Biography
The Hardkiss became a kind of phenomenon on the Ukrainian scene. The heavy sound of music, the amazing soloist vocals and non-standard scenic images attracted a large number of fans and provided a group of fame abroad. It is difficult to believe that the history of the project could be quite different.The history of creation and composition
The history of the creation of the Ukrainian Rock Group began in 2011. The future soloist of Julia Sanina at that time was only 18 years old. In the role of a journalist, the girl worked on a new material for the article when he met the music producer of the Ukrainian version of the Channel MTV Valery Val Bebko. Together they created the Pop Project Val & Sanina and recorded the first tracks in Russian.
Later, the style of execution has changed, and new compositions were written in English. The team members decided to renaming by voting among the subscribers of the duet account in the social network "Facebook". Between the names of the "Planet Pony" and The Hardkiss was chosen a second option suitable for the genre of music.
Music
The main feature of compositions is not only in heavy sound, but also in a strong, punching to the trembling vocal voice. The debut speeches of the group in the Kiev club Serebro and on the heating of other teams were held in 2011, at the same time the first Babylon video clip was shot, thanks to which the performers were popular. In Russia, the musicians were on the air of the MUZ-TV and MTV television channels at the end of 2011. For the Make-Up video published in 2012, the group became the laureate of the Ukrainian music award Yuna.Thanks to the recognition among fans and victories in numerous competitions, since 2013, solo concerts of the group began to be held, and the first Studes and Honey studio album was recorded later in English.
In 2016, The Hardkiss participated in the National Competition for the Eurovision Trip. Initially, the guys were held in the final, but according to the results of the audience, Dzhamale's victory was given. In the same year, the soloist Julia Sanina appeared in the jury of the seventh season of the Ukrainian version of the show "X-factor".
In 2017, the musicians presented the Zhuravli monochrome clip with the inserts of Julia's players on a guitar and a bird's eye view. The song is recorded with an unusual for rock project the melodic of acoustic instruments and in the native language of the participants. Since 2018, the group's albums began to go out with Ukrainian names and compositions in both languages.
Continuing experiments with the sound, in 2019, Yulia Sanina and the Ukrainian singer Tina Karol recorded the soundtrack "Gully" to the romantic fantasy "devotee" 2020. For both singers, this track sounds unusual. In the shooting of the clip to the song, the frames of the film from the film by fragments of the performances of the artistok are harmoniously mixed.
In 2020, together with the Musician, Monatik was removed the video clip "Cobra" with the text in Ukrainian. According to the musicians themselves, this song about mounted and dangerous connections, although in the clip there is directly animated reptile.
The Hardkiss now
In the 2021th, the team noted the 10th anniversary and replenished the discography with the new album "Living I was not lounge" ("Live and not iron"). The album entered the already famous songs to which clips were removed, and 4 new tracks, again with the experimental sound of rock, electronics and even Dzhang. Work on the album continued for two years in the project's own studio.
Julia and Valery Val as a guitarist became a constant design of the project, the other musicians joined temporarily. Now the collective, in addition to the unchanged duet, includes bass guitarist Klim Lyyuk and the drummer Evgeny Kibelyev. On the official website of the group you can buy tickets for concerts or Merch. In the summer of 2021, the musicians took part in the country's main festivals, and in the fall they went on tour in support of the release. In 2022, the Grand Show "Ten" was planned in Kiev.
In addition to working on a music project, Fronteumen Yulia Sanina leads an account in "Instagram", consonant with the name of the group, in which the personal stories, as well as news and photos of unusual images. In the 2021th, the artist appeared on the cover of the May issue Vogue UA and gave an interview about the preparation for concerts.
Discography
- 2014 - Stones and Honey
- 2015 - Cold Altair
- 2017 - Perfection IS A LIE
- 2018 - "Lastivka Lastivnaya"
- 2020 - "Acoustics. Live »
- 2021 - "Live і not having a gatherance"
Clips
- 2011 - Babylon
- 2012 - Dance With Me
- 2012 - Make Up
- 2012 - October.
- 2013 - Part of Me
- 2013 - In Love
- 2013 - Shadows of Time
- 2014 - Hurricane
- 2014 - Stones
- 2015 - Organ
- 2015 - Tony Talk
- 2016 - Helpless.
- 2016 - Perfection.
- 2016 - Rain.
- 2017 - "Antarctica"
- 2017 - "Zhuravlі"
- 2017 - Lovers.
- 2017 - "Shop"
- 2018 - "Melodia"
- 2018 - FREE ME
- 2018 - "Kohantsi"
- 2019 - "Hell"
- 2019 - "Live"
- 2020 - "Cosat"
- 2020 - "Mountain"
- 2020 - "Cobra"
- 2020 - "All Bulo So"
- 2021 - "Obimi"