Group moon hits. Louna group: history of creation, composition, style

Five musicians - vocalist Lou and bassist Vit from TRACKTOR BOWLING, guitarists Ruben Kazaryan and Sergey Ponkratiev (Southwake, Ens Cogitans), as well as the young and talented drummer Pilot (Wayzz, Pony Clouds) - came together to realize their creative ideas, going beyond the musical boundaries of their main groups. And, after nine months of painstaking work, creative searches and endless rehearsals, they are ready to present to the public for the first time their joint brainchild - a group called Louna. In their opinion, the Louna group will become a completely new, vibrant phenomenon in the domestic rock culture and will bring a fresh spirit to the consciousness of lovers of alternative music.

The group’s work is difficult to attribute to any hackneyed genre definitions and cliches. According to the band members, “this is an original and unusual mixture of alternative rock, nu-metal and post-grunge, seasoned with oriental ethnicity and brought to a boil with frankly sharp lyrics performed by Lou. A truly new musical reflection of the surrounding reality.”

The band members' main focus is on maximum drive and powerful sound pressure combined with an intellectual component in the lyrics. “We want our music not only to charge the listener with energy, but also to make us think,” say the musicians, “We can definitely say that there has never been anything like the Louna group on our stage. We want to come in and radically change things in the alternative music scene." And it seems that this time has come.

On May 23, 2009, at the Moscow club “Tochka”, as part of the “Extreme Girlz Fest” festival, the debut performance of the group Louna will take place, during which the public will be able to hear and appreciate the work of this new group for the first time. During their 40-minute set, the musicians will perform 6 compositions that will form the basis of the band's upcoming debut album.

“This day will be our starting point and the birthday of the Louna group. After this concert, we will go back into the studio and continue working on new songs so that we can return in the fall with a full-length album and set the rock on full blast!”

To these words of the musicians, we can only add that the official Internet page of the Louna group has already been opened at this address, which will later turn into a full-fledged website. On this page, the group members plan to regularly present information regarding the band, including some media materials. So anyone who wants to know more about the Louna group can do so at Louna.ru.

The team was created in September 2008 by members of the Moscow alternative group “Tracktor Bowling” Lusine Gevorkyan and Vitaly Demidenko. They were also joined by guitarists Ruben Kazaryan, Sergei Ponkratiev and drummer Leonid Kinzbursky.

The emphasis in the creativity of the newly formed group was placed on a powerful sound component in combination with the intellectual content of the texts.

We want our music to not only charge the listener with energy, but also make them think.

Louna musicians talk about their work.

The first performance, which is considered the date of the official birthday of the Louna group, took place on May 23, 2009 at the Moscow club “Tochka”. In 2009, a young and relatively little-known group won the RAMP music award in the “Discovery of the Year” category. Subsequently, Louna became widely known in the music community and performed as a headliner at various rock festivals, such as “Extreme Girlzz Fest” (2009), “Metal Summer Fest” (2010), “Neighborhood World” (2010), “Invasion” "(2011), "Kubana" (2011), "Invasion" (2012), "Kubana" (2012), etc.

In the summer of 2010, the group recorded their debut album, “Make It Louder!”, which was released in the fall of the same year. This event was a turning point in the history of the team; non-standard musical material and a clearly expressed tough social position in the songs provoked interest from the public and from the media. The leader of the Russian punk band “Cockroaches!” took part in the recording of the album. Dmitry Spirin and keyboardist of the group of American rock singer Serj Tankian (“System Of A Down”) Ervin Khachikyan.

In February 2011, the group presented the single “Who Do You Trust?” together with Rustem Bulatov (vocalist of the group “Lumen”).

In the summer of 2011, at the invitation of the organizing committee of the festival, Louna performed on the Main Stage of the anniversary Invasion-2011, along with Russian rock stars such as Gleb Samoiloff & The Matrixx, Alisa, DDT, Splin, Kipelov, Pilot, Lyapis Trubetskoy, Chaif, King and Jester, Bi-2, Bravo and others.

In mid-January 2011, the composition “Fight Club” from the group’s debut album was included in the rotation of the Nashe Radio radio station, and a week later entered the “Chart’s Dozen” rock chart. The song peaked at number 2 and stayed on the chart for a total of 16 weeks. Later, in the summer of 2011, the song “Make it Louder!” in just a month it reached the very top of the same chart, remaining in this position for two weeks.

