Eastern European Music

Flair or Fluff?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:37:00 +0000

Flair or Fluff?

Every time I turn on my television, there seems to be a new face showcasing a newfound talent. Equally as often there tends to be some poor schmuck broadcasting his entire life to the county’s couch potatoes. The question then, is are our airwaves just being cluttered with crap or saturated with savvy personalities? Out to get the goods on the whole reality TV/talent show dramas, What’s On investigates…

Bordering on the edge of inanity, the number of these types of shows seems to grow daily. One of the stupidest ones I’ve come across most recently, is called Without Mandate which takes Ukrainian politicians and makes them live like ordinary people.

There are some, however, that really take you by surprise, and demonstrating how talented Ukraine really is, each television season that passes offers something we haven’t seen before. To find out just how incredible this phenomenon really is, we called up Ihor Kondratyuk, the man who first introduced talent shows to Ukraine, who then put me onto Oleksandr Bozhyk, the second season’s second prize winner of the country’s most popular talent show – Ukraine’s Got Talent. Rounding it all out, I thought I would try and get a hold of the producer for this show ever-growing in popularity, Halyna Pilyutikova. Incidentally, she also happens to be the producer for another talent show, X-Factor, which, despite the fact that it’s only half through its first season, has already hit the jackpot.

The Seeker

The first person I wanted to talk to about talent shows in general is Ihor Kondratyuk – creator, producer and jury member of a various number of talent shows. “Sometimes people call me the most experienced TV-talent finder in Ukraine,” Kondratyuk starts jokingly. But in fact, that assessment wouldn’t be such a stretch as it was he who took to the streets, actively looking for and broadcasting able-minded individuals over twelve years ago. His idea was something called Karaoke on Maidan and represented the very first talent show here in Ukraine. For those who have never heard these impressive (and sometimes not so impressive) ‘stars’ belting it out in the middle of main street every Sunday, it was a real coup to be chosen to sing in front of the entire country! His search to find some of the country’s hottest talent didn’t end there, however, and what would follow just a few years later was the television show Chance. The stakes were a little higher with this show as every winner from Karaoke on Maidan had the opportunity to appear on stage and really reach for stardom.

Sitting on the jury these days for two more such shows, X-Factor and Ukraine’s Got Talent, Kondratyuk says that the format and the substance have changed a lot since getting Ukraine onto the talent show circuit those twelve years ago. Now people are able to choose for themselves which show they want to be on and what they are going to showcase. For this reason, the producer’s role in deciding the jury is a very important one, and Kondratyuk says they need to work independently, not making any stupid mistakes. But he also says that it is sometimes easier said than done, because every now and then there are acts that appear that the jury just doesn’t know how to evaluate. “It can be hard,” he admits, “especially when we are dealing with genres that we have little experience in, such as Oriental dancing, for example. I remember one time I had to go home and watch clips from a few different movies just to be able to understand what was going on.”

While there are a lot of very talented people out there, there is a fair share of those who get on these shows who have not been as gifted, and Kondratyuk has a seemingly logical explanation as to why they even get through the front door. “We see a lot of people during the pre-cast, many of which would not necessarily be good enough to appear. Asking whether it’s just nerves that have affected their poor performance, the answer we often get is yes, so we go ahead and cast them. It serves as a good lesson to future participants, however: they should be sure of themselves before they make the commitment. But then it’s also a little comic relief for the audience as well.”

The Show

Producer of X-Factor and Ukraine’s Got Talent, both of which Ihor Kondratyuk sits and judges on, is Halyna Pilyutikova. Responsible for everything that happens from beginning to end, “We do the pre-casting, then choose the candidates for television, and even have a hand in costume decisions,” she says.

While it sounds fairly straight forward, in the case of X-Factor, for example, there have been up to 30,000 entries, out of which they are allowed to choose 100, so easy is somewhat relative here. While in the process of deciding on who stays and who goes, however, Pilyutikova says it’s very important to keep focused and not discard the ones that actually have talent. This sometimes is harder than it seems as there are so many entries that get sent to the station. But equally important is trying to predict how the audience is going to react to those you do choose. “Even though we really pay attention to all of our contestants, regardless of their backgrounds, it does sometimes happen that the audience reacts in a way that is totally unexpected. For example, a very modest performer that demonstrates his sincerity to the audience may well impress our viewers more than someone who belts out the perfect song but has ‘empty eyes’.”

Once the casting calls have been completed, all preparations have been made and the participants have hit the stage, the work of the producer eases a little, and it is at this point that the jury takes over. Pilyutikova says, “I actually feel sorry for the jury. They are always in front of the camera, sometimes working 12-hour days and often only get an hour break.”

With regard to X-Factor specifically, Pilyutikova says, “It is more than just a contest, it is a show, and sometimes it’s very hard to say ‘no’ to our participants. But, when you have some constructive criticism to offer with the no, sometimes it inspires them to work harder, and come back next time even stronger.”

The Talent

Having talked to those who scour for talent and those who say yes or no as to whether it makes the cut, it’s time the talent itself talked. Winner of last season’s Ukraine’s Got Talent was a girl by the name of Olena Kovtun. It was a close one, however, as runner up was a guy by the name of Oleksandr Bozhyk who impressed a huge number of people with his ability to play the fiddles – yes, that’s right, two fiddles, at the same time! In spite of playing professionally and often going abroad to play at international concerts, Bozhyk says that getting to play on Ukraine’s Got Talent was incredible! “I have played a lot of concerts before, but knowing that you are playing for an estimated 17 million people, this was really nerve-wracking!”

In contrast to the various reasons people want to get on these shows, Bozhyk came with only one wish – to get to the top. While he didn’t take home the grand prize, he did come away with a better understanding about what it is these shows are able to do, and breaking his contract with a foreign company to come back to perform on Ukraine’s Got Talent once he heard that he was in the top 50, he says, “The winner needs to have an extraordinary, charismatic personality. They need to be fanatic about what they do.” In addition to leaving a good job as well as play two fiddles at once – something he’d never done before – it certainly seemed that Oleksandr Bozhyk could have been that person. “Having made it through the various rounds, I suggested that playing two fiddles at once might be something my next act could include. Theoretically I knew how to do it, and since the producers were very excited about it, I had to become accomplished at it very quickly! The next time I come out I’ll be playing three!”

With so many individuals displaying their diverse range of talent, there is a lot of fluff out there. But in amongst it all, the number of people with genuine gifts are high as well, and without such shows, perhaps they’d never get their shot. It’s made people like Oleksandr Bozhyk a star, and who knows? You could be next!

Russian Top 11

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:34:00 +0000

Russian Top 11

1 Guf Ice Baby
2 Нюша Не перебивай
3 Noize MC Мизантроп-рэп
4 Тимати Сколько стоит любовь
5 Вера Брежнева Любовь спасет мир
6 Артур Пирожков Пэрэдайс
7 Градусы Кто ты?
8 5ivesta Family Зачем
9 Юлия Савичева Москва-Владивосток
10 Дантес и Олейник Мне уже 20
11 Бумбокс Летний дождь

Talking the City With Singer Kamaliya

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 11:59:00 +0000

Kamaliya is the blonde pop singer who also won the Mrs. World pageant in 2008. She’s a household name in Ukraine, and for a while there her video was in constant heavy rotation on that big video screen above the intersection, across the street from the Arena complex. (Whether her presence up there caused a higher incidence of traffic accidents, we can’t say.) She’s also a woman of substance, and we caught up with her to talk about the city she lives in.

Kamaliya, what place do you like best in Kyiv?
I like Pechersk, especially the Pechersk Lavra. It’s a wonderful and amazing place. I also like Koncha Zaspa, because of the natural atmosphere out there. Those are the most interesting parts of Kyiv as far as I’m concerned. And there are so many places to hang out in here. You can visit restaurants, nightclubs, theatres and lots of other good places you can think of. I’ve always lived in Kyiv. My family and a whole lot of my friends live here, and whenever I leave Kyiv I feel like something good has been snatched away from me, so I’m always in a hurry to come back. I definitely can’t stay away for too long.

