The General Staff (until 2015 Glintshake ) is a Russian rock band performing music in the genres of garage [2] , indie [3] , psychedelic [4] and punk rock [5] . Formed in 2012 in Moscow and currently consists of Ekaterina Shilonosova ( vocals , guitar ), Evgeny Gorbunov (guitar), Yegor Sargsyan ( bass guitar ) and Alexey Evlanov ( drums ).
| GSH / Glintshake | |
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 At a concert in St. Petersburg, July 11, 2014 | |
| basic information | |
| Genres | indie rock , art punk [1] |
| Years | 2012 - present |
| A country |  Russia |
| City | Moscow |
| From where | |
| Language of songs | English Russian |
| Composition | Catherine Shilonosova Evgeny Gorbunov Yegor Sargsyan Alexey Evlanov |
| Former the participants | Dmitry Midbourne Vasily Nikitin |
Content
History
The founders of the team Ekaterina Shilonosova and Yevgeny Gorbunov met in Kazan. In 2011, Catherine moved to Moscow , where a year later the group was created [2] . The debut mini-album Freaky Man was recorded by Ekaterina and Eugene together and posted on the network in June 2012 [6] . In October, a video was presented on the title track “Freaky Man” [7] , starring the artist Alexander Krivoshapkin [8] . The full composition of Glintshake was also assembled in October [6] : bass guitarist Dmitry Midborn and drummer Vasily Nikitin joined the group. Each of the participants already had experience in musical projects: Shilonosov - at MAKE and NV, Gorbunov - at NRKTK and Stoned Boys, Midborn - at Tesla Boy and On-The-Go , Nikitin - at Foojitsu.
The first concert of the group took place in Kazan on November 17, 2012 [9] . In March 2013, Glintshake released their second mini-album, Evil [3] , after which they were invited to several major Moscow festivals at once: Bosco Fresh Fest, Afishi Picnic , and Faces & Laces [10] . In August, the band performed at the opening of the band The Smashing Pumpkins on the Stadium Live stage in Moscow [11] . In the fall, Glintshake left Dmitry Midbourne, and Yegor Sargsyan from Trud [12] took the place of bassist, and early next year drummer Vasily Nikitin was replaced by Alexey Evlanov from The Twiggys [13] [14] .
In May 2014, the debut album Eyebones was released [15] .
The rock quartet Glintshake started with a few rustic and fast songs in the spirit of the razdolbaysky alternative of the nineties - on the new album the band played harder and more inventive, which is why it would be logical for them to compare it with Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine . Glintshake promise to arrange a "session of magic and hypnosis," which is very even possible to believe in thanks to their new songs. The current Glintshake is not going to spare the listener - they sound noisy, violently, but at the same time very beautiful.
- Playbill-Wave [16]
At the same time, in May 2014, Glintshake released the video for the first Wiuwiuwiu song from the album, which was filmed on the iPhone and edited in one day [17] , and on November 10, the mini-album Nano Banana , recorded in a new label near Moscow studio Xuman Records [18] . According to Yevgeny Gorbunov, the mini-album became “free in terms of style,” thanks to the fact that the group began to leave the influence of the music of the 90s [19] . At the end of 2014 for the New Year special project “Posters” Glintshake recorded the song “New Year of Hate” [20] .
At the beginning of 2015, the band re-recorded the song “Mu” from the Nano Banana mini-album, performing it in Russian. According to Shilonosova, the original English text intersects little with the Russian, because the song was not translated, but was written anew, however its meaning and general atmosphere did not change [21] . The re-recorded “Mu” together with “New Year of Hate” were included in the deluxe version of EP Nano Banana , released in June [22] . In September, a video for the song “Wrong Anthem”, created by illustrator Alexander Kostenko, was published [23] .
At the same time, the group announced that “the good old Glintsheika“ comes to an end and begins a new and evil one ” [24] . In an interview with the publishing company FURFUR, Yevgeny Gorbunov said that the group decided to leave the influence of alternative rock from the 1990s, stop singing in English and make a full turn in the work. “... We have a lot of our own here:“ Sounds of Mu ”, Russian avant-garde ” [19] . In October, Glintshake released their first song, Fifteen-Five, with a future album and a video for it [25] , and next month, the second song, Shadows [26] .
The Russian-language album OESCH MAGZIU was released in September 2016 and received high marks from critics. Boris Barabanov (“ Kommersant ”), noting that sources of influence for “GSh” should be sought among the “best Moscow counter-culturalists of the 1980s” (“ Sounds of Mu ”, “ Polite Refusal ” and “ Center ”), he concluded that by renaming himself, “The musicians did everything so that the masses simply did not notice them,” when the album “had bright prospects” [27] . Simon Reynolds , reviewing the performance of the General Staff at Tallinn Music Week, listed The Fire Engines , Big Flame and Stump [28] in the list of possible influences of the group.
On January 25, 2018, a recording of the band’s performance was published on the KEXP music channel.
