Nature, silence, green noise, Rahmaninov, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, retro-dances 30-40-th, Astrid Gilberto, Warp, Morr, Matador, Ninja Tune, Brainwashed, David Lynch, Matmos, Momus, People like us, The Books, My Bloody Valentine, Scala, Lali Puna, Lush, Stereolab, Massive Attack, David Bowie, Angelo Badalamenti, Ruychi Sakamoto, Fantomas, KINO, Pan Sonic, Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, Autechre, Two Long Swordsmen, Vincent Gallo, Bright Black Morning Light, Squarepusher, Amon Tobin, Mike Patton, Cornelius, Solex, Fog, Chemical Brothers, Laurie Anderson, Brian Eno, Mouse on Mars, The Cure, Alog, Jarboe...
Chikiss has formed in the Summer of 2005 in a quiet resort town of Primorsk. It's near the Finnish border, on the coast of Gulf of Finland. Against the background of beautiful nature two Sashas - band's guitarist and drummer - have for ten years been recording their sound waves. The band has taken a certain shape in St. Petersburg at the home studio of keyboard player and singer Galya Chikiss who had first appeared in Primorsk in January 2005 to meet some like-minded people. Thus a new period in the life of all three has started. First they jammed at a historical early 20th century Lutheran church right on the Gulf's shore; the rehearsal studio was right under the spire. Then they moved to St. Petersburg. The joint creative process has led to the creation of Chikiss band and provided a lot of fresh ideas to the legendary Primorsk-based experimental band 188910 (named after the town's postcode) with which it shares members.
Chikiss is a colourful, beautiful and lively phenomenon in the Russian music scene. Not quite standard yet rather minimal lineup (voice, keyboards, rhythm section, guitar, reverberators), electronically specific sound of live instruments; varied scope of sounds - noise and ambient sketches alternate with dance rhythms and soul-warming outer space love lyrics. In Galya Chikiss' songs everyone can find something, concrete or abstract, catch a moment, a feeling - a high, a loneliness, a crush, an angst; joyful euphoria and universal sadness.
In the two years of existence the band has made a fair deal of progress. Chikiss took part in the St. Petersburg festivals Plug&Play, Izolenta, Zhivaya Elektronika, Sisto Party, SKIF, as well as Kazantip and Space Of Joy festivals in Crimea, Ukraine. They've played in all the leading St. Petersburg clubs and at friends' parties regardless of the musical theme as they could fit pretty much anywhere.
Currently the band features three people: Galya Chikiss (lead vocals, keyboards, music and lyrics), Alexander Belkov (rhythm section, reverberator, backing vocals) and Alexander Dubrovin (guitar, reverberator, backing vocals). All three of them harmonically combine in Chikiss and interact musically as a single organism.
Комета, Ракета, Зелёный человечек и Космонавт - прилетели! В программе: макробиотическое фрик-шоу "ладушки", раздача слонов, собак и воздушных замков, хоровое пение и массовые танцы, послеконцертные обнимашки с инопланетянами. Основное движение мероприятия - ХЛОП-ХЛОП-ХЛОП и ТОП-ТОП-ТОП - выполняется в течении 60 минут. Основная кричалка - "Свитер-свитер - выходи!" - выполняется произвольно.
25 октября в 22.00 Проект О.Г.И. (Москва http://www.proektogi.ru/) представляет - группа СВИТЕР! www.myspace.com/sviter http://community.livejournal.com/sviter_sviter/ P.S. Не забываем перевести часы.
19 травня, 19.00 «Остання барикада» (Харків, вул. Сумська, 73/75)
Святковий концерт, присвячений дню піонерії «ГОЛОД»
В програмі:
Космічна музика проекту «СВИТЕР». Нові та старі композиції, Проблеми ракетобудування та колективного виходу у відкритий космос. Гуманоїди в реаліях шоу-бізнесу. Комети, зірки та продукти харчування з тюбиків.
Нові поезії Сергія Жадана. Вірші про рибалок та лесбійок. Піонерська організація та українське растафаріанство. Хорове виконання улюблених уривків із книги про здорову та корисну їжу.
Вперше в Харкові – Андрій Родіонов (Москва). М’ясо російської поезії. Виживання космічних прибульців та соціальних маргіналів в умовах глобального потепління. Супроводжується відеорядом.
Тамуй голод з однодумцями! Всім пожирачам актуального мистецтва! Буде жирно!
All it was written live, but separately, there is one instrumental, one song on Tatar, one on English-Spanish, five - on Russian. Record not quite reflects all width of our sights, but in it there is that lovely abnormality which frightens off many, but some are involved nevertheless.
"CNMRG" - research group (St. Petersburg, Russia) "Theremin - Center" for electroacoustic music (Moscow, Russia) "TMA" - Trans Media Akademie Hellerau (Dresden, Germany)
MediaLab workshops and performances by:
Frieder Weiss (Germany) Yuri Didevich (Russia) Daniel Ploeger (Germany) Dmitry Dubov (Russia) Thomas Dumke (Germany) Dmitry Letohovskiy (Russia) Mathias Harting (Germany) Patrick K.-H. (Russia) Micah Silver (Usa), Dmitry Subochev (Russia) Andrei Smirnov (Russia)
For more info go to: blog.myspace.com/musicelectronic
Hello...Thank you very much..I know the band comments can be pretty cheesy, but we had to say Hi to all our new friends...since you and others gave us a chance...and we care very much about people giving us their time...thanks again
| 11-12 . 04 . 08 | sound art . media art . visual art | ................................................
| NOUMEN ART'08 | - фестиваль современного интеллектуального искусства
| музыка | - You-Anin - Анастасия Максимова & Марсель Гонсалес-Моро - Христо Кирилов - Alexandre de Guise - Игорь Шапошников (Browser in Mind) - JSP - Макаров Олег - EXIT Project - Виктор Черненко - Борис Томилов - Patrick K.-H. - Соpy Cat Progect - ОНО - Аксеновы Лана и Яна (LaJans Project) ................................................
| видео | - Наталья Полока - Дмитрий Субочев - Алексей Нижегородцев ................................................
| хореография | - Boroditsky Dennis Dance Company ................................................
Я хотел сказать, что нравятся ваши треки, не так выразился просто... Кстати, тогда, на фесте вы реально нас очень выручили, если бы не ваше своевременное появление, пришлось бы ехать в кунцево за рабочим, а это очень далеко...Спасибо!
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