Verba Hlyos

The group's composition was unusual, making use of sopilka and having no percussion, with multiple female vocalists to create a dissonant effect.

The artist Svitlana Nianio and Ukrainian music archivist Oleksandr Klochkov noted it as one the last groups to come out of the late-80s to mid-90s avant-garde underground culture.

[1][2] Their avant-garde nature clashed with audiences when they performed in alternative music festivals at the time,[3] but is now seen as forward thinking,[4] being frequently included in retrospectives on music from this era.

[5][6] Founder of the group Andriy Strakhov went on to become an influential figure in Ukrainian music, later collaborating with artists like Oleksandr Yurchenko and Svitlana Nianio.

[7][8] The ensemble released the album Beresteyska muzyka.