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LMD013 - Luckystars - Sweeming Under The Ice
Luckystars are a unique and creative band whose tracks are revolutionising the Russian electronic scene, not to mention making a significant in Europe, the USA and the rest of the world. Their fresh approach to creating music distinguishes them from the more standard dance music currently being mass produced. Each and every track is full of harmonically combined intellectual notes saturated with unrestrained energy and an accumulation of emotions. Three producers make up Luckystars; Maxim Saidashev (aka Said), Egor Belov (aka George White) & Konstantin Lyubimov (aka DJ Electric). All three are successful producers in their own right so when they get in the studio together the results are devastating.
Maxim Saidashev is the oldest of the band members and the founder of Kayot (Buzzin Fly Records). Through his 32 years of life he achieved success in various roles from jazz guitarist to creating a club version of the musical “The Witches of Eastwick”. Maxim was born in Electrostal and started his education at Moskvoreck' Jazz Institute. He didn't, however, manage to graduate from the institute and became a recallable arranger in the Russian pop music scene. Maxim's carreer lead him to electronic music as it was peaking in 1995 and he worked on various high profile projects including creating the music for documentaries on the Discovery Channel in Japan. Years of hard work has seen Said experimenting with different electronic music styles from house to vocal trance, most notably as Kayot who achieved underground success in 2006 with the track “Clear Skies” on Ben Watt's Buzzin Fly imprint.
Egor Belov started his creative way from the cradle. With a strong focus on self-actualization in art, Egor chose music and design as the main instrument to make life around him brighter. Starting out organising parties for friends in clubs around Moscow using money he earned doing designs for commercial clients. As George White he has visited almost every big city in Russia playing alongside many Russian and foreign DJs including the legendary ‘Glamour to Kill'. George's Moscow portfolio counts such clubs as ‘Mio', ‘Cocon', ‘Fabrique', ‘Amsterdam', ‘Stereo' (DJ, art-director, designer), ‘Mix' (resident DJ), ‘Diamon Hall' (resident DJ) and he is involved with many respected DJ-cafes providing high society with a freestyle blend of genres ranging from experimental electronics to jazz.
Konstantin Lyubimov was born in Moscow. From 2001 Konstantin has worked as a DJ and producer. Known better as DJ Electric, Koala (who split in January 2005) and now Luckystars, Konstantin has a string of releases behind him on highly respected labels including Cuba Records (Koala – Imagine), Lost Language (Koala - Fantasy) and Urbantorque (Luckystars – Be There At Midnight EP). “Imagine” became the official hymn of the ‘Respublika Kazantip' project in May 2004 and was a huge hit in Ibiza the same summer, charting highly with many jocks. DJ Electric has also played at the biggest festivals in Russia and Ukraine including Godskitchen alongside the likes if John Digweed, Luke Fair, Jimmy Van M., Anthony Pappa, Marco V, Tall Paul and Different Gear.
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