Pavel Nikolayevich Zhagun (

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n: Павел Николаевич Жагун; born May 22, 1954 in

Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk ( rus, Челя́бинск, p=tɕɪˈlʲæbʲɪnsk, a=Ru-Chelyabinsk.ogg; ba, Силәбе, ''Siläbe'') is the administrative center and largest city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the seventh-largest city in Russia, with a ...

, Russia) is a Russian poet, musician, record producer, artist, and curator. Zhagun was raised in

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and graduated from R.M. Glier Kiev Institute of Music as a trumpet player.

Career

Between 1970 and 1980 he worked in various

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and jazz bands: from 1971 to 1975 in the progressive

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band Bells, from 1974 to 1976 in the Ukrainian Radio & Television Symphony Orchestra, the bands Charivny Gitary and Krasnye Maki and was

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of Georgian State Jazz Orchestra. In the 1980s Pavel played in the band (

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). Since the late 1980s he worked on solo industrial-noise projects and produced several indie-bands. During 1988–1989 Zhagun founded and produced the bands Scandal and Moral Codex. He continues to work with Moral Codex. During 1991–92 Pavel participated in a number of Russian post-industrial electronic projects, Atomic Biscuit Orchestra, Joint Committee and F.R.U.I.T.S. (with

Alexei Borisov Alexei Yurievich Borisov (russian: Алeксeй Юpьeвич Борисов) (born 7 December 1960) is a Russian musician, active in the Russian underground music scene since the beginning of the 1980s, and a member of Night Prospekt, F.R.U.I.T ...

). Since 2000 he wrote music for films, such as ''24 Часа'' by Alexander Atanesyan) and art performances, working as a curator of Khankhalaev Gallery and began painting and creating graphic works. Zhagun is currently living in Moscow and owns the 0˚ internet record label. His current solo electronic music project is called Piezo.

Literary career

* 2007 – Zhagun published avant-garde poems and prose, which he had written since the middle of the 1970s and released a book of poems " Radiolarias" – Vodoley Publishers. * 2008 – book of poems " IN4" – Pushkin Fund publishing. * 2008 – Pavel became organizer and a participant of an annual festival of sound-art and

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" Poetronica". * 2009 – book of poems " Scarlet Letter of Speed" – Pushkin Fund publishing. * 2009 – Pavel was short-listed for

Andrei Bely Prize The Andrei Bely Prize (Russian: Премия Андрея Белого; ''Premiya Andreya Belovo'') is the oldest independent literary prize awarded in Russia. It was established in 1978 by the staff of ''Hours'', the largest samizdat literary ...

. * 2009 — novel-transformer " Kaliostro's Dust" – published by Argo-Risk and Knizhnoe Obozrenie. * 2010 – book of poems " Carte Blanche" – published by Argo-Risk and Knizhnoe Obozrenie.

Discography

* 2011 – "SILF" – Nostress Netlabel * 2010 — "ARTIFICATION" — Rhizomatique * 2009 — "4444" – 0˙Records * 2008 — "Xaioiax" — Koyuki Records * 2005 — "BRUT" — 0˙Records * 2001 — "Music for Machines" — Exotica Records * 2001 — "Lighting Ice Generator" — V/A "Tell Tchaikovsky The News Vol. 3" Exotica Lights * 2001 — "Stepindustria" — V/A "Tell Tchaikovsky The News Vol. 2" Exotica Lights * 1999 — "Blue Fluff On The Black Hat" — V/A "Tell Tchaikovsky The News" Exotica Lights * 1999 — "Aquasonic" Live CD-R Noart Records * 1996 — "Magnetto" — Noart Records * 1996 — "Celluloid Solution" — V/A "Transsiberian Express" Purple Legion * 1992 — "Xenomania" — CD-R Noart Records * 1991 — "Toxic Tranzistor" — CD-R Noart Records * 1991 — "Dead Fish And Luminous Air" — CD-R Noart Records * 1990 — "Toyz Of The Noize" — CD-R Noart Records * 1989 — "Noisereconstruction" — CD-R Noart Records * 1988 — "Moto 2000" — 0˙Records * 1987 — "Rubber Japan" — 0˙Records * 1986 — "Honey Phosphorus" — 0˙Records * 1985 — "Clorox of molecule" — 0˙Record * 1984 — "Glass Idol" — 0˙Records

Selected discography of F.R.U.I.T.S.

* 1997 — " Elektrostatic" ( Exotica Records) * 1998 – F.R.U.I.T.S. & Sa-Zna " Amber Rooms" (CD) ( Exotica Records / GMB R&I, Russia) * 2000 – Acid report 1996 (CD-R, Grief recordings) * 2000 – Studio recordings 1992–1993 vol.1 (CD-R, N&B research digest) * 2001 – Jakuzi (CD, Exotica Records) * 2001 – "Lakmus" (CD-R, Xerxes rec., Japan) * 2004 – "Forbidden Beat" (CD, Laton, Austria)

References

External links

Official site

MySpace profile
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