EXIT project
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EXIT project is an instrumental
, Nu Jazz
, IDM
, electronic music
, art rock
, experimental music
, and jazz fusion
band from Russia
. The band created its own unique style which was labeled as art
-fusion
. Of all the vaiety of music ever released under EXIT project logo one thing is always common: a subtle mixture of live instruments and electonics. The band is being repesented by IKON
internationally.
, IDM
, Electronic Music
, Art-rock, Experimental Music
, and Jazz fusion
Musical critic and publisher Vladimir Impaler named this unique blend and stylistic approach as Art-fusion.
CC-BY-ND, which allows anyone to use it for any (including commercial) purposes without payment to the author, with requirement to mention/cite the author and prohibition to make any derivative works out of it. The music is subject for free copying, broadcasting and sending/spreading among friends. The music is positioned as a gift to anyone who is interested in music free from the pressure of the media/show industry.
The group was among the first to publish release for iPhone – Appbum (APPlication alBUM) – a new format of publishing music, a smart combination of iPhone application and music album. The release is available for free. The author of the idea for such appbum release is band's director Valery Mifodovsky.
and Electronic music
music. As some critics as well as musicians themselves admit, this is bightest and most colorful live show the band has ever produced. The on-stage line-up consists of Oleg Smirnov (Programming, Bass, Guitars), Vladimir 'BIG' Glushko (drums), Maria Logofet (violin), Anastasia Boguslavskaya (alto sax), Jon Kukaryamba (percussion, vocals, effects) and band's live sound man – Nikita Filippov. The band is now performing shows in clubs and at festivals.
EXIT project is planning the album "Color Splashes" to be released in spring 2011
community of musicians. "Open" means that any thoughtful and contented musician could join in and contribute. The point was from the start to create a non-commercial music project. The first linup was: Roman "RO-mix" Smirnov (Guitars, Programming, Vocals), Michael (keyboards, vocals, programming). The duet released the first album of EXIT Project – "Live Electricity" (2001) under caring pursuit of the band's director Valery "MIF" Mifodovsky (Promotion, Management). Soon Michael parted, but in a year the band grew in size, when Oleg Smirnov (Guitars), Vladimir "Big" Glushko (Drums), Michael "Kotovsky" Finagin (double bass), Anton Kochurkin (Flute) joined the project.
The first album of the project Live Electricity, was released in 2002 by the label СD Land Records. Several songs from the album entered different compilations. All the sale proceeds from the album were directed to the WWF program (protection of animals). The album received highly positive reviews from the critics, and the band was identified to have its own unique style.
In 2004 having played some local-scale shows and recorded a demo-release called Quintet Michael "Kotovsky" Finagin and Anton Kochurkin left the band. The Quintet was fully live band contrasting predominately electronic first album Live Electricity. The remaining lineup, literally a trio of Roman "RO-mix" Smirnov, Oleg Smirnov and Vladimir "BIG" Glushko developed further the material and rearranged it to fully include electronic instruments into live gigs. The trio appeared in several remarkable festivals in Russia and Ukraine in 2006 anв was noted by the critics as well as publicity.
Meanwhile, the second album of the band, Hack The World, which was mostly a solo work of the bands oldest participant – Roman "Ro-mix Smirnov. "Hack the World" was predominantly Electronic music
,and was self-released freely on the internet in 2005 by the declaration FREE!MUSIC
2.1, which allows anyone download and use the music freely. Some of its tracks where used in an audio-story Karandash i samodelkin v Egipte, by Moscow-based art project called Audio-Theater. The album became a success, and the musical journals Salon Audio Video and Avtozvuk released the album in a 50,000 copies edition as an add-on to the journal issue. Songs from the album were also used for the audio-show Space Mowgli
based on a story by Strugatsky brothers and in Peoples book based on Yevgeniy Grishkovts's Rivers. However, the album was totally a studio work and the tracks have never been performed live.
After the success of Hack The World the band started an active touring career in various Moscow clubs and Russian and Ukrainian jazz, alternative and rock festival
s, including InProg
2006, Space of Joy (2006), Pustye Holmi (2006), etc. It was in these days when the unique style of the band was named by the critics and musicians themselves as art
-fusion
.
