Spasenie is a Belarusian
Christian
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and
pop rock
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band from
Brest, which formed in 1989.
History
The band was formed in August 1989, when an impromptu concert they gave in
Brest City Park spontaneously gathered about 150 people. After the performance, the players soon formed the band.
In the same year, they started to rehearse, wrote the first songs and, a few months later, were invited to tour across
Yakutia
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.
For the band's 17th anniversary, they gave a big concert with the orchestra at the
Palace of the Republic, which recording was released on the DVD ''17 Live'' in 2006.
A feature of the band is that music is written by not one but all members.
The band has very often toured abroad: with performances, musicians attended
the Baltic countries, Ukraine, Romania, Poland, Germany, Canada, Russia, the US, the UK, South Korea, South Africa, and more regions.
On August 3, 2019, the band celebrated the 30th anniversary with a major concert with the orchestra at Lenin Square in
Brest.
Name
The name "Spasenie" (; ) was chosen while on a train to Yakutia in the early 1990s to represent that they see music as salvation
Language
For the first 15 years of its existence, the band sang exclusively in Russian, but with the release of the album ''
Crossing the Jordan'', the English language became heard much more frequently in their songs. Vocalist Igor Mukha answered
Volha Samusik from
Muzykalnaya Gazeta on the language, saying
Social activity
Every year since 2005 the band holds the rock music festival-competition "X-Star" and organizes an annual large youth concert in Brest called "The City of Light" () since 2009. The participants also oppose
abortion
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.
In 2019 the band prepared and launched a guided tour together with
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
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History Inbelkult - predecessor to the Academy
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named "Brest is the city of
the Bible
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."
Discography
Albums
* ''Хабаровский край'' (1992)
* ''Возвращение домой'' (musical) (1992)
* ''Старые песни'' (1992)
* ''Мой Бог скала'' (1993)
* ''Только Ты'' (1995)
* ''Человек без зубила'' (1997)
* ''Бьют часы'' (1998)
* ''Exit'' (1999)
* ''Летит безжалостное время'' (2000)
* ''...а Солнце за кормой'' (2001)
* ''Еврейский альбом'' (2001)
* ''Без слов о том же'' (with Igor Rudy) (2003)
* ''Кардиограмма'' (2003)
* ''
Crossing the Jordan'' (feat. Tim Spransy and Becky Sharp) (2004)
* ''Acoustic'' (2007)
* ''Spasenie'' (2009)
* ''Reboot'' (wth Brian Montrey) (2011)
* ''Вечные слова'' (2012)
Compilation albums
* ''10 лет, The Best'' (1999)
Live DVD
* ''17 Live'' (2007)
Participation in collections
* ''Серебряный граммофон'' (2006) (
All-National TV
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), (track "Плачет небо").
* ''Золотая'' 20: зима 2007 (2006) (
West Records), (track "Плачет небо").
Music videos
* Никто кроме Тебя
* Расстояние (2003)
* На метр от земли (2004)
* Плачет небо / The Word Was Spoken (2005)
* Осень
* Странные сны
Awards and nominations
2006 – Alpha-radio Awards "".
2009 – nomination in the contest "Just Pain Folks Music Awards" for the song "... а Солнце за кормой".
2009 – nomination in the category "For Contribution to the Development of Music" at the Annual Gospel Music Association Awards.
2010 – the Radio Brest festival "": Best Band, Best Frontman (Igor Mukha).
2019 – diploma of the Brest City Council of Deputies.
Band members
* Igor Mukha – vocals, saxophone, acoustic guitar
(1989—)
* Pavel Shelpuk – vocals,
violin
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, guitars, bass
(1989—)
* Peter Semenuk – keyboards, vocals
(1989—)
* Mike Choby – bass
* Dmitriy Golodko – solo guitar
;Lyricist
* Alex Borisyuk – guitar
(1989—)
;Sound engineer
* Andrey Kovalchuk
;Former members and tour musicians
Tatiana Shelpuk (vocals, keyboards), Vadim Semenuk (drums), Vitaly Kalezhinsky (drums), Yezhy Khaichuk (drums), Alex Manetskiy (drums), Dave Geer (drums), Leonid Borisevich (solo guitar), Vasily Mashliakevich (bass), Stanislav Yanchin (bass), Dmitriy Branavitsckiy, Andrey Kleshchov, Danny Platt, Brian Montrey, etc.
Literature
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References
External links
Spasenie on Discogs{{Authority control
Musical groups established in 1989
Belarusian rock music groups
Christian rock groups
Belarusian pop music groups
Soviet rock music groups
Russian-language musical groups from Belarus
English-language musical groups from Belarus