Alexey Kruglov
Alexey Kruglov (born 1979) is a Moscow performer. He is one of the leaders of new jazz in Russia, one of the versatile Russian performers of a new generation, a saxophonist, composer, director, poet, actor, performer, producer, organizer of Leo Records Festival in Russia, owner of the Krugly Band group, art director of Art Circle club. He graduated the Gnesin`s Russian Academy of Music as a jazz saxophonist in (class of Alexander Oseichuk) and the Studio of Individual Director of Boris Yukhananov as a theatrical director.
He collaborates with artists from different directions and generations. Among a wide field of artists with whom played and collaborates now such amazing musicians as Joachim Kühn, Gebhard Ullmann, Franks Gratkovsky, Fritz Hauser, Rowell Rudd, Simon Nabatov, Luca Sisera Roofer, Almut Kuhne, Carolyn Hume, Paul May, Pago Libre, PUR Collective (with Krzysztof Knittel`s group), Jaak Sooäär, Mihkel Mälgand, Tanel Ruben, Tonu Naissoo, Oliver Sheidle, Masahiko Satoh, Jun Kavasaki, Masami Suzuki, Viacheslav Ganelin, Vladimir Tarasov, Vladimir Chekasin, Alexey Lubimov, Dmitry Kourlandksi, Moscow Soloists Chamber Orchestra by Yuri Bashmet, Russian folksingers from Pokrovsky Ensemble, Sergei Starostin, Arkady Shilkloper, popular Soviet-Russian actors Igor Kostolevsky, Vladimir Korenev, poets Herman Lukomnikov, Alexander Bubnov, painters Oleg Kudryashov, Mikhail Pogarsky, Grisha Bruskin, directors Boris Yukhananov, Dmitry Krymov and many others. He collaborated and played with stars in art as legendary jazzmen Jimmy Heath, Christian McBride, Joe Lovano, Gary Bartz, legendary Soviet poet Andrey Voznesensky and dancer Vladimir Vasiliev, actor Emmanuil Vitorgan. He plays as an actor at Granovsky theatre and as a performer in Mayakovsky theatre and Electrotheatre Stanislavsky.
He works in different art directions: he plays classical music (from baroque to contemporary music), jazz in many styles, creates his own musical-theatrical and drama performances, takes part in many experimental projects collaborating with the artists from the huge space from different genres. He develops his art-method Dromuse based of the unity between word, sound and plastic and built at the intersection of music, theatre and poetry. He released more than 80 albums (on Leo Records, ACT Music, Losen Records e t.c.), directed around 40 performances based on poetry and texts by different authors like Alexander Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Vladimir Vysotsky, Nikolay Gumilyov, Ilia Zdanevich, Alexander Block, Dmitry Prigov, Velimir Khlebnikov, Osсar Waild, Jean Anui, his own poetry. He took part in many festivals and art events all around the world as well as in USA, the Great Britain, Japan, France, Germany, Austria, Poland, Serbia, Finland, Israel, China, countries from the post-soviet space.
He is a winner of Russian and international competitions (for example - "The Brilliant Note" in Staicele in Latvia in 2000) and a winner of various awards. He is a holder of the presidential scholarship "New Names" (1998). He was named "The Hope of The Year" in 2000 in Russia in a pool of Russian journalists. In 2011 he and his album recorded with Jaak Sooäär Trio "Sea Colours" were named the "The Discovery of The Year" in pools of Jazzthetk magazine. In that year Jazz Wise magazine named him "The Future of Jazz" and put his album "Russian Metaphor" on the list of the best five albums of the year. The album «Military space» was is a list of 10 best albums of the year 2013 by NPR Music. The album «The Mighty Five» by Kruglov-Sooäär Quartet was selected as the second best album of the year 2015 by AP Reviews. Often his album are selected in Russian magazines in pools of best albums of the year. Many times his albums were selected in the Europe Jazz Media Chart. In 2020 Alexey Kruglov was recognized in a list of citizen diplomats award by Foreign Ministry of Estonia.
