Thursday, 26 July 2012

'THE NONSENSE EXPRESS' AT THE YARD THEATRE

The next screening of' 'The Nonsense Express' + GIG will be this Sunday, the 29th of July 2012, 8pm at the YARD Theatre, Hackney Wick, London.

http://theyardtheatre.co.uk/show/the-nonsense-express/


Thursday, 14 June 2012

THE NONSENSE EXPRESS

by AMICA on Friday, Jun 29, 2012 • 8:00 pm

THE NONSENSE EXPRESS (UK Premiere) + Q&A + Music from THE HIGHLY SKILLED MIGRANTS /
Join singer/song writer Sasha Ilyukevich and his London based band The Highly Skilled Migrants as they embark on a challenging tour of Russia and Belarus, taking their unique ‘Russophone Bolsha-Nova Folk n Roll’ out on the road. The film screening will followed by a question and answer session with film director / animator Rob Dumas and the The Highly Skilled Migrants, vodka cocktails and a gig from the Band.

http://sugarhousestudios.co.uk/the-nonsense-express-film-qa-and-live-music/

http://www.facebook.com/thehighlyskilledmigrants
http://thenonsenseexpress.com/

Address: Sugarhouse Studios, 107 High Street, Stratford, E15 2QQ

£5
Book your ticket here
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/172788

Monday, 28 May 2012

CHATSWORTH ROAD JUBILEE BEER GARDEN

A full day of blues hollerers, brass bands, balladeers, bunting, beers and other booze in and around the Old Dentist at 33 Chatsworth Rd.
Line up currently includes:

2012 Isambard Folk Award winners Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker
http://www.myspace.com/mondesirmusic

Dakota Jim and Freddie Stitz
http://soundcloud.com/dakotajim

The Cosmic Croatian Compositions of The Mak Murtic Ensemble (in a street band tuba bass style)
http://www.facebook.com/makmurticensemble

Belarussian Rock and Roll Poet Sasha Ilyukevich
http://www.facebook.com/thehighlyskilledmigrants

The Old Dentist

33 Chatsworth Road
CLAPTON E5 0LH
LONDON  
UNITED KINGDOM

SUNDAY, the 3rd of June 2012

from 12pm
Fully Licensed Bar.
£4 in for a full day pass.

http://www.facebook.com/events/304774086277864/

Wednesday, 2 May 2012

NEW SINGLE 'KOLYA' - OUT NOW!

SINGLE 'KOLYA' - Press Release

'KOLYA' is a work inspired equally by the feelings of dread on seeing the boy Kolya, heir presumptive to a totalitarian regime, groomed for succession and the sheer absurdity of the images thrown up by the propaganda machine that paves his way; toddler Kolya receives a choreographed military parade, boy Kolya meets with the Pope, waist high to his accompanying father, Kolya inspects the military's top brass, Kolya is awarded a golden gun.

At a time when North Korea is enduring a third generation hereditary succession in a dictatorship unprecedented in living memory, this song addresses Kolya as the spectre of all such dynastic cronyism, bemoans the longevity and resilience of such regimes and mocks them with their inevitable decline.

http://soundcloud.com/sashailyukevich/new-single-kolya-out-now


Sasha Ilyukevich – vocal, electric guitar
Chris Furness – electric lead guitar, keyboards
Ned Crowther – bass guitar
Phil Brunner – drums and percussion

Recorded by Evert Taihuttu, Vittoria Wharf Studios, Hackney Wick, London, UK

Mixed by Chris Furness, Vittoria Wharf Studios, Hackney Wick, London, UK

Mastered at Sage Audio, Tennessee, United States

Lyrics by Sasha Ilyukevich
Music by Sasha Ilyukevich and Chris Furness
Produced by Sasha Ilyukevich and The Highly Skilled Migrants

Artwork – Moi Tran
http://moitran.co.uk/

Single 'KOLYA' available for download on