Radio Nagra

The album "Radio Nagra" was welcomed by critics. In the article of the magazine “Pancake” dedicated to the album, it was noted that Radio Nagra was made more professional than the debut album of the collective, Kostroma ^[2] . Zwuki.Ru website rated the album positively, comparing it with the work of bands such as Enigma and The Chemical Brothers ^[3] .

One of the hits of the Radio Nagra album was the song “Lizard” (many critics and listeners compare its sound to the Gorillaz composition “ Clint Eastwood ”) - in 2002, director Oleg Stepchenko shot a video clip for this composition - the shooting was carried out in Kenya in the Masai tribe . In March 2003, director Vitaly Mukhametzyanov shot a video for the song “Bees 2”. In October 2004, the director Slava Leontiev shoots a music video for the song “Dew”. The video does not receive the approval of the members of the group, but, nevertheless, gets on the Internet in draft form. The musicians of the Ivan Kupala group consider this video clip “unofficial”.

In November 2002, the song “In the Grove” won one of the Chanson of the Year music award nominations. The track "Geo" in April 2006 was released on the collection of Wrasse Records label "Sounds of the world", and in June - on the collection of EMI Records label "It's a world world". In October 2007, the song "Dew" became the leitmotif of the film "Moscow chill" (in Russian distribution - "Frost on the skin") directed by Chris Solimin and producer Andrei Konchalovsky .

The basis of the musical compositions of the Ivan Kupala group, including those presented on the Radio Nagra album, are folk music records, primarily archival ones, collected in the second half of the 20th century. Lyrics performed in various dialects are presented in the form of revised and adapted versions. In the process of creating the album “Radio Nagra”, fragments of records of a large number of folklore ensembles and soloists were used ^[1] :

• Folklore ensemble of the village of Apalihi , Saratov Region ;
• Folklore ensemble of the village of Zavgorodnee, Kharkov region , Ukraine ;
• Folklore ensemble of the village of Linovo , Sumy region , Ukraine;
• Folk ensemble of the village of Lyakhovka, Vitebsk region , Belarus ;
• Folklore ensemble of the village of Malo-Bykovo, Belgorod region ;
• Folklore ensemble of the village of Ust-Tsilma , the Republic of Komi ;
• Folklore ensemble of the village of Sharapovo, Smolensk region ;
• Folklore ensemble of the village of Yanovo , Gomel region , Belarus;
• Tatyana Basova - Plyokhovo village, Kursk region ;
• Akulina Gorbacheva - Goncharovo village, Vitebsk region, Belarus;
• Lidia Grybushkina - Alkhabik village, Vitebsk region, Belarus;
• Maria Dinaidova - Melikhovo village, Vitebsk region, Belarus;
• Maria Zakhova - the village of Pirinem , Arkhangelsk Region ;
• Ekaterina Lyutakova - the village of Stodolishche , Smolensk region;
• Matron Shaytsova - village of Pushki, Vitebsk region, Belarus.

Words and music of all songs: folk / "Ivan Kupala".

The gift version of the album, in addition to the above 10 tracks, includes a “secret” bonus track.

• " Ivan Kupala " - recording, mixing, mastering;
• Victor Derbenev - cover design;
• Rustam Vagapov - photos.

• Radio Abracadabra

• Official site
• The album "Radio Nagra" on Yandex. Music
• Review on the site ZhivoeTV.RF
• Review in the Musical Newspaper