Animal Jazz
Animal ДжаZ ("ДжаZ" can be transliterated as "jazz", although "Джаз" is the usual Russian spelling) is a Saint Petersburg-based band playing alternative rock and pop rock. Since their formation in 2000, they have released 11 records, including 3 acoustic albums.
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Background information | |
Origin | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
Genres | Rock |
Years active | 2000–present |
Labels | Kap-Kan Records |
Website | animaljazz |
Members | Alexander "Mihalych" Krasovitski Igor Buligin Evgenyi "Johnson" Ryahovski Sergey Kivin Alexander Zarankin |
Past members | Sergey Egorov Boris Golodec Stanislav Gavrilov Andey Kazachenko Yan Lemskiy Gennadiy Mikrukov |
History
The band was formed in the autumn of 2000, with the official formation date of 22 December 2000.
They have been nominated twice for the Fuzz Magazine Awards and played at both ceremonies: in 2003 as "Best New Band" and in 2004 as "Best Live Band".
In August 2006, Animal Jazz headlined the alternative stage of the biggest Russian open-air rock festival, Nashestvie.
The band was nominated in a few categories for RAMP 2008 (Rock Alternative Music Prize) and won in the categories "Best song of the year" and "Soundtrack of the year".
In 2009, they released the album Egoist.[1]
Animal Jazz have opened for:
- Rollins Band (Moscow, 24 January 2002, and St. Petersburg, 25 January 2002)
- Garbage (St. Petersburg, 2 July 2002)
- Clawfinger (Moscow, 26 September 2003)
- The Rasmus (St. Petersburg, 15 October 2004)
- Linkin Park (St. Petersburg, 1 June 2014, and Moscow, 2 June 2014)
Band members
Current members
- Alexander "Mihalych" Krasovitski - Vocals
- Igor Buligin - Bass
- Evgenyi "Johnson" Ryahovski - Guitar
- Sergey Kivin - Drums
- Alexander Zarankin - Keyboards
Former members
- Sergey Egorov (2000–2004) - Drums
- Boris Golodec (2000–2004) - Keyboards
- Stanislav Gavrilov (2004–2005) - Keyboards
- Andey Kazachenko (2005–2007) - Keyboards
- Yan Lemskiy (2004–2008) - Drums
- Gennadiy Mikrukov (2006–2012) - Director
Discography[2]
- 2002 — Animalизм ("Animalism")
- 2004 — Стереолюбовь ("Stereolove")
- 2004 — Как Люди ("Like People")
- 2007 — Шаг-Вдох ("Step-Inhale")
- 2009 — Эгоист ("Egoist")
- 2011 — Animal ДжаZ ("Animal Jazz")
- 2013 — Фаза быстрого сна ("Rapid eye movement sleep")
- 2015 — Хранитель весны ("Keeper of Spring")
- 2018 — Счастье ("Happiness")
Acoustic albums
- 2005 — Unplugged
- 2006 — Unplugged II: раритеты ("Unplugged II: Rarities")
- 2007 — 1:0 в пользу осени ("1:0 in favor of Autumn")
- 2016 — AZXV: Акустика ("AZXV: Acoustics")
References
- Animal Jazz и Zero People записали кавер-версии «Аквариума»
- "Альбомы «Animal ДжаZ»". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Animal Jazz. |
- Official site (in English)
- Youtube
- LiveJournal page (in Russian)
- Last.fm