Aleksandr Andreyevich Kolenko ( September 8, 1984 , Luchegorsk ), acting under the pseudonym DZA - Russian composer and producer , founder and owner of an independent music label . Member of the rock group Mumiy Troll .
| Dza Alexander Kholenko | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | Luchegorsk , RSFSR , USSR |
| A country |  Russia ,  Japan |
| Professions | DJ music producer |
| Genres | hip-hop Electonic music rock acid house ambient trap |
| Aliases | Jam, ACD |
| Collectives | Cut2Kill , Mumiy Troll |
| Labels | Black acre records Error Broadcast How2make Wikipedia: Mooncircle |
| soundcloud.com/dza | |
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Biography
Born on September 8, 1984 in Luchegorsk [1] , spent his childhood and youth in Vladivostok . In 2003 he moved to Moscow , where for some time he worked as a salesman in one of the music stores on Gorbushka [2] [3] . Subsequently, the passion for electronic music grew from a passion into a profession. At the moment, DZA is one of the prominent representatives of Russian electronic music on the world stage. Since the end of 2017, lives and works in Tokyo .
Musical career
He began his musical career as a turn-list player . In this role he collaborated with the musical band Fat Complex [4] and the post-punk band In a Nutshell .
In 2004 he founded the creative association “how2make” and the label of the same name [5] . In 2009, he participated in the creation of the play “ Cops on Fire ”, acting as a composer [6] [7] .
He gained wide popularity in 2010 when he was selected by the organizers of the annual international music festival Red Bull Music Academy as a participant from Russia and was invited to perform in London [8] . This was preceded by the signing of a contract with the Italian label Error Broadcast , on which March 28 saw the artist’s first foreign release - the Five-Finger Discount album [9] . On July 18, 2011, the Italian label also released the Zoo Keeper EP mini-album, which was released both digitally for free download and as a 12-inch transparent gramophone record [10] .
November 8, 2010, Alexander Kholenko became the hero of a large article on the modern electronic music scene in Russia, published by the influential American electronic publication Pitchfork [11] .
In 2011, he took part in the do -it-yourself tribute album dedicated to the Mumiy Troll group, recording a cover version of the song Speed [12] . He participated in the annual international contemporary music festival Sónar in Barcelona [13] .
In May 2013, she began performing as a member of the Mumiy Troll group, and also took part in producing and recording new tracks of the group. With the participation of Alexander, SOS albums were recorded for Sailor , Pirate Copies and EAST X NORTHWEST.
In February 2018, the software album was released, where the musician's focus has shifted noticeably towards club dance music.
Cut2Kill Group
Cut2Kill is a project of Russian electronic engineers DZA and Mujuice , who decided to unite after several joint projects. Although Cut2Kill can be heard in fashionable eight-bit hip-hop, the guys claim to revive the 90s rave with their goal. The first joint release was recorded direct-to-disc, immediately on vinyl at the Metropolis studio in London. In a similar way - directly in real time - a digital version is recorded.
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Discography
Releases
- Sets (2005, under the pseudonym Jem ; shared with Mujuice )
- Bublle Grog (2008, under the pseudonym Jem )
- DZA - Five-Finger Discount (2010)
- DZA- Five Finger Remixes (2011)
- DZA - Super Shark EP (2011)
- DZA - Zoo Keeper EP (2011)
- DZA - DZA DOG: BEATTAPE VOL. 1 (2011)
- DZA- Surrender EP (2012)
- Mumiy Troll - Sos Sailor (2013)
- DZA - Big Bang EP (2014)
- DZA x Kidkanevil - Kaiju EP (2014)
- DZA - Robo Army (2015)
- KIDZ - Don't Turn Away (feat. Yuri Makarichev ) (2015, a joint project of DZA and Crazy Astronaut )
- Mummy Troll ' - Pirate Replicas (2015)
- DZA - Akiba-3 (2016)
- DZA - Red Worm (2017)
- DZA - Software (2018)
- Mumiy Troll - EAST X NORTHWEST (2018)
- Nana The Shrimp feat. DZA - Fake ID (2018)
Collaborations and collections
- MIGZ 2009 (2009)
- Do me for sure (2011)
- Mooncircle - 10th Anniversary Compilation (2012)
- AMAI # 3/4 DZA / Herrmutt Lobby & Richard Colvaen (2012)
- CVPELLV - Phonogram (feat. DZA) (2016)
- CVPELLV - Pure Energy 7.0 (feat. DZA) (2017)
- CVPELLV - Slow Down (feat. DZA) (2017)
- CVPELLV - Whatsup (feat. DZA) (2017)
Interesting Facts
- He is a big fan of game consoles . He has game systems of the 3rd , 4th , 5th , 6th , 7th and 8th generations in his personal collection, as well as an extensive game library [15] . At concerts, he uses joysticks from game consoles as MIDI controllers [3] .
- Collects Swiss Watches
Notes
- ↑ Glenn Jackson. Welcome to ... Russia . XLR8R (August 20, 2012). Date of treatment September 12, 2012. Archived October 30, 2012.
- ↑ Interview with DZA (English) . nutriot.com. Date of treatment September 7, 2012. Archived on October 30, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 Alexander Gorbachev. “For me, the ideal is Johnny Marr” . Magazine "Poster". Date of treatment September 12, 2012. Archived October 30, 2012.
- ↑ Face. Fat Complex . Poster magazine (November 21, 2004). Date of treatment September 12, 2012. Archived October 30, 2012.
- ↑ Andrey Podshibyakin. Radio Gagydza . Poster magazine (March 5, 2009). Date of treatment September 7, 2012. Archived on October 30, 2012.
- ↑ Alexey Krizhevsky. Opera about operas . Rossiyskaya Gazeta (January 26, 2010). Date of treatment September 7, 2012.
- ↑ State of Music - 2010: Noises of Russia . Magazine "Poster". Date of treatment September 12, 2012. Archived October 30, 2012.
- ↑ DZA | Red Bull Music Academy . Red Bull Music Academy. Date of treatment September 5, 2012. Archived on October 30, 2012.
- ↑ Five-Finger Discount / DZA / ebctp002 / Tapes / Error Broadcast . Error Broadcast Collective. Date of treatment September 12, 2012. Archived October 30, 2012.
- ↑ Zoo Keeper / DZA / ebc014 / Error Broadcast . Error Broadcast Collective. Date of treatment September 12, 2012. Archived October 30, 2012.
- ↑ Finn Cohen. Beg, Steal, or Borrow: New Beats From Moscow . Pitchfork Media Inc. (November 8, 2012). Date of treatment September 5, 2012. Archived on October 30, 2012.
- ↑ DZA - “Speed” . Poster magazine (January 19, 2011). Date of treatment September 12, 2012. Archived October 30, 2012.
- ↑ ::. Sonar. :: DZA (English) . Advanced Music, SL. Date of treatment September 5, 2012. Archived on October 30, 2012.
- ↑ Andrei Sailer. Cut2kill - Look At Me . Look At Me (August 8, 2009). Date of treatment September 12, 2012. Archived October 30, 2012.
- ↑ Yuri Katovsky. Personnel: Favorite items from the collection of Sasha DZA, music producer . FURFUR (May 31, 2012). Date of treatment September 12, 2012. Archived October 30, 2012.