All of a sudden, Roman "Ro-mix" Smirnov left the touring band, but kept on his studio musical work, both – on his own and together with Oleg Smirnov.
Vladimir "Big" Glushko and Oleg Smirnov kept the on-stage unit on the move with amazing new members joining in – percussionist and showman Jon Kukaryamba (Deti Picasso), bass guitarist Timur Pirogov (Marc Almond), jazz vocalist Katerina "Kotya" Zinich (26 Hertz), keyboardist Gregory Sandomirsky (Goat's Notes, Lampa Ladino), Alexander "Aliss" Alekhin – proceeded to contribute to the bands powerful performance. The line-up played several full-scale solo concerts and together with acknowledged Russian avantgarde sax player Sergey Letov (Pop Mechanica, Sergey Kurekhin, Saiyenkho, Vladimir Volkov, etc.) recorded two of them – one on the O2 TV channel and the other at Golden Mask festival (2007). On 22 October 2007, the band and the performer Sergey Letov
were the first to perform at the program Brat Jivyom ("Taking Alive") on the Russia
n TV chanel O2TV. However, this material was only released three years later as "Live at Golden Mask" (2007). The following year (2008) the line-up broke up, having naturally completed its agenda. The band also announced that their live performance with Sergey Letov
in the previous year on the TV chanel O2TV will be released on a DVD. Eventually the album was released in 2010, and it was called Shanti Place.
Meanwhile, in 2007 Roman "Ro-mox" Smirnov with contribution of Oleg Smirnov and some other sidemen recorded EXIT project's third album Mystery Journey of Girl with her Death (2007). The album was released without any early notice on the FREE!MUSIC
web site. Being primarily a studio work, the sound of the album was a more distortion
oriented and included more traditional music
elements ang song0line compositions. The album had a vast success both in Russia and beyond.
In 2008 the new – parallel – line-up was formed consisting of Oleg Smirnov, Roman "Ro-mix" Smirnov and Kirill Parenchuk playing soprano sax and Indian percussion instrument called tabla. This subproject was called "Shanti Place", and was a fully equal mix of live electrinics and Indian-like instrimental influences. The musicaians performed together for about a year at various festivals (Neuman Art 2008) and club gigs. The band announced the intentions to proceed with the release. The album will be probably released later with the same name – Shanti Place.
The same year the drummer Vladimir "BIG" Glushko formed his solo free-jazz project called personal EXIT engaging various international artists into his spontaneous improvisational performances.
In 2010 the band is releasing the amazing concert album with Sergey Letov – "Live at Golden Mask" recorded live in 2007. The tracks were played live for years, but have never been released before!
Two more releases are about two follow in 2011 with the material is being completed in the studios.
Instrumental
An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....
, Nu Jazz
Nu jazz
Nu jazz is an umbrella term coined in the late 1990s to refer to music that blends jazz elements with other musical styles, such as funk, soul, electronic dance music, and free improvisation...
, IDM
IDM
IDM may refer to:Science and technology* Identity management, the management of the identity life cycle of an entity* IDM Computer Solutions* Integrated Data Management...
, electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
, art rock
Art rock
Art rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1960s, with influences from art, avant-garde, and classical music. The first usage of the term, according to Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, was in 1968. Influenced by the work of The Beatles, most notably their Sgt...
, experimental music
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
, and jazz fusion
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
band from Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. The band created its own unique style which was labeled as art
Art rock
Art rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1960s, with influences from art, avant-garde, and classical music. The first usage of the term, according to Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, was in 1968. Influenced by the work of The Beatles, most notably their Sgt...
-fusion
Fusion (music)
A fusion genre is music that combines two or more styles. For example, rock and roll originally developed as a fusion of blues, gospel and country music. The main characteristics of fusion genres are variations in tempo, rhythm, i a sometimes the use of long musical "journeys" that can be divided...
. Of all the vaiety of music ever released under EXIT project logo one thing is always common: a subtle mixture of live instruments and electonics. The band is being repesented by IKON
IKON
IKON is a Russian, Moscow-based company providing a wide range of services in the field of music marketing including different business areas such as talent management; booking; tour logistics; organization of concerts; sound recording; rights...
internationally.