Having travelled a lot, how would you compare Kyiv to other capitals?
Well, all the capitals I’ve been to are really beautiful in their own way. But when you compare Kyiv with them, you see that Kyiv is really an exception, it stands out among state capitals. Kyiv’s an ancient city that’s been around for centuries, with beautiful landscapes and surrounded by the smooth-flowing Dnipro. It’s a city with a nice aura. In the summer it’s always warm and there’s a mixture of people from all parts of the globe. The people who live here are very sensual. It’s a historic city, going back to the days of the Kyiv Rus.

How did it feel to win the Mrs. World pageant?
I feel great. I feel like I scored another point in my life. My view of the situation is that hard work and success go together. I really put in a lot of time practicing before the contest. I’ve won a lot of beauty contests, but Mrs. World isn’t something you can come and grab easily, because you’re not the only one participating. When the final result was announced, and I was declared the winner, I couldn’t believe it. It was like a daydream. I was motionless, dumbfounded, totally confused. Then, when they announced it the second time, I realised it was for real. I leaped for joy and was shedding tears. Since winning, my life has changed tremendously. My work schedule has changed, I have too many responsibilities, I don’t even have time for myself, people all over the globe are trying to reach out to me, my music is still out there waiting for me, there’s my family, my film work and so on. Winning has doubled my activity level.

What are your plans for the future?
I want to stay the course. I’m a musician, I’m working seriously on my new album, which will come out this year. Also, singing at various concerts and travelling any time there are Mrs. World contests anywhere in the world. And I’ll also take care of less privileged kids by supporting fundraising organisations. My passion in life is children, I want the children around me to be happy and I want to give them my best, at all times. I believe that happiness is the basis of human existence.

Feel the Breeze

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 21:16:00 +0000

Feel the Breeze

El Viento de Flamenco (dance, vocal, musical performance), House of Actors (Yaroslaviv Val 7), 11 December at 19.00
The Wind of Flamenco is a new programme of what organiser Eugene Sedko calls flamenco puro – traditionally executed grace, style and charisma. A Spanish culture fanatic, Sedko and his guitar will whisk you away to the lands of Catalonia, and along with the movements of Elena Pryatkina, the vocals of Lilia Fernandez and Vitaliy Kostenko, and the percussive rhythms of Oleh Gogol, the invitation to visit a territory of emotion is yours.

HO HO HO
Christmas Kino, Master Klass Cultural Centre (Ivana Mazepy 34), Every Thursday for the month of December at 19.00

Polish Top 20

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 12:18:00 +0000

HurtsWonderful Life

Junior CalderaA Little Bit More

Lena Meyer-LandrutSatellite

C-BoolBody&Soul

Adam LambertIf I Had You

Dj MegOnly You

EminemLove The Way You Lie

Tinie TempahWritten In The Stars

Enrique IglesiasHeartbeat

Sabrina WashingtonOMG

SafuraDrip Drop

3RShine On

MohombiBumpy Ride

Afrojack Take Over Control

Tim BergSeek Bromance

Cee LogreenFxxk You

One RepublicMarching On

B.o.B Airplanes

InnaSun Is Up

TraviBillionaire

A New Face on Ukraine’s Pop Scene

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:33:00 +0000

While there may be no incredibly high pitches or remarkably low tones coming out of this new popster, it’s always nice to be able to experience something a little different when it comes to the world of show business; especially when that difference happens to be an honest depiction of who the person actually is. Because while many of her counterparts may be pretending that they are big African-American gangsta rappas (almost like Ali G), this new Ukrainian singer actually does have African roots. I was lucky enough to get the chance to sit down with her and let the newest face in Ukrainian Pop, Jacklin, tell us all about her career, the men she likes and her first erotic photo session.
Jacklin and I decide to do the interview in one of those fashionable cafes downtown and when I arrive I notice her immediately: a tall, slender, dark-skinned beauty in a figure-hugging black dress that has white fur all over it. I take a seat and settle down, eager to know about her origins.

Dark Roots
“I was born and raised in Kyiv, to a Ukrainian mother and an African father who both still live and work here. It’s my dad who’s given me my extraordinary look and I have to say that I’m quite thankful to him!” Jacki (the name her family and friends usually call her) tells me while sipping coffee. She’s not the only child in the family with this unusual appearance, however, and not mentioning any numbers, says she has an older sister. Jacklin goes on to talk about her life growing up and the differences she sees between herself and her sister now; pausing for just a moment, as we laugh at a few brawny gentlemen from the next table who can’t seem to take their eyes off her – she is very eye-catching! “It hasn’t always been this way,” is what she tells me, however. “When I was a child, the situation was quite different. Kids don’t often think about what they say and I often had unpleasant remarks come my way about where I am from. Even so, my father was always there to support me and settle any sort of conflict before it would escalate.”

The Colour of Fame
With a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the Kyiv KROK University, this girl has got the brains to go into the professional business world, but for some reason, has chosen a different path. It makes me wonder why and so I ask Jacki about inspiration and where she gets hers. Looking at her, the answer comes as no surprise: “Beyonce. I absolutely adore and admire her, and could add every expletive there is to tell you what I think about her. She’s just so cool...! I think she’s gained her popularity working herself into the ground, like only men can do. And while I’d like to reach the level of success she’s got, I don’t want to be her replica,’ Jacklin says.
Unfortunately, Jacki missed Beyonce’s performance in Donetsk due to her own birthday the day of the concert and I get to thinking about whether this beauty sitting in front of me realises what the local show biz really needs..? She assures me she does and says, I think it lacks the show, with cool dances and eye-catching outfits. But my origins give me some advantages because I think that people who have backgrounds such as mine can be more persistent and relentless in attaining their goals. And this is exactly what sets me apart from my Ukrainian counterparts.”
Gaitana is another Ukrainian pop star with similar sorts of roots. She has got an incredibly strong voice which has already found her a place in the entertainment industry and so taking into account the way both these girls look, I consider that these two could have been fierce competitors. But Jacklin just laughs and says, “I don’t see her as a competitor, she’s a friend! We first became acquainted on the M1 channel – I remember that she was so surprised to see a blonde mulatto!” But Jacklin says that all of the African community is like that in Kyiv, “Everyone is so friendly. Even if we don’t know each other, we say hello.”

The Real Deal
Jacklin first showed up on Ukrainian television screens with her first song sung in Russian called, Buy Me Love. It was a nice light song with pop and hip hop rhythms featuring words like, “My dear baby-boy, please buy me love, the kind I want. I’m an expensive play-girl, but I won’t get any lovin’ while I’m with you…” And keeping those words in mind, I am curious whether the song is autobiographical or whether it’s just a tribute to the daily trends. Jacklin thinks for a moment and says, “Well, I’d say it’s both.” And after a quick look at Anna, her PR director, adds, “Maybe a little closer to the second sense.”
I know now that she’ll be waiting for the question she usually gets asked right away by journalists, which has to do with her private life, and more specifically her current boyfriend. But I’m not so nave as to ask a question I know she’ll ignore; nor am I so nave to believe that she hasn’t got anybody at all, and so I come up with Plan B: What kind of a man do you like, is what I want to know. And the answer I get is, “Tall. Somebody who stands out in a crowd,” and we all just burst into hysterics. After a short time, Jacki turns serious and says, “He needn’t be big and tall, but he must be definitive, with a strong and persistent personality; so that he won’t be afraid of approaching me at a party.”

Continuing the Gab
In addition to the song mentioned above, Jacklin has another popular song, these days especially, by the name of, Novorichna, which means New Year’s. She sang it in Ukrainian and says, “Even though I don’t really speak the language, I do understand it. My father, however, whose native language is Bambara (the language of one of the former French colonies in Africa – author) speaks Russian, French, English and German. Unfortunately, I only know how to say Hello and Buy in Bambara,” says the Russian-speaking Jacklin.
At the moment, she has little time to put effort into such things, as this Ukrainian-African beauty has been putting all of her energies into pursuing the life of singer. Once the grand socialite at big parties, now Jacklin is busy with dance classes, vocal lessons and filming videos and I wonder if she has any time to herself anymore to do the things she enjoys, like reading, for example. She nods and says, “The last book I read was written by Ernest Hemingway; something starting with ‘H’.”
From books we go to shopping about which Jacki says, “I’m a big fan of eye-catching clothes. Whenever I get myself ready for a big party, I try to make sure I wear things to get me noticed. In fact I think I’m a real fashion addict as I’m typically ready to spend more money than I earn on clothes!”
Even though she might be a fan of them, photographers seem to like her better without them, or at least less of them, as you can see on the recent cover of the men’s magazine, Loaded. “I took a bunch of my lingerie to try a few different things for this shoot. The pictures from which my father was actually afraid to look at once he found out about it. But when he finally saw them, he was okay with it and relieved that I was dressed in at least something!” remembers Jacki.
We would probably talk more but her tight schedule means that we have to wrap up. She’s on her way to film her upcoming video where she tells me six different looks are promised. As she puts on her white fox fur coat, she flies away with her bodyguard shadowing her every movement. Perhaps it’s not so easy to stand out in a crowd after all.

