iamthemorning is a Russian

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duo formed in 2010, consisting of singer Marjana Semkina and pianist

Gleb Kolyadin Gleb Kolyadin (Gleb Alekseevich Kolyadin, russian: Глеб Алексеевич Колядин , born July 11, 1989, Leningrad, Russia) is a Russian pianist, composer, and arranger who mixes progressive rock and jazz fusion with neoclassical ...

Biography

The duo formed at the start of the 2010. Their name was taken from the song "I Am the Morning" from

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's debut release, '' Effloresce''. The band self-released their debut album, '' ~'', in April 2012. The second studio album, '' Belighted'', was released by

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in September 2014. Recorded and mixed in London by Marcel van Limbeek (

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), the album features drummer Gavin Harrison from

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. Their third studio album, '' Lighthouse'', features bassist

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, also from Porcupine Tree, and vocalist

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from Riverside in addition to Harrison and Limbeek. The band has produced all three albums themselves. The band supported Riverside, Árstíðir, and

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on their fall 2015 tour. The band won Album of the Year for their album ''Lighthouse'' at the 2016 Progressive Music Awards.

Musical style

Iamthemorning's music is generally described as "Chamber Prog" or "Chamber Progressive Rock" both by reviewers and the band themselves, in reference to the band's combination of

Progressive Rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. In ...

music and chamber music. Although Marjana Semkina and Gleb Kolyadin are the only official members of the band, iamthemorning typically include several other instruments such as guitar, bass, drums, string quartets, and various wind instruments.

Discography

;Studio albums * '' ~'' (2012) * '' Belighted'' (2014) * '' Lighthouse'' (2016) * ''Ocean Sounds'' (2018) * ''The Bell'' (2019) ;EPs * ''

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'' (2014) * ''Counting the Ghosts'' (2020) ;Live Albums * '' From the House of Arts'' (2015) ;DVDs * ''Ocean Sounds'' (2018)

References

External links

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Bandcamp

Kscope
{{Authority control Russian progressive rock groups Musical groups established in 2010 Rock music duos 2010 establishments in Russia