In December 2011, the expert council of the annual award “Chart's Dozen. Top 13" the group was nominated to the final round in three categories - "Breakthrough", "Song of the Year" and "Best Soloist", and was also invited to perform at the award ceremony, held on March 7, 2012 at Crocus City Hall. The group won the award in the “Song of the Year” category for the song “Fight Club”.

Best of the day

In February 2012, the second album “Time X” was released. The disc includes a number of protest-themed tracks, as well as several powerful lyrical compositions. In March of the same year, solo concerts were played in Moscow and St. Petersburg to celebrate the release of the album. The new album, mixed by Maxim Samosvat, includes fourteen new songs. The recording was also attended by the leader of the group “Lyapis Trubetskoy” Sergei Mikhalok and the leader of the cult punk group “NAIV” that broke up in 2009 and the current project “Radio Chacha” Alexander “Chacha” Ivanov.

I like that we are able to collaborate with such musicians, because the bulk of all duets in pop and rock and roll are when producers want to stir up something and see some benefit in it. Neither we nor the guys from Louna are commercially engaged. Therefore, what we do is very close to us and we like it. We have a common worldview. We build our musical concept slightly differently, but in terms of our beliefs we have practically no contradictions: we are also for freedom, equality, brotherhood, for love, peace and against bastards.

S. Mikhalok about collaboration with the Louna group.

Since February 2012, the composition “Everyone has the right” has been in rotation on the radio station “Nashe Radio”, and in the “Chart’s Dozen” hit parade the song lasted more than 2 months, reaching 3rd place. In August 2012, the composition “Mama” occupied the top of the Chart’s Dozen hit parade for 3 weeks in a row, spending a total of more than 3 months there.

In parallel with the main studio activities, the group plans to record an English-language album. According to the musicians, the band has specific plans for further performances at major rock festivals, including those on a global scale.

On November 16, the song “People Look Up” started airing on Our Radio. A video was also shot for this song, which premiered on the same day. The video was directed by Svyatoslav Podgaevsky, who previously shot videos for the group’s songs “Make it Louder” and “Mama.”

Compound

Musicians

Lusine "Lou" Gevorkyan - vocals

Vitaly "Vit" Demidenko - bass guitar

Ruben "Ru" Kazaryan - guitar

Sergei "Serge" Ponkratiev - guitar

Leonid "Pilot" Kinzbursky - drums

Technical staff

Anton "Megaherz" Dyachenko - director

Ksenia Zatsepina - public relations specialist

Sergey Mozzherov - concert sound engineer

Andrey Medvedev - technician

The group was founded in August 2008
Birthday: 23.05.09 (debut performance)

COMPOUND:

Lusine "Lou" Gevorkyan- vocals
Vitaly "Vit" Demidenko- Bas-guitar
Ruben "Ru" Kazarian- guitar
Sergei "Serge" Ponkratiev- guitar
Leonid "Pilot" Kinzbursky- drums

The band's debut performance was a success on May 23, 2009 at the Moscow club "Tochka", after which the band gained many loyal fans who began to invariably support the team at all subsequent concerts. From that day on, LOUNA turned into one of the most noticeable and interesting domestic alternative bands, acquired a high status in the musical environment and began performing at all subsequent club festivals as a headliner.

Thanks to the strong support of fans, LOUNA became the winner of the authoritative music award - RAMP and at the award ceremony on October 28, 2009 received the “Discovery of the Year” statuette.

In the summer of 2010, the group recorded their debut album, “Make It Louder!”, which was released in November 2010. The media giant “SOYUZ MUSIC” became the releasing label.

This event became a turning point in the history of the team. New musical material and topical song themes provoked incredible public interest in the group and gave a powerful impetus to reaching the next level of development - LOUNA became in demand and cult among youth.

Thanks to the bright rise and tough social position of the group (something that has not been seen on the domestic rock scene for many years), LOUNA came to the attention of numerous media outlets. Interviews with the musicians were published on almost all major music and youth portals, repeatedly published in print publications, and numerous broadcasts on television and radio followed.