Dressed in Music

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:40:00 +0000

The first things many foreigners think about whenever they hear the word Ukraine often include Chornobyl, the colour orange, the Klichko brothers, Shevchenko (which one depends on your preferences) Ukrainkas, vodka... Here at What’s On, however, we think that list is going to continue to grow and grow quickly. What is it going to include? Well The Maneken, of course.
The Maneken is actually 26-year old Eugene Filatov from Ukraine who is big into music. He’s sold a number of his records already in Europe and Japan and so he’s definitely a name to watch out for. Having met in his recording studio one day, down around Podil, he is very forthright and offers everything off the cuff.

“The Maneken represents a variety of musical incarnations,” Zhenya says, getting warmed up. “I’m keen on good music, regardless of its genre or style and so I don’t mind being called a producer, a DJ, a musician, or a performer. But at the end of the day, what I want people to know is that I’m really into sound production and music of good quality. It’s like fashion,where, when you’re sad, you wear blues; when you’re in high spirits, you wear funk or jazz. Being The Maneken means that I can constantly change my clothes according to my preferences at that moment.”

Stitching up Sound
While he does switch between this genre and that, as a musical entity, he’s known best for his exquisite electro. His chart-toppers, These Lines, and, Sunbeam Girl, have also given The Maneken leverage, often keeping him on the lips of a number of clubbers. But what many Ukrainians won’t know is that they will have heard his work before without even really knowing it, as he has been readily involved in the sound production of many of our pop stars like Ani Lorak, Svetlana Loboda, Tina Karol and Gaitana. “I’m quite proud of a couple of Gaitana songs,” he offers. “And Jamala. I’m really pumped about the stuff we’re working on with her right now. There are four or five songs already written for her first pop album which has got superb vocal and sound quality. She’s talented and has got amazing pitch, so as a producer I’m super excited to do what I can for her.”
Jamala is a little bit different from the average girl behind the mic and with Soviet pop (granted wrapped up a little differently) still a big seller these days, there has to be a little trepidation there, at least in the financial aspect of it all. “I think she’ll be popular,” he says, however, “And financially successful. Because sooner or later Ukrainians are going to get bored of the same old music they’ve been listening to for decades.”

His Own Threads
About a year ago, The Maneken released his first album, First Look, with the French label Somekind Music. Finding him online through his MySpace site, this Virgin Records affiliate offered The Maneken something he couldn’t refuse and so the record deal was made, making him a name all over Europe and Japan. Using the Ukrainian recording studio, Lavina Music, it didn’t take long before the disc was all over Russia as well, its release presented on 28 May 2009 – Filatov’s birthday.
Including something he calls an i.m. table in his work, Zhenya says, “It’s like a computer that generates sound, but without a monitor, disc drive or keyboard. In the studio I do what is called sampling, assigning certain sounds to come together that play as one when I’m in the club. This phenomenon is unprecedented as of yet in Ukraine,” he says and goes on to explain the 3Dvideo with motion capture technology he also uses when he’s working. This technology is more or less the same as what was used in Lord of the Rings, “Where every movement is tracked in a 360 degree range. The 8-12 cameras that may be working at any given point pick up the infrared transducers that come from every single one of our bodys’ joints and from that, the computer puts together a dancing model of sticks that moves just like I do. Putting the finishing touches on these ‘sticks’, what we get are dancing robots; which is exactly what you see in my video!”

Staying Put
Using this technology as part of an exhibit last year at Moscow’s annual millionaire’s fair, Zhenya says, “This fair was an amazing experience and things I’ve never seen before like bicycles with speed-regulated wheels, some of the most luxurious cars Dubai produces, and a 700,000euro piano made of seashells were just some of the other things on show.” He even had a few oligarchs interested in this i.m. table device, a couple of them joking with him that they’d buy it if it were pink! So give him another few years and it’s quite possible that The Maneken is truly going to rock Ukraine’s technological world. Something, in fact, he must sense because having been distributed and touring the States, hooking up with Jamiroquai while there, and contracting 10 different gigs in Italy recently, he is already living the life of luxury.
Still, regardless of his cosmopolitan views on music and life in general, he has never thought of leaving Ukraine. “I realise that overseas there are plenty of good musicians, producers and songwriters; all of them more than appreciated because they are locals. But I’m appreciated here in Ukraine and it is this country that makes me popular both here and overseas. And I’m grateful for that.”

The Last of the Defectors

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:44:00 +0000

London’s Golden Girl

The international radio hit, The Selector, is being launched in Kyiv at the beginning of next week. Hosted by one of Britain’s favourite DJs, Miss Goldierocks, it should be good. The girl will be coming to the capital, and throwing a bash in Heaven to kick it off on 13 November. What’s On hooked up with the adventurous girl in between flights from the Philippines for a quick but consonant chat.

Jumping into her music career first as a journalist, Samantha Hall wrote monthly columns for a number of British music magazines. Deciding that writing wasn’t enough, she tried her had at DJing and was immediately picked up by Aaron Audio. Transformed over night into DJ Goldierocks, she become known everywhere in London for her energy, her wild parties and her crazy aftershows. It has been her radio programme, The Selector, however, that has brought her international status, and broadcast in 23 countries to more than two million people, this girl is young, talented and crazy about music!

Identified as one of the most well-known London DJs around, tell us how your passion for music got started?
Sneaking off to dance hall sound-system parties in Jamaica when I was a young teen, I become totally addicted to that unique feeling of heavy bass vibrating through your back bone.

How did you decide to link you life with music?
I studied theatre at Goldsmiths College but always loved music so it just felt natural to join the two together. Eddy Temple Morris was a major influence on me way back at the start and continues to be today. He did a great mix for The Selector a few weeks back.

What is The Selector and how did you come up with the idea?
The Selector has been on the airwaves since 2001! But I took over presenting duties in the summer of 2009. The idea came from the London’s British Council as a good way to promote new and exciting music from the streets and clubs of Britain to a vast international audience.

What is it that makes the show so popular in the countries you air?
We pick up all the best new stuff straight away and put it on the show – it’s really eclectic! And Britain has a great reputation around the world for music.

Your professional activities are very diverse, and include music journalism, TV production, DJing – do you have a favourite among them?
They are all different and important to me, but the thing that links them together is the music. With that, one of the most thrilling things about DJing is helping people to escape and have a great time.

How would you describe European nightlife culture?
It’s a real melting pot where there is something for everyone.

You travel a lot. What’s the first thing you like to do when you get someplace new?
Presenting The Selector for the British Council has given me some amazing travel opportunities, Ukraine being one of them. I love to try the food and I always take a few bottles of the local booze back with me to the UK. Also, it’s great to see what different music makes people tick around the world. I heard that the club scene in Kyiv is amazing so looking forward to experiencing that.

You’ll be performing alongside Oleh Skrypka here in Kyiv. Do you know each other very well?
I’ve been touring the Philippines so I haven’t met him yet. But we are interviewing him on The Selector this week and I’m very much looking forward to meeting him.

Your life seems very busy – how do you manage to cope with everything?
I have a great team of people around me and I drink chai! For seven months of the year I have this crazy party existence but when I’m home I like to do nothing more than cook, garden and yoga.

What do you see as your biggest professional goal?
To still be doing all of this when I’m 50

Dan Balan - Justify Sex

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:55:00 +0000

Dan Balan achieved worldwide success in the mid-noughties as the front man of the hugely successful Euro pop act, O-Zone. Now his solo career is set to explode in the same way with the release of his new single ‘Chica Bomb’ on hit-making label, All Around The World. Featuring slick production, sexy electro grooves, huge hooks and a video that is raising the temperature, ‘Chica Bomb’ is shaping up to be a huge summer hit!

