Biography
Fans of avant-garde music say so: "Affinant" is the best that happened to the Russian chanson. True, the group belongs very relative to this genre: soft-grunge, jazz and even soul prevail in their songs. The leader of the "affinage" Em Kalinin defines their style as "intimate launching chanson."The history of creation and composition
"Affinaz" is a group officially formed in the spring of 2012 in St. Petersburg. The history of its creation is rooted in the distant 2000s.
In 2007 in Vologda, gifted self-taught musicians - Mikhail Kalinin, known as Em Kalinin, and Sergey Shileaev, and Sergeić. The guys tried to write songs in a duet, but a selfish desire to realize his own potential took over.
At about the same time, acquaintance with Alexander Evdokimov. Then he was known in narrow underground circles under the pseudonym Sasha Om, and now this is a name for hearing every self-respecting fan of "affinage".
In 2011, EM and Sergeych moved to St. Petersburg - the Motherland of the Legendary Rock Club, which at one time united the "Cinema", "Alice", "Aquarium", "DDT" and others. The guys played in the duet, unsuccessfully trying to expand the composition of talents. The first rehearsal was held on March 13, 2012, this moment is considered the start of the official history of "affinage".
The months later, on September 21, on a debut concert in the Petersburg club "Baikonur", Emu and Sergeich am Alexander Koriukovets, who was masterly owned by the accordion.
The last participant in the gold composition of "affinage" was Sasha Om. He joined the group already during the recording period of the first studio album.
Music
Mini collections "Affinuzh" and "Children" saw the light in 2013 and immediately broke through the rotation of Our Radio. However, the group gained massive popularity with the output of the studio album "I and Möbiius we are going to Champagne" (2014), the material for which Em Kalinin and Sergeich composed over the years earlier.The second full-format work of "Affining" was the album "Russian songs" (2015), which consists of tracks composed in different years. The earliest - "Before Easter" appeared in 2009, before the formal education of the group. However, the songs harmoniously fit into a single concept.
The symbol of the "Russian songs" was the top, it is depicted on a disc cover. The fans of "affinage" noticed that the top is the perfect image for their fan movement, brave, merciless. Then the musicians decided to invest in the Deluxe edition of the "Russian songs" a medallion in the shape of a wolf. In addition to decoration, the package included lyrics and group photos.
The first circulation of "Russian songs" "Affinage" was distributed in an unusual way - at the Church of St. Catherine on Vasilyevsky Island in St. Petersburg. Here on the authority was recorded "Overture (Version I)".
Indeed, the album pleases a variety of musical instruments: a baggage, saw, violin, darbuka, kahon, jambier, etc. were used for recording.
The subject continued the album "Russian songs. Afterword "(2016), which was originally planned as a mini-compilation. The tracks complement the prosaic statements from the face of the main character - Wani's soldier, who recalls childhood, family, a small homeland. However, returning home, he does not find anything of what he remembers. From now on, the only thing he warms the Vanya - His Greens.
The funds for the release of the next album "Affinant" collected what is called, the whole world - on crowdfunding service. Half of the stated amount managed to collect in just a day, and achieve the goal - in a week. As a gratitude, the musicians first released the EP "World", and then a full-fledged album "Make the Sea" (2017).
The largest plate "Gold" in its discography, the group decided to crush into several EP. The first "you who found" saw the light in February 2018, the release of the collection "Room with personal belongings" took place in May. In November, part called "Miracle" completed the trilogy.
"Affinant" is now
In October 2019, the autumn tour of the group was launched, dedicated to the release of Maxi-Single "New York - Moscow". The "Concerts" section on the official website of the "Affinuzh" daily enriched with new dates, and this is not surprising - judging by the photo reports from speeches, in Russia thousands of fans of the "intimate launching chanson".
In support of the Tour "New York - Moscow" in 2019, the group released clips to new songs "New York" and "I will not tell you" Goodbye "."
In November 2020, the group was invited to shoot the show of Ivan Urgant "Evening Urgant", in which the team made a music number.
Discography
- 2014 - "I and Möbiius we are going to Champagne"
- 2015 - "Russian songs"
- 2016 - "Russian songs. Afterword "
- 2017 - "Make the Sea"
- 2018 - "Gold"
Clips
- 2013 - "Affect"
- 2013 - Sasha
- 2015 - "Like"
- 2015 - "Jumping-standing"
- 2016 - "Dream"
- 2018 - "Best of all"
- 2019 - "I will not tell you" Goodbye ""
- 2019 - "New York"