KRÍWI is a music band from Belarus , founded in 1996. The name of the group is a reference to the ancient Slavic tribe Krivichi . In their work, the group combines the sound of traditional European folk instruments ( wheel lyre , bagpipes , cymbals , flutes ) and modern technologies (synthesizers, programming, samples).
| Kriwi | |
|---|---|
| Genres | newFolk, folk rock , clubEthno, Ethnic music |
| Years | 1996 - present time |
| Country |  Belarus ,  Germany |
| From where | Minsk - Berlin |
| Label | belpunkt berlin belpunkt 1996 |
| Composition | Veronika Kruglova Igor Garbochevsky Valeria Volodko Yoyo Putiloff Kanishchev Valera Kanishchev producer |
| Former the participants | Pete Pavlov Dmitry Voytyushkevich Karapetyan, Karen Rafaelovich Alexander Pomidorov Babu Konstantin Hot |
| Official site | |
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History
The team was founded in 1996 by members of the “ Palace ” group: guitarist Yuri Vydronok, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist Dmitry Voytyushkevich , vocalist Veronika Kruglova and actor, producer Valery Kanishchev. Later they were joined by other musicians of this open-label label Belpunkt-Berlin. The group immediately began to organize concerts in Belarus and Western Europe. At one of these concerts, the Germans noticed them and offered favorable conditions for recording the album. The production center, which has been involved in the group since 1996 and so far, is called “Belpunkt”.
The debut album of Hej-Loli was recorded in Berlin . After the release of the record, the group began to give concerts in Belarus. Thanks to the high-quality recording and the original approach to music, they were easily entrenched in the German folk movement. Then the next album " Behind the Fog ... " was released. A video clip was shot for the song of the same name (director A. Vecher). KRIWI participated in such festivals as “ Slavic Bazaar ” ( Belarus ), “ Basovische ” ( Poland ), “Musica Vitale” (Berlin), “Festival Fur Folk, Lied und Weltmusik” (Perleberg), ( Germany ), “ Asia Dauisy ” ( Kazakhstan ), Molodechno ( Molodechno ), Rock Coronation (Belorussia), etc.
In 1999, the team received the main alternative prize of Belarus - "Rock Crown". Subsequently, one of the musicians of the group, Dmitry Voytyushkevich, left her and created his own separate project in 2000 called WZ-Orkiestra , guitarist Yuri Vydronok created his own separate project Uria , and Veronika Kruglova, becoming a double rock princess in Belarus , together with the producer continues his open project KRIWI. The group performed in Poland , Ukraine , Germany , Sweden , France , Italy , Russia , Slovenia , Kazakhstan , Estonia , Luxembourg and Latvia . The 2013 album “Traukamurauka” received the “Best Music Album” in Belarus, in 2014 a concert was held at the Karneval der Kulturen Carnival of Cultures in Berlin , Germany , in 2015 the band performed in Werkstatt der Kulturen , Berlin.
Discography
Albums
- Hej-Loli ( 1997 )
- Behind the Fog ... ( 1998 )
- People (live album) ( 1999 )
- Minsk-Berlin ( 2002 )
- Live in Berlin ( 2004 )
- KRIWI Live - homevideo ( 2005 )
- InterFilmWostok fest - KRIWI video live concert minsk ( 2006 )
- InterFilm 25 fest - KRIWI video live concert berlin ( 2009 )
- Traukamurauka ( 2013 )
Singles
- KRIWI ( 2000 )
- KRIWI ( 2008 )
Other projects
- Freestyle Dances: Rumor ( 1999 )
- Preisträger von Musica Vitale ( 2000 )
- Freestyle Dances: Alternates by ( 2001 )
- Viza Nezalezhnay Respubliki Mroya ( 2003 )
- Personal Depeche ( 2003 )
- Veranika Kruhlova solo ( 2004 )
- VERANIKA Kruhlova & WALÉRA Kanischtscheff poesie: A.Tarkowskij , Icestorm Entertainment ( 2005 )