Ambassador 21
Encyclopedia
Ambassador 21 is an Industrial
/Digital Hardcore
band from Minsk
, Belarus
. Most of AMBASSADOR21's lyrics are in Russian
and English
languages. AMBASSADOR21 play breakbeat hardcore
/ industrial
/ hardcore techno
with punk
elements.
The duo have toured Europe intensively since 2003, and have performed at many events, including Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2010 (Leipzig / Germany), Maschinenfest
'05, '06, '07, '08, '10, '11 (Germany) - as A21 and SUICIDE INSIDE, Ososphere 2009 (Strasbourg / France), Noxious Art Festival 2005 (Vesoul / France), Noxious Art Festival 2009 (Paris / France), Elektroanschlag (Altenburg / Germany), Resistance Festival 2004 (Bratislava / Slovakia), Resistance Festival 2005 (London / UK), Sick & Twisted (London / UK), Sickfest (Moscow / Russia), Dark Easter (Utrecht / Netherlands), Noise Central Festifal (Utrecht / Netherlands) and lots of gigs in France, Switzerland, UK, Italy, Canada, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, Slovakia, Chech Republic, Russia and Belarus.
In 2002 Ambassador 21 founded their own record label Invasion Wreck Chords (now Invasion). The band have released material for Invasion, Ant-Zen
, Hands Productions
, Pflichtkauf, Vendetta Music, Restroom, Audiotrauma, Out Of Line, Beton Kopf Media, D-Trash Records
and more.
Power Rage (Face Your Future Killers) was released in September 2009, and in 2009-2010 A21 do Power Rage Tour with lots of gigs in France, Canada, Germany, Italy, Belarus and shows at many festivals such Wave Gotik Treffen
2010 (Leipzig / Germany), M'era Luna 2010 (Hildesheim / Germany), Kinetik Festival 3.0 (Montreal / Canada), Festival Chauffer Dans La Noirceur (Montmartin-Sur-Mer / France), Moravian Industrial Festival (Olomouc / Czech Republic)...
In 2011 Ambassador 21 celebrates their 10th Anniversary with X Tour - in Germany, France, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Austria and Greece, playing with bands like Punish Yourself
, Iszoloscope
, Malakwa or Red City Noise and performed in HR Giger Museum in Grueres, Switzerland during X Tour.
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
/Digital Hardcore
Digital hardcore
Digital hardcore is a subgenre of hardcore punk incorporating influences from electronic music. Digital hardcore fuses elements of hardcore punk with various forms of electronic music...
band from Minsk
Minsk
- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...
, Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
. Most of AMBASSADOR21's lyrics are in Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
languages. AMBASSADOR21 play breakbeat hardcore
Breakbeat hardcore
Breakbeat hardcore is a derivative of the acid house and techno, of the late 1980s and early 1990s, that combines four-to-the-floor rhythms with breakbeats, and is associated with the UK rave scene.-The rave scene:...
/ industrial
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
/ hardcore techno
Hardcore techno
Hardcore techno is a type of electronic music typified by the rhythmic use of distorted and atonal industrial-like beats and samples...
with punk
Punk
Punk or punks may refer to:* Punk rock, a music genre originating in the 1960s associated with various subgenres* Punk subculture, a subculture associated with punk rock** Punk fashion, clothing styles associated with the punk subculture...
elements.
History
Ambassador 21 was founded in the summer of 2001 by Natasha (voice, electronics) and Alexey Protasov (voice, electronics).The duo have toured Europe intensively since 2003, and have performed at many events, including Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2010 (Leipzig / Germany), Maschinenfest
Maschinenfest
Maschinenfest is a yearly, three-day underground music festival featuring industrial, power electronics, noise and other alternative electronic performers. There are both independent and signed bands who are booked to play, as well as many vendors for music and related paraphernalia...
'05, '06, '07, '08, '10, '11 (Germany) - as A21 and SUICIDE INSIDE, Ososphere 2009 (Strasbourg / France), Noxious Art Festival 2005 (Vesoul / France), Noxious Art Festival 2009 (Paris / France), Elektroanschlag (Altenburg / Germany), Resistance Festival 2004 (Bratislava / Slovakia), Resistance Festival 2005 (London / UK), Sick & Twisted (London / UK), Sickfest (Moscow / Russia), Dark Easter (Utrecht / Netherlands), Noise Central Festifal (Utrecht / Netherlands) and lots of gigs in France, Switzerland, UK, Italy, Canada, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, Slovakia, Chech Republic, Russia and Belarus.
