Luk (stylised as Lюk) was a Ukrainian music band from

Kharkiv Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.

. The band's style joins

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. In their songs, they primarily used Ukrainian, Russian and French. Luk was formed in 1999. The name was given accidentally without special meaning (''люк'' means ''manhole''). After releasing four studio albums, Luk declared its breakup in 2011. Luk collaborated with Kharkiv-based Ukrainian writer Serhiy Zhadan. Most of their Ukrainian-language songs were written in lyrics of Zhadan (in particular the first album ''Tourist zone'' is based on Zhadan's play "Merry Christmas, Jesus Christ"). Also, Luk recorded a lot of songs with 5'Nizza member Andriy Zaporozhets (in particular the second album is a result of collaboration with Zaporozhets). Their third album contains two songs recorded with another 5'Nizza musician Serhiy Babkin.

Members

* Olha Gerasimova (vocal) * Oleh Serdyuk (keyboards) * Serhiy Belmas (bass) * Velentyn Panyuta (guitar) * Oleksandr Kratinov (drums)

Discography

;Albums * ''Tourist zone'' (2002) * ''Lemon'' (2004) * ''Sex'' (2005) * ''Мамина юность'' (Mamina Yunost, 2009) ;Compilation * ''The Best of Luk'' (2008)

Links

Official page
{{Authority control Ukrainian rock music groups Musical groups established in 1999 1999 establishments in Ukraine Acid jazz ensembles Musical groups from Kharkiv Musical groups disestablished in 2011 2011 disestablishments in Ukraine