On December 3, 2010, LOUNA's first solo concert, dedicated to the release of her debut album, took place in the Moscow IKRA cube to a full house.

A similar success was repeated at a solo concert at the B2 club on February 20, 2011, when the group presented the single “Who Do You Trust?” together with Rustem Bulatov from LUMEN.

The group’s third solo concert took place in the giant club “Tochka” on May 15, 2011, with the hall packed to capacity.

In the spring of 2011, the group went on their first tour of Central Russia, which was consistently sold out in all cities. Autumn tours in the south of Russia confirmed this success.

In the summer of 2011, at the invitation of the festival organizing committee, the LOUNA group triumphantly performed on the Main Stage of the anniversary “Invasion-2011” along with such Russian rock stars as “Alice”, “DDT”, “Splin”, “Kipelov”, “Pilot”, “Lyapis” Trubetskoy”, “Chaif”, “King and the Clown”, “Bi-2”, “Bravo”, etc.

In mid-January 2011, the composition “Fight Club” from the group’s debut album was included in the rotation of the radio station “NASHE Radio” and a week later it entered its cult rock chart “Chart Dozen Top.13”. The song rose to number 2 and stayed on the chart for a total of 16 weeks, which became an absolute record for the year on this radio station.

In the summer of 2011, another LOUNA song, “Make It Louder,” also cracked the Chart Dozen and in just a month reached the very top of the charts, where it held 1st place for two weeks in a row.

In the final hit parade @Chartova Dozen Top.13″, which took place on December 31, 2011, the songs of the group LOUNA “Make it Louder!” and “Fight Club”, based on the results of their stay on the radio station’s chart during the year, took two places out of 13 at once - 2nd and 9th, leaving far behind all the mastodons of Russian rock. And the song “Make it Louder” was later included in the “One Hundred Best Songs of Our Radio” - a rating compiled based on the results of a popular vote, and took 20th place in it.

At the end of December 2011, the authoritative expert council of the annual award “Chart's Dozen. Top 13" LOUNA was nominated to the final round of the Award in 3 categories ("Breakthrough", "Song" and "Soloist"), and was also invited to perform at the award ceremony, which took place on March 7, 2012 in Moscow's Crocus City Hall . The group not only played their set, but also became the winner of the Award in the “Song of the Year” category, receiving an award for the song “Fight Club”.

In February 2012, the group’s second album, called “Time X,” was released, and on March 3 and 10, large solo concerts were played in Moscow and St. Petersburg to celebrate its release, which were held in the largest concert halls of the two capitals to full houses. The new album includes 14 new songs, one of which was performed together with the leader of the Lyapis Trubetskoy group Sergei Mikhalko, and another with Alexander “Chacha” Ivanov (“Radio Chacha”, NAIV). Throughout 2012, the group performed as part of a tour in support of the release of the record, which covered many cities in Russia and the CIS, and also visited all the largest summer rock festivals.

Maxim Samosvat (ex-group Epidemic, sound engineer at DreamPort studio) about his work on the album “Time X”:

“When songs come into the work, 14 of them, and all of them are good and you can’t say that you don’t like any of them... there was not a second of doubt about what these songs are for. I really liked that everything was absolutely sincere.” (Broadcast of the “Chart’s Dozen” program, April 6, 2012)

Sergey Mikhalok (Lyapis Trubetskoy group) about the Louna group:

“This is a very cool group - both Tracktor Bowling and the Louna group themselves - everything is very cool. And I like that we are able to collaborate with such musicians, because the bulk of all duets in pop and rock and roll are when producers want to stir up something and see some benefit in it. Neither we nor the guys from Louna are commercially engaged. Therefore, what we do is very close to us and we like it. We have a common worldview. We build our musical concept slightly differently, but in terms of our beliefs we have practically no contradictions: we are also for freedom, equality, brotherhood, for love, peace and against bastards.”(Broadcast of the “Chart’s Dozen” program, March 30, 2012)

Since February 2012, the composition “Everyone has the right” was in rotation of the radio station “NASHE Radio”, and in the “Chart’s Dozen” hit parade the song lasted more than 2 months, reaching 3rd place.

In August 2012, the composition “Mama” occupied the top of the Chart’s Dozen hit parade for 3 weeks in a row, staying there for a total of 13 weeks. Later, the composition took 13th place in the “One Hundred Best Songs of OUR Radio” ranking.