The Concept
Music aiming people, not the showbiz EXIT project was from the start conceived as a musical project to promote innovative ways for music distribution and promotion in media, culture and economics. The motto of the project is – "The way out exists" – implies on the one hand, the way out for creative musician, bounded by the limits imposed on music content by commercially driven show business; on the other – the alternative way for music distribution. According to Valery Mofodovsky, director of EXIT project, the official goal of the project is "popularization and implementation of the concept of free music distribution in commercial and non-commercial purposes".The style
The group does not bound itself by "one and the only" style of music. The musicians of EXIT project say that they "use all means of expression in music at hand to bring the music in". Virtually every other album is somehow different in style. Music of EXIT project comprises the elements of Instrumental Music, Nu-Jazz, Chill-out, DowntempoDowntempo
Downtempo is a laid-back electronic music style similar to ambient music, but usually with a beat or groove unlike the beatless forms of Ambient music. The beat is sometimes made from loops that have a hypnotic feeling...
, IDM
IDM
IDM may refer to:Science and technology* Identity management, the management of the identity life cycle of an entity* IDM Computer Solutions* Integrated Data Management...
, Electronic Music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
, Art-rock, Experimental Music
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
, and Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
Musical critic and publisher Vladimir Impaler named this unique blend and stylistic approach as Art-fusion.
Licensing
Music of EXIT project is issued under Creative CommonsCreative Commons
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...
CC-BY-ND, which allows anyone to use it for any (including commercial) purposes without payment to the author, with requirement to mention/cite the author and prohibition to make any derivative works out of it. The music is subject for free copying, broadcasting and sending/spreading among friends. The music is positioned as a gift to anyone who is interested in music free from the pressure of the media/show industry.
Innovations in music publishing formats
EXIT project are innovators in music publishing formats. For instance, one of the new formats that EXIT project has presented their third album is multimedia playcast – a synthesis of music, visual art and poetry: thus the music is perceived straight from the screen/speakers as a part of a holistic mix of multimedia art comprising sound + image + word. Thus internet is used as a full-scale environment for publishing music, not a mere vehicle to deliver audio files for the listener to download.The group was among the first to publish release for iPhone – Appbum (APPlication alBUM) – a new format of publishing music, a smart combination of iPhone application and music album. The release is available for free. The author of the idea for such appbum release is band's director Valery Mifodovsky.
Current Live Show program
In spring 2010 the band has started working on a new live program – Color Splashes – which is a mix of contemporary Nu JazzNu jazz
Nu jazz is an umbrella term coined in the late 1990s to refer to music that blends jazz elements with other musical styles, such as funk, soul, electronic dance music, and free improvisation...
and Electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
music. As some critics as well as musicians themselves admit, this is bightest and most colorful live show the band has ever produced. The on-stage line-up consists of Oleg Smirnov (Programming, Bass, Guitars), Vladimir 'BIG' Glushko (drums), Maria Logofet (violin), Anastasia Boguslavskaya (alto sax), Jon Kukaryamba (percussion, vocals, effects) and band's live sound man – Nikita Filippov. The band is now performing shows in clubs and at festivals.
EXIT project is planning the album "Color Splashes" to be released in spring 2011
History
EXIT project was formed in 2001 as an open experimental musicExperimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
community of musicians. "Open" means that any thoughtful and contented musician could join in and contribute. The point was from the start to create a non-commercial music project. The first linup was: Roman "RO-mix" Smirnov (Guitars, Programming, Vocals), Michael (keyboards, vocals, programming). The duet released the first album of EXIT Project – "Live Electricity" (2001) under caring pursuit of the band's director Valery "MIF" Mifodovsky (Promotion, Management). Soon Michael parted, but in a year the band grew in size, when Oleg Smirnov (Guitars), Vladimir "Big" Glushko (Drums), Michael "Kotovsky" Finagin (double bass), Anton Kochurkin (Flute) joined the project.
The first album of the project Live Electricity, was released in 2002 by the label СD Land Records. Several songs from the album entered different compilations. All the sale proceeds from the album were directed to the WWF program (protection of animals). The album received highly positive reviews from the critics, and the band was identified to have its own unique style.