Dan Balan is no stranger to success. He wrote and produced all the O-Zone hits, including the hit single ‘Dragostea Din Tei’. This song alone reached no. 1 in 32 countries, including no.3 in the UK, selling 12 million copies worldwide. It was the best-selling single in Europe in 2005 and remained at no.1 in The USA for six weeks! After O-Zone, Dan decided to take a change in musical direction, delivering a fresh take on pop and merging it with a contemporary European electro-dance sound.

Here is his new Single, "Justify Sex"

Russian Top 10

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:54:00 +0000

1 Каста Закрытый космос
2 Dj Leonid Rudenko Ft. Max Fredrikson Goodbye (Beautiful eyes)
3 Guf Было давно
4 Сати Казанова Семь восьмых
5 Дио.Фильмы (Дантес&Олейник) Рингтон
6 Потап и Вера Брежнева Пронто
7 Градусы Я больше никогда
8 Дискотека Авария Звезда
9 Quest Pistols Революция
10 5ivesta Family На расстоянии звонка

ДиОфильмы - Рингтон / Diofilmy - Ringtone

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:15:00 +0000

"ДиО.фильмы" have opened the secret

Young singers have decided to tell, why have changed the name. And the most important thing – as it is deciphered. And still, who all the same has suggested an idea to them to change so popular name.

"Дантес&Олейник", having visited Hong Kong on shootings of a new clip to a song of "Rington", have wanted to replace the name. After all the present rock group should have loud, and the most important thing - clear all the name. Here from here and the main reason of changes is an advancement of group on the international market. Children searched some months for a suitable variant of the name for the collective. But it has appeared not too simply. But Boris Bronstein's loaded word became solving.

- We have understood that our name is not universal, being in Hong Kong. When local children have asked, as our group is called to find in YouTube, they could not reproduce the name "Дантес&Олейник". Then we have realised that we need a name, clear to people in the different countries, - have told Dantes and Olejnik.

Let's notice that in the new name "DiO.filmy" the abbreviation from the main letters of surnames is beaten. And here the word "films", means that children tell the most personal stories for the hot admirers.

Russian and Ukrainian

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:19:00 +0000

Russian Top 10

1 Guf Было давно
2 Дискотека Авария Звезда
3 Потап и Вера Брежнева Пронто
4 Инфинити Когда уйдешь
5 Дио.Фильмы (Дантес&Олейник) Рингтон
6 Dj Leonid Rudenko Ft. Max Fredrikson Goodbye (Beautiful eyes)
7 Сати Казанова Семь восьмых
8 Каста Закрытый космос
9 Shahzoda Люблю тебя

10 Quest Pistols Революция

Ukrainian Top 11

1 ВИА ГРА: День без тебя

2 5iveSta Family: На расстоянии звонка

3 ДиО.фильмы: Рингтон

4 Потап и Вера Брежнева: Пронто

5 Гайтана: Только сегодня

6 Винтаж: Рома

7 LOBODA: Революция

8 А.Р.М.И.Я. и Вера Варламова: Алло - алло

9 Гиллер-А: Эксперимент

10 Валерий Меладзе: Небеса

11 Юлия Ковальчук: Прямо в сердце

Пара нормальных - История Любви

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:26:00 +0000

The group «Pair Normal» has appeared on a card of the Ukrainian show business in 2007, and from the very beginning the harmonious interlacing of contrasts was a secret of their success. For a long time it is known that one head – it is good, and two – it is much better. Therefore in group two soloists, the man and the woman, инь and янь, Anna Dobrydneva and Artem Fur. The same principle have applied and to music because one musical style it is excellent, and the masterly mix of genres is a success! Them поп-фанк-рок-стёб-панк-соул-рэггиstyle has won a place in a fit of temper, playlists and charts of all CIS, at once having begun to sound in fashionable clubs, grocery booths, динамиках expensive cars and in school discos. Their each new single unconditionally became the present hit: «Happy End», "Scandal", "Come back", "Rise", «Hey Bejba!» Also "do not depart".

Participants of group – very different, but at them it is a lot of and the general: youth and charisma, talent and a drive, love to music and taste to life. Аня and Artem – two halves perfect creative whole, ideal "Pair".

Anna Dobrydneva. By training – the chorus master, on calling – a rock star. Worked as a part of group thoughts-metals “Mournful gust”, nju-metal of commands "Camp" and "Karna", was the regent of church chorus, acted with the program fire-show. The winner of choral and largest rock festivals, competitions of the academic vocal and piano music. Was the leader of the project of a network «Trump Card» «More close to Stars – Klipomanija». "Contraband" Took part in shootings of videoclips of groups "Антитіла". Loves football, cinema, snails, power training apparatus, extreme travel. Listens to progressive metal, pank fate, rap barks, nju-metal, emo-fate, a trash-metal, post-fate. Reads Nabokov, Dostoevsky, Bulgakov, Chaka Palanika, Milorada Pavic.

Артем Fur. The career of Artema has begun early – with music school on a class of a piano and children's ensemble of dance of "Kapitoshka". Then there were competitions, dancing festivals, concerts and, at last, a vocal debut at opening of children's competition «Mini of Ms. – Mini Mr. Chaplinka 2003» from songs «Two stars». Ever since Artem knows that singing – its basic talent. After the termination of the Kiev Institute of music of R.M.Gliera, Artem the Fur has passed a casting and there was one of 16 participants of teleshow «a Factory of stars 3» Konstantin Meladze was which producer. The star House of "Factory" of Artem left straight in the big show business: popularity, work with professionals of the musical industry, performance on the air and всеукраинский round «Factory the Superending» in which course has taken place about 150 concerts, on which Artemu it was possible not only to sing songs, but also to work as the leader.

GROUP HISTORY

Each group hopes for the happy end for the musical project, but at «Pair Normal» all only began with a happy end. They have woken up rather well-known after a single «Happy End» which in a current of month did not descend from 1st place of charts "Sheremetyevo-Borispol" on «Gala Radio», 2 weeks has held on in ten the best hits on Love-radio, more than 4 months were in hot rotation in «radio Russian» on call-back listeners and one month did not leave the best 20-ku songs «М20» on TV channel "М1".

«I will think up a debut album of group Happy End» left on October, 4th, 2008. For a year of creativity of a song «Pair Normal» left on 15 collections in all CIS countries, the general circulation more than 500 thousand disks. The second album «Scandal during advertising» has appeared in April, 2010. It was The Best insurgents from the concert program of group of Steam Normal which by this time already have fulfilled more than 300 concerts.

Since 2007 «the Pair Normal» co-operates with the producer centre «Catapult Music». The group co-operated with studios «Fuck Submarine», «Empire the Label», «Foxx Studio», Maxim Kudryavtsev's studio and others.

«The pair Normal» on 29 cities of Ukraine has passed the first round in the beginning of 2009, the total of visitors at concerts has exceeded 20 thousand persons.

The group became opening at festivals «Tavrijsky Games – 2008» and «the Black Sea Games 2008» where has been noted by the diploma. In the end of April, 2009 the Ukrainian group «the Pair Normal» has successfully passed «test by fight» for final selection of the international competition «the New wave – 2009» in Moscow, whence children have returned with a prize from MUZ TV – their clip on a song «Happy End» has received 100 rotation of the Russian TV channel. Since then songs «Pair Normal» sound on radio to Russia, and their clips – ротируются on the Russian TV.

Group songs became soundtracks to teleserials "were" and «Force of the Attraction» to company "Амедиа" (the New channel, 1+1). The collective has visited on rating television projects of Ukraine – Ukrainian «to Factory of stars 2», "the Sea knee-deep", "the blood Analysis", "Intuition", have sung «Happy End» on New Year's show "Kvartala-95".

Since in the summer of 2010 the former soloist «Pair Normal» Ivan Dorn has decided to go to solo swimming on waves of the Ukrainian show business, Artem Fur – the young both talented singer and the author of the songs, one of "graduates" of teleshow «Factory of stars 3» became pair Ane Dobrydnevoj.

Now «the Pair Normal» in new structure works over rewriting of the repertoire with the new soloist, therefore soon favourite hits of group will receive a rebirth and fresh sounding. Work on the first joint single of Ani and Artema recently has ended: the track "Love story" already left on the second album of group and and there was no "insurgent", but now a destiny of a song on which even have removed a clip, promises to develop much more successfully. On shootings of video "Love story" much that has occurred for the first time: the first musical video of new structure «Pair Normal», the clip of Artema of Fur first in life, for the first time in history groups have selected mass meeting among fans «Pair Normal», having spent a casting on the Internet. The roller leaves on screens in the autumn 2010 and becomes the beginning of a new stage in group creativity.