Throughout the fall, in parallel with their main activities, the group worked on an English-language album.

On November 16, 2012, the song “People Look Up” started airing on “NASH Radio”. A video was also shot for this song, which premiered on the same day. The video was directed by Svyatoslav Podgaevsky, who previously shot videos for the group’s songs “Make it Louder” and “Mama.”

On January 25, 2013, it became known that Louna's debut English-language album would be called "Behind a Mask" and would be released by Red Decade Records. On March 22, the song “Mama” was first heard on Chicago radio 95FM W.I.I.L. Afterwards, 138 Americans called the radio, of which approximately 75% said they liked the song, and one even confused Lusine Gevorkyan with the vocalist of “In This Moment.” On March 26, the single “Business” was released, and then the high-budget video “Business” was presented to Western viewers.

In February, the band's English-language website went live, on which the track list of the future English-language album appeared.

On February 24, 2013, based on popular voting, Lusine Gevorkyan was recognized as the best rock vocalist in the country, beating Helavisa, Zemfira, Diana Arbenina and Olga Kormukhina and received the “Best Soloist” Award from the hands of actor Nikita Vysotsky.

In March, a double live album and a two-disc live DVD were released, which were released in a single large edition called “Rise and Sing!” (after the title of the track of the same name from the album “Time X”, with which Louna usually opens their solo concert performances). Concert video filming and audio recording were carried out at a large solo concert, which took place on October 26, 2012 at the Moscow club MILK Moscow. At the beginning of March, a live video clip for the song “Wake up and Sing!” was released. The presentation of the DVD and live album took place at the Arena (Moscow) and “Cosmonaut” (St. Petersburg) clubs with a full house. LOUNA also went on a large-scale spring tour to support the release. In many Russian cities, all tickets for the group's performances were sold out.

On April 30, 2013, the English-language album “Behind a Mask” was released, which included 10 songs from the albums “Make It Louder!” and "Time X". The lyrics of these songs were adapted into English by American poet and friend of the band Travis Leake, who later became Louna's tour manager for the US tour. As a bonus, a mix of the English version of the song “Storming the Heavens” was presented. The album received positive reviews in various online music publications in the United States.

“Get ready, America. Louna is coming for us! From start to finish, Louna takes you on an exhilarating ride that will leave you wondering what the hell just happened. Behind a Mask might just be the dark horse of the year so far.”— Reggie Edwards / The Front Row Report (USA)

In the summer of 2013, LOUNA began recording a new album without interrupting concert activities. During the festival season, the group performed as a headliner at a record number of open airs - more than 20.

On September 19, 2013, the band announced the title of their new album, which was released on December 1, 2013. The record is called “We are Louna” and it includes 12 tracks and one bonus track, a cover version of the song of the group “Civil Defense” - “My Defense”. The album was recorded through crowdfunding with money from listeners, and the fundraiser itself, opened on the Planet.Ru portal, was recognized as one of the most successful in the entire history of music crowdfunding in Russia.

In the fall of 2013, the group went on a large-scale concert tour of 26 US cities together with the popular American band The Pretty Reckless and the English group Heaven's Basement, traveling through 13 states in 44 days. During this tour, in addition to live performances, LOUNA also gave many interviews, performed an acoustic set on a Chicago rock radio station and was received with great interest by American radio listeners. LOUNA's songs were played in rotation on 7 of the largest American radio stations, and the song UpThere took 13th place in the WIIL FM hit parade on a par with such rock legends as Korn, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, and later became one of the top hundred songs of the consolidated national American chart, taking 89th place in it.

The world-famous musician, bass guitarist of the cult group Motley Crew Nikki Sixx, having seen the video clip for the song LOUNA “Up There” on the national video channel Vevo, wrote on his personal Twitter account: "Digging Louna's song Up There"(I like Louna's "Up There").

At the group’s concerts, all albums and all paraphernalia were sold, which proved the high public interest in the work of Russian musicians. In addition, Lou was among the “25 Hottest Chicks In Hard Rock 2014” according to the cult American music magazine REVOLVER, and material about her was published on the pages of the publication. In May 2014, CNN aired the original program of writer and TV presenter Anthony Bourdain, “Parts Unknown,” which included fragments of the LOUNA concert and an interview with guitarist Ruben.

