Markscheider Kunst (Маркшейдер Кунст) is a
ska 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 ...
,
Russia. 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,
ska and
reggae. Russian musical influences can be heard in their music as well. The band was founded in 1992 by
geology students from
St. Petersburg. The band has done gigs in many countries, as well as being the opening band for
Manu Chao in
Moscow 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,
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
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)
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Musical groups from Saint Petersburg
World fusion groups
Russian reggae musicians
Russian rock music groups
Third-wave ska groups
Musical groups established in 1992