«The pair Normal» begins with the beginning of 2010 actively ротироваться on TV channels and radio stations of the CIS countries. Now group songs people from America already know, Finland, Israel, Russia, Belarussii, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan,

Jovana Nikolic - MOLI, MOLI

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 13:32:00 +0000

She sang in the choir of hummingbirds, and were winning in various competitions. She graduated from music school Slavenski. After high school is umisala acting, but after only a few months and enrolled in law whose apsolvent.Dovodjena today in connection with Marko Miskovic as the cameras of Papraca them together and announced that she is his new girlfriend. Participated in qualifying for the Eurovision Song Contest and numerous festivals. She gained popularity after the duo with a group of flamingos, and this year he released a single as the announcement of the album "Take a deep breath."

Юлии Ковальчук - Прямо в сердце - Pryamo v serdce

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 12:21:00 +0000

Юлии Ковальчук - Прямо в сердце - Pryamo v serdce

Clip shootings on a new song "Directly in heart" which have passed in the end of July in Riga, are finished. Video installation has at the moment begun.

Let's remind that music to a song was written by Alexey Chumakov, and words Konstantin Arsenev.

Alexey Golubev became the director of new video of Kovalchuk.

Let's notice that the idea of video belongs to the singer, and will differ from Julia's previous clips.

Plot of a clip enough simple and not the intricate: Julia suspects the young man of change. And when finds it in a hotel room in the company of the nice brunette, shoots it directly in heart. During shootings of Kovalchuk it was necessary to make about 6 shots of a gas pistol. However, nobody has suffered - on shootings there was specially invited pyrotechnics, a having long-term experience of work at cinema.

Julia Kovalchuk

"To shoot, to tell the truth, it was heavy. I when had not control over a pistol. Besides was afraid to wound the actor. But as a result it was pleasant to me, and I think of descending to do some shooting in a dash in Moscow", - Kovalchuk has shared the impressions with "a music Card".

The singer as has added that shootings have passed perfectly, we have realised everything that have conceived.

The premiere of a clip is planned for the end of August, and already in an early autumn the release of a début album of Kovalchuk should take place.

Каста - Закрытый космос / Kasta - zakritij kosmos

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:22:00 +0000

Kasta








Members
Vladi (Russian: Влади) Shym (Шым) Hamil (Хамиль) (since 1999) Zmey (Змей) (since 2005)

Kasta (Russian: Каста, Russian for caste) is Russian rap band from Rostov-on-Don. Group is led by MC and beatmaker Vladi. Other members include MC's Shim, Hamil and Zmei, as well as DJ Hobot. Although Kasta is notably influenced by New York rap tradition, especially Wu-Tang Clan, they have always written in Russian.

History

Vladi, Shim and Hamil met rap music at a very young age. Vladi created his first song when he was just 13 years old. In 1995 he and his friend Tidan (Тидан) made a group Psycho-lyric (Russian: Психолирик). One year after that Shim connected to Psycho-lyric. In 1997 Psycho-lyric and other rappers from Rostov made a group with name Kasta, which was successor of Psycho-lyric. After that Tidan left the group. In 1999 Hamil connected to Kasta, then Kasta created a group Объединенная Каста (Ob'iedenionnaia Kasta) which means United Kasta, they did this because there were too many members in Kasta. Their first show was in Rostov's famous rap club Duncan and Comanchero.

Formation

Vladi (Влади) — Лешкевич Владислав Валерьевич (Leshkevich Vladislav Valer'ievich). Born 17 December 1978 in Rostov-on-Don.
Shim (Шым) — Епифанов Михаил Олегович (Epifanov Mikhail Olegovich. Born 25 January 1979 in Rostov-on-Don.
Hamil (Хамиль) — Пасечный Андрей Леонидович (Pacechnyi Andrei Leonidovich. Born 19 October 1979 in Rostov-on-Don.
Zmei (Змей) — Антон Мишенин (Anton Mishenin). Born 21 January 1982 in Rostov-on-Don. In 2005, he left group "Grani" after release volume "Kipesh" and connected to Kasta.

Members of "Объединенная Каста" (Ob'iedenionnaia Kasta / United Kasta)

Каста(Kasta / Caste)

Влади (Vladi)
Шым (Shim)
Хамиль (Hamil)
Змей (Zmey)

Западный Сектор (Zapadnyi Sektor / West Sector)

Кактус (Kaktus)
Дигер (Diger)
Майор (Maior)

Грани (Grani / Facets)

Тигра (Tigra)
Тёмный (Tiomnyi)

Бледнолицые Нигга'дяи (Bliednolitsyie Niggadiai / Pale-faced Rascals)

Панама (Panama)
Кальян (Kalian)
Ситар (Sitar)

Песочные Люди (Pesochnyie Liudi / Sand Men)

Джин (Jin)
Псих (Сайк) (Psikh - Saik)
Дас (Митяй) (Das - Mitiai)
Жара (Zhara)

Discography

Объединенная Каста (United Kasta)

В Полном Действии ("V Polnom Deistviee" / "In full force") /Видеосервис/ - 2000

Kasta (Albums)

Первый Удар ("Pervyi Udar" / "First strike") /Ростов-на-Дону/ - 1997

Трехмерные Рифмы ("Trekhmernye Rifmy" / "Three-Rhyme") /Ростов-на-Дону/ - 1999

Громче Воды, Выше Травы ("Gromche Vody, Vyshe Travy" / "Loudest Water, Above Herbs") /Respect Production/ - 2002

Трехмерные Рифмы. Переиздание ("Trekhmernye Rifmy. Pereizdanie" / "Three-Rhyme. Refill") /Respect Production/ - 2003

Быль В Глаза ("Byl' V Glaza" / "True story in the eyes") /Respect Production/ - 2008

Быль В Глаза ("Byl' V Glaza. Pereizdanie" / "True story in the eyes. Refill") /Respect Production/ - 2009

Solo

Влади (Vladi) - Что Нам Делать В Греции? (Chto Nam Delat' V Greciee?" / "What do we do in Greece?") /Respect Production/ - 2002

Хамиль (Hamil) - Феникс ("Phenix" / "Phoenix") /Respect Production/ - 2004

Хамиль и Змей (Hamil & Zmey) - ХЗ ("HZ") /Respect Production/ - 2010

Singles

На Порядок Выше ("Na Poryadok Vyshe" / "Order of magnitude higher") (Single) /Respect Production/ - 2001

Горячее Время ("Goryachee Vremya" / "Hectic time") (Single) /Respect Production/ - 2002

По-Приколу ("Po-Prikolu" / "In-jokes") (Maxi-Single) /Respect Production/ - 2006

Music videos

Мы Берём Это На Улицах ("Mi Berem Eto Na Ulitsakh" / "We got it from the streets") (2000)

На Порядок Выше ("Na Poryadok Vyshe" / "On a higher level") (2001)

Про Макса ("Pro Maxa" / "About Max") (2002)

Горячее Время ("Goryachee Vremya" / "Hectic time") (OST Антикиллер (Antikiller)) (2002)

Ревность ("Revnost'" / "Jealousy") (Влади/Vladi) (2003)

Наши Люди ("Nashi Lyudi" / "Our People") (Live at "Наши Люди '03") (2003)

Сестра ("Sestra" / "Sister") (2005)

Черви Ненависти ("Chervi Nenavisti" / "Hearts of Hate") (feat. Песочные Люди (Sand Men)) (2005)

Капсулы Скорости ("Kapsuly Skorosti" / "Capsules rates") (2006)

Глупо, Но Класс ("Glupo, No Class" / "Stupid, But Cool") (feat. Gustavo) (2007)

Встреча ("Vstrecha" / "Meeting") (2008)

Радиосигналы ("Radiosignaly" / "Radio signals") (2008)

Вокруг Шум ("Vokrug Shum" / "Noise around us") (2009)

Номерок ("Nomerok" / "Check") (feat. Крестная Семья (Godmother Family)) (2009)

Можно Всё ("Mozhno Vsyo" / "Everything's allowed") (Vladi feat. Animal Jazz) (2009)

