Skafandr
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Skafandr is a popular Russia
n band playing in the self-defined "metal
-dub
" style. Skafandr was formed in 1998
by Eugeniy Rybnikov, Yuriy Vitel, and Kirill Soloviyov in Saint Petersburg
. Until 2001
the band was giving concerts with Anna Stolyarova's vocals, but since then focused on instrumental music only.
Annually Skafandr gives around 40 concert performances all around Russia, and has recorded three full studio albums on their own record label "Metal Dub Sound System".
With the band's permission, several tracks from its second CD have been used as the soundtrack for animated shorts on Mult.ru - home of Masyanya
.
The first animated music video Human created by Toondra
animation studio got "Best music video of the 2006 year" award on RAMP Festival
Skafandr also produced the soundtrack for the video game Stalingrad.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n band playing in the self-defined "metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
-dub
Dub music
Dub is a genre of music which grew out of reggae music in the 1960s, and is commonly considered a subgenre, though it has developed to extend beyond the scope of reggae...
" style. Skafandr was formed in 1998
1998 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1998.-Events:*January 28 – "Weird Al" Yankovic gets LASIK surgery to cure his myopia...
by Eugeniy Rybnikov, Yuriy Vitel, and Kirill Soloviyov in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
. Until 2001
2001 in music
See also:* 2001 in music Record labels established in 2001-Events:*January 1**Comeback of Guns N' Roses in House of Blues**Hum disbands.*January 17 – Bass player Jason Newsted leaves Metallica after 14 years with the band....
the band was giving concerts with Anna Stolyarova's vocals, but since then focused on instrumental music only.
Annually Skafandr gives around 40 concert performances all around Russia, and has recorded three full studio albums on their own record label "Metal Dub Sound System".
With the band's permission, several tracks from its second CD have been used as the soundtrack for animated shorts on Mult.ru - home of Masyanya
Masyanya
Masyanya is a popular Russian online cartoon made with Macromedia Flash animation, created by Oleg Kuvaev. The title character is a woman in her twenties who lives in an apartment in St. Petersburg. Masyanya has an oval-shaped head and always wears a miniskirt and a shirt with a bare midriff...
.
The first animated music video Human created by Toondra
Toondra
Toondra is a multiawarded Russian animation studio.The most well known Adobe Flash music videos for music bands Leningrad , Stu, Skafandr band, Multfilmy, Scratch, Robin Vood....
animation studio got "Best music video of the 2006 year" award on RAMP Festival
Skafandr also produced the soundtrack for the video game Stalingrad.
Members
- Eugeniy Rybnikov (Евгений Рыбников) - GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Yuriy Vitel (Юрий Витель) - BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Kirill Soloviyov (Кирилл Соловьев) - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Discography
- EPExtended playAn EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
8-812 (with Anna Stolyarova) — 2001 - EPExtended playAn EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
Навстречу Солнцу и Свету (Towards The Sun and The Light) — 2002 - EPExtended playAn EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
"Эпизод 3: Марш Красных Раскрепощенных Роботов По Планете Марс (Episode III: The March of Red Emancipated Robots Over Planet Mars) — 2003
- LPAlbumAn album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
Марш Красных Роботов(The March of Red Robots) — 2004 - LPAlbumAn album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
Навстречу Солнцу И Свету — 2005 - LPAlbumAn album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
Kill Voice — 2006 - LPAlbumAn album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
Тяжелый Шар Земной — 2007