He collaborates with artists from different directions and generations. Among a wide field of artists with whom played and collaborates now such amazing musicians as Joachim Kühn, Gebhard Ullmann, Franks Gratkovsky, Fritz Hauser, Rowell Rudd, Simon Nabatov, Luca Sisera Roofer, Almut Kuhne, Carolyn Hume, Paul May, Pago Libre, PUR Collective (with Krzysztof Knittel`s group), Jaak Sooäär, Mihkel Mälgand, Tanel Ruben, Tonu Naissoo, Oliver Sheidle, Masahiko Satoh, Jun Kavasaki, Masami Suzuki, Viacheslav Ganelin, Vladimir Tarasov, Vladimir Chekasin, Alexey Lubimov, Dmitry Kourlandksi, Moscow Soloists Chamber Orchestra by Yuri Bashmet, Russian folksingers from Pokrovsky Ensemble, Sergei Starostin, Arkady Shilkloper, popular Soviet-Russian actors Igor Kostolevsky, Vladimir Korenev, poets Herman Lukomnikov, Alexander Bubnov, painters Oleg Kudryashov, Mikhail Pogarsky, Grisha Bruskin, directors Boris Yukhananov, Dmitry Krymov and many others. He collaborated and played with stars in art as legendary jazzmen Jimmy Heath, Christian McBride, Joe Lovano, Gary Bartz, legendary Soviet poet Andrey Voznesensky and dancer Vladimir Vasiliev, actor Emmanuil Vitorgan. He plays as an actor at Granovsky theatre and as a performer in Mayakovsky theatre and Electrotheatre Stanislavsky.
He works in different art directions: he plays classical music (from baroque to contemporary music), jazz in many styles, creates his own musical-theatrical and drama performances, takes part in many experimental projects collaborating with the artists from the huge space from different genres. He develops his art-method Dromuse based of the unity between word, sound and plastic and built at the intersection of music, theatre and poetry. He released more than 80 albums (on Leo Records, ACT Music, Losen Records e t.c.), directed around 40 performances based on poetry and texts by different authors like Alexander Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Vladimir Vysotsky, Nikolay Gumilyov, Ilia Zdanevich, Alexander Block, Dmitry Prigov, Velimir Khlebnikov, Osсar Waild, Jean Anui, his own poetry. He took part in many festivals and art events all around the world as well as in USA, the Great Britain, Japan, France, Germany, Austria, Poland, Serbia, Finland, Israel, China, countries from the post-soviet space.
He is a winner of Russian and international competitions (for example - "The Brilliant Note" in Staicele in Latvia in 2000) and a winner of various awards. He is a holder of the presidential scholarship "New Names" (1998). He was named "The Hope of The Year" in 2000 in Russia in a pool of Russian journalists. In 2011 he and his album recorded with Jaak Sooäär Trio "Sea Colours" were named the "The Discovery of The Year" in pools of Jazzthetk magazine. In that year Jazz Wise magazine named him "The Future of Jazz" and put his album "Russian Metaphor" on the list of the best five albums of the year. The album «Military space» was is a list of 10 best albums of the year 2013 by NPR Music. The album «The Mighty Five» by Kruglov-Sooäär Quartet was selected as the second best album of the year 2015 by AP Reviews. Often his album are selected in Russian magazines in pools of best albums of the year. Many times his albums were selected in the Europe Jazz Media Chart. In 2020 Alexey Kruglov was recognized in a list of citizen diplomats award by Foreign Ministry of Estonia.
Yuri Vinogradov
Yuri Vinogradov (born 1985) is a classically trained historian of philosophy, visual artist, music blogger, and self-taught musician/composer/improviser from Reutov, Russia. After finishing his education as a historian of philosophy, and due to the inability to continue a scientific career because of health conditions, he equipped a home studio in 2015 and began recording and releasing his own music. He started recording his piano compositions and improvisations, as well as composing electroacoustic/experimental music (as Yuri Vinogradov), electronic music (as EllektraCyclone and Pure Violet), and psychedelic jazz-rock music (as EllektraJazz). His free jazz album, «Snow in Europe,» was released by the Fancy Music record label. His electro-acoustic surreal music poems, «Glitter But Sing Seldom,» were released by the Symphonic Silence Inside record label. His jazz-rock album, «Forget-me-not,» was released by the Cantroll record label. «Morphe,» a concerto for piano and generative electronics, was named the album of the year 2021 by the Undergrund Heroes music media. Yuri collaborated with saxophonist Alexey Kruglov on the album «Music After the End of Time.»