Встретимся У Холодильника ("Vstretimsya U Holodil'nika" / "Meet at the Refrigerator") (DJ Hobot, Hamil, Iskra) (2009)

Закрытый Космос ("Zakrytyi Kosmos" / "Private Space") (Hamil) (2010)

Метла ("Metla" / "Broom") (Hamil & Zmey) (2010)

Это Прёт ("Eto Pryot" / "It shakes") (Hamil & Zmey) (2010)

Awards

Grand Prix "Rap Music 99"
Russian Music Awards 2004 MTV - Best hip-hop, rap project.
Muz-TV Awards 2006 - Best hip-hop, rap project.
RAMP 2009 - Urbana.
Russian Street Awards 2010 - Best Acoustic ("Vokrug Shum" / "Around Noise")

Interesting facts

There are more than 20 people in Объединенная Каста(United Kasta)
Initially, the band they called Fu-Blood-Kasta, which is essentially a "rubber stamp" with the name of hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan, but in connection with the harmonies of English «Fu-Blood» from the Russian "Фу, Бл*дь" ("Fie, hooker"), was decided to name just a group Kasta
2 tracks the group, namely the "Duplicator" and "Hot Time" became the soundtrack for "Antikiller".
Track "Capsules speed" became the soundtrack to the game "Lada Racing Club".
For Michael "Shym" Epifanov entrenched pseudonym Valery Shymanovsky who invented a journalist, based on photos or alias actor.

Таня - Радио Гагага / Radio GaGaGa

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:37:00 +0000

Singer Tanya (Tereshina) was born May 3, 1979 in Budapest (Hungary). Her father was military, he served in many areas of Russia and Ukraine and Poland, and little Tanya childhood spent traveling. This left a significant imprint on its multi-faceted personality. As a child Tanya loved everything that was associated with creativity and art, practiced in the art, music and ballet schools, as well as acted in the children's ensemble as a soloist.

When she was 13 years old, the family finally established itself in Smolensk. There Tanya graduated from the school, then - Faculty of Painting Smolensky Institute of Arts. And after that went to conquer Moscow.

A beautiful charismatic young girl immediately noticed and hired a modeling agency 'Modus Vivendis', and then in the agencies 'Point' and 'Fashion'. As a model Tanya has participated in fashion shows and photo shoot around the world. Career model of its fully staged, but Tanya once accidentally casting the group Hi-Fi. She did not connect with him no hope, but when she learned that passed, scared she would not be ready to participate in this popular, actively touring team. Doubts plagued Tania to the exit on the scene.

. Her first performance in the Hi-Fi was held on February 13, 2003, and over the next two years, Tanya, along with Mitya Fomin and Timothy Pronkin toured dozens of cities in Russia and acted in more than five hundred concerts
. It was not only a tremendous experience touring life, but also has become a determinant for Tanya in the choice of profession - she realized that without the scenes exist no longer.

His work in the group Tanya remembers with great pleasure. 'Mitya - my best friend, I just adore it, - says the singer. - We are cooperating well on stage and in life. I think our friendship over time may again lead to some creative cooperation '.

Of course, in the group and had nothing to think about some own implementation, and, when Tanya came proposals for a solo career, she decided to leave the Hi-Fi. 'There was some scandal connected with my departure, - said Tanya - but I'm glad that everything happened so. This gave me a great incentive for further development '.

Here's how she remembers the care of the group: "Nobody was going to leave the team. Just at some point the producer has ceased to follow the group. We are almost all solved themselves, to the point where you can relax. And once carved out in the schedule-free for three days and went to the sea. We called the producer, but he did not lift up. As a result, they put me with the fact that fired after the ceremony Muz-TV Award for gross misconduct.

I was shocked: why me? It went to all three! But then realized that the producer wanted to punish my dismissal and all other. They say all will survive! Naturally, I said that I will not work until Muz-TV Awards. And what a breach of discipline? I generally had to work in kicks, because the guys are very good. They strongly supported me, but object could not. You know, Timothy's family, he had to contain it, Mitya any problems. Of course, they talked with producer Eric Chenturiey. But he has a strange way of solving problems - if it is something not like it, he probably will not work with someone and talk.

. In the group of my work was not even in the works, and in the presence of me as a pretty object on the background of the children
. Even I was not allowed to sing! I opened my mouth to someone else's plywood. Commonplace sounds of "A-ah-ah-oh-oh-oh" recorded the wife of our composer.

I always sang with the included microphone at concerts, and I have the feeling that I'm singing. But on radio, I myself have not heard. Once tried to ask why I do not give to sing? And I passed through the director: "We are all still think about you, what to do". They say, "would have sat in silence, you do not very photogenic cheeks!"

With the departure of the group come to grips with Tanya solo career. In 2007, she recorded the first 7 songs for their debut album, and almost immediately began performing in clubs and national teams concerts.

Besides music and dancing, Tanya was constantly engaged in the development of costumes for concerts and clips - the principal amount Tannins dresses for work and life sewn for her sketches. 'Clothes - this is my passion, but apart from the usual women's interest in me, then there is more professional - I'm an artist by training, draw for me - great relaxation and pleasure. Make a dress for myself, I started back in 13 years, and now I have been able to create a truly sophisticated creative outfits'.

. In the spring of 2007 on radio and TV released their first single-Thani - dance track 'will be hot', the main rotation of which had been in Russian radio and DFM
. Clip shown on MTV, Ruthven and Music Box, but on the video site youtube.com clip continues weekly watching over 1000 people.

. The real breakthrough was the second single-Thani - poignant song is an allegory of 'Fragments of feelings', written by major contemporary underground star Ivan Alexeev (better known as Noize MC)
. Exclusive premiere of one of the major hits of 2008 took place on the waves 'Europe Plus' Feb. 9. The song lasted on the air all the major radio stations more than six months. 'To me, this sign is the song on the album, although it is now and not the most beloved', - says Tanya.

. The success of this track the fall of 2008 picked up single 'dot the i', develops the theme of the tragic and difficult parting is still loving each other people
. The video for this song, filmed Estonian director Inderkom Maasik started in music channels broadcast in December 2008.

Total in album by singer-Thani, whose output is planned for 2009, will include 12 songs, written by authors from America, Russia, Turkey and Sweden. Tanya lot of experimenting, trying to find your own style and manner of filing a new, very difficult musical material. Finalize these findings Tanya helped by experienced British sound producer, . among them Brian Rolling, . makes sound Craig David and Celine Dion, . as well as the team 365 Artists, . which includes Richard 'Biff' Stannard, . written among other things In My Arms (Kylie), . all the hits? 1 group Spice Girls, . and even Elevation (U2),
. Record all tracks performed at the studio Metrophonic in London, where Tanya over the last year has visited 4 times.

. Summer 2009 Tanja Tereshina and Zhanna Friske joined musical forces of sexual and erotic clip was removed to his duet song "Western".

. Jeanne and Tanya have long been friends, so the management Thani came to record a duet with the idea of two sexy brunettes country and deprive Russia of men speechless
. Jeanne enthusiastically accepted the offer of friends. She liked the song and the concept of the video. "We need to do something super-non-standard, I'll be very pleased to participate in this!" - She said.

For Tanya, it was the first duet works, but she was delighted with the cooperation c Joan. "We Jeanne, look great, and they look like outside, we even sometimes confused at the party! Working together was very interesting."

. Directed video was Hindrek Maasik (this is his fourth with Tanya Tereshin, and for Janna Friske he did duet clip from "Disco accident" - "Malinki")
. The shooting took place in Tallinn. As the director's idea, the two singers appear before the camera in the legendary style of the most sought after Hollywood nymphets - girls pin-up. Luxury red lips seductress in the frame fluffy chestnut curls will leave no one indifferent.

. Singer, inspired by the styling of the American pin-up, spent two days in the open air, taking a dynamic and sex video story
. Jeanne and Tanya, in a joint video appear in vivid images of Hollywood. Video sequence is replete with glamorous fashion images of 60-ies and make-APOM a la Sophia Loren. Singer changed outfits from Versace, Jon Galliano, Moschino and glibly show off in high heels from Santoni.

