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Russian rock music originated in the Soviet Union in the 1960s based on the influence of Western rock music and bard songs, and was developed by both amateur bands and official VIA.
Kipelov is a Russian heavy metal band formed and led by former Aria vocalist Valery Kipelov.
Serebro is a Russian girl group formed by their manager and producer Maxim Fadeev. Serebro was formed in 2007, consisting of Marina Lizorkina, Olga Seryabkina, and Elena Temnikova as a submitted proposal for consideration by Channel One Russia for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. Serebro was selected to represent Russia at the 2007 Contest with the song titled "Song #1". They subsequently placed third at the contest, scoring a total of 207 points. Serebro was then officially signed to Fadeev's record label Monolit Records, and in 2012, the group had additional releases produced by Sony Music Entertainment and Ego Music. In 2009, Lizorkina announced her departure from the group; she was subsequently replaced by Anastasia Karpova. Karpova left the group in 2013 and was replaced by Dasha Shashina, who left in 2016. Temnikova left the group in 2014 for health reasons, and Polina Favorskaya, who replaced Temnikova, left the group in 2017. Favorskaya was later replaced by Morgunova. In 2019, the line-up Olga Seryabkina, Katya Kischuk, and Tatiana Morgunova, the last one to include the last original member, has been replaced by Elizaveta Kornilova, Marianna Kochurova and Irina Titova.
Open Space is a pop rock and indie rock band from Minsk, Belarus. Formed in 2006 with an English repertoire and a few Belarusian songs, they later adapted mostly Russian lyrics. The band has released two full albums and several EPs and singles, but in recent years the musicians play together mostly as a cover band. Since 2017, frontman Vitaliy Matievskiy has focused on his synth-pop duo Days of Days, and since 2018 he also writes music for his solo electronic music project MATIVI.
Bravo is a rock and roll band founded in 1983 in Moscow, Russia by guitarist Evgeny Khavtan.
Picnic, or Piknik, is a Russian rock band known for its unique style, a mixture of art rock, progressive rock and original Russian rock. The band was formed in 1978 in Leningrad, though the members consider the band's official starting point to be Edmund Shklyarsky's arrival, in 1981, or the year the first album was recorded—1982.
Svitlana Serhiivna Loboda, also known by the stage name Loboda, is a Ukrainian singer and songwriter. During her career, Loboda has achieved international success in Eastern European countries. Winner of the ZD Awards.
Jane Air is a Russian rock band. The band was founded in 1999 in Saint Petersburg. In 2002, Jane Air signed a contract with Kapkan Records and released their first record, Pull Ya? Let It Doll Go!.
Ilya Vladimirovich Oskolkov-Tsentsiper, social designer, media manager and entrepreneur, inventor, charismatic pioneer. Founder of Afisha magazine, and president of the Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design. He works and lives in Tel-Aviv.
Centr is a Russian hip hop group formed in Moscow, Russia. Originally composed of Guf, Princip aka Prince, Slim aka Slimus, Ptaha aka Zanuda. In 2008 the group was the winner of the MTV Russia Music Award for Best Hip Hop Project. The group Centr is the founder of the «ЦАО Records» label.
Afisha(Russian: Афиша — "Poster") was a Russian entertainment and lifestyle magazine published from April 1999 to December 2015 in Moscow, Saint Petersburg and 12 other Russia's major cities. In its peak years Afisha's readership reached approximately 1.5 million people. Its online version remains one of Russia’s most popular media brands with a monthly Internet audience of more than 4.5 million.
Cyruĺnia Svietu is the first studio EP by Belarusian intelligent rock band Bristeil released on May 26, 2014. The first track "Heta Mahčyma" was released as a single on December 2, 2013. All four tracks were written by Aleh Vial in the Belarusian language.
Jitters was a rock band from Minsk, Belarus, which played mostly rock and post-grunge. The band was formed in 1998 and released the album Split Before, Together Now, as well as several EPs. In 2007, Jitters broke up and its members joined other groups: Konstantin Karman teamed up with Hair Peace Salon, and Ivan Barzenka and Pavel Kudrin joined beZ bileta.
Elektroforez is a Russian synth-pop group, founded in Saint Petersburg in 2012 by Ivan Kurochkin and Vitaly Talyzin.
Samoe Bolshoe Prostoe Chislo is a Russian indie group formed in 2006 by Kirill Ivanov and the duo EU.
"Na zare" is a song by the Soviet group Alyans, originally released in 1987. It is the band's most well-known song. The song became a viral hit in 2019 when Oleg Parastaev, the former keyboardist and songwriter for Alyans, uploaded a previously unaired music video to YouTube.
Komsomolsk are a Russian indie rock band formed in Moscow in 2017. The group has released over 50 songs, two studio albums and five extended play records.
Yana Ihorivna Shvets, known by her stage names Eva Bushmina and Layah, is a Ukrainian singer, actress, television presenter and a former member of girl group Nu Virgos.
Kirill Yurievich Sergeyev is a Russian electronic musician, DJ, performer and producer. He is the member of the bands Uniquetunes, Saint Petersburg Disco Spin Club, Kito Jempere Band, Mancave and the leader of the solo musical project Toje Kito.
"Dabro" is a musical group from Kazan, consisting of two brothers Ivan & Mikhail Zasidkevichei. Ivan and Mikhail are the group's producers, as well as the authors for all of their songs. Their 2020 song "Юность" brought them much popularity.