In 2004 having played some local-scale shows and recorded a demo-release called Quintet Michael "Kotovsky" Finagin and Anton Kochurkin left the band. The Quintet was fully live band contrasting predominately electronic first album Live Electricity. The remaining lineup, literally a trio of Roman "RO-mix" Smirnov, Oleg Smirnov and Vladimir "BIG" Glushko developed further the material and rearranged it to fully include electronic instruments into live gigs. The trio appeared in several remarkable festivals in Russia and Ukraine in 2006 anв was noted by the critics as well as publicity.
Meanwhile, the second album of the band, Hack The World, which was mostly a solo work of the bands oldest participant – Roman "Ro-mix Smirnov. "Hack the World" was predominantly Electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
,and was self-released freely on the internet in 2005 by the declaration FREE!MUSIC
FREE!MUSIC
FREE!MUSIC is a freeware music non-profit organization founded in Russia in 2004, involved in the free distribution of music for commercial and non-commercial purposes.-History:...
2.1, which allows anyone download and use the music freely. Some of its tracks where used in an audio-story Karandash i samodelkin v Egipte, by Moscow-based art project called Audio-Theater. The album became a success, and the musical journals Salon Audio Video and Avtozvuk released the album in a 50,000 copies edition as an add-on to the journal issue. Songs from the album were also used for the audio-show Space Mowgli
Space Mowgli
Space Mowgli also known as The Kid is a 1971 sci-fi novel by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky set in the Noon Universe.- Plot summary :...
based on a story by Strugatsky brothers and in Peoples book based on Yevgeniy Grishkovts's Rivers. However, the album was totally a studio work and the tracks have never been performed live.
After the success of Hack The World the band started an active touring career in various Moscow clubs and Russian and Ukrainian jazz, alternative and rock festival
Rock festival
A rock festival, or a rock fest, is a large-scale rock music concert, featuring multiple acts.The first rock festivals were put on in the late 1960s and were important socio-cultural milestones. In the 1980s a minor resurgence of festivals occurred with charity as the goal.Today, they are often...
s, including InProg
InProg
InProg is an international progressive rock festival held almost yearly since 2001 in Moscow, Russia.The festival was organised by the Russian Rock-magazine InRock....
2006, Space of Joy (2006), Pustye Holmi (2006), etc. It was in these days when the unique style of the band was named by the critics and musicians themselves as art
Art rock
Art rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1960s, with influences from art, avant-garde, and classical music. The first usage of the term, according to Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, was in 1968. Influenced by the work of The Beatles, most notably their Sgt...
-fusion
Fusion (music)
A fusion genre is music that combines two or more styles. For example, rock and roll originally developed as a fusion of blues, gospel and country music. The main characteristics of fusion genres are variations in tempo, rhythm, i a sometimes the use of long musical "journeys" that can be divided...
.
All of a sudden, Roman "Ro-mix" Smirnov left the touring band, but kept on his studio musical work, both – on his own and together with Oleg Smirnov.
Vladimir "Big" Glushko and Oleg Smirnov kept the on-stage unit on the move with amazing new members joining in – percussionist and showman Jon Kukaryamba (Deti Picasso), bass guitarist Timur Pirogov (Marc Almond), jazz vocalist Katerina "Kotya" Zinich (26 Hertz), keyboardist Gregory Sandomirsky (Goat's Notes, Lampa Ladino), Alexander "Aliss" Alekhin – proceeded to contribute to the bands powerful performance. The line-up played several full-scale solo concerts and together with acknowledged Russian avantgarde sax player Sergey Letov (Pop Mechanica, Sergey Kurekhin, Saiyenkho, Vladimir Volkov, etc.) recorded two of them – one on the O2 TV channel and the other at Golden Mask festival (2007). On 22 October 2007, the band and the performer Sergey Letov
Sergey Letov
Sergey Letov , born on September 24, 1956, is a Russian musician, known for improvisational style, and the founder of Pentagram recording label. He has collaborated with numerous music artists including his younger brother Yegor Letov.-Discography:...
were the first to perform at the program Brat Jivyom ("Taking Alive") on the Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n TV chanel O2TV. However, this material was only released three years later as "Live at Golden Mask" (2007). The following year (2008) the line-up broke up, having naturally completed its agenda. The band also announced that their live performance with Sergey Letov
Sergey Letov
Sergey Letov , born on September 24, 1956, is a Russian musician, known for improvisational style, and the founder of Pentagram recording label. He has collaborated with numerous music artists including his younger brother Yegor Letov.-Discography:...
in the previous year on the TV chanel O2TV will be released on a DVD. Eventually the album was released in 2010, and it was called Shanti Place.
