Best from Belarus: music from White Russia

From now on, call it Belarus or just keep saying White Russia – most Belarusians currently won’t care much about how their country is called in some faraway land. One day, it will be freed from Lukashenko, but it’s still tied to Russia, both geographically and linguistically.

In the selection of Belarusian music, Би-2, Molchat Doma, and Грязь are absent due to prior coverage.

Brutto

Also see Родны Край (2015) and Партизан Рок (2015). And check out Железный (2012), Манифест (2008), and Капитал (2007) from Lyapis Trubetskoy (Ляпис Трубецкой), the band Brutto emerged from.

Воины света (2018)

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Дай Дарогу!

Also see Дискотека (2021), Д.С.П.Г. (2019), Тома (2018), Помоги! (2018), and Ня веру (2017). Check out How the clip “Дай Дарогу” – “Баю-бай” was created (34mag, 2020) and Belarusian rock band Dai Dorogu! releases political album slamming police brutality (The Calvert Journal 2020).

Баю-Бай (2020)

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Dlina Volny

Also see Кафе танцующих огней (2021, originally by Alla Pugacheva), Do It (2020), Whatever Happens Next (2020), and Prospekty (2019). Check out Dlina Volny: the Belarusian band bottling Brut Pop (The Calvert Journal, 2020).

Mechta (2019)

Max Korzh (Макс Корж)

See Времена (2021), Её виной (2020), Жги, сын! (2020), 2 типа людей (2019), Малиновый закат (2018), and Слово пацана (2016), all available on YouTube. He once visited Amsterdam (2014).

Nizkiz

Also see Правілы (2020), Интроверт (2019), Полночь (2019), and Небяспечна (2018).

Немею (2019)

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Petlya Pristrastiya (Петля Пристрастия)

Also see Прксблннст (2019), Бытонавты (2019), Цветок (2018), and Лучшее завтра (2018).

Груз (2016)

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Super Besse

Also see Ozhog (2020), Omut (2018), Tak Silno (2017), Holod (2015), and Посмотри на меня (2013). Check out Super Besse выпустили сингл и клип «Rodina» (34mag, 2020) and The Joy of Violent Movement (2020).

Rodina (2020)

Tima Belorusskih (Тима Белорусских)

Also see Тает Ещё (2021) and Фотоплёнка (2020).

Привычка убегать (2019)

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5diez (#####)

Also see Новые пророки (2021), Такой, как есть and Чужая игра (2019). More at Svaboda.org (2021, Belarusian).

ЯМы (2021)

More music

Also from Belarus:

• Akute
• Drezden (Belarus/Ukraine)
• Intelligency
• Mavl (Мэвл)
• Mustelide
• Naviband
• Nürnberg
• Shuma
• Znich
• Зал 600
• ЛСП
• Сiроп
• Эксгумация снов

More bands at BelarusFeed, Last.fm, Metal Archives, Spirit of Metal, and Wikipedia.

Check out:

• A Belarusian summer playlist. These are the songs that have defined Belarus’s historic protest movement (Meduza, 2020)
• 10 protest songs from Belarus on the latest events (Beehype, 2020)
• Are musicians in Belarus being locked up because songs are instrumental for change? (Euronews, 2020)
• The Sound of Belarussian Rock (Spotify)
• 10 Belarusian Musicians You Should Know (Minsk Not Dead)

Belarus/White Russia

• Why Belarus is not White Russia | The history of Belarus and its name (Hetmanopedia, 2020, 19 m)
• There Are 2 Countries Called Russia (Name Explain, 2020, 6 m)
• Why is Belarus a country? – History of Belarus in 10 Minutes (Knowledgia, 2020, 10 m)
• Why does Belarus Exist? (Short Animated Documentary) (History Matters, 2019, 3 m)
• 10 + Surprising Facts About Belarus (FTD Facts, 2019, 11 m)
• Belarus. Interesting Facts: Cities People & Nature (RussianPlus, 2018, 12 m)
• History of Belarus – The Songs of Old Europe (Volya Dzemka, 2018, 5 m)
• 20 facts about Belarus (Pavel Supanenka, 2017, 5 m)
• Geography Now! Belarus (Geography Now, 2015, 11 m)

Most of the music here is also available in an R1 playlist on YouTube (in the order of posting).
Also see Best Russian Music and Russian Song Lyrics.

last edited 02-03-2021