After returning from the USA, LOUNA returned to active creative work in Russia, and on November 14, 2013, a video clip for the song “Night, Road and Rock” was released. The basis for the video was footage taken by the musicians themselves and fans at Russian music festivals.

Preparations for the release of the new album did not stop. On November 25, 6 songs from the new record were played on Our Radio, and on November 29, the premiere of the song “Act!” took place. in the “Chart Dozen”, where she stayed for 4 months. On February 21, 2014, the composition reached 1st place on the chart, where it stayed for 2 weeks in a row. The release of the album “We are LOUNA” took place on December 1, 2013.

The presentation of the record took place on December 14 at the ARENA club (Moscow) and on December 19 at the Cosmonaut club (St. Petersburg). The concert in Moscow was sold out (about 4,000 tickets), and all the tickets for the concert in St. Petersburg were sold out.

A tour in support of the new album was planned for the spring of 2014. Tickets for concerts in some cities were sold out long before LOUNA's performance date, but due to the health of the band's vocalist, part of the tour was canceled.

Nevertheless, the group began to prepare for its first anniversary - its fifth anniversary. At the same time, work was underway on a video for the song “With You,” which was filmed in St. Petersburg (released June 30, 2014).

In May 2014, the group played two sold-out anniversary concerts in a row at the capital's GlavClub and one concert at the St. Petersburg Cosmonaut. Together with LOUNA, their friends performed at the 5th anniversary, including Rustem Bulatov (Lumen), Ilya Chert (PilOt), musicians of the groups “Cockroaches!”, “Elysium”, “Fantastika”, “Stigmata”, “KnyaZz”, “FTB” ", "Give 2", etc. Another surprise for listeners was the release of the documentary film "We are LOUNA", which included footage from the life of the group, filmed in the studio, on tour and behind the scenes.

On June 20, 2014, the song “With You” entered the rotation of “Our Radio” and entered the “Chart Dozen” hit parade, where it stayed for 3 months, reaching 2nd place.

Having played at several summer festivals, the LOUNA group announced a short concert break in September 2014, but on February 7, 2015, LOUNA gave a big solo concert at the Moscow club Ray Just ARENA. The concert was attended by 4,500 people, and all tickets were sold out two days before. Neither the organizers nor the musicians expected such a stir, and the absolute sold out became the beginning of a new page in the creative history of the group. Interest in the group also increased from the media: LOUNA began to be even more actively invited to radio broadcasts both in Moscow (OUR Radio, Svoe Radio, Ekho Moskvy, Radio Radio, etc.) and in the regions.

From January to May 2015, LOUNA visited 40 Russian cities with concerts - From Murmansk to Irkutsk - covering almost all regions of Russia. This tour, called "Even Louder!" became the largest in the history of the group, not only in terms of the number of concerts and kilometers traveled, but also in the total number of people who came to these performances: the LOUNA show was seen by a total of about 20 thousand people. Sold-outs and sold-outs took place in almost all cities of the group’s tour. According to the unanimous opinion of regional and metropolitan promoters, the LOUNA group is currently one of the most popular and collected rock groups in the country.

On May 30, 2015, the collection “The Best of” was released. It included the best songs, in the opinion of the musicians and listeners themselves. The bonus tracks were “Freedom” and “The Path to Yourself”, the latter in an acoustic arrangement. The track “In Me” was included in the album in a version with Dmitry Rishko.

At the same time, in the spring of 2015, LOUNA began active preparations for a performance with a symphony orchestra. Performing as a headliner at the largest Russian summer festivals (Nashestviye, Dobrofest, KUBANA, etc.), the group simultaneously worked on acoustic arrangements of their songs. Since a concert with an orchestra is an extraordinary event, LOUNA decided to record it on video and release it on DVD. For this purpose, a project was opened on the well-known crowdfunding platform “Planet. RU".

At the end of October, LOUNA began rehearsing with the Globalis orchestra. Representatives of the media and shareholders of Planet, who supported the group’s project, were invited to the first rehearsal, which took place at Mosfilm.

