DakhaBrakha is a music quartet from Kyiv, Ukraine. Their "ethno chaos" sound spans years of performances prior to Russia's 2022 invasion, but war is in everything now. They masterfully blend Ukrainian traditional music with influences from around the world, resulting in an unexpected new music.DakhaBrakha uses Ukrainian polyphony as its foundation, interweaving complex rhythmic and melodic structures from India, Arabia, Africa, and Australia. Their music features distinctive percussive heartbeats, thumping bass lines, distorted electric guitars and influences of jazz, spoken word, rap and even punk.They are troubadours, activists and educators. DakhaBrakha was created in 2004 at the Kyiv Center of Contemporary Art "DAKH." They have played hundreds of concerts at major international festivals including Bonnaroo, WOMAD, Roskilde, and the main stage at Glastonbury. In 2020, they won the Shevchenko National Prize for Musical Arts — Ukraine's biggest award in contemporary art.‍