Anacondaz is a numetal group founded in 2009.
Group Membership
Current Membership
Sergey "Sega" Karamushkin - recitative (2009 - present), clean vocals (2015 - present)
Artem "Ortyom" Khorev - recitative (2009 - present)
Ilya "Mad Dog" Pogrebnyak - guitar (2009 - present), backing vocals (2018 - present)
Yevgeny "Yevgei" Formanenko - bass guitar (2010 - present)
Yevgeny Stadnichenko - drums (2020 - present)
Former members
Gleb "Brondo" Broniukov - rap vocals (2008 - 2009)
Zhanna "Red" Dar - keyboards (2009 - 2011)
Alexander Cherkasian Cherkasov - drums (2009 - 2013)
Timur "Mayor of Buryatia" Esetov - samples (2009 - 2020)
Alexey "Proff" Nazarchuk - drums (2014 - 2020)
Tour members
Vladimir Zinoviev - drums (2014)
2021
May 4, 2020 releases the single of the upcoming album titled "Not Normal," in which the musicians indirectly speak on the subject of COVID-19 as well.
On November 12, 2020 musicians please fans again with the single with the title "Sit on my face" in the fit with the band kitty-kitty, which was met by listeners extremely ambiguously, but it meant only one thing: the album is not far off.
The long-awaited fit with the band Sharpening took place on February 5, 2021. Though the duet Zatochka does not speak very positively about the hits with other artists, explaining their position by the fact that they are not satisfied with the idea of hits, they like to "get high on their own field", as Yuri Simonov, the voice of the band said in an interview, but considering that the guitarist of both bands is the same person, Ilya "Mad Dog" Pogrebnyak, the release of a joint track was a matter of time. On the cover of the single, especially attentive fans could see the encrypted release date of the forthcoming album, where the number of likes on the post was a reference to the month and day of the release, 1202 (February, 12th). Later, this "Easterling" also distinguished itself in the album title "Call me +79995771202", or more precisely, in the last four digits of the presented number.
On February, 12th, 2021 the band has presented their seventh studio album under the title "Call me back +79995771202", that contained sixteen tracks, including two joint tracks with bands kis-kis and Zatochka.
2019
On December 5, 2019, Anacondaz are releasing a new mini-album, "My Kids Won't Be Bored." It includes eight tracks with the participation of Noize MC, Max Girko, 25/17, Inice and Horus. The new work of the band covers many problems of modern Russia. Anacondaz sings about children and parents, young generation in general, the influence of social networks on immature minds, suicidal tendencies among teenagers and the harsh realities of life and growing up in Russia.
Shortly after the release of the new album Anacondaz released a cover of the song "Waiting for Miracle" by 25/17.
2018
On October 11, the band is releasing an album titled "I Never You." The album includes collaborative songs with such musicians as Louna, Vlady, Animal Jazz and Ram (Dirty Ramirez).
2017
In the summer of 2016, the band releases a single from an upcoming record for the song "Trains," and in February 2017 they release the single "Angel." The album "Marry Me" was released on February 24, 2017.
2015
In the spring of 2015 the band released three singles from the forthcoming record - "Call Out", "Besit" and "Motocycle".
On June 15, Planeta.ru posted the band's second-ever fundraising project for the mastering of the upcoming record. One day later, the requested 200 thousand rubles were already collected, and the album recording raised over half a million rubles.
September 22nd the video for the song "Me to Me" from the upcoming album was released, and the next day in an interview with Rap.ru the date of the record release was announced - September 24th.
Anacondaz at Hip-Hop MayDay 2016
The released album was called "Insider's Tales" and was quite warmly received by critics. Among the strengths are the irony, sometimes reaching the point of absurdity, and the equanimity with which the MC of the band manages to read about the deaths of people in Syria or about armless janitors, chauffeurs and writers. It was noted that over the course of several years, the group managed to establish itself firmly among professional Russian alternative groups. In his review, Alexei Mazhaev calls Anacondaz's music "a pleasure for those who understand it". He mentions the sense of humor and unexpected rhymes, but doubts if this album could help the band to find new listeners. Old listeners, the critic writes, may get bored while listening to the album, because the lyrics, which he assessed as mostly positive, are accompanied by not always well chosen arrangements and catchy melodies.
2014
The record was released on January 31, 2014. Besides the songs written and performed by the band, the album also included joint compositions with such musicians as: rapper Pencil, deathcore band "My Autumn", and indie band "Winter Forever". In addition, one of the musicians of the RasKar project made a remix of the song "Don't Tell Me How to Live", which was also included in the album. The album was warmly received by critics; they noted its sense of humor, unconventionalism, and trademark "synthesis of razzle-dazzle and statements 'about the main thing'.
2012
In May 2012, the band's second studio album, titled Children and Rainbows, is released. It gets some press coverage. In particular, portal Colta.ru places it in the May list "Albums of the month". Natalia Yugrinova, the portal's music reviewer, notes the group's increased musical level and writes about the group's great prospects.
In 2012 the band actively starts giving concerts: first the presentation of the second album "Children and Rainbow", then the performances at the Russian festival Kubana and two concert tours #GoldenVoblaTour and #GrehTour in autumn/spring 2012-2013 in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
In February 2013 Grigory Zorin, who was also the producer of Noize MC at that time, started working with the band. The musicians continue their participation in concerts, this time in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, as well as in several tours and festivals, including Kubana and KaZantip.
In May 2013 they took part in a competition for novice performers "R'n'B & Hip-Hop RUNNING". They won in two categories at once: according to the results of online and audience voting, they got an opportunity to broadcast their video "Round the Year" on the air of the international music channel Russian MusicBox.
On July 16, 2013, a joint composition "The Happiest Man on Earth" was presented at a party dedicated to the seven-year anniversary of the Maxim Online website.
In November 2013 on Planeta.ru a campaign was launched to raise money for mastering the forthcoming record. The required amount of 120 thousand rubles was collected in 12 days. Unlike the previous band's releases, the mastering of the new album called "No Panic" was done not by the band themselves, but by an external company "360 Mastering", based in London.
At the end of the year, new drummer Alexei "Proff" Nazarchuk, who had previously played in the band Tracktor Bowling, joined Anacondaz.
2011
In 2011 the band became a sextet: drummer Alexander Cherkasov, bassist Evgeny Formanenko, guitarist Ilya Pogrebnyak, sampler Timur Yesetov and two MCs - Artyom Khorev and Sergey Karamushkin.
Sergey Karamushkin, under the pseudonym of Another MC, took part in the 9th official Hip-Hop.ru battle and reached the eighth round, in which he lost to the rapper Babangida. The compositions "Etude in Crimson Tones" and "Lethal Weapon", with which Sergey performed in the seventh and eighth rounds, included in the next record of the group.
2009
The band was formed in Astrakhan in 2009. After the recording of the debut album "Chewy Nishtyaki" the band started touring, including Moscow. In 2010 it was decided to move to the capital, where the band members live up to this day. Here they also met famous rapper Noize MC, with whom they later recorded a joint song, and who soon became their good friend.
Andrey Nikitin called the album "Smashing Nishtyaki" "probably the most underrated album of 2009".
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Russian rap rock band
Russian rap rock band formed in Astrakhan in 2009. It is a quintet and has seven studio albums and two mini-albums to its credit.
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