A special highlight of steel frames, where Tanya appears completely naked in a frank stage with a guitar. "The guitar, in my opinion, the sexiest musical instrument - explains Tanya. - On the one hand, it resembles the curves of the female body, on the other hand, in the hands of men - the most romantic guitar that can be! My body shape resembles a guitar, is a metaphor in the clip, a woman's body as a musical instrument. "
.
. In addition to release a new video in the coming months, Tanya is planning to play in a movie and release a clothing line
. With the latter, however, the singer does not want to hurry: "We all just do nothing but produce his clothing line, but in order to make the 'hits' collection, you need to really dive into it, and for a long time. There should be a special inspiration, and now I do not want to pulverize anything except music ', - says the singer.

. Life

. Tanya Tereshina Andrei Gubin was a girl in the clip and noticed that her Soloists of Hi-Fi, but soon the relationship ended with the singer and her long time no one has met with his head sunk in a new job.

. When Tanya met Arseny, she was already held an actress and one of the main conditions of serious love relationship considered freedom of action in terms of career
. Arseny its all supported and soon the pair had struck up a novel.

After Tanya scandal left Hi-Fi, the lovers decide to go abroad so that she could come to himself and a friend traveled all over Europe.

Here's how it is being remembered the singer herself: "It's amazing the quality of the man when he can allow his girlfriend to be an actress. Because all men - the terrible owners, arrange hysteria on this subject. And my young man, another. Though he and a businessman, but understands me. "

However, relations with cloudless Arsenije recently still have exhausted themselves and the couple broke.

Алиби без лишних слов

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:09:00 +0000

The Alibi Sisters Anya and Alina Zavalsky

Popular Ukrainian girl-pop duo Alibi was all over the news last week as rumours spread that they were going to split up. Is it true? "The end of something is usually the beginning of something new," the girls told What's On when they sat down with us for a chat. So are they breaking up? Not quite. Both Zavalsky sisters will be looking into doing some solo projects, but that doesn't mean they'll never perform again as Alibi. Indeed, as Alibi celebrates its seventh anniversary this year, the duo ranks as one of the longest-lived acts on the Ukrainian show-biz scene. "Alibi is the thing that unites our family," Alina says. 'Any big project that we're planning for the near future will just make it stronger.

We're going to see the project bloom even more in the future, as we get more comfortable with Western ex- л The girls are proud to have helped pioneer the Ukrainian pop market years ago when, hard as it is to imagine now, there existed no competitive girl groups and there was no certainty that their experiment would be successful. Of course it was - beyond their wildest dreams. Their collective intuition, which plays an extremely important role in their lives, turned out to be correct, and now it's telling them that they should try their hands at musical styles in which Alibi doesn't typically traffick Towards that end they recently threw a party called the Long Farewell, during which the sisters showcased their other talents. Anya presented a book of her poetry, which she'd completed long ago but never showed anyone. "What took her so long?" you may ask Well, she was busy writing texts for Alibi songs, and besides, she considered many of the poems too private to show to other people. Dedicated as it is to different men in her life, the poetry turned out to be highly romantic and very emotional But reading it publicly she saw how successful it was. "I reached a crucial moment in my life and realised that in order to start something new I had to put an end to the old things I was doing," Anya says. A new period in her creative life is starting. "I called the party the Long Farewell to emphasise that I'm energised to participate in different projects and open to everything new," she says.

Multi-talented and Creative
So, apparentiy, was talented photographer Mikhail Novosyolov, who loved the idea of Anya branching out and conceived the idea of publishing an art book consisting of both poems and pictures, and in which Anya plays the main role. In the wake of that project, the young poet is even thinking of taking up fiction writing. "Poems to me are private and highly emotional, while fiction is about observing the world around you. I've got a lot of impressions from our tours, and I think that at some point they'll ferment into my next piece of work," Anya says. Alina, meanwhile, is also expanding her image and her oeuvre, taking the stage as a jazz singer in a vintage dress and throwback hair. Speaking of creative work, the Zavalsky sisters agree that the best of it is done in a state of melancholy. "When I'm depressed, the best psychologist I can find is a piece of paper, where I can express all my feelings," Anya says. 'And usually I get right back into the swing of things as soon as I hear the music and start singing," her sister adds. Creative work, the ladies say, is like a cardiogram image on a doctor's screen: it's all ups and downs, and that's not a bad thing "If you want to succeed, you should be sincere with your audience," the sisters say. "Sometimes if you want to rise higher, you have to fall down first." Anya and Alina are proud of having been trendsetters for the horde of Ukrainian girl bands that appeared in their wake: girl-pop is now one of the things that foreigners in the know think of when they think of this country. "Nobody knows how much work we'll do as Alibi in the future," the girls say, speaking at once, "but when the desire to write, create and perform together overcomes us, we'll be back for sure." In other words, a bright new year is starting for these Ukrainian pop luminaries turned writers, jazz singers, and anything else they'd like to be.

Kishe - Забудь

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:20:00 +0000

Kishe & Polina Griffith

I’ve been always selective as far as parties I attend are concerned – they are usually all the same with local celebrities hunting down cameras for additional PR, scantily clad damsels walking around in their glam rags, and people who hardly know each other smiling welcomes with a fixed grin – but when I heard that Kishe and Polina Griffith were holding one in Barsky for the launch of their new video, I didn’t hesitate.

The chance to talk to Kishe and Polina Griffith is always welcome, especially as Kishe is a humble guy who doesn’t surround himself with an army of PR people, and I’m a fan of his music so I was very keen to see his new video, ‘On the Edge’, that he’s made along with Russian singer and former member of ‘A Studio’, Polina Griffith.

In and Out of Love
“Sometimes the life you share with your loved one turns into a daily routine: you eat, sleep and have sex like you were an automatic machine, and you realise then that the love has gone,” Kishe says about the theme behind the song. It’s an interesting comment to make, as Andriy Kishe has been with his wife for 15 years, and the couple recently had a little baby girl, Sonya. Add to that the fact that Kishe’s videos always feature scantily clad girls, and I find myself wondering if his career causes problems in their marriage, but he says she understands it’s all part of the job. “I dedicated the song ‘Closer’ to my wife, and that song is 100% autobiographical. The rest is work, and she understands that,” he says.
While Kishe and his wife manage to overcome the difficulties they stumble upon, Polina isn’t quite so lucky as she recently divorced from her husband, Thomas Nevergreen. Sitting across from me on the sofa wearing a D&G dress, she says: “I didn’t write the song, but I have lived through just such a problem. In the video, the characters manage to get through their difficulties and come out the other side, but my husband and I failed to preserve our love.”
The story of the new video starts in Moscow, when Kishe’s friend took him there in December to try and help him make some useful contacts. After all the networking was over, Andriy happened to be randomly introduced to a girl named Svetlana, who, as it happened, turned out to be the PR manager for Polina. As Kishe is one of the few Ukrainian performers who sings in English, and Polina is one of the few Russian singers who does the same, it seemed an ideal pairing. “When I came up with the idea of a duet, Polina was the perfect candidate,” Kishe says. “Our co-operation isn’t commercial. We have no sponsors for this video. I covered all the expenses for producing the song and video, and the PR here in Ukraine, and Polina will handle things in Moscow. But the main thing behind this is the song itself. We really want to captivate the audience by the quality of the words, by the song’s meaning.”

It’s all About Friends
Polina likes Kyiv very much, and can’t even remember the number of times she’s been here. “It’s always interesting in Kyiv. Here anything can happen. For example, I was late for my flight to Moscow once and had to stay a night in a hotel near Boryspil. It had a large stable, so I couldn’t help but spend some time riding a couple of the studs they had there,” she says, smiling.
Kishe is something of an anachronism on the Kyiv celebrity circuit, in that he has a good voice and is very talented, but he’s completely devoid of that negative character trait adopted by all those who’ve ever spoken a word on TV – arrogance. This, however, has made him a very popular man, and while there wasn’t a PR man in sight, his party was overflowing with pop stars and media people. “I try to be nice to people, to be friendly, because you never know when and where you might need a hand. I appreciate my friends: these are the people who make us happy, and even if you have no money, when you’ve got friends you can make things happen. I try to make friends with people at the nightclubs and radio stations. They support me, and I perform for them. It’s all done via friendship. This video presentation is no exception. My friends helped me organise this party,” Kishe explains.
It’s worth mentioning, in these times of trouble, that even stars like Kishe know how to do things on a budget when necessary: the video was shot in two days for little money.
So what has Kishe got planned for the future? “I enjoyed doing ‘On the Edge’ with Polina very much, and so this leads me to think I’ll do another duet. Maybe this time I’ll do one with Bohdan Titomir,” he says, a slight tone of mystery in his voice, and maybe that’s because Bohdan Titomir caused a real stir with his last song ‘Dirty Bitches Will Be Punished’. It certainly seems like this would be an intriguing partnership, and Kishe promises the song will definitely be about sex!

