Messer Chups
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Messer Chups is an experimental band from St.Petersburg, Russia
. The band was founded by Oleg Gitarkin who had previously performed with Oleg Kostrow under the name of Messer für Frau Müller. Messer Chups is often considered a "spin-off" band of Messer für Frau Müller. The band was originally a duo of Gitarkin on bass guitar and Annette Schneider who played the synths.
In period 2000-2002 Messer Chups consisits of Gitarkin and Igir Vdovin on Synth.
In 2003, the producer of Messer Chups and head of homelabel Solnze Records, Oleg Tarasov, invited the world famous theremin
player, Lydia Kavina
, to join them. Together they have released several albums and reworked their previous releases. In 2005, Messer Chups became a duo consisting of Gitarkin and ZombieGirl on bass. In 2007, they became a trio, with drummer Denis "Kashey" Kuptzov from the famous band, Leningrad
. In 2008, they changed their drummer to Alexander Belkok, and Alexander Skvortzov became their vocalist.
Messer Chups' music often features a foundation of surf
drums on which they build collages of samples from odd sources, like circus music
, jazz
, east European animation soundtracks, and American B-pictures
. On top of that they lay guitar solos and theremin
.
Messer für Frau Müller:
Messer Chups & Messer für Frau Müller video DVD 2006
Messer Chups video DVD 2008
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 was founded by Oleg Gitarkin who had previously performed with Oleg Kostrow under the name of Messer für Frau Müller. Messer Chups is often considered a "spin-off" band of Messer für Frau Müller. The band was originally a duo of Gitarkin on bass guitar and Annette Schneider who played the synths.
In period 2000-2002 Messer Chups consisits of Gitarkin and Igir Vdovin on Synth.
In 2003, the producer of Messer Chups and head of homelabel Solnze Records, Oleg Tarasov, invited the world famous theremin
Theremin
The theremin , originally known as the aetherphone/etherophone, thereminophone or termenvox/thereminvox is an early electronic musical instrument controlled without discernible physical contact from the player. It is named after its Russian inventor, Professor Léon Theremin, who patented the device...
player, Lydia Kavina
Lydia Kavina
Lydia Kavina is a Russian theremin player, and is currently the leading performing musician on the instrument.The grandniece of Léon Theremin, Kavina was born in Moscow and began studying the instrument under the direction of Theremin when she was nine years old...
, to join them. Together they have released several albums and reworked their previous releases. In 2005, Messer Chups became a duo consisting of Gitarkin and ZombieGirl on bass. In 2007, they became a trio, with drummer Denis "Kashey" Kuptzov from the famous band, Leningrad
Leningrad (band)
Leningrad , also known as Gruppirovka Leningrad and Bandformirovanie Leningrad , is a popular Russian ska punk band from Saint Petersburg , led by Sergey "Shnur" Shnurov....
. In 2008, they changed their drummer to Alexander Belkok, and Alexander Skvortzov became their vocalist.
Messer Chups' music often features a foundation of surf
Surf music
Surf music is a genre of popular music associated with surf culture, particularly as found in Orange County and other areas of Southern California. It was particularly popular between 1961 and 1965, has subsequently been revived and was highly influential on subsequent rock music...
drums on which they build collages of samples from odd sources, like circus music
Circus music
Circus music is any sort of music that is played to accompany a circus, and also music written that emulates its general style. The most common type of circus music is the circus march, or screamer, which are marches played at very fast tempos...
, jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, east European animation soundtracks, and American B-pictures
B movie
A B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not definitively an arthouse or pornographic film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....
. On top of that they lay guitar solos and theremin
Theremin
The theremin , originally known as the aetherphone/etherophone, thereminophone or termenvox/thereminvox is an early electronic musical instrument controlled without discernible physical contact from the player. It is named after its Russian inventor, Professor Léon Theremin, who patented the device...
.
Albums
Messer Chups:- Chudovishe & Chudovishe (Beast and the Beast)(aka Monster & Monster) (1999)MC,CD
- Miss Libido (2000)MC,CD
- Bride Of The Atom (2000)MC,CD
- Vamp Babes (2000)MC,CD
- Black Black Magic (2002)CD
- The Best Of Messer Chups: Cocktail Draculina (2002)CD
- Crazy Price (2003)CD
- Vamp Babes Upgrade Version 2004 (2004)CD
- Crazy Price (new version)(2005)CD
- Hyena Safari (2005)CD
- Hyena Safari(2nd version)(2006)CD
- Zombie Shopping (2007)CD
- Best of The Best (2008) LP/CD
- Heretic Channel (2009) CD/LP
- Bermuda 66 (2010) CD
Messer für Frau Müller:
- Merry Bormans (1991) unreleased
- Happy End Dead (1992)MC,CD released in 2000
- Little Joys (1992)MC,CD released in 2000
- Senjors Crakovjac (1993)MC, LP 1994 ,CD 2000
- Icicle-Murders (1995)MC
- Nechelovek-Vidimka (1996) MC
- „Hello, Superman!“ (1998)MC, CD
- Second Hand Dreams (2000)MC,CD
- Allo, Superman! (2000)CD incl. 3 bonus tracks
- Hyper Utesov Presents (2001)CD
- Second Hand Dreams (2001)CD incl. 3 bonus tracks
- Treugol'nik, Chert I Tochka ( 2003)CD
- Remixodelica (2005)CD
- Triangle, Dot & Devil (2006)CD
- Danger Retrobolik (2006) CD
- Wake Up The Dead (2008) CD / (2009) LP
Messer Chups & Messer für Frau Müller video DVD 2006
Messer Chups video DVD 2008