Composition
Current Composition
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Discography
Studio Albums
- 2014 - Eyebones
- 2016 - ОЭЩ МАГЗИУ
- 2018 - The Benefit
Mini Albums
- 2012 - Freaky Man [29]
- 2013 - Evil [3]
- 2014 - Dive
- 2014 - Nano Banana [18]
Notes
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- ↑ 1 2 Sergey Minenko. Katina Foam: Glintshake and the Revival of Russian Garage Rock . Rolling Stone Russia (May 13, 2013). The date of circulation is July 3, 2013. Archived July 6, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Gregory of the Prophets. “If your heart stops in a dream, know it is me” Premiere of the new EP of the band Glintshake . Playbill (March 18, 2013). The date of circulation is July 3, 2013. Archived July 6, 2013.
- ↑ Persons - Glintshake . Time out . The date of circulation is July 3, 2013. Archived July 6, 2013.
- ↑ 5 main albums of the last 10 years: selection of Glintshake . GQ . Konde Nast JSC (November 28, 2012). The date of circulation is July 3, 2013. Archived July 6, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 Maxim Berg. EP new Moscow project Glintshake . Rolling Stone Russia (October 24, 2012). The date of circulation is July 3, 2013. Archived July 6, 2013.
- G Glintshake clip “Freaky Man” . Look At Me (October 31, 2012). The date of circulation is July 3, 2013. Archived July 6, 2013.
- ↑ Freakmen from the Glintshake clip (inaccessible link) . WUT . VKontakte (September 11, 2013). The date of circulation is July 3, 2014. Archived July 14, 2014.
- ↑ GLINTSHAKE - Posting on a wall (inaccessible link) (October 29, 2012). The date of circulation is May 21, 2014. Archived May 22, 2014.
- ↑ Concert - Glintshake, Jack Wood . the club "16 tons" (May 20, 2014). The appeal date is May 21, 2014.
- ↑ Rudavin, Yana. The Smashing Pumpkins performed at Stadium Live . Russian blogger (August 7, 2013). The appeal date is May 21, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 Ryapolova, Ulyana. Poko Cox about old age and sadness - BOC . WOS (September 23, 2013). The appeal date is January 8, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Pussy Riot, Four Tet, Krovostok, The Horrors and others . Playbill (February 25, 2014). The appeal date is January 9, 2016.
- ↑ On Saturday in Solyanka - rock party (Inaccessible link) . Glintshake (March 13, 2014). The date of circulation is January 9, 2016. Archived January 25, 2016.
- ↑ Glintshake "Eyebones" . Playbill (May 21, 2014). The date of circulation is May 21, 2014. Archived May 21, 2014.
- ↑ Concerts of the week. Bosco Fresh Fest, Sun Rooms, Behemoth, Glintshake, Vinyl Day (not available link) . Playbill (May 19, 2014). The date of circulation is July 3, 2014. Archived July 24, 2014.
- ↑ Glintshake released a clip shot on an iPhone . Playbill (May 19, 2014). The appeal date is July 3, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 Glintshake - "Nano Banana" . Poster-Wave . Poster (10.11.2014). Archived January 13, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Skolkov, Sasha. Interview with Glintshake: Zhenya Gorbunov about changes in the group and the new Russian wave . FURFUR (October 30, 2015). The appeal date is January 9, 2016.
- ↑ Glintshake "New Year of Hate" . The poster (December 16, 2014). The appeal date is January 9, 2016.
- ↑ Birger, Katya. Female Girls on Fire: new song Glintshake . Wonderzine (February 27, 2015). The appeal date is January 9, 2016.
- ↑ Nano Banana EP (Deluxe edition) (inaccessible link) . Glintshake (May 26, 2015). The date of circulation is January 9, 2016. Archived January 25, 2016.
- ↑ Skolkov, Sasha. Premiere: Glintshake video "Wrong Anthem" . FURFUR (September 24, 2015). The appeal date is January 9, 2016.
- ↑ Concert in “Constructor” (Inaccessible link) . Glintshake (September 18, 2015). The date of circulation is January 9, 2016. Archived January 25, 2016.
- ↑ Skolkov, Sasha. The premiere of the clip Glintshake - the rebirth of a noisy rock band . FURFUR (October 21, 2015). The appeal date is January 9, 2016.
- ↑ New: Glintshake - Shadows . Radio Factory (November 16, 2015). The appeal date is January 9, 2016.
- ↑ Barabanov, B. 10 albums . Kommersant (October 7, 2016). The appeal date is May 20, 2018.
- ↑ Reynodls, S. TMW # 2 - Glintshake . Blissblog (April 20, 2017). The appeal date is May 20, 2018.
- Альбома The premiere of the album: Glintshake "Freaky Man EP" by Zhenya Gorbunova and Katy Shilonosova . Look At Me (June 7, 2012). The date of circulation is July 3, 2013. Archived July 6, 2013.
Links
- The official GSH (group) page on the SoundCloud website
- Glintshake on Bandcamp
- The official Glintshake page on the social network Facebook
- Great video interview with the Glintshake group for the portal Owl.