Any one like russian music?

[nikimcbee]

I haven't heard this song since I was in Moscow

[Tchocky]

Ah! One of my favourite Irish bands are heading for Moscow. This would be a hell of a trip.

*googles for flights*

God Is An Astronaut play Moscow festival
29 Jun 2007
Wicklow’s own electro-rock trio God Is An Astronaut are heading to Russia to play a festival in Moscow this July, alongside acts like Mudhoney and ****disco.

God Is An Astronaut will appear at the Gauloises Avant Festival in Moscow, Russia on July 7. The band are second on the bill after Seattle grunge group Mudhoney.

Also playing the two-day musical festival are the UK’s ****disco, Brooklyn indie-pop outfit The Ladybug Transistor and a host of Russian punk, disco, grunge, jazz, avant-garde and prog rock bands.

Following their stopover in Russia, God Is An Astronaut will take to Europe in October to promote their new album Far From Refuge.

And for our international readers, you’ll be pleased to know that the band have just signed a licensing deal to release the album in Japan. Deals have also been worked out to release the band’s material in the UK and the USA.

The Hot Press Newsdesk

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[Indianer]

I listen to Kino and Bi-2 on a regular basis. C'mon I can't believe nobody here has mentioned Viktor Tsoi! What's not to like about Gruppa Krovi?

[CCIP]

Originally Posted by Tchocky

God is an Astronaut

Not Russian music by a long shot, but my brother is a big fan of theirs :p

And I thought Kino was mentioned! Nikimcbee even has their videos linked in his sig as you can probably see :hmm:

[Tchocky]

I didn't know they made it to Canada

Check them out live if you can!

[Takeda Shingen]

Dmitri Shostakovich is my favorite of the Russian/Soviet orbit. Also worth mentioning are Mikhail Glinka, Alexander Dargomïzhsky, Alexander Borodin, Modest Mugorgsky, Mily Balakirev, César Cui, Sergei Prokofiev, and Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov.

I have deliberately ommitted the derrivative Piotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, as I feel his works hardly deserve attention.

[blizzard_beast]

Apart from Soviet tunes, I occasionally listen to Russian punk bands like Grazhdanskaya Oborona (Civil Defence).

[CCIP]

Bah to TATU and all the other Popsa!


I hardly ever listened to Russian music (surprisingly) until about a year ago. After that, I've become a big fan.

Nowadays, I listen to tons of Russian rock bands. By and far the favorite of them is DDT: http://ddt.ru/eng/25/history.html
(hooray to them for recently being named "Band of the Year" and "Live Band of the Year" yet again by Russia's premiere rock magazine!)

Others include Akvarium, Arsenal, Korol' i Shut, PilOt,Kukryniksy...


There is lots of talent in Russia. I know this as my father is a professional musician himself, and ran several rock and blues bands (I've met some DDT members personally thanks to that, for example); but it's very difficult. And the dreaded Popsa - manufactured vanilla pop from large music companies - only makes it more difficult.

Here's a good article about DDT and Russian rock: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...ic/3568405.stm

[CCIP]

By the way, for those curious about DDT and/or Russian rock to any extent, how about some videos (from an unofficial site run with the band's blessing, and frequently promoted by users on their official forums):

Рождённый в СССР ("Born in the USSR")
- a quintessential rock anthem of more than one generation!
Ра��трел�ли Ра��ветами ("Shot with the Dawns")
- very characteristic of Shevchuk's milder, more philosophical material
�ебо на Земле ("Heaven on Earth"
- amazing little short artistic movie, a completely true metaphor of what is wrong with Russia
Бела� �очь ("White Night")
- another trip into Russian history, this time into the darker corners of St. Petersburg. Very moving, for me.
Одноразова� Жизнь ("One-Time Life")
- (maybe better translated as "non-reusable life") - I just like the funky but true setting of rotting St. Petersburg back-alleys, but with a twist
Она ("She")
- an example of their softer material
Кры�а-ве�на ("Rat-Spring")
- an example of their odder and more modernistic, even slightly rap-influenced material
Мама, �то рок-н-ролл ("Mama, this is Rock-n-Roll")
- an example of their live material
Я получил �ту роль ("I Received This Role")
- an example of Yuri Shevchuk's solo work and searing intensity. Quite old.

And,
ROK GRUPPA - POPSA - an all-star cast of rockers belting out a tune against the Popsa.


Check them out if you got time and bandwith!

/promotion hat off

[Spoon 11th]

Originally Posted by Dan D

What do you think about the heavy metal monster-band “Lordi�, that will represent Finland at this years Eurovision contest and about the uproar they have caused in Finland?

I find Lordi's music incredibly boring. This so called "hard rock" is music for sissies. When I need energetic music I listen to extreme death metal bands such as Brujeria.

The uproar is just hype the pathetic tabloid newspapers have created trying desperately to increase their sales. Almost 50 percent of the voters voted for Lordi and only half a dozen (religious) people are against it here in Finland. The band is just playing along, talking about low self esteem and stuff, and trying the get as much attention as possible, positive or negative (personal opinion). The whole uproar thing started when some greek restaurant society stated aloud their concerns and finnish tabloids reported about it and then the snowball just started rolling.

Originally Posted by Dan D

We come as Texan Cowboys to the contest this year. Germany will be represented by "Texas Lightning":
http://s137981643.online.de/texas/
"It is not a joke. It is Country".

You gotta love those Euro contests, football, singing and stuff.

So your contester is performing in english too. Well that sucks. I think every country should use their native language only, like it used to be at some point.

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Spoon 11th

I find Lordi's music incredibly boring. This so called "hard rock" is music for sissies. When I need energetic music I listen to extreme death metal bands such as Brujeria.

The uproar is just hype the pathetic tabloid newspapers have created trying desperately to increase their sales. Almost 50 percent of the voters voted for Lordi and only half a dozen (religious) people are against it here in Finland. The band is just playing along, talking about low self esteem and stuff, and trying the get as much attention as possible, positive or negative (personal opinion). The whole uproar thing started when some greek restaurant society stated aloud their concerns and finnish tabloids reported about it and then the snowball just started rolling.

Amen, perkele!

[Dan D]

@Spoon 11th
Thanks for the reply, I see, a media hype. So I will stay with 22 Pistepirrko, Union Carbide Productions, Turbonegro,The Hellacopters and The Hives.

@Kap
sorry for the thread-hijacking.

[I-25]

lets not forget RUSHski JAJAJA

[CCIP]

Originally Posted by I-25

lets not forget RUSHski JAJAJA

Hey, hey, leave Rush to my other nationality where it belongs!

[Konovalov]

Originally Posted by STEED

You can not beat the Russian classical music top of my list would be Dmitri Shostakovich. Followed by Prokofiev and Kalinnkov there are other composers from Russia I got. There is something about the style of the music form Russia or so glad they now use the original national anthem now.

To Dmitri Shostakovich My favourite of his would have to be the 11th Symphony "The Year 1905". The recordings of Shostakovich by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Jarvi under the Deutsche Grammophon label are all fantastic.