Meanwhile, in 2007 Roman "Ro-mox" Smirnov with contribution of Oleg Smirnov and some other sidemen recorded EXIT project's third album Mystery Journey of Girl with her Death (2007). The album was released without any early notice on the FREE!MUSIC
FREE!MUSIC
FREE!MUSIC is a freeware music non-profit organization founded in Russia in 2004, involved in the free distribution of music for commercial and non-commercial purposes.-History:...
web site. Being primarily a studio work, the sound of the album was a more distortion
Distortion (guitar)
Distortion effects create "warm", "dirty" and "fuzzy" sounds by compressing the peaks of a musical instrument's sound wave and adding overtones. The three principal types of distortion effects are overdrive, distortion and fuzz. Distortion effects are sometimes called “gain” effects, as distorted...
oriented and included more traditional music
Traditional music
Traditional music is the term increasingly used for folk music that is not contemporary folk music. More on this is at the terminology section of the World music article...
elements ang song0line compositions. The album had a vast success both in Russia and beyond.
In 2008 the new – parallel – line-up was formed consisting of Oleg Smirnov, Roman "Ro-mix" Smirnov and Kirill Parenchuk playing soprano sax and Indian percussion instrument called tabla. This subproject was called "Shanti Place", and was a fully equal mix of live electrinics and Indian-like instrimental influences. The musicaians performed together for about a year at various festivals (Neuman Art 2008) and club gigs. The band announced the intentions to proceed with the release. The album will be probably released later with the same name – Shanti Place.
The same year the drummer Vladimir "BIG" Glushko formed his solo free-jazz project called personal EXIT engaging various international artists into his spontaneous improvisational performances.
In 2010 the band is releasing the amazing concert album with Sergey Letov – "Live at Golden Mask" recorded live in 2007. The tracks were played live for years, but have never been released before!
Two more releases are about two follow in 2011 with the material is being completed in the studios.
Present members
- Roman «RO-mix» Smirnov (Guitar, Programming)(2001–present)
- Oleg Smirnov (Guitar, Bass, Programming)(2003–present)
- Vladimir «Big» Glushko (Drums, pecussion)(2003–present)
- Valery «MIF» Mifodovsky (Promotion, Management)(2001–present),
- John Kukaryamba (percussion, effects, voices) (2006–present),
- Anastasia Boguslavskaya (alto saxophone) (2007–present),
- Maria Logofet (violin) (2010–present),
- Katerina «Kotya» Zinich (vocals) (2006–present)
- Kirill Parenchuk (tabla, soprano sax) (2008–present)
Past members
- Michael «Kotovsky» Finagin (double bass) (2003—2004)
- Anton Kochurkin (Flute)(2003—2004)
- Timur pirogov (bass) (2007—2008)
- Gregory Sandomirsky (keys) (2007—2008)
Studio Albums
- Live Electricity (2002, СD Land Records)
- Hack The World (CD 2005, available for free download, broadcast and distribution under Creative Commons)
- Mystery Journey of Girl with her Death (CD 2007, Digital, available for free download, broadcast and distribution under Creative Commons)
- Shanti Place (Digital 2010, available for free download, broadcast and distribution under Creative Commons)
Concert albums
- Live at Golden Mask (2007), at concert at Golden Mask festival feat. Sergey Letov (sax)
Compilations and other releases
- EXIT project – demo 2001.
- Play magazine – № 3 2002 (Russian edition)
- Propaganda − 2 (CD, compilation) 2002
- OpenMusic Compilation (CD 2002), Alt Linux.
- Propaganda − 3 (CD, compilation) 2003
- Music for designers – Compilation (CD, 2003) Indexdesign
- Quintet (demo 2004, available for free download, broadcast and distribution under Creative Commons)
- Play magazine – "replay" № 12 2004 (CD compilation)
- Free!Music Compilation (CD, mp3 compilation), Alt Linux.
