Nochniye Snaiperi
Notschnyje Snaipery (Russian Ночные Снайперы ) is a Russian rock band that already in 1993 by Diana Arbenina ( Диана Арбенина ) ( born July 8, 1974 in Waloschyn, Belarus ) first together with Svetlana Surganowa ( Светлана Сурганова ) in Saint Petersburg as a duo for acoustic Music was founded.
Early years
The roots of the band lie in 1993, when met in St. Petersburg Arbenina Diana and Svetlana Surganowa and merged briefly to an acoustic duet. The activity of the duet was interrupted by the move Arbeninas to parents to Magadan briefly, only to the reunification Surganowas ibid (already under the name Notschnyje Snaipery ) to find their continuation. In 1994, a musical competition, the duo through a qualifying round in Samara back to St. Petersburg. There, the band established in the following two years with performances in various clubs (including the " Sasada ", " Bely Krolik ", " romance " and " tonic " ) as well as numerous other occasions. Furthermore, the two artists took part in a musical competition on TV ( Wesj Petersburg) and at festivals. In November 1996, a first international appearance took place on a student festival in Denmark. 1997 an extension of the occupation to bass and drums took place. This is followed by further appearances at festivals, fairs and nightclubs. In August 1998, finally appear the first publication of the group, the double album A drop of tar in the honey pot ( Капля дегтя в бочке меда ). The compositions have been highly rated and included in the program of some radio broadcasts. The band toured in the aftermath much by Russia, but there were also performances take place abroad ( including in Sweden and Finland).
Career as a rock band
Towards the end of 1998, finally the decision was made to develop the hitherto purely acoustic music of the group in the direction of " electrically enhanced" rock music. There were joined by the new bass player and the drummer Goga Kopylov Alik Potapkin. The character of the music changed lead to significant; yet the group was still well received and published in August 1999 the second album Kindergeplapper ( Детский лепет ). Two years later, in the summer of 2001, followed by another album: The barrier ( Рубеж ), with a number - one placement of the song 31 Spring ( 31- я весна ) on radio station Nashe Radio. The band was then also a contract with the label "Real Records ".
The work on the follow-up album tsunami were completed in the fall of 2002. However, the founding member Svetlana Surganowa soon left the band on persistent request of Diana Arbenina. In the next few years Svetlana pursued a solo career, and gathered the group under the name " Surganowa and Orchestra ". In February 2003, the largest solo performance took place in the sport complex " Luzhniki" place. The 10th anniversary of the group was celebrated with a double concert in the club "B2". In the summer of 2004, the rock band took part in Berlin on Rock Festival. After a long break, then appeared the album SMS, were trodden with which new musical paths in October 2004.
The year 2005 brought Diana Arbenina first the ceremony with the Russian "Triumph " prize " for achievements in the field of literature and art ." In winter, found to everyone's surprise concert in Moscow together with the Japanese musician Kazufumi Miyazawa instead. The motto of the concerts, " Shimauta " corresponds to the title song of the single Japanese history ( японская история ). Together with the Russian group B -2 ( Би -2) was another common project instead: " Unfair Warrior" ( Нечетный воин ). Additionally, the Unplugged album Trigonometry 2 was released ( Тригонометрия -2) and in Japan the album Koschika ( Кошика ), which was released only in 2006 only in Russia.
In the first half of 2006, the group took a tour in the U.S. ( Boston) and Israel. In January 2007 Notschnyje Snaipery led a tour through five cities in the U.S.. There were tours of Israel, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Ukraine, and several tours in Russia. Overall, the band performed in the year by more than 70 concerts. From October 27 to November 6, 2011 Notschnyje Snaipery were on tour in Germany. Concerts were held in Munich, Nuremberg, Berlin, Bielefeld, Hamburg, Dortmund, Cologne, Frankfurt, and Stuttgart.
In 2011 and later in 2012, Diana took Arbenina as Trainerein on Ukrainian music project " The voice of the country," the TV channel "1 1" part. In April 2012, the publishing house moved ACT a new book Autodafe ( Аутодафе ) by Diana Arbenina. In September 2012, the release of the new album was 4 Several songs on this album were the concert and radio hits before leaving the plate. In April 2013, the band had again several appearances in Germany. Venues were Hamburg, Cologne, Frankfurt, and Munich.