Animal Jazz

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Animal Jazz
File:Animal ДжаZ.jpg
Background information
Origin Saint Petersburg, Russia
Genres Rock
Years active 2000–present
Labels Kap-Pan Records
Website animaljazz.com
Members Alexander "Mihalych" Krasovitski
Igor Buligin
Evgenyi "Johnson" Ryahovski
Sergey Kivin
Alexander Zarankin

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 the formation in 2000 they have released 11 records including 3 acoustic albums.

Members

Current members

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

History

The band was formed in autumn 2000.

The music of Animal Jazz is hard guitar, based on romantic harmonies. It also tends to sound symphonically. The name of the group reflects its essence - it is correctly eclectic. The word "animal" shows that music is of a natural origin. In fact, one of the definitions of the word "jazz" is vanity, chaos. Such cocktail of styles mixed with animal energy makes the original sound of Animal Jazz.

The band was nominated twice for Fuzz Magazine Awards and played at both ceremonies: in 2003 as "Best New Band" and in 2004 as "Best Live Band".

In August 2006, the Animal Jazz band was headlining the alternative stage of the biggest Russian open-air rock festival Nashestvie.

Animal Jazz was nominated in a few categories for RAMP 2008 (Rock Alternative Music Prize) and was a winner in "Best song of the year" and "Soundtrack of the year".

During winter 2008-2009 the band recorded a new LP at several St. Petersburg studios. The album, Egoist, was released in March 2009 by the 2+2=5 recording company.[1]

The band has opened for:

Discography[2]

Acoustic albums

References

  1. Animal Jazz и Zero People записали кавер-версии «Аквариума»
  2. Альбомы «Animal ДжаZ»

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