In 2002 Ambassador 21 founded their own record label Invasion Wreck Chords (now Invasion). The band have released material for Invasion, Ant-Zen
Ant-Zen
Ant-Zen Audio and Visual Arts is a German independent record label founded in 1994 by Stefan Alt , who serves as the art director. Visual arts from Ant-Zen are typically bleak but astonishing landscapes, or microscopic studies of what is often overlooked...
, Hands Productions
Hands Productions
Hands Productions is a contemporary independent industrial music record label, founded in the early 1990s, based in Germany. Hands Productions is known for its CD packaging, using cardboard and paper rather than typical plastic jewel cases, and typically elusive and minimalist designs...
, Pflichtkauf, Vendetta Music, Restroom, Audiotrauma, Out Of Line, Beton Kopf Media, D-Trash Records
D-Trash Records
Formed in 1998, Canada's D-Trash Records started as an online collective by members of Cpuwar and DJ Rabies as the beginnings of an international network of electronic music artists....
and more.
Power Rage (Face Your Future Killers) was released in September 2009, and in 2009-2010 A21 do Power Rage Tour with lots of gigs in France, Canada, Germany, Italy, Belarus and shows at many festivals such Wave Gotik Treffen
Wave Gotik Treffen
Wave-Gotik-Treffen is an annual world festival for "dark" music and arts in Leipzig, Germany. 150+ bands and artists from various backgrounds play at several venues throughout the city over 4 days...
2010 (Leipzig / Germany), M'era Luna 2010 (Hildesheim / Germany), Kinetik Festival 3.0 (Montreal / Canada), Festival Chauffer Dans La Noirceur (Montmartin-Sur-Mer / France), Moravian Industrial Festival (Olomouc / Czech Republic)...
In 2011 Ambassador 21 celebrates their 10th Anniversary with X Tour - in Germany, France, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Austria and Greece, playing with bands like Punish Yourself
Punish Yourself
Punish Yourself is a French electronic rock band best known for their stage theatrics and innovative style of industrial/punk music. They describe their style as "Fluo Cyber Punk".-Current members:...
, Iszoloscope
Iszoloscope
Iszoloscope is an industrial band from Aylmer, Quebec, currently based in Montreal. Iszoloscope's music ranges from harsh, rhythmic noise to ambient soundscapes...
, Malakwa or Red City Noise and performed in HR Giger Museum in Grueres, Switzerland during X Tour.
Discography
- Invitation To Execution - Invasion Wreck Chords 2001
- People Vs. Ambassador21 - Invasion Wreck Chords 2002
- Akcija - Invasion Wreck Chords 2004
- Weight Of Death - Invasion Wreck Chords 2006
- Fuck All Systems - Invasion Wreck Chords/Vendetta Music 2007
- Justified Thirst For Blood - Invasion Wreck Chords/Vendetta Music 2008
- Power Rage (Face Your Future Killers) - Invasion 2009
- Riot Death (Face Your Future Dealers) - Invasion 2010
Other Releases
- INV005 - Invasion Wreck Chords 2002
- Ambassador21 Vs. The World - D-Trash Records 2002
- Rational Terror - Invasion Wreck Chords 2003
- Belarus/Teenage Action EP - Invasion Wreck Chords 2003
- I Wanna Kill U. Com EP - Invasion Wreck Chords 2004
- Akcija V1.1 - Invasion Wreck Chords 2005
- New Doctrine About Trinity EP (with CONVERTER) - Invasion Wreck Chords 2005
- Good Morning W. (vs. FRAGMENT KING) - Invasion Wreck Chords 2006
- Drunken, Crazy, With A Gun - Invasion Wreck Chords 2007
- Cut&Go - Invasion Wreck Chords 2007
- Monsters, Victims & Witnesses DVD - Vendetta Music 2008
- Peacemakers Inc. (split with PUNISH YOURSELF and CHRYSALIDE) - Invasion 2009
- New Doctrine About Trinity EP (featuring CONVERTER) - Invasion 2010