On November 19, the first concert in the history of the group with a symphony orchestra took place at Crocus City Hall, for which almost all the tickets were sold. The program received the current name “Songs about Peace”. The Globalis orchestra was led by conductor Anton Shaburov, who also wrote the orchestral arrangements for all the compositions played.

The very next day after the concert, LOUNA announced that it was returning to work on new material.

At the end of January 2016, the group announced the release of a maxi-single, called “18+”. The presentation of new songs took place on April 16, 2016 at the RAY JUST ARENA club.

In summer and autumn, the musicians work on material for a new album, which was released on December 9, 2016 and called “Brave New World.” The group’s new work also includes tracks released in February on the maxi-single “18+”. A video was shot for the song “Ordinary Man,” which was released on December 7 on the Nashe Radio website. Since mid-November, the album has been available for pre-order on iTunes, and a little later on Google Play.

In the spring of 2017, LOUNA went on tour in support of Brave New World. At the presentation of the album in Moscow on March 25 at Stadium Live, material was filmed for videos for the songs “Louder and angrier!” and "Motherland". The clips were released on April 19 and May 23, respectively.

In the summer, the group performed at festivals and at the same time prepared material for a new, fifth studio album. In an interview with online publications, Lusine Gevorkyan noted that the upcoming disc will be “mad” and will differ from the group’s previous works both musically and lyrically.

On September 1, LOUNA launched another crowdfunding project to record and release a new studio album. The project was successfully completed on December 2. In addition, the second part of the tour in support of the album “Brave New World” took place in the fall, during which at a concert on request in Moscow on November 4, with the participation of musicians of the group “Pornofilmy”, a live video was shot for the song “Spring”, released on December 20, 2017 of the year.

After the tour, the band began work on a new album. On December 30, its name was announced - “Poles”, the cover and tracklist were presented. Also in early December, a new international release was announced, which will be called "Panopticon" and will include 10 songs translated into English by Travis Leake from the albums "We Are Louna" and "Brave New World". The album is scheduled for release in the spring of 2018.

On March 9, 2018, the premiere of the song “Lullaby” from the album “Polya” took place in the Chart Dozen. On March 22, the premiere of the song “So” took place, on April 4 - the song “Others”. The release of the album "Polyus" took place on April 24. On April 15, 2018, the Louna group became guests of the program “Salt. From the First Person” on the REN TV channel, playing an electric set of 10 songs.

ACHIEVEMENTS:

1st place(composition “Lullaby”) in the Chart's Dozen hit parade. Top 13 - OUR Radio, 2018
Soloist of the Year Award(Lusine Gevorkyan) - Eleventh Annual Music Award for achievements in the field of rock and roll “Chart Dozen. Top 13", 2018
1st place(composition “The Fighter’s Road”) in the Chart's Dozen hit parade. Top 13 - OUR Radio, 2015
1st place(composition “Act!”) in the Chart's Dozen hit parade. Top 13 - OUR Radio, 2014
Place No. 11"Mom" and place number 20"Make it louder!" in the list of the 500 best songs in the history of NASHE Radio, 2014
Soloist of the Year Award(Lusine Gevorkyan) - Sixth Annual Music Award for achievements in the field of rock and roll “Chart Dozen. Top 13", 2013
1 place(composition “Mom”) in the hit parade “Chart's Dozen. Top 13" - OUR Radio, 2012
Song of the Year Award(composition “Fight Club”) - Fifth Annual Music Award for achievements in the field of rock and roll “Chart Dozen. Top 13", 2012
1 place(song “Make it Louder!”) in the hit parade “Chart's Dozen. Top 13" - OUR Radio, 2011
Figurine “Discovery of the Year 2008-2009” - Rock Alternative Music Prize (RAMP), 2009

The band's vocalist Lusine Gevorkyan is the official Russian endorser of microphones and ear monitoring systems Sennheiser, synthesizers Roland and vocal processors TC-HELICON.
The band's bassist Vitaly Demidenko is the official Russian endorser of bass guitars Warwick, pedals and strings EBS, microphones and radio systems Sennheiser.
The band's guitarists Sergey Ponkratiev and Ruben Kazaryan are the official endorsers of the floor controllers BJ Devices and Radio Systems Sennheiser.
The band's drummer Leonid Kinzbursky is the official Russian cymbal endorser Masterwork and ear monitoring systems Sennheiser.

