Performance: DakhaBrakha

DakhaBrakha is a music quartet from Kyiv, Ukraine. Using Ukrainian polyphony as its foundation, they interweave complex rhythmic and melodic structures from India, Arabia, Africa, and Australia. Their music has textural, layered sounds with distinctive percussive heartbeats, thumping bass lines, distorted electric guitars, and influences of jazz, spoken word, rap, and punk. DakhaBrakha calls this tapestry of influences “ethno chaos.”