# Avant-Pop Artist Nick Hudson Releases ‘Lights Svoboda’, Funds Go Towards Ukrainian Humanitarian Aid

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/avant-pop-artist-nick-hudson-releases-lights-svoboda-funds-go-towards-ukrainian-humanitarian-aid/
- Published: 2022-03-08T16:00:00-06:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

**UK avant-pop artist Nick Hudson releases ‘Lights Svoboda’, funds go towards Ukrainian
humanitarian aid**

British avant pop artist **[Nick Hudson](https://nickhudsonindustries.bandcamp.com/)**
presents his new single, entitled [**‘Lights Svoboda’** ](https://nickhudsonindustries.bandcamp.com/track/lights-svoboda)(
translates as ‘Lights Freedom’), recorded together with [**Kianna Blue**](https://twitter.com/kianna_blue),
his bandmate in **[The Academy of Sun](https://www.facebook.com/TheAcademyOfSun)**.
Out in time for Bandcamp Friday, all proceeds will go towards charities directly
involved in humanitarian aid efforts in Ukraine.

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**Photo by Wolfgang Dubien**

While the framework of the song ‘Lights Svoboda’ originated six years ago during
the epic recording sessions for The Academy Of Sun’s 2020 opus album [**‘The Quiet Earth’**](https://nickhudsonindustries.bandcamp.com/album/the-quiet-earth),
it didn’t end up being included on that album. Now, global reality has tragically
and uncannily come to resonate with the song’s poetically fractured scenes of dictatorship,
nuclear threat and razed landscapes.

Returning from a month in the formerly Soviet republic of Georgia and watching in
horror as Russia launched its attack on Ukraine, Nick felt desperate to apply his
skill set to a tangible purpose within the crisis and here we have it – a desolate
hymn woven with the plaintive vocals of Kianna Blue and the haunting schisms of 
the Faemi M1 analogue synth. 

“The opening features a recording I made in Georgia, into my Soviet cassette recorder,
of my 20-year-old Russian exile friend who fled to Georgia to avoid facing criminal
charges for protesting Navalny’s imprisonment. I had him say “freedom, hope and 
truth” in Russian. He’s headed to join the Ukrainian army this week,” says** Nick
Hudson**.

“It features myself on piano, voice, Soviet analogue synth, melodica and field recordings,
and Kianna Blue on backing vocals and bass. Originally written for The Quiet Earth
but now uncannily and undesirably relevant.’

A prolific figure on the UK music scene, Hudson had a prolific 2021, releasing his
8-track [**‘K69996ROMA:EP’**](https://nickhudsonindustries.bandcamp.com/) and the
album** [‘Font Of Human Fractures’](https://nickhudsonindustries.bandcamp.com/album/font-of-human-fractures),**
his first long-player as a solo artist in five years). Nick’s vast output also encompasses
painting, film, and a novel. Hudson has also collaborated with [**Wayne Hussey (The Mission)**](https://www.themissionmerch.com/product/wayne-hussey-the-divine-live-at-yellow-arch),**
Matthew Seligman (Bowie, Tori Amos, Morrissey)**, members of **Kayo Dot, David Tibet(
Current 93)**, **Asva**, queercore icon **GB Jones**, as well as **Massive Attack’s
Shara Nelson**. Having toured 3 continents, highlights include shows with **Mogwai,
Toby Driver and Keith Abrams (Kayo Dot), and Timba Harris (Mr Bungle, Amanda Palmer).**

100% of Bandcamp proceeds will be donated in support of two charities carrying out
humanitarian work on the ground in Ukraine – [**Red Cross Ukraine** ](https://redcross.org.ua/donate/)
and [**Razom For Ukraine**](https://linktr.ee/razomforukraine) – each of them covering
slightly different areas of aid. Further, [**Revolut Bank**](https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnhyatt/2022/03/01/revoluts-russian-anti-war-billionaire-founder-promises-to-match-donations-to-red-cross-ukraine/?sh=5719850078e4)
will match contributions to Red Cross Ukraine over the next week. [**Download the single via Bandcamp**](https://nickhudsonindustries.bandcamp.com/track/lights-svoboda)
and [**learn how you can support Ukraine** ](https://30seconds.com/mom/tip/40224/Ways-to-Help-the-People-of-Ukraine-It-Shouldnt-Have-to-Happen-to-You-For-It-to-Matter-to-You)
and its people at this critical moment in world history.

* **Svoboda, Nadezdah, Pravda (Freedom, Hope and Truth)**

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**CREDITS**
Written, arranged and produced by Nick Hudson.Piano, voice, Faemi M1,
melodica – Nick HudsonBass, backing vocals – Kianna BluePiano and voice recorded
at Church Road Studios by Paul Pascoe.Everything else recorded between Manchester
and Brighton.Mastered by Ian D. Breen/Yas Kween.Slavi Ukraini, Geroyam Slavi, Putin
Khuylo.You cannot win a nuclear war.

**FEEDBACK**
“Nick Hudson is a unique talent. His song writing and performances 
are breathtaking.  He is long overdue being heard by a wider audience. This solo
album is a peak in an already stellar career” ~ **Stuart Braithwaite (Mogwai)**

“There isn’t really anyone making music like Nick Hudson“ ~** The Quietus**

“Scott Walker channeling Coil” ~ **MOJO Magazine**

“Surreal and spacey… Eerie and wonderful, with great depth” ~ **The Spill Magazine**

“Something haunting in this music… the melody and vocal delivery are equally stunning…
Hudson is ascending quickly and we can only enjoy the ride and associated soundtrack”
~** The Spill Magazine **

“Genius” – **BBC Radio (BBC Introducing)**

“The intimacy of a musical diary as well as an epic theatrical fascination… thrilling
tension between its thematic juxtapositions and arrangements of diverse acoustic,
electric, and synthetic instrumentation” ~ **No Ripcord**

**FOR FANS OF: **
Coil, Kate Bush, Laibach, Danny Elfman, Nico, Scott Walker, Nick
Cave, These New Puritans, Eric Satie, Robert Wyatt

**Keep up with Nick Hudson / The Academy of Sun**
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