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Exploring Ukraine's Underground Rave Revolution

Exploring Ukraine's Underground Rave Revolution

art· 2020· 9:54
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The 2014 revolution brought Kiev nightlife to a complete standstill. As protests turned into riots, and government security forces opened fire on protestors, the country fell into crisis. But out of the ashes of revolution has risen a new generation. Slava Lepsheev, who’d lost his job because of the financial crisis triggered by the war, had had enough, and started Cxema, a raw, hard and hypnotic techno rave that he took to whatever semi-legal venue he could set a soundsystem up in. So together with Slava, and the city’s brightest young lights, we followed young Kiev as they prepared for a night at Cxema, from building the venue to watching the sunrise break.

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  • cinematographerJack Reynolds
  • coloristOisín O’Driscoll
  • directorTom Ivin
  • editorPaul Frankl
  • editorRebecca Gin
  • executive producerRavi Amaratunga
  • producerStephen Isaac-Wilson
  • producerKate Villevoye
  • producerEloise King
  • soundGuy Chase
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