Yuri is the head of two labels: the outsider music label Outsiderville, part of the social project Outsiderville, and the mini label Contempora, dedicated to Yuri's own music and the music of like-minded musicians.
Yuri runs the classical/experimental/improvisational music blog Sound Mechanics (Механика звука) and writes articles about music and its philosophy. He is a researcher in the field of contemporary music and its philosophy. He is a regular contributor to the Jazzist jazz media. His works have been longlisted twice for the Resonance award, recognizing musicologists and journalists who write about academic music. Yuri hosts podcasts in russian «Ось асимметрии» and «Введение в классическую механику» about contemporary music and its problems.
Yuri lives with a serious chronic depressive disorder, which deeply affects his life in many ways. Music is his way of overcoming depression; it's a space of joy and freedom for him.
You can check Yuri Vinogradov's projects, music, texts here.
Yuri is the head of two labels: the outsider music label Outsiderville, part of the social project Outsiderville, and the mini label Contempora, dedicated to Yuri's own music and the music of like-minded musicians.
Yuri runs the classical/experimental/improvisational music blog Sound Mechanics (Механика звука) and writes articles about music and its philosophy. He is a researcher in the field of contemporary music and its philosophy. He is a regular contributor to the Jazzist jazz media. His works have been longlisted twice for the Resonance award, recognizing musicologists and journalists who write about academic music. Yuri hosts podcasts in russian «Ось асимметрии» and «Введение в классическую механику» about contemporary music and its problems.
Yuri lives with a serious chronic depressive disorder, which deeply affects his life in many ways. Music is his way of overcoming depression; it's a space of joy and freedom for him.
You can check Yuri Vinogradov's projects, music, texts here.
Oleg Salkov
Oleg Salkov is a bass guitarist and active member of the Voronezh music scene. His musical interests range from indie rock to free jazz and contemporary classical music. He is a member of the improv trio duso, indie bands Другое Дело and ЦЁЙ, the progressive-folk collective Абстрактор, the contemporary classical project Happy55, and the no wave group Суперкульт. The leader of neosoul band ЭваЭва. He is also regularly involved as a session musician. Oleg has collaborated with Nikita Bondarenko in various musical formations for many years.
Listen to his ЭваЭва project.
Listen to his ЭваЭва project.
Nikita Bondarenko
Nikita Bondarenko is a musician from Voronezh, Russia, and a member of various musical projects. He is the leader and founder of the no wave group Суперкульт, the synth-wave duo Кузина, the solo projects Труп Колдуна (an extravagant dungeon synth) and electronic projects Sheepray and KEXBR. He is also a member of the bands Другое Дело, ЦЁЙ, Happy55. Nikita uses different combinations of electronic instruments such as synthesizers and samplers on stage.
duso
The improvisational music collective duso was founded in 2017 in Voronezh by saxophonist Denis Uspensky and bassist Oleg Salkov. Later Oleg Dautov joined them as a guitarist. Despite a rather wide range of musical preferences and influences, the musicians in this project focused exclusively on improvisational music. Going beyond the canonical understanding of free-jazz, the trio exploits different musical language, the language of rock music, electronic and noise. The group also takes part into collaborations with contemporary artists, makes live soundtracks to the films of some of the classics of the avant-garde.
Nikolay Rubanov
Russian avant-garde saxophonist, member of the bands АукцЫон, Джунгли, Союз Космического Авангарда, Сакс-мафия. Instruments: soprano, alto, tenor, baritone and bass saxophones, bass clarinet, keyboard instruments.
