The Dark Wood

The Dark Wood is a collaboration between Kyiv producers Shadow Unit and Igor Smailov Ukrainian electronic duo The Dark Wood appeared in 2014 and for a short period of time received strong support from artists like Dixon, Tale of Us and others. In his unique sound they skillfully mix classic IDM 90s like The Orb, Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada and current music trends in the spirit of labels like Innervisions and Life and Death. The debut release of The Dark Wood was released on the German Traum Schallplatten techno label, but the main work on the project today — a new video for the single is still unreleased track — 'Orpheus'. Video Concept — an attempt to move the ancient Greek legend of the Argonauts in the current days. The Dark Wood try to tell their story among the mystical landscapes of Dnipro river islands. 'We work with voices in your head. Like spiders, we create a net of sounds. In our experimental laboratory in Ukraine, we blend freedom & dignity with 909 wormholes & melancholic synths'.

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