The Vox Ethnika Band delivers energizing performances, of original and traditional ethnic Eastern European music set to unique modern arrangements while still preserving the depth, fire and heart of the songs.
Vox Ethnika literally means Ethnic Voice. The name was selected to represent the soul inside all of us who share a common heritage and acknowledge our customs as a source of inspiration. They are dedicated not only to the continued existence of traditional music but also the creation of creative, expressive- world music. They also compose original pop-rock songs in the Rusyn language.
The band was founded by siblings Juraj and Silvia Matolak in 1994 as S-Harmony and has since collaborated with numerous accomplished musicians in the NYC area. Juraj, the musical genius and mastermind behind Vox Ethnika, composes and orchestrates most of the music for the band, holds a degree in music composition and plays numerous instruments – his first one being accordion which he picked up at the age of 3. His vision of combining various ethnic style textures with polyrhythm and audacious key variations has paved the way for the conceptualization and creation of a new genre of Folk that he has coined, “Ethnik Electronika”. He is also a skilled producer, sound designer and has done numerous pre and post production projects for accomplished artists on the East Coast. Silvia is the vocal chord of the band. Her melodramatic mezzo-soprano voice has won numerous singing competitions and brings chills to the crowds…
Hello Vox Ethnika, what a wonderful blend of traditional sounds and styles with a mix of modern sounds and styles. I throughly enjoyed your variety of song samples. Your music is very exciting to experience. I look forward to hearing more of your music in the future and hope to catch one of your live performances soon. Be well, John
Hi, Greetings from the middle of England. Thanks for your comment. I really enjoyed your tracks, extremely individual and wonderful playing. keep up the output.
Zdrastvujte:) very interesting music, i like Russian language and eastern culture (after all i am from Serbia)..keep it up this way because i think it is very origial:) all the best
Your music is very nice. It is beautiful and what you are doing in spreading the music of your origin is the most wonderful thing. I am proud to be your friend.
Thanks for your friend request.
Rushnichok is also my project. The same soloist Tanya sing as for Origen as for Rushnichok although in absolutly different styles. By the way Tanya is also the singer of Ukrainian national opera house.
With love from Kyiv
A.Zakharenko AKA Origen
www.origenmusic.com
Thanks for finding us and the friendship. I listened to all your songs. Great!!!!!!
Wish you all the best and invite you to visit our web site and make the acquaintance with other Ukrainian artists.
With love from Ukraine
A.Zakharenko
www.origenmusic.com
The "Other World" movie at MoMA tonight was highly parodic and I am glad you invited me to join you, guys. We need more Rusyn/Ruthenian culture to get presented to The "New World". The more inspiring inluence , the more motivating the outcome full of richness and a complete flavor of Electronica Folk tones.
