- country:United Kingdom
- label:not signed
- artist posted by:Moneypenny Agency
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The Ukrainians grew out of a project started by 80s Indie darlings The Wedding Present. The group, at the instigation of guitarist Peter Solowka, decided to make their next John Peel session for the BBC a Ukrainian one! Peter's friend 'The Legendary Len' was drafted in as an extra member because he sang, played a scratchy, authentic village-sounding violin and was a student of Slavonic languages!
The group recorded the first session and it was duly broadcast. Then Peel played it again...and again...and again! What was intended to be a one-off bit of fun turned into a second session, at Peel's request. This session, which included Ukrainian mandolinist Roman Remeynes, was also played numerous times. As a result, there was pressure to release the sessions as a record, and so 'Ukrainski Vistupi V Johna Peela' was born, a record which sold almost 70,000 copies.