My name is Dmytro Postovalov.

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Bayun the Cat is my music project named after Slavic fairy tale hypnotizing character which guards the border between this world and another one.

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The story of Bayun the Cat as a music project began in 2013 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

The sound of Bayun the Cat is based on my interest in free improvisation, early counterpoint, world music, ambient, field recordings, art rock, minimalism, dark wave and spiritual jazz.

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The discography of Bayun the Cat consists mostly of singles and collaborations. The first album Fourteen Mornings was released in the beginning of 2019. It consists of 16 improvised piano tracks recorded during two weeks long online meditation retreat.

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As an active member of international Ambient and Experimental Music Community (AEMC) I participated in many their projects including several volumes of Communal Music and One Minute Compositions. Participated and curated 'AEMC Christmas Album' (2020) and 'Blue and Yellow through Black and Gray' (in collaboration with Ukrainian poets, 2023).
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I could note about fifty inspiring names - but I have to admit that to a much greater extent I am formed by sounds that are hardly seem noble. Drunk railway orchestras and the chorus of frogs in the swampy shore. Inventive children treating toys like musical instruments and musical instruments like toys. Clangorous saucepan covers and carnival calliopes. Music of folks who have not forgotten how to play for a praying and how to play for fun. Random combinations of street sounds that add up to a modernist symphony. Rarely performed composers whose names have survived due to pure chance or someone's restless enthusiasm. Crumbling tapes of amateur musicians recorded something raw, alive and vibrant in their kitchens. And, of course, my own story, full of strange insights and superfluous movements, without which the things I do would be very different.