{"id":1394,"date":"2021-04-27T11:15:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T11:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/?p=1394"},"modified":"2021-04-27T11:15:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T11:15:37","slug":"go_a-make-noise-in-rotterdam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/index.php\/2021\/04\/27\/go_a-make-noise-in-rotterdam\/","title":{"rendered":"Go_A is going to make a lot of Noise in Rotterdam \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ukraine sends Go_A as their representative for Eurovision, but this time the band is going to make a lot of noise with their electro-folk entry called Shum. Go_A is the fifteenth act of semi-final 1.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Photo Credit: Anastasiia Mantach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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10 noisy things you would like to learn about the band:<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1. Go_A is a Ukrainian electro-folk band, which was created in 2012. The story of the band started when sound producer Taras Shevchenko met ethno singer Kateryna Pavlenko. First, they wanted to write a song together as an experiment, but after seeing that it worked, the band has worked together since.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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2. When it comes to the band name, they explain it as “‘Go’ as movement and ‘A’ as an ancient Greek letter alpha which stands for the origins, the beginning of everything, home and roots – back to our cultural roots.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Photo Credit: Anastasiia Mantach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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3. The group consists of Kateryna Pavlenko – lead vocals, Ukrainian folk musical selections, percussion, lyrics; Taras Shevchenko – sound producer, keyboards, percussion; Ihor Didenchuk – sopilka, multiple instruments, backing vocals, percussion; Ivan Hryhoriak – guitar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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4. The release of the single “Vesnianka” (\u0412\u0435\u0441\u043d\u044f\u043d\u043a\u0430) brough the band attention in Ukraine in 2015, winning them the tile of Best Track in Ukraine. The track also stayed number one for six weeks in a row on the 10 Dance chart of Kiss FM radio, and was awarded Discovery of the Year by the radio station.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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