Markscheider Kunst (Маркшейдер Кунст) is a

ska Ska (; ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a walki ...

band from

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 ...

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. It plays

afro-rock Afro rock is a style of rock music with West African influences. Afro rock bands and artists in the late 1960s and early 1970s included Osibisa, Assagai and Lafayette Afro Rock Band. Style The style relies on the use of rock string instruments ...

soukous Soukous (from French '' secousse'', "shock, jolt, jerk") is a genre of dance music from Congo-Kinshasa and Congo-Brazzaville. It derived from Congolese rumba in the 1960s, becoming known for its fast dance rhythms and intricate guitar improv ...

and

reggae Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use ...

. Russian musical influences can be heard in their music as well. The band was founded in 1992 by

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students from

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 ...

. The band has done gigs in many countries, as well as being the opening band for

Manu Chao Manu Chao (; born José-Manuel Thomas Arthur Chao on 21 June 1961) is a French-Spanish singer. He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Arabic, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Greek, and occasionally in other languages. Chao began his mus ...

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

in 2002.

Members

Current members

*Sergei Yefremenko (EFR) (1992–present) – guitar, vocals, lyrics *Kirill Oskin (1992–present) – bass, backing vocals * Vladimir Matushkin (Nguba) (1995–present) – guitar, backing vocals *Kirill Ipatov (1995–present) –

timbales Timbales () or pailas are shallow single-headed drums with metal casing. They are shallower than single-headed tom-toms and usually tuned much higher, especially for their size.Orovio, Helio 1981. ''Diccionario de la música cubana: biográfico ...

conga The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest). ...

*Denis Rachkov (2000–present) – guitar *Danila Prokopev (2007–present) – drums, timbales *Yegor Popov (2017–present) – trumpet *Anton Boyarskikh (2017–present) – trombone *Ilya Vymenits (1997–present) – timbales, conga,

bongos Bongos ( es, bongó) are an Afro-Cuban percussion instrument consisting of a pair of small open bottomed hand drums of different sizes. They are struck with both hands, most commonly in an eight-stroke pattern called ''martillo'' (hammer). The ...

Former members

* Sergey Yegorov (Snegoriy) (1992–2007) – drums, backing vocals *Serafim Makangila (1996–2003) – vocals *Mitya Khramtsov (1996–1998) – *Vadim Yagman (1999–2002) – trumpet *Aleksey Kanev (1999–2002) – saxophone * Ramil Shamsutdinov (1999–2004) – trombone *Mikhail Nikolayev (2001–2005) – timbales, conga * Alexander Plyusnin (2003–2017) – trumpet * Ivan Neklyudov (2004–2017) – saxophone *Anton Vishnyakov (2005–2017) – trombone *Pavel Vasilyev (2017–2018) – keyboards

Discography

*''Kem Byt?'' (1994/1996) *''Live in Helsinki'' (single) (1997) *''St.Petersburg-Kinshasa Transit'' (1998) *''Krasivo Sleva'' (2001) *''Na Svyazi'' (2003) *''Ryba (maxisingle)'' (2006) *''Café Babalu'' (2008) * ''Utopia'' (2010) * ''FREEDOM'' (2020)

External links

* * {{Authority control Musical groups from Saint Petersburg World fusion groups Russian reggae musicians Russian rock music groups Third-wave ska groups Musical groups established in 1992