still I try not to get that involved into the subject matter - my civil job is far from that and it saves me from blindfoldness. Sure, many follow the alternative you have just mentioned but if you asked me whether I back any I would definitely say "no". I just question everything I see, I doubt everything I'm told via mass media and trust my senses and my reason - otherwise one is a whitewashed canon meat to serve somebody's ambitions.
Worldwide establishing is absolutely crucial. When you have a look at the world and the countries, and the languages in particular you'll be surprised to realize how many lack and have been looking for national identities via languages. The examples are too dramatic: Belgium is sharply separated between Dutch and French speakers, the Flemings and Walloons are still almost exactly where Julius Caesar left them after De Bello Gallico; Canada faces a severe problem in defining its national identity, increasingly divided between English-speakers and French-speakers; the sense of Catalan identity is linked closely to possession of the Catalan language and has been recognised by the autonomous status conceded to Catalonia by Spain; Switzerland is linguistically divided with French, Italian and German and some other languages, Swiss do not and cannot define their national culture by language though Swiss-German, which is incomprehensible outside Switzerland, is something by which the German-Swiss are satisfied to distinguish themselves from 'other' Germans; the Celtic peoples of Europe defined by language constitute six separate nations; in Eastern Europe there is a strong correlation between religion, ethnicity, language and nationality: there are unsettled problems in Bulgaria, the question of the Turkish minority could return, there are difficulties relating to language-based minorities in Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Serbia, in Slovakia the Slovak majority has been imposing increasingly stringent language restrictions on the ethnic Hungarian minority. I mean this language problem is close to everyone. I felt I need to send a message, I mean if it is a live set - it shouldn't be taken for granted, there should be an idea to convey, hence I chose the one we are discussing. Though when I simply listen to any music I like I prefer to get involved emotionally only, music should evoke emotions - I belive that's its only purpose which is shifted when visualized.
Russia is in search of a "national idea" that can define its essence and inspire its citizens in the struggle for a post-Soviet identity. Religion and ethnicity are not a sufficient foundation because Russia has 20 ethnic republics dominated by Tartars, Muslims and others. The process of state building in post-Soviet Russia takes the form of an attempt to create new "national identities" in Russia's regions, involving education and language policy, cultural policy and the politics of symbols. But it fails. Russian is generally the language of administration and 'modern' activities and also a lingua franca of communication between local ethnicities. Resident Russians perceive the post-Soviet elevation of local vernaculars to 'state languages' as a threat. Minorities have the same rights and they claim for them.
Historically, given the dominance of English, language has not been a major theme in American life. Recently concern about the growth in the use of other languages, notably Spanish, has led to 20 states or more prescribing English as their official language. Traditionally American national feeling has not been ethnic but based on a sense of shared belonging and social identity which has meant that at least in theory anybody could become an American citizen but this required a commitment to English as the common language. So you see I do not differentiate any other problem in-between Russia and the USA (I don't really care about their problems) and do not sense inferiority there save some high officials maybe who stress one's superiority now and then.