The SKY group was created in the Ukrainian city of Ternopil in the early 2000s. The idea of creating a musical group belongs to Oleg Sobchuk and Alexander Grischuk.
They met when they studied at the Galician College. The team immediately received the name "SKY". In their work, the guys successfully combine pop music, alternative rock and post-punk.
The beginning of the creative path
Immediately after the creation of the group, the musicians created material with which they could perform on stage. After writing and rehearsing several songs, the band members sent demo materials to the organizers of various festivals and received invitations to perform.
The SKY group debuted at important events in Western Ukraine - the festivals Chervona Ruta, Tavria Games and Pearls of the Season. The team has fans all over the country.
The next stage in the development of the SKY group was 2005, when the team took part in the Fresh Blood program on the Ukrainian TV channel M1. Musicians still call this project the main impetus for their development.
The Fresh Blood program is a unique project in the vast post-Soviet show business. The channel has a huge audience, allowing talented musicians to immediately express themselves.
In addition to showing off their talent, artists can get professional advice and get producers.
One of the jury members of the "Fresh Blood" competition was the owner of the Lavina Music label, Eduard Klim. The professional musician immediately appreciated the potential of the SKY group and offered the guys a contract. At this time there was a transformation of the name of the team. Between the letters of which dots appeared (“S.K.A.Y.”).
The musicians began work in the studio on the first full-fledged album "What You Need", even before the release of which the "promotion" of the band began. Songs from the debut album appeared in the rotation of 30 radio stations.
A video clip was shot for the song "Remix". Before the release of the album, a video clip “You can be beaten” appeared in the rotation of music channels.
The video sequence for the romantic ballad was decorated with the wife of the band's founder Oleg Sobchuk. The song was also highly acclaimed on YouTube video hosting.
S.K.A.Y's first album
A year after signing a contract with the Lavina Music label, the band's record was released. The title track of the disc quickly gained popularity not only among fans of alternative guitar music, but also among fans of other popular styles.
The debut album was successful. The musicians recorded different compositions in terms of tempo, arrangements and themes. The team went on a mini tour of Ukrainian cities in support of their first album.
In 2007, the development of the group “S. K.A.J.” continued. The guys created new songs for which video clips were shot. One of these compositions was "Best Friend". The song raises the problem of adaptation of HIV-infected people.
Oleg Sobchuk has a friend who suffers from such a dangerous disease. The worst thing is that after his friend’s relatives found out about her, they turned away from him.
Presentation of the second album "Planet S. K. A. Y." took place in autumn 2007. According to Sobchuk, the planet S.K.A.Y. is what surrounds musicians, their values of life.
For this work, the group "S. K.A.J.” received the NePopsa award, established by the Jam FM radio station. The vocals of Oleg Sobchuk were also noted, and the album "Planet S. K. A. Y." named album of the year.
In 2008, the band's musicians went on a big tour of the cities of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. The tour was timed to coincide with the 1020th anniversary of the baptism of Rus'. The song "Give Light" appeared in the repertoire of the group. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that the guys recorded two versions of the song and shot a separate video clip for each of them.
In 2009, the musicians traditionally received NePops figurines. In addition to the best video clip, a large-scale tour was awarded, taking place jointly with the Brothers Karamazov and DDT groups.
Development of the SKY team
The third full-length album of the group "S. K.A.J.” received the original name "!". Friends of the group were noted on the disc: the Green Gray group, Dmitry Muravitsky and others. Musically, the disc is slightly different from the previous works of the S. K.A.Y.
In the fall of 2012, the team participated in festivals, the money raised was transferred to the National Cancer Institute. The following groups also took part in this event: Okean Elzy, Boombox, Druga Rika and other groups.
In 2013, the next NePops award was presented to the S. K.A.J.” for "Best Acoustic Program". A year later, the fourth album of the band "Edge of the sky" was released.
The group took part in the grandiose show “S. K. A. Y. ALIVE. The musicians performed at Stereo Plaza accompanied by a chamber orchestra. In addition to the telecast of the event, the performance, which lasted 2,5 hours, could be viewed on the Internet.
In 2015, the team went on a tour to raise funds for victims of hostilities in eastern Ukraine. The musicians prepared an acoustic program, which they performed in major cities of Canada.
The band's fifteenth anniversary was celebrated in 2016 with a massive tour. In addition to concerts in their native Ukraine, the musicians of the group “S. K.A.J.” presented their programs in Dublin, Paris and London.