Russian and Ukrainian

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:29:00 +0000

Русская 10-тка / Russian Top 10

1 Dj Leonid Rudenko Ft. Max Fredrikson Goodbye (Beautiful eyes)
2 Dima Bilan & Anastacia Safety
3 Дискотека Авария Звезда
4 Shahzoda Люблю тебя
5 Карина Кокс Летать высоко
6 Валерий Меладзе Небеса
7 Инфинити Когда уйдешь
8 Guf Было давно
9 Юлия Савичева Москва-Владивосток

10 Потап и Вера Брежнева Пронто

Top 11 in Ukraine

1 Вера Брежнева и Потап: Пронто 61 голосів

2 LOBODA: Революция 60 голосів

3 Юлия Савичева: Москва-Владивосток 58 голосів

4 Макс Барских: Студент 56 голосів

5 ДиО.фильмы: Рингтон 55 голосів

6 Дима Билан feat. Anastacia: Safety 55 голосів

7 Юлия Ковальчук: Прямо в сердце 25 голосів

8 Валерий Меладзе: Небеса 25 голосів

9 Александр Рыбак: Oah 23 голосів

10 НеАнгелы: Убей меня 23 голосів

11 Дискотека Авария: Звезда

Bumboks - letniy dogd / бумбокс - летний дождь - Song text

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:44:00 +0000

Русский

Летний Дождь

Память уже не жалит, мысли не бьют по рукам
Я тебя провожаю к другим берегам, берегам
Ты - перелётная птица, счастья ищешь в пути
Приходишь чтобы проститься и снова уйти, снова уйти.
Припев:
Летний дождь, летний дождь начался сегодня рано
Летний дождь, летний дождь моей души он моет рану
Мы погрустим с ним вдвоём у слепого окна.
Летний дождь, летний дождь шепчет мне легко и просто
Что придёшь, ты придёшь, ты придёшь, но будет поздно
Несвоевременность - вечная драма, где есть он и она.
Ты перестанешь мне сниться скоро совсем, а потом
Новой мечтой озариться остывший наш дом
Что от любви любви не ищут ты с годами поймёшь
Ну а сейчас ты слышишь и тебя не вернёшь, не вернёшь.
Припев.

Summer rain

My memory doesn't sting anymore, my thoughts don't strike on my hands
I accompany you to other shores, shores
You are a migratory bird, you look for happiness on the way
You come to say goodbye and leave again, leave again.
Chorus:
The summer rain, the summer rain started early today
The summer rain, the summer rain washes my soul's wound
It mourns together with me by the blind window.
The summer rain, the summer rain whispers to me softly and simply
That you'll comme, you'll come, you'll come, but it'll too late
Untimeliness is the eternal drama, where he and she are.
I'll soon stop dreaming of you at all, but then
I'll have a new dream about our cold house
You 'll understand with time that one doesn't look for love out of love
But you listen for now and you won't bring yourself back, you won't.
Chorus.

The new Top 20 in Ukraine

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 08:40:00 +0000

LW	TW	WOC	HP	Artist	Song
7	1	23	1	I.Bilyk & Arktika	Ya Lublu Ego
3	2	28	1	Okean Elzy	Bilshe Dlia Nas
2	3	22	1	Lama	Trymai
Debut	4	1	4	S.Loboda	Ya Revoliucyia
1	5	11	1	Verka Serduchka	Dolche & Gabana
5	6	13	5	T.Povalii	Veru Tebe
Debut	7	1	7	Goriachii Shokolad	Bez Uma Ot Schastia
4	8	9	3	N.Mohylevska	Morskie Zvezdy
9	9	2	9	Maks Barskikh	Student
Debut	10	1	10	DiO Filmy	Rington
12	11	2	11	INKA	I Can Love You
6	12	3	6	I.Bilyk & S.Zverev	Dve Rodnykh Dushy
8	13	14	4	TNMK	Proikhaly
11	14	3	11	Darwin	Goa-Remix
Debut	15	1	15	Druha Rika	Ty Zi Mnoiu?
Debut	16	1	16	Kirill Turichenko	Prosti Menia
15	17	16	7	Skryabin & CJ Mars	Dzhalambai
17	18	3	17	Gaytana	Slushaijus I Povinuijus
Debut	19	1	19	Okean Elzy	Online
14	20	5	11	Motorrolla & Klooch	Zharptycia

Bumboks - letniy dogd / бумбокс - летний дождь

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:49:00 +0000

The music group of Bumboks has shot a new video. It is a cover version of Igor Taljkov. This song has got so popular that the group had to shoot a video certainly. The director, Vladimir Jakimenko, has shot videos already once in a while for the group from Ukraine Harkov. The video impresses with emotions and heart.
A lot of fun with it:

Russian Top 12

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:57:00 +0000

The Russian Top 12 here there are ;)

1 Dima Bilan & Anastacia Safety
2 Юлия Савичева Москва-Владивосток
3 Dj Leonid Rudenko ft. Max Fredrikson Goodbye (Beautiful eyes)
4 Serebro Не время
5 Shazoda Люблю тебя
6 Бумбокс Летний дождь
7 Карина Кокс Летать высоко
8 T9 Летняя
9 Staisha ft Noize MC CTRL+ALT+DEL
10 Дискотека Авария Звезда
11 Инфинити Когда уйдешь
12 Валерий Меладзе Небеса

Влад Топалов - Горизонты / Vlad Topalov - gorizonty

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:13:00 +0000

Влад Топалов - Горизонты / Vlad Topalov - gorizonty

Vlad Mikhailovich Topalov (born 25 October 1985) is a singer, dancer and actor born in Moscow, Russia. He is
most famous for his singing career, when he rose to fame as the blond-haired member of the group Smash!!. The
group broke up in 2006. Since then Topalov has pursued a solo career.
SMASH!!
See main article: Smash!!
In 2001 Sergey and Vlad Topalov started the boy band Smash!!. Shortly after they were signed by Universal Music
Records in Russia and were one of the biggest Russian pop groups in 2002–2003. The duo had five #1 hits,
numerous awards and sold millions of records in Russia, CIS and East Asia (including Hong Kong, Taiwan,
Thailand) during their brief career as a group.
At the beginning of 2002 the duo shot their first video clip for the song "Should Have Loved You More". That
August Smash!! won the 'New Wave' contest in Jūrmala and in October 2002 Smash!! released their first single
"Belle". The video for "Belle" topped MTV Russia's chart for 6 months and entered the list of top 20 clips of the past
five years. The story behind this song tells about the formation of the duo Smash!!, apparently Vlad and Sergey
rehearsed the song as a birthday present to Vlad's father, but after he heard the song he immediately told all his
friends and ended up on the radio as one of his friends started playing at a local station.
In February 2003 the band finally released their debut album, Freeway. Over a million discs were sold in Russia and
other nations in the Commonwealth of Independent States. Smash!! subsequently toured Russia throughout 2003.
The following year Freeway was released in East Asian countries including; Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Hong
Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, India, and the Philippines. The release of the album was followed by the
promotional tour in the South-Eastern Asia, during which the band shot a video clip for the cover-version of George
Michael's song "Faith" in Shanghai.
In May 2004 Smash!! in cooperation with the Italian band Earphones recorded the song "Obsession". When the song
entered the radio rotation, it immediately gained the top of hit parades and became the top summer hit 2004. That
year Smash!! received the award of the MTV Russian Music Awards (RMA in short) 2004 as the pop-project of the
Vlad Topalov 2
year, and the award of the sound-track as the band of the year.
On December 1, 2004 Smash!! released the second album, 2Nite. The band split up only one week after the release,
Evolution and the breakup of the band (2006)
Vlad Topalov released one more album, Evolution, under the band's name, with seven musicians, due to the band's
contract obligations with Universal Music. After that, Vlad followed Sergey's footsteps and also went solo, which led
to the formal discontinuation of the band.
Smash!! reunited for a short performance in RMA 2006, where Sergey and Vlad sang Belle