Creative biography LOUNA

Luna is a popular Russian music group that performs rock with female vocals. The team was formed in 2009 in Moscow. Some call this rock band a side project of members of such a group as Tracktor bowling. But the performers themselves categorically deny this fact. According to information received by our team from the official website of agent LOUNA, they say that this is a completely independent project, and the name of the group appeared from the initial letters of the pseudonym of the lead singer Lou. The group gained widespread fame after the release of their debut album in 2010, called Turn It Up!. Songs from the album immediately reached the top positions of the charts. And the non-standard group with interesting musical material immediately attracted the attention of the public. By the way, almost the entire repertoire of the group has a strong social orientation. The group performs at the most famous festivals, including Nashestvie. In 2013, the musicians went on a large-scale tour of the United States of America, during which they visited more than 26 cities and gave a huge number of concerts. The public received this Russian band with interest, and during the performances the musicians sold out all their albums and paraphernalia. During their creative career, the band released five albums, one of which was released in English. The musicians have many excellent singles that occupied high positions in the charts. At the end of 2014, the group announced a short break, but they will definitely return in 2015. With new forces, new repertoire and great songs. You can order a LOUNA performance from us. This is truly a very interesting musical group for our Russian show business. A powerful sound component, excellent vocals, topical themes - all this together made the group very popular. Luna's performance is a real show that simply amazes with its energy. The musicians give their all on stage one hundred percent. If you decide to invite LOUNA to an event, a holiday, then we will always be happy to do it. We cooperate directly with this Russian rock band with female vocals. We will be happy to introduce you to their work, and you yourself will understand why Luna’s music appealed to the taste of Russian and foreign audiences. Contact us!

The Russian rock band gained popularity in 2010; an army of fans learned about the existence of the project and appreciated their talent after the release of the group’s collection called “Make It Louder!” Meet and appreciate the creativity of the unique group “Louna” possible on our portal.

The founders are Lusine Gevorkyan, who later became a soloist, and Vitaly Demidenko. The idea to create their own musical brainchild came in 2008. A little later, two guitarists and a drummer joined the couple. It sounds like “moon”, stress on the first syllable. I didn’t have to rack my brains for a long time about the “name”; they simply took a derivative word from the pseudonym Lusine - Lu.

The main goal was the desire to introduce the public to heavy melodies of high quality, filled with intelligent lyrics. They didn't want their fans to just mindlessly jump to the songs on the dance floor. They wanted to make them think and reflect. It is difficult to determine exactly what genre they perform in; some classify them as alternative music, others consider them representatives of metal. It is impossible to attribute them to any single style. Most likely, they simply didn’t come up with a name for the music they perform. All texts are aimed at solving social problems and fighting injustice.

The acquaintance with the extraordinary musicians took place in 2009, the concert took place in the Russian capital. The guests were received by the Tochka establishment. The musicians also received their first prize in the “Discovery” category. Now singers are guests of honor at any music festival.

The debut collection was released in 2010 and instantly gained popularity. This event radically changed the history of the formation of artists. The individual social position and unusual motives aroused the excitement of the audience and provoked great media interest in the team.

In 2011, the single “Fight Club” began to be played on “Our Radio”. Subsequently, she became a member of the chart on “Our Radio” and stayed there for sixteen weeks, the next “bomb” from Lou and the company “Make it louder!” took the leading position in the same chart for two weeks.

In 2012 she became a laureate of the Chart's Dozen award. Top 13”, which is held annually, in the “Song of the Year” category.

The fans were also presented with the second disc, “Time X.” Several singles had protest themes. There were also lyrical tracks. The total number of tracks on the new record is fourteen.

The heartbreaking song “Mama” from the new record stayed at the top of the Chart Dozen for four weeks.

In 2013 they began recording a disc in English with the participation of Red Decade Records. After the single “Mama” was played on one of the American radio stations, the studio began to receive calls from enthusiastic Americans. More than 75% said they really liked the motif. On the wave of success, an English-language website is being launched for Western fans of the project.

In the fall they go on a tour of the United States of America, gave twenty-six concerts, and visited thirteen states. The tracks were broadcast by seven major American radio stations.

In 2015 they presented a collection of hits The Best of.

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