Animal ДжаZ ("ДжаZ" can be transliterated as "jazz", although "Джаз" is the usual Russian spelling) is a

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

-based band playing

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and

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. They were formed in 2000. As of 2020, they have released 15 studio albums, including five acoustic albums.

Overview

Animal Jazz formed in Saint Petersburg on 22 December 2000. They have been nominated twice for the Fuzz Magazine Awards and played at both ceremonies: in 2003 as "Best New Band" and in 2004 as "Best Live Band". In August 2006, Animal Jazz headlined the alternative stage of the biggest Russian open-air rock festival,

Nashestvie Nashestvie (russian: Нашествие) was the largest open-air festival of Russian rock, organized by Nashe Radio station. It was held annually during the first weekend of July (first weekend of August until 2006) in the environs of Moscow, Rus ...

. The band was nominated in a few categories for RAMP 2008 (Rock Alternative Music Prize) and won in the categories "Best song of the year" and "Soundtrack of the year". Animal Jazz have opened for: *

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, 24 January 2002, and

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, 25 January 2002) *

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(St. Petersburg, 2 July 2002) *

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(Moscow, 26 September 2003) *

The Rasmus The Rasmus is a Finnish rock band that formed in 1994 in Helsinki while the band members were in upper comprehensive school.Main source of the band's history: The original band members were Lauri Ylönen (lead singer-songwriter), Eero Heinonen ...

(St. Petersburg, 15 October 2004) *

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(St. Petersburg, 1 June 2014, and Moscow, 2 June 2014)

Band members

Current members * Alexander "Mihalych" Krasovitski -

Vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

* Igor Buligin - Bass * Evgenyi "Johnson" Ryahovski -

Guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

* Sergey Kivin -

Drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

* Alexander Zarankin -

Keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

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

Discography

Electric albums * '' Animalизм'' (Animalism) (2002) * '' Стереолюбовь'' (Stereolove) (2004) * '' Как Люди'' (Like People) (2004) * '' Шаг Вдох'' (Step Inhale) (2007) * '' Эгоист'' (Egoist) (2009 * '' Animal ДжаZ'' (Animal Jazz) (2011) * '' Фаза быстрого сна'' (REM Sleep Phase) (2013) * ''Хранитель весны'' (Keeper of Spring) (2015) * ''Счастье'' (Happiness) (2018) * ''Время любить '' (Time to Love) (2019) Acoustic albums * ''

Unplugged Unplugged may refer to: *Acoustic music, music not produced through electronic means * "Unplugged" (B.A.P song), 2014 * "Unplugged" (''Modern Family''), a 2010 episode of ''Modern Family'' Albums and EPs * ''Unplugged'' (5'nizza album), 2002 * '' ...

'' (2005) * '' Unplugged II: раритеты'' (Unplugged II: Rarities) (2006) * '' 1:0 в пользу осени'' (1:0 in Favor of Autumn) (2007) * ''AZXV: Акустика'' (AZXV: Acoustics) (2016) * ''Acoustic'' with

Detsl Kirill Aleksandrovich Tolmatsky (russian: Кири́лл Алекса́ндрович Толмацкий; 22 July 1983 – 3 February 2019), better known by his stage names Detsl (Russian: Децл) and Le Truk, was a Russian hip hop artist. Bi ...

(2018) Soundtracks * ''

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'' (2006) Compilations * ''The Best'' (2004) * ''Single Collection'' (2005) * ''AZXV'' (2015) * ''Шаг Вдох. Трибьют'' (Step Inhale. Tribute) (2017)

References

External links

Official website

Youtube

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