Motorama is a Russian
post-punk
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band from
Rostov-on-Don
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,
Russia
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. The band was formed in 2005. The group has received popularity not only in Russia but also abroad, especially in
Europe
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,
Latin America
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and
Asia
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.
Musical style and influences
The band performs songs in
English
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* English people
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. Vladislav Parshin's vocals have often been compared with the voice of
Ian Curtis
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, the frontman of the British band
Joy Division
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Sumner and Hook formed the band after attend ...
. This, and the fact that Motorama played their first two
mini-albums in a style close to the sound of classic post-punk, led to the fact that the group is often accused of copying Joy Division. Motorama’s singles demonstrate a more melodic and ghostly sound than Joy Division’s dark and fast paced punk.
The situation has changed with the release of the group's first LP, ''Alps''. This album featured intonations of
New Wave and Indie pop, and the music in general became more bright and melancholic than depressive.
The band is influenced by Soviet post-punk bands like
Kino
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* Kino FM (98.0 FM – Moscow), a Russian music radio station
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and
Zvuki Mu
Zvuki Mu (russian: Зву́ки Му , roughly translated as "Sounds of Moo") was a Russian alternative rock/indie/post-punk band founded in Moscow in 1983. Lead singer and songwriter Pyotr Mamonov was one of the most revered and eccentric fig ...
, as well as
ethereal wave
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.
In 2010, a side-project of participants of the Motorama, the group Utro (), released a
Russian-language
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album.
Motorama's second studio album, ''Calendar'', was released October 18, 2012 on the French label
Talitres
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.
Vladislav Parshin and Irene Parshina formed another side-project, Leto v Gorode (), in 2012.
On June 27, 2014 Oleg Chernov became the new touring drummer, replacing Roman Belenky, who left the band for family reasons.
Irene Parshina became a tour manager of Motorama and Utro.
The third album, ''Poverty'', was released January 26, 2015 via Talitres.
Single song "One Moment" was released on a special fifteenth anniversary Talitres vinyl in 2016.
The fourth album, ''Dialogues'', was released in 2016 via Talitres.
The fifth album, ''Many Nights'', was released in September 2018.
In January 2020, the band left Talitres to start their label I'm Home Records.
Discography
Albums
* ''Alps'' (2010)
* ''Calendar'' (2012)
* ''Poverty'' (2015)
* ''Dialogues'' (2016)
* ''Many Nights'' (2018)
* ''Before The Road'' (2021)
EPs
* ''Horse'' (2008)
* ''Bear'' (2009)
Singles
* ''One Moment'' (2011)
* ''Eyes'' (2013)
* ''She Is There'' (2014)
* ''Holy Day'' (2016)
* ''The New Era'' (2020)
* ''Today & Everyday'' (2020)
* ''Tomorrow'' (2022)
* ''Another Chance'' (2023)
References
External links
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I'm Home Recordson
Bandcamp
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Russian musical groups
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