I Shall Sing Until My Land Is Free

I Shall Sing Until My Land Is Free is a Ukrainian experimental music label and cultural-political project launched in April 2022 as a sub-label of the Ukrainian label Prostir. It was created in response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with the explicit purpose of generating funds for Ukrainian resistance and humanitarian relief. The label releases experimental music, visual art and other merchandise, then distributes the proceeds among Ukrainian self-defence and humanitarian organizations as well as local volunteer activists. The project is run by Dmytro Fedorenko and Kateryna Zavoloka, both figures from the Ukrainian experimental music scene. According to the label's own account, it was created with support from friends and colleagues at Staalplaat (Amsterdam) and The Label (Edmonton), and with assistance from two Polish pressing plants, Monotype and X-Disc, which offered special timing terms during the project's first crucial months. Beyond fundraising, the label describes cultural diplomacy as a central aspect of its work: artists from the international experimental scene take a direct stand in support of Ukraine through their participation. The label's catalogue includes experimental and electronic music, contemporary composition and opera, with releases such as Mads Lindgren's "Redshifting," Alla Zagaykevych's opera "Vyshyvanyi. King of Ukraine," and a single titled "Free" by Zavoloka. By late 2026 the label had reached its 48th release. The label frames its mission as long-term, stating that as long as the war continues it will continue to take part on a professional and artistic level, and that there will be much work to do to complete the victory and restoration of Ukraine. Its activities span physical and digital releases, visual art and merchandise, sold through its own website and Bandcamp page, with a presence on Facebook and Instagram.

I Shall Sing Until My Land Is Free was founded in April 2022 as a sub-label and cultural-political project of the Ukrainian label Prostir. Its creation came in the immediate aftermath of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and its stated purpose was to support Ukrainian resistance. According to the label's own account, Ukrainian resistance needed support for territorial defence, hospitals, evacuation teams, and local volunteers who delivered food in shelters or saved animals, with requests arriving every hour from large foundations, activists, and friends and colleagues from the music scene who had joined the Ukrainian army. The label's model is to release and sell experimental music, visual art and other merchandise, then distribute the funds among various Ukrainian self-defence and humanitarian organizations as well as local volunteer activists. Alongside donations, the label describes cultural diplomacy as another important aspect of its work, in which artists from the international experimental scene take a direct stand in support of Ukraine. The project is run by Dmytro Fedorenko and Kateryna Zavoloka. It was created with support and assistance from friends and colleagues at Staalplaat (Amsterdam) and The Label (Edmonton), and with help from two Polish pressing plants, Monotype and X-Disc, which provided special timing terms during the first crucial months of the project. The label has continued to release music through the mid-2020s. By September 2026 it had reached its 48th release, Mads Lindgren's "Redshifting." Other notable releases include Alla Zagaykevych's opera "Vyshyvanyi. King of Ukraine" (announced September 2026) and Zavoloka's single "Free" (announced July 2026), the original version of which was written for the interactive art installation "Black Cloud." The label states that it does not know when the war will end, and that as long as the fight continues it will continue to take part on a professional and artistic level, planning long-term for the work of completing the victory and restoration of Ukraine.

• Founded as a sub-label and cultural-political project of the Ukrainian label Prostir.

• Release of Zavoloka's single "Free," originally written for the interactive art installation "Black Cloud."

• Release of Alla Zagaykevych's opera "Vyshyvanyi. King of Ukraine."

• 48th release: Mads Lindgren's "Redshifting."

A cultural-political experimental music label that channels proceeds from releases and merchandise to Ukrainian self-defence and humanitarian causes, combining fundraising with cultural diplomacy.

• Mads Lindgren – "Redshifting"

• Alla Zagaykevych – "Vyshyvanyi. King of Ukraine"

• Zavoloka – "Free"

1. 1I SHALL SING UNTIL MY LAND IS FREE – official websiteishallsinguntilmylandisfree.com
2. 2I SHALL SING UNTIL MY LAND IS FREE – About this label-projectishallsinguntilmylandisfree.com
3. 3Wikidata Q114452376wikidata.org