Ten-track experimental album where AI models help generate orchestral textures around the live vocal. Release 21 June 2026 — summer solstice.
Katya Chilly presents the experimental album 'Koleso' on 21 June 2026 — summer solstice day (Kupalo) — on Mukha Records label. This is a 10-track conceptual album (total duration 54 minutes) where for the first time in the Ukrainian ethno-electronic scene AI models (specifically Suno AI and Udio) are used as a creative tool to generate orchestral textures around Voytenko's live vocal. Conceptually the album is a return to calendar rituals of Ukrainian tradition: I. 'Koliadka' (winter, January); II. 'Stritennia' (February); III. 'Vesnianka' (March); IV. 'Velykodnia' (April); V. 'Zelenovytsia' (May); VI. 'Kupalo' (June, title track); VII. 'Zhnyva' (July); VIII. 'Spas' (August); IX. 'Pokrov' (October); X. 'Sontsevorot' (December). Each track is rhythmically and texturally tied to seasonal animistry. Technological feature: all AI generations went through 3-stage control — Voytenko manually approved each AI-generated layer. No AI audio is used in raw form; all layers have microprocessing. In the album booklet (16 pages) Voytenko explains her methodology in detail — how to make AI amplify rather than replace the live performer. The presentation concert is 24 June 2026 in Kyiv (Caribbean Club) in live-AI-performance format.
