Reiz

The first references to the new project were published by Alexander, at that time a member of the techno-industrial project Cutoff: Sky and the Witchcraft group, in August 2011 . However, work on the project material was begun several years earlier.

As a guitarist, Maxim Perunov, who previously worked with Alexander at Cutoff: Sky, is invited to participate in the project. After a few months, Alexander leaves the Cutoff: Sky project, calling the impossibility of continuing his creative relationship with Oleg, the founder of the project, the official reason for leaving. Together with him, Cutoff: Sky leaves guitarist Maxim.

In February 2012 , the debut EP "It's Spring Comes ..." is released. The release includes the title track "It's Spring Comes ...", as well as the track "Hakenkreuz", recorded with guest participation of Alexander Ishutin, leader of the groups Arkhitektonika and Nord'n'Commander . A little later, the single "Hakenkreuz (hard version)" was released, representing a version of the song "Hakenkreuz" in the style of industrial metal .

In March, Reiz became one of the winners of the remix competition for the album Women and Satan First of the German electro-industrial project wumpscut : . The Reiz remix for the track "Grobian" is released on DJ Dwarf XII (Beton Kopf Media). It is this event that gives a strong impetus to creativity, and Alexander decides to continue active work on the project.

In June 2012 , work begins on a new album. At the same time, the songs of the project are released in various collections around the world. The track "Hakenkreuz" falls on the collection "Endzeit Bunkertracks Act VI", which is released by the Belgian label Alfa Matrix and is rightfully considered one of the most successful in this musical direction. In the process of working on the album, Alexander decides to abandon work with guitarist Maxim in favor of session musicians. Maxim leaves the project, later joins the Arkhitektonika group.

The debut full-length album, entitled "In the Sun Snow" is released in March 2013 via the Russian label SYNTH-ME . The album consists of two discs: the first includes original compositions, the second - alternative versions and remixes from projects such as Advent Resilience (Netherlands), Nosense (Russia), Meine Liebe (Brazil), Nitemare Machine (Russia), Detuned Destruction ( Germany), Nerva Tremo (Russia), Darkrad (Russia / Germany), Vhelena Project (Italy). A number of invited musicians take part in the recording of the album - singer Miriam Miles (Australia), rap artist FRZ , guitarist Valery Senmuth , etc.

In July 2014, Alexander announced the termination of work on the project, and in early 2015 he published the new single "The Ballad Of Gasoline (feat. Senmuth)".

Alexander Verzikht took part in several musical groups.

In 2010, became a member of the RISH group as a concert DJ and arranger. Takes part in recording and producing EP Machines . Together with the group he visits Nizhny Novgorod, takes part in Moscow concerts.

In the spring of 2010, she joined the Cutoff: Sky project as a vocalist and co-author. Records EP We Came and Acid Bitch with the project. As part of the project, he visits Kazan, Ivanovo, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, performs on the same stage with Reaper and Aesthetic Perfection . In the fall of 2011, the project leaves due to creative disagreements with Oleg, founder of Cutoff: Sky .

In the spring of 2011, she received an invitation from Witchcraft , in which she took part as a DJ and backing vocalist for several years. Together with the group, he writes the EP Parallel Worlds and several songs for the album Seven , participates in the filming of the clip of 7th Sin . Visits with concerts Krasnodar, St. Petersburg and Ivanovo. At the beginning of 2013 leaves the group.

In 2014, she recorded electronic parts for several songs on the Grandees band's EP War Inside Of Me .

At the beginning of 2015, the Coliseum helped the group with recording electronic parts for the single Silver Sun.

Since 2015, he is a member of the Russian synthpop project Omnimar, takes part in the recording of the debut album Start.

Also at different times he took part in the work of the groups Shadow'nDust, Arkhitektonika , Ophelia Flowers , AntiVirus , ULA , Shadow Factor , AW Project , Angelique .

• 2012 : This is Spring ... EP ( BH Music )
• 2012 : Hakenkreuz (hard version) Single ( BH Music )
• 2013 : In The Sun Snow 2CD ( SYNTH-ME )
• 2015 : The Ballad Of Gasoline (feat. Senmuth ) Single ( BH Music )

Remixes and individual compositions

• 2012 : W umpscut - Grobian (reiz remix)
• 2013 : Code: Red Core - Denial (reiz remix)
• 2013 : Totem Obscura vs. Acylum - Forgotten Time (reiz remix)
• 2014 : Wumpscut - Khristfuck (reiz remix)
• 2014 : Advent Resilience - Recollection (reiz remix)
• 2015 : XSRY - The Light (reiz remix)
• 2015 : DBS - Konkurent (reiz remix)

Collections

• 2011 : An Inner Holiday 2
• 2012 : Endzeit Bunkertracks Act. VI (Alfa Matrix)
• 2012 : Industrial Wasteland 3 ( Industrial Wasteland )
• 2013 : Different Parts Vol.13 ( Army Of Industrial Darkness )
• 2013 : Different Parts Vol.14 ( Army Of Industrial Darkness )

In other projects

• 2011 : RISH - Machines (EP)
• 2011 : Cutoff: Sky - We Came (EP)
• 2011 : Cutoff: Sky - Acid Bitch (Album)
• 2012 : Witchcraft - Parallel Worlds (EP)
• 2013 : Witchcraft - 7 (Album)
• 2014 : Grandees - War Inside Of Me (EP)
• 2015 : Colosseum - Silver Sun (Single)
• 2015 : Omnimar - Start (Album)
• 2015 : AW 3.0 - Fighter (Album)

• Official website of the Synth Me label
• Official REIZ page on Bandcamp
• Reiz on Discogs
• Reiz's Profile at Last.fm

Interview

• Interview with Unsigned Europa Magazine No. 3, 2012
• Interview with Cutoff: Sky to Industrial Space , 2010
• Alexander as an expert on the MIR television channel (February 16, 2012) (Russian)
• As part of the Cutoff: Sky project on the TV channel Efir , Kazan (November 24, 2010) (Russian)

Reviews

• Review (inaccessible link) of the album "In the Sun Snow" on the Brutal Resonance portal, 2013  
• Review of the album "In the Sun Snow" on the portal Alter Nation , 2013  
• Review of the album “In the Sun and Snow” on the Coma Music portal, 2013
• Review of the album "In the Sun Snow" on the radio Infraschall Radio , 2013
• Review of the album “In the Sun Snow” by Dark Media Group , 2013