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Alexander Shulgin is a leading executive in the new Russian music industry, having worked with such iconic artists as Valeria, Mumiy Troll, Dima Malikov, Gruppa.fm and many others. Mr. Shulgin owns and operates Familia Entertainment, a record label, and Familia Publishing, a publishing company. In addition to top-10 songs, his catalogue includes a diverse array of rare releases, including hundreds of the best-known Russian gypsy songs, Songs of Siberian Exile and Best Songs of WWI, all of which are part of Russia's unique musical heritage.
Shulgin's career began at the age of 19 in the legendary Russian rock band The Cruise, regarded as the first rock-band of the USSR to tour abroad (1983-1986). Despite being known as anti-Soviet and no mass media attention, The Cruise went on to sell 20 million copies of their debut album in 1985.
After The Cruise, Shulgin began working in Germany, where he created "The Taiga Symphony". A fusion of Russian classic music with western rock-music, the album featured The Moscow Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pavel Kogan and respected Western musicians Alvin Lee, Paul Carrack, Mel Collins, Phil Palmer and JJ Belle. The album was also the beginning of Valeria's career, who would become one of the most popular singers in Russia.
Shulgin then created another ambitious East-West collaboration with BBC Worldwide called "Merry Christmas to the World". With lyrics and production by Richard Niles and music by Shulgin, it expressed the ethos of glasnost. London studio musicians performed with members of the Moscow Symphony and the Soviet Folk Orchestra. Sung by Valeria, the video was directed by Ken Russell who used it in his film "Alice in Russialand" (1998). Shot in Red Square, the clip featured psychic Uri Geller and became the grand finale of the New Year program on the first national TV channel of the Soviet Union.
Shulgin helped "FM Group" to record the debut album named "Made In Russia" and recorded an album of Alexander Byinov. He subsequently recorded a solo album for "FM Group" lead-singer Alevtina Egorova, also working with Tatiana Ovsienko and Nastya Shirokova. He also wrote material for two Elena Sheremet albums, "Lady-Sax" and "Lady-sax (The Remixes)," combining so-called easy listening with the saloon jazzy sound, as well as "Sax It Easy"and "Sax It Up! - The Remixes".
Shulgin is also a composer of music for films and TV, his songs appearing in films by Lukas Moodysson and Ken Russell. In 2005, Shulgin was invited to write 20 original songs for the music serial "Primadonna". He also wrote three leading themes for the film and all the songs for the final show of "Primadonna". Shulgin is also the director of the first public TV channel "Spas" for which he composed all the music.
His latest project is a three-album compilation titled "Tryptych" that contains new music, melodies and instrumentals from the composer's works that had yet to be performed. The albums were recorded by an impressive line-up of artists including legendary drummer Billy Cobham, pianist Gary Husband, bassist John Patitucci and guitarist Paul Drew to name a few, uniting their various styles on the three albums in a harmony.
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Kerchoonz
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Hey, did you see the new friend inviter that lets you invite your fans from myspace and bebo and and loads of other sites. It's really cool and it puts your referral ID into the message:) http://www.kerchoonz.com/account/invite/ (it's in your account page in the tab that says friends & invites).
Keep the music alive and live! :)
08/07/2009 10:32:22
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LeChatdOsirisŪ
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Hi Alexander!
Have A Wonderful 2009 Year...!
Best Regards!
Cordially!!!
Nicolas
25/01/2009 10:18:40
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Darnell
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привет Shulgin. Thanks for dropping by Darnell's page. Hope you like the songs. It has been nice listening to the chilled out tune on your page.
Darren
25/01/2009 08:29:15
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Alex Harris
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Hi Alexander,