Auktyon

AUKTYON АукцЫон - The Unique Phenomenon On The Contemporary Music Scene Of Russia In Contrast To The Majority Of Genre-Challenged And As A Rule Stylistically Within The Framework Of Contemporary Canons This Group Draws Its Inspiration From Such Remote Sources As Ska Reggae New-Jazz Ethnic Music Of North Africa And Middle East Beat- And Pop-Music Of The 60's In Spite Of The Eternally Present Messianic Idea In Russian Rock And Its Inherited Didacticism This Group Did Not Teach As Much As It Entertained Which Apparently Resulted In It Being The Only Representative Of Russia On The European Club Scene. In Different Forms And Under Different Names The Group Exists Approximately Since 1978 However Its Current Name AUKTYON Received Only In May Of 1983 When It Was Granted A Membership In The Leningrad Rock Club And Its Present Appearance Style And Core Musicians Were Formed In Spring Of 1986 When The Group Was Triumphant On The Stage Of The 4th Leningrad Rock Club Festival In The Following Line Up Leonid Fedorov Guitar Vocal Oleg Garkusha Dance Vocal Sergei Rogozhin Vocal Victor Bondarik Bass Dmitriy Ozerskiy Keyboards Vocal Nikolai Rubanov Saxophone Flutes Nikolai Fedorovich Saxophone And Igor Cheridnik Drums . In One Year AUKTYON Was Repeatedly Successful In The 5th Festival After Which Sergei Rogozhin Left The Group For The Pop-Band FORUM While The Percussionist Pavel Litvinov Strengthened The Rhythm Section. The Second Guitarist - Dmitriy Matkovksiy From The Cult Band Of The Early 80's MANUFAKTURA - Joined AUKTYON That Fall. During That Period The Group Attained Acknowledgement On The Scale Of The Whole Country Performing At The Rock-Festivals In Kiev Ekaterinburg Vilnyus "Lituanika-8" And Taking Part In The Cultural Program Of Moscow International Film Festival. In 1988 AUKTYON Recorded An Album "Return To Sorrento" Which Has Not Been Professionally Released Until Now Igor Cherednik Who Left For IGRY Was Replaced By A Hard-Rock Drummer Boris Shaveinikov And The Visual Image Of The Group Had Acquired A New Quality When A Gifted Dancer Vladimir Veselkin Joined The Group. A Significant Role In Formation Of The Image Of AUKTYON During This Period Was Played By A Famous Avant-Garde Artist From St. Petersburg Kirill Miller Who Was Responsible For The Covers Of The First Albums In Particular "How I Became A Traitor" 1989 Released In France By Voyla Productions And "All Quiet In Baghdad" 1990 Recorded In Russia At "Melodiya". In 1990 AUKTYON Took Part In Grandiose Ecological Action "Rock Of Clear Water" And Along With Other Participants Went Down The River Volga Giving Concerts In Volga Cities. From The Late 80's AUKTYON Began To Regularly Travel To Europe In The Last Ten Years They Have Had Several Hundred Concerts In France Germany Denmark Switzerland Austria Holland And Check Republic. In The 90's New Work Continues To Appear "Asshole" Erio 1990 "Hangover" SNC 1991 "Bird" Dyadyushka Records 1994 "Best Of" SNC 1996 . Furthermore AUKTYON Discography Also Contains Two Collaborations With The Parisian Artist Poet And Bard Aleksey Khvostenko "Teapot Of Wine" 1992 And "Mountaintop Dweller" SNC 1995 - Based On The Verses Of The Poet And Language Reformer Velemir Khlebnikov . After The Period Of Relative Stability In May Of 1992 Vladimir Veselkin Left AUKTYON Who Began A Relatively Successful Solo Career In 1991 His Album "Impossible Love" Was Released By FeeLee And In November Of 1995 Dmitriy Matkovskiy Has Played His Last Concert With The Group. Almost At The Same Time AUKTYON Has Invited A Tuba Player Mikhail Kolovskiy. The Main Creative Force Of The Group - Guitarist And Singer Leonid Fedorov. His Songs Which Are Usually Written To The Lyrics Of The Colleagues - Dmitriy Ozerskiy And Oleg Garkusha Have A Characteristic Melodic Language In Which Jazz And Ethnic Intonations Neighbor With A Straightforward "hit"-Like Key Phrases And Where The Rhythm Allows You To Stretch The Most "unfit For The Voice" Phases. For The Extent Of Its Biography The Group Appeared In Various Films And Documentaries "Burglar" Lenfilm 1986 "Half-Official" Germany 1987 "Rock" LSDF 1987 "Let's Rock-N-Roll!" Germany 1988 . The Main Movie Star Of AUKTYON Is Oleg Garkusha Who Played In "Presumption Of Innocence" 1998 And "Khrustalev! Get The Car!" 1996 . He Regularly Appears And Reads His Poetry And Is An Author Of Two Collections Of Poems. The Many-Sided And Experienced Musicians The Members Of AUKTYON Regularly Participate In Recordings And Multiple Projects - Rubanov And Litvinov Together And Separately Played In JUNGLE ADDIS-ABEBA MARKSCHEIDER KUNST Rubanov Played In BEES AND THE HELICOPTER TIME TO LOVE And METAMORPHOSIS Kolovskiy And Rubanov Play In Z-ENSEMBLE And UNION OF COMMERCIAL AVANTGARDE Fedorov Played And Recorded With Nizhniy-Novgorod Bard Aleksey "Colonel" Khrynov Shaveinikov Played With Yuri Naumov TIME TO LOVE And METAMORPHOSIS Matkovskiy Recorded A Series Of Albums Of His Minimalist Experiments Called "Hunting Of …" read less