Jordan Dunbar
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Podcast Appearances
From the BBC World Service, this is the Documentary Podcast. I'm Jordan Dunbar.
On iloinen yleisö, joka puuttuu Kulttuurin palaisiin. Se on sopimus sovietin työntekijöille, joka osallistuu ilmaisemmalle tapahtumalle. Se oli vuosi 1985. TÀmÀ oli paikka kuin mikÀÀn muu muu. Kuukausia ihmisiÀ puuttuu ympÀristöön viisi-vuotiaan. Kun he kÀyvÀt ulos, he kÀyvÀt erilaiseen maailmaan.
Ei ollut taloja, vain tanssipuoli. Isompi tanssipuoli, jossa oli vahvoja disco-luokkia. SiellÀ oli kolme isoa projekteja ja isoja lukioita, jotka soittivat DJ-luokkien kappaleita. Ukrainalaisessa parhaassa disco-luokkissa ja yksi paikka Pripyatissa, tÀmÀ on Klub Edison 2.
It's all lasers and no Lenin in here. A pulsing melting pot of the best and brightest in the 15 republics that made up the Soviet Union. We had dancers encouraging and calling on the people of Pripyat to dance. The 400 strong crowd dressed in knock-off jeans, big hair and t-shirts tighter than an industrial vice. Excitement, energy and hairspray filled the room.
Onnistumassa on yksilö, joka on pilottunut, jossa on tanssijat ero-flotteissa. Se on DJ Aleks Demidoff. HÀn on seurannut ilmastonlaajua, ja hÀn on tullut tietoinen pionneeritsevien esiintyvien.
I was the pilot, the chief guide. I was constantly talking to the audience. It wasn't just about putting the music on and that's it. This is the disco of the 80s, when the DJ is the organizer of the dancers. I was the person who would say how, what and where we are going.
This was no ordinary disco, for Pripyja was no ordinary place. It was an atomgrad, a nuclear city in northern Ukraine built especially for the workers on the marvel of Soviet engineering next to it.
Koska se oli Ukraina's youngest city, we got a really great team to work in the disco. And actually, to be honest, it was a party for me. We were doing it because we loved it.
Suurin osa tÀmÀn kiinnostamista oli syrjÀÀmÀllÀ polttoaineen sotilasta, Serhii Lobanov. Oli paljon ihmisiÀ, mutta nÀin Irinan pian, koska hÀn oli tanssivassa ja oli merilÀhtöinen. Huomasin hÀnet suoraan ja ajattelin, ettÀ mikÀ kaunis kaveri.
Suosittelen erityisesti Adriano Celentano-kappaleen Susanna, jonka kutsuimme. Se, mitÀ tuli seuraavaksi, vaihtaisi heidÀn elÀmÀÀnsÀ jatkuvasti. TÀmÀ on unelmallinen tarina nuorten rakastusta ja vahvistettua musiikkia, jotka kytkevÀt keskustelun kohdalla. Olin keskustelussa, ja menin ylöspÀin.
Se on tarina tulevaisuuden kaupungin, joka on pysÀhtynyt ennen. Klub Edisonin lopputuloksen lopputulokset pysyvÀt vain muistiin. Muistiin diskoa, joka ei koskaan tapahtunut. TÀmÀ on, kun 50 000 ihmistÀ tuli diskoon, baareihin, kafeihin. Ja nyt se on silmÀÀ.
I'm Jordan Dunbar from the BBC World Service. This is the last dance floor in Chernobyl. Like all good love stories, we begin with courgettes.
It was Serhi. He'd been invited round by his friend, who had just had a baby and was freaking out. He told me, Serhi, please come over. I'm tired of being surrounded by women. I need to talk to a man. And we were drinking samohon. It's a very strong drink.
Strong is an understatement. This stuff gets you so out of this world, cosmonauts are looking up at you. Samohon is pochin, moonshine, homemade alcohol. So at that time, vodka was in short supply. The Soviets' relationship with alcohol was changing. The party realizing the much-loved vodka was becoming a problem, and it started cracking down on supplies.
But that didn't stop a dad with a newborn from getting some much needed relaxant.
We were sitting there for a long time and we were getting drunk. Then the doorbell rang. Sir, he can't believe who's standing there. It's the girl with the red belt. He's seen her before at the club. They've never actually met. But he's noticed she's had a glow up. They opened the door and Irina was standing there. I had my seaside tan.
Kuten seuraa ukrainalaisen filmin Dirty Dancingin, mutta tÀmÀn kerran Baby's Arena puhuttiin korsettista, eikÀ valkoista. Ja silloin minÀ paniksin ja sanoin, ettÀ meillÀ on korsettia kotona. Joten menin kotona, otin korsettia ja otin ne takaisin Irinaan.
It took me 40 years to realize that actually it was a set up. Our moms planned it to introduce us to each other.
Operation Babushka worked! But where do you go after courgettes? Well, luckily the city had plenty of options for a young couple. We thought we could go to the disco, but where else can we go in our small town? So he invited me to go to the swimming pool.
Nuo atominen on melkein aina uusi kaupungi.