- CD: EXIT project «Hack the World» AutoZvuk magazine №2/2006, Salon Audio & Video magazine №2/2006
- Music for the Brains – 3: «Submerging» AutoZvuk magazine №4/2006, Salon Audio & Video magazine №4/2006 CD SAV 06051
- EXIT project «Mystery Journey Of Girl With Her Death» (DVD edition to Mobi magazine №12 2007)
- "FREE!Music compilation – Music for the People" (DVD edition to Mobi magazine №12 2007)
- CD Free!Music AutoZvuk magazine (№1 01.2007), Salon Audio & Video magazine (№1 01.2007)
- CD StereoSummer Compilation of Russian electronic music. Avtozvuk magazine (№8 08.2007), Salon Audio Video magazine (№8 08.2007).
- «Ad Astra». Raussian
music. (AutoZvuk magazine №4 01.2007, Salon Audio & Video magazine №4 04.2007) - GoldenMask.Club – compilation – Zibaldone (2007, BAd TaStE, btp27)
- New year streamer (AutoZvuk magazine (№1 01.2008), Salon Audio & Video magazine №1 01.2008)
- CD Music of Blogosphere AutoZvuk magazine (№7 07/2008), Salon Audio & Video magazine №7 07/2008
- "Four Seasons – Russian Winter" – third compilation of Russian СhillOut-music – 2009 (CD, compilation) Pitch Music Publishing & Fusion label
- Gorchitza RMXS 2009 Lavina Music (Ukraine)
- "Four Seasons – Russian Autumn" 2009 (CD, compilation)
- Tunguska Chillout Grooves vol. 2 2009 (CD, compilation)
- Tunguska Electronic Music Society – Tunguska Chillout Grooves vol. 3 (Lilith & Selena) 2009 (digital, compilation)
- Tunguska Electronic Music Society – Tunguska Chillout Grooves vol. 4 2009 (digital, compilation)
- Tunguska Electronic Music Society – Ellipsis: Tunguska.Shaman.Vimana. 2010 (digital, compilation) Tunguska Electronic Music Society
- EXIT project – Mystery Journey of Girl with her Death (DVD edition for Mobi magazine) № 84; Aug 2010
- EXIT project «Paper Release». CD for paper Ballet promo (International Paper, 2010)
- Tunguska – Favorite (DVD edition for Mobi magazine) № 86; Oct. 2010
Trivia
- The overall total number of copies of various CDs featuring EXIT project is above 800.000
- Music by EXIT project has many times been used in WWF videos. and Greenpeace videos
- EXIT project was the first band to support free music distribution movement – Free!Music.
- Album Mystery Journey of Girl with her Death was the first Russian music album to be published under Creative Commons
- Though two members of the band, Roman and Oleg, have the same surname, SmirnovSmirnov (surname)According to the 2002 population census, Smirnov or Smirnova is the most common surname in Russia . Variants of transliteration: Smirnoff or Smyrnov. Derived from an adjective smirnyy , that means "quiet, still, meek, gentle"...
, they are not brothers. Smirnov is the most common surname in RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
(ahead of IvanovIvanov (surname)Ivanov , Ivanoff or Ivanow or Ivanova is one of the most common surnames in Russia and Bulgaria...
), or as they themselves joke about it: "Were not brothers just a rare surname". - Roman "ROmul" Smirnov and Valery "MIF" Mifodovsky are among the founders of the non-profit organization "FREE!MUSICFREE!MUSICFREE!MUSIC is a freeware music non-profit organization founded in Russia in 2004, involved in the free distribution of music for commercial and non-commercial purposes.-History:...
". - In 2005 PepsiCoPepsiCoPepsiCo Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Purchase, New York, United States, with interests in the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of grain-based snack foods, beverages, and other products. PepsiCo was formed in 1965 with the merger of the Pepsi-Cola Company...
released a CD which included a few of the songs from Hack The World in remixRemixA remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
ed versions. The band didn't like the remixRemixA remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
es so much that they asked their name wouldn't be mentioned on the CD. - EXIT project was the second in the world to have released their album on a flash memory stick USB Flash (March, 2006)
- The band doesn't fight piracy. Moreover – it supports free distribution: the CD edition of band's drummer Vladimir "BIG" Glushko personal EXIT has another – blank – CD suggesting to make a copy.
External References
- exitproject.pdj.ru – official band's web resource
- http://www.last.fm/music/EXIT+project
- (Russian)
- Tunguska Electronic Music Society
- Appbum – free release for iPhone