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Fedor Chistyakov
With the band Nol, bayan player Chistyakov offers us a live concert recording of rock and blues music, straight from the heart of Russia. What else can we say?
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Vovka Kozhekin 
Bayan, Harp & Blues is a band that features Fedor Chistyakov on bayan
and Vovka Kozhekin on blues harp. This track is from the group's debut album Podmoskovnye Vechera.
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Fedor Chistyakov was born in 1967 in St.Petersburg. In 1985 he formed the group Nol
(Null), then a trio of bayan, bass and drums, and recorded the first album.
Nol was a punk rock outfit, and its conception coincided with the beginning
of perestroika, which gradually made it possible for such music to be
played openly. In 1988 they add a guitarist, and in 1988 through 1991 tour
USSR, where they become a major indie success, and also appear at festivals
and club dates in Chechoslovakia, Finland, Ireland, Germany and France.
Gradually the punk component in their music gives way to more folk and prog.
In 1992 he disbands Nol and abandons music all together. In 1996 he comes back with a solo record, and in 1997 reforms Nol (adding balalaika to the lineup), which disbands again in 1998. "Celebration in the Valley" was recorded in November 1997 in a concert in St. Petersburg. Fedor records 2 more solo CDs; on the last one he plays all the instruments (bayan, guitars, bass, balalaika, percussion, programming and vocals). In 1999 Fedor was approached by young Moscow harmonica player Vovka Kozhekin, previously involved with various blues projects, with the suggestion to play something together. This is how Bayan, Harp and Blues began. Their debut CD, Podmoskovnye Vechera was recently released in Moscow on a friend's label, Vykhod. the band has played quite a few live dates in Moscow, St.Petersburg and Minsk, all with huge success. - Sergei Kantere, Moscow |
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Photos @copy;2000 Sergei Kantere
The musicians may be contacted by e-mail via Sergei Kantere
Fedor's web page is only in Russian
"What," you ask, "is a Bayan?"
