Saturday night - London/Moscow 2006/07
Girlfriend - London Soho 2002 Music by ApolloG/Blast Video by Ghost Records
Cookies are sweet - Moscow 2000 ApolloG / Ghost Records(F**k the Industry)album
I dont know - South africa 2004 ApolloG
Four piece
English singing indie rock based in Moscow formed in the late 90s by Georgian singer/song writer Noshrevan"Nash"Tavkhelidze and Russian guitarist Alexandre"Khlap"Iartchevski with Bulgarian musicians Vlado and Vaylo.
Blast are currently the biggest band in Moscow's
flourishing underground rock scene.
Signed up with British(Philippe-London)/Australian(Frank-Melbourne) indie label Ghost Records.Released first single "Bury the Shoe Girl"recorded in Manchester UK and produced by Mark Tolle(Stone Roses and The Mock Turtles).Released with distribution by Shellshock in HMV and Tower Records.
PR campaign was done by the companyWork Hard PR based in London
with
airplay and interview
on London radio station XFM.
Released their debut album"F..k the Industry" last year which included the track "Alright" which was a radio chart hit in Moscow for many weeks.Album featured ..boards special guest Seamus Beaghan (credits include Paul Weller and Morrissey).Album recorded at Spotlight Studios in London and produced by Graham Pilgrim(3 Colour Red,The Stranglers,The Go-Betweens,Alabama 3 and The Vessels)As an added bonus the album was airplayed on Steve Lamacq's BBC Radio 1 Monday evening show last year whilst Blast were in the middle of a mammoth UK tour,18 dates in 21 days.
Blast have played with Badly Drawn Boy at the Oppi-Koppi festival in South Africa,Blur,Muse,The Orb,Franz Ferdinard in Moscow and Razorlight,The Warlocks,Thirteen Senses and the poet/comedian John Hegley in the UK.
Played at the "In The City" festival in Manchester
2 years ago
and recently headlined at the University of Northampton
Recorded 2 new tracks in summer 2006 in London with producer Russ Keffert(Blur,The Rakes,Crash Convention and Larrikin Love).
Due to family reasons Khlap has left the group and has been replaced by Misha from the Moscow band Mothers Little Helpers.
2007 saw Blast performing with Starsailor and The Cranberries both in Moscow.
UK bands Koopa and The Paddingtons were invited to play with Blast at their club Krizis Zhanra(Crisis of Genre) in Moscow during 2008.
In the same year well known producer and senior studio engineer Chris Brown went out to Moscow to record and produce some new Blast tracks.With 21 years in the music industry including 10 years at Abbey Road Studios,Chris has credits on more than 40 UK Top 450 singles and albums including Blur,Radiohead,David Gray,Paul McCarthy,Pet Shop Boys and Jimmy Page.www.brownsound.net
Blast recently supported Brit Award Winners Florence and The Machine at the Essex Live February 09 event at the University of Essex in Colchester and Blast will be the main support act for Morrissey at his 1st July 2009 gig in Moscow.
"Controversial young stars of the Russian rock scene"The Guardian Guide
"Frantic Russian pop-rockers"Kerrang
"Controversial rockers who have a major following in their hometown of Moscow"Metro
"Waiting to explode in the UK"Classic Rock Magazine
"Dirty,sleazy alternative Rock'n'Roll" Time Out Magazine
"All iron chords,a storming rock'n'roll f..ked up blues'n'soul experience"Live gig review Subcity Radio Glasgow
"Now the Krizis Zhanra,the city's first indie rock club is rammed to the vodka pumps every night with frenzied pop kids moshing like feral wildcats.Moscow rock mainstays Blast(who promote nights at Krizis Zhanra)are melding Beatles hooks with fresh and vital Western rock tunes" Mark Beaumont NME
"Beautifully delivered laments,shrouded in razor edged melancholia"Album review
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Hope you’re all fantastic! Saturday 28th November sees THE PLAYGROUND present the Nominees for the Best Breakthough Act BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB on the decks along with the most exciting, innovative and genuinely imaginative force in music right now- GAGGLE.
BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB- DJ// GAGGLE// THE COOLNESS// COLD IN BERLIN// PUSS IN BOOTS// ELECTRIC RIOT// MICRON 63// LEIGH DE VRIES// THE GAA GAA’S // THE DEEP BELOW// DJ Darkorse// Straightola (VJ Set) and Burlesque performances
Expect a sell out show so to avoid frustration at the door get your early bird tickets in advance below!!
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THE PLAYGROUND presents Filthy Electro Trash on Saturday 14th Novmber. Come along and celebrate with:
Punks Jump Up (KITSUNE)// Punx Soundcheck (KITSUNE)// Steed Lord// Gobsausage// Glass Diamond// TOY TOY// The Education// Mr. Beasley// Ben Osborne// DJ Darkorse// Circa Burlesque- Little Bo Freak// Chrys Columbine// Slinky Sparkles and Straightola (VJ Set)
THE PLAYGROUND Vs Noise Of Art will give you a big Halloween bash on Saturday 31st October featuring
Man Like Me// My Tiger My Timing// My Toys Like Me// Trash Fashion// The Midi Midis// Glitches// The Teeth// Kindle// Gene Serene// DARKORSE-DJ set/// Rack ‘n’ Ruin – DJ Set// Afro Punk-DJ set// Slinky Sparkle// Chris Columbine// Little Bo Freak and Lydia Darling// Noise of Art’s “Dance of the Vampires” with They Came From The Stars and I Saw Them Vs Les Hommers DU Train// Ben Osborne -DJ set// Immaculate Extremists// Overlap// Your Mum// MOTH and more
“You're unlikely to attend another event in London like this so our advice is to get your ticket sharpish.” DJ Magazine, 2009.
Dear friend! I'm happy to announce The new free releases from MOX!
Monstaar Records has re-released his debut album «Insects» (originally 2002). MOX gives an opportunity to explore his bizarre and captivating worlds, blending ambient, dub, IDM, Warpwise electronica with elements of hip-hop, house, classical minimalism and humour – that was reflected in «Insects» in full measure. Currently, but within a limited period of time, "Insects" is free-downloadable - http://www.monstaar.com/free/. Hurry up!
Mrs Vee has released a joint album of MOX and Pitch «Intoxicated Divinity». The tracks on the album don't belong to one style (all music is electronic and experimental, though) – there's things of dub with kraut-rock bias, Eno-ish instrumentals, glitch, downtempo, dark-ambient, house and more. The cover uses the original picture by Pitch. «Intoxicated Divinity» is free for download . You only are to register to get it - http://www.mrsveerecordings.co.uk/audvee30/register.php
After our hugely successful launch with the BRUTE CHORUS and CIRCUS BURLESQUE trapeze artists, stilts, performance artists and burlesque dancers we have the next instalment coming up on Saturday the 26th September featuring KAPUTT, ROMANCE, SPEAK AND THE SPELLS and a whole lot more. Looking forward to seeing you there.
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