The Gourishankar ( Rus. Gurishankar ) - Russian group playing progressive rock . The group was formed in 2001 by two university friends Alexander “Nomy” Agranovich and Doran Asher. According to the classification of the progarchives.com portal, The Gourishankar belongs to the Eclectic prog genre [1] .
| The gourishankar | |
|---|---|
| basic information | |
| Genres | progressive rock art rock eclectic prog |
| Years | 2001 - today |
| A country |  Russia |
| Where from | Syktyvkar , Russia |
| Language of songs | English |
| Labels | Unicorn Digital Inc. Art-beat mals |
| Composition | Jason offen Nomy agranson Svetoslav bogdanov |
| Former the participants | Vlad Weiner Pavel Gen |
| Other projects | Lee Riders , Oshean |
| Official site | |
Recognition and fame for the group brought their last work - the album 2nd Hands , which became the best-selling on the largest Canadian pro- label Unicorn Digital in 2007 [2] .
The album was also nominated for the Prog-Awards 2007 as the best foreign release of the year along with Nemo and Porcupine Tree. For several months he stayed in the top of the charts on the largest prog-resource of the world Progarchives among the best prog-releases of 2007 according to listeners.
According to the results of the 2007 chart of the Dutch Progressive Rock Page portal, the group took second place as the best debut of 2007 [3] .
Vlad joined Gourishankar in 2003 from the Izhevsk school band Lee Riders, after leaving Gourishankar in 2008 and founded the famous Izhevsk bands Be Quiet And Dive [4] and OSHEAN [5] . Also releases solo albums mainly in the style of ambient and post-rock.
In 2010, the English singer Jason Offen joined the group as a vocalist.
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Title
There are three main versions about the origin of the name of the group, having oriental roots. According to the first version, Gurishankar ( Skt. गौरि सन्कर् , English Gauri Sankar ) is the name of the peak in the Himalayas to the West of the peak of Everest, 7140 m high. Translated from Sanskrit, meaning “Goddess and her husband”.
According to the second version, Gurishankar ( Sanskrit गो उरिस्हन्कर् , English Gourishankar ) in Sanskrit means "a mountain as large or similar to Everest."
According to the third version, the group was named after the Gurishankar technique of dynamic meditation, which was developed and promoted by the Indian religious leader Bhagwan Sri Rajneesh ( Osho ). Proponents of this version point to the statements of the musicians that their music is actually an attempt to combine the spontaneity of the East and the rationality of the West and is a dizzying dance marathon, lifting up.
This description closely matches the Osho meditation technique, which consists of 4 stages, the first and second of which prepare the Latihan meditator for spontaneous dance in the third stage, and if breathing is performed correctly, the carbon dioxide formed in the blood creates sensations, similar to the sensations of being on Everest (Gurishankar).
Discography
Studio Albums
- Close Grip (2003) (LP, self-release)
- 2nd Hands (2007) (LP, Unicorn Digital , Canada)
- World Unreal (2016) LP
EP, Demos, and Reprints
- Integral Symphony ( 2002 ) (demo EP, self-release)
- Close Grip ( 2008 ) (LP, reissue of the 2003 album, MALS Rec . Was published in Russia, Unicorn Digital in other countries)
- The Gourishankar ANTHOLOGY. 1st DECADE (2015) (2CD-BOX license deluxe edition, ArtBeat Music, Russia)
- 2nd Hands (2015) (vinyl album release, ArtBeat Music, Russia)
- Close Grip (2015) (club publication ArtBeat Music, Russia)
- 2nd Hands (2015) (club publication ArtBeat Music, Russia)
Composition
The composition of the group has repeatedly changed, and since March 2010, in connection with the change of vocalist, the group received the status of an international musical project. The new vocalist was an Englishman, a native of Halifax, Jason Offen.
- Nomi Agranson - guitars, basses, backing vocals, keyboards, programming, sound engineering (since 2002)
- Jason Offen - vocals (since 2010)
- Svetoslav Bogdanov - drums (since 2010)
Former members
- Vlad MJ Whinner - vocals (2003-2008)
- Doran Asher - keyboards, programming (2002—2011)
- Cat Heady - drums (2006—2007)
- Pavel Gene - bass guitar (2001-2002)
Guest Members
In the recording of two studio albums, various guest musicians took.
- Vladimir Rastorguev - Alt, cello (2007)
- Dmitry Ulyashev - Saxophone, flute (2007)
- Alla Izverskaya - Vocals (2007)
- Alexander Vetkhov - Percussion (2003)
- Nail Maksonov - Percussion (2003)
- Svetoslav Bogdanov - Percussion (2010 - present)
Notes
- ↑ THE GOURISHANKAR
- ↑ Unicorn Digital Label Chart Archived on April 20, 2009. (eng.)
- ↑ DPRPoll 2007 Archived on April 2, 2008. (eng.)
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2] (English) (unavailable link from 13-02-2018 [575 days])