Ubyk released a four-song demo entitled “Work” in the summer of 06 and did a 40 stop U.S. West/Southwest Tour to promote the material. They then went back into the studio w/ producer Alex Newport to record their debut EP Matryoshka released in April 2008 on ITUNES, CDbaby, Amazon. They also released a stop motion video for the title track "Matryoshka"
Initially a two piece -Roman Bluem & Samantha Tobey - the band has since evolved and regularly features Roman & Samantha along with Swedish/LA transplant guitarist Pelle Hillstrom, LA native keyboardist Danielle Firouzi, veteran LA drummer Rich Sherwood, and singer Genevieve Artadi (Pollyn) and Jamila Heron.
The expanded lineup has been performing songs from the "Matryoshka" EP along with new material which they plan on recording sometime soonl. As for the band name (im)properly pronounced ooo-bik), it was inspired by sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick's book.
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