Mumiy Troll — Russia’s most influential cult art-indie rockers who never tired of reinventing themselves — are ready to offer their long-living recipe of “ginseng” rock-n-roll to the American continent.
The band, which identify themselves as Evergreen Far Eastern romantics, was founded in Vladivostok (Russian biggest port on the Pacific coast) by Ilya Lagutenko. Since then, they have played gigs across the globe: from Siberia to the Baltics, Mongolia to Greenland, Shanghai open-airs to St Petersburg’s Palace Square. Being a successful band, they are still fresh, hungry, and in search of new musical discoveries.
Their genuine disregard for trends quickly made them the coolest, biggest and best-selling band in Russia having led to many number one singles, numerous awards and several sold-out arena tours.
Starting with the release of their first self-funded album in 1997, Mumiy Troll rapidly became one of Russia’s most popular and influential bands, and have clocked up more than 100 million downloads to date. They were the first to appear on Russian MTV, represented Russia at Eurovision, and have won every award going in their native land but are still staying true to their original “INDIE DIY” strategies.
Being the participants of famous festivals and music conferences in different countries (SXSW, Culture Collide, Zandari, Sound City, etc) in 2013 they founded their own showcase festival “Vladivostok Rocks” (V-ROX ) which is held in Vladivostok annually and has become a massive cultural phenomenon recognized by NY Times as “A small Pacific Woodstock… A city on Russia’s edge aims to be a musical beacon…”
Mumiy Troll’s 11th Russian album “Pirate Copies” and second English-language release “Malibu Alibi” LP was presented during the European tour in Autumn 2015 — they played 16 sold-out gigs in Germany, UK, Ireland, Switzerland, Czech Republic and Baltic States.

SANSARA:

Alexander Gagarin – vocal, guitar, lyrics, sounds, dances
Nickolay Alexeev – guitar, keyboards, synth
Vasiliy Ustuzhanin - bass
Eugene Derevyannykh – drums

«Sansara» was founded in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg by some like-minded friends at the end of the ‘90s. Success came quickly: the band was soon collaborating with Russia’s biggest music labels: Soyuz, Real Records, Nikitin, and Navigator. The musicians were also invited with equal speed to the nation’s most important festivals: Maxidrom, Nashestvie, Picnic Afisha, Stereoleto, Red Rocks and others.

Sansara’s debut album was produced by Vladimir Shakhrin, a leading figure in the country’s rock scene. Tours followed – from one end of Russia to the other – yet these were still the earliest, even «pre-historic» years!

A brand-new period commenced in 2012 with the appearance of «Igla» (Needle), an LP marking Sansara’s fifteenth anniversary. It included twelve songs, two of which were important collaborations. Sansara’s guests were Ilya Lagutenko (of the hugely influential Mumiy Troll collective) and local legend Sergey Bobunets (of Smyslovie Gallutsinatsii). The resulting release was showcased in Moscow’s Afisha magazine, while the live unveiling happened in Tele-Club, one of the Urals’ biggest venues.

The designer of a new album cover is Vlad Derevyannykh. He was also the one, who worked on a previous two. He earned respect and rapture of a both sides - fans and professional designers, they all admire his talent. Last year this cover was included in the short-list of a famous «Cannes Lions» International Festival of Creativity.

Speaking of «Igla,» Sansara’s lead singer Alexander Gagarin has said: «‘Igla’ to us seemed like an album woven from Tweets, from many fleeting thoughts and symbols. The resulting music turned out to be both direct and robust, though. We certainly worked with the speed of Twitter!» The Russian press agreed – and approved: «This is the band’s best LP ever, free of any doubts regarding how to combine styles. The group just took a ’needle’ and red thread of their own, pricking fans’ hearts and sewing them together with bona fide, unique rock music.»

In the winter of 2013, Sansara (again with Smyslovie Gallutsinatsii) were residents of the prestigious S.G.T.R.K. Media-LAB, an association of different cultural organizations, production-, design-, and PR-teams. Currently, the band has combined its efforts with Mumiy Troll, specifically through MT’s Pacific Coast festival, «Vladivostok Rocks».  Crowds of the Far East were utterly charmed by Sansara: «We’ll never forget them!»

Old School Hard Rock singer, born in 1987 in Paris. French/Russian/British. Took part @ The Voice of Russia, The Voice of France, The Voice of Ukraine, The Voice of Belgium.

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