Practical Senses

Practical Senses band formed in 2009 in Ukraine. Encompasses various genres such as coldwave, electro, post-punk, synth-pop The history of the band dates back to 2009, when Yuriy Baygush (at that time a member of the band Soundform) became acquainted with another musician — Olexandr Mylnikov. The main topics of their interest were keyboards and musician equipment. At the beginning of 2009 they created the first demo-record “Harpsichord and noise of the Marine Waves”, using chiefly vintage analog synthesizers and drum-machines. Musical cooperation was maintained through the internet and rare joint rehersals, as the musicians were separated from each other by the distance of 450 kilometers. At the same time, Practical Senses and the band Soundform recordered together cover-version of the songs “Corridor of Choristers”, dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Ukrainian band “Scriabin”, and “Cold Solitude”, dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the band “Mournful Gust”) Both songs were released on the official music albums (collections) of the mentioned bands. The group Practical Senses also wrote background music for a game “”Drug the candy” (Apple iOS game) The first concert, for which session musicians were also involved, took place in 2010 and the first band’s album was released in 2011. In 2014 an independent German label “Aldi-punk” became interested in the band and released it’s second album «Songs cycle about the decisive king» with a limited edition of cassetes. The album consisted of songs in English and Ukrainian and was sold and distributed mainly in the countries through Europe. After this, due to the recording of a new album and restructuring of the band “Practical Senses” worked temporarily only in the studio. In 2017 Practical Senses released a new album which was it’s third and entirely Ukrainian-language album. The lyrics of the songs were poems of Ukrainian writers including I. Franko, O. Bilash, M. Vingranovsky and others. Concerts 25.12.2010 Kryviy Rig, "Paradox” club / «Electronic music evening» 21.10.2012 Kryviy Rig, «Madisan» club / «PickUp, Girlish Party, Branch Root» 09.02.2013 Kryviy Rig, «Stroitel» club (Voxhall) / «Evening of the live music» 23.03.2013 Kyiv, «Underground music hall» / Big meeting 2 (spring) 05.04.2013 Kryviy Rig, «Stroitel» club / ROCK alternative concert 10.04.2014 Kyiv, «Painthouse» Art Space 03.06.2018 Zalishiky, "Dnistrovi zori" festival 24.08.2018 Zalishiky, Independence Day concert Present members: Yuriy Baygush — vocal, electric guitar, synthesizer, drum machine, clarinet, lyric Nadiyka Baygush — vocal, synthesizer, lyrics, cover design Past members: Olexandr Mylnikov — synthesizer, vocal, lyrics Roman Gaman (Royalcat) — guitar, vocal, lyrics, fretless bass Vladislav Shahin (Mournful Gust) — vocal, lyrics Dmitro Zemnickiy (Soundform) — bass-guitar Stas Gorodnichenko (Soundform) — drums, percussion Discography: Compilations: 2010 Mournful Gust ‎– She's My Grief …Decade 2010 Tribute To Scryabin — 20 years of loneliness: volume one Albums: 2011 «Nuts&Bolts» (Audio-CD, Ukraine, «Rostok Media») 2014 «Songs cycle about the decisive king» (cassette tape, Germany, «Aldi-punk» Kirchlengern) 2017 «Practical Senses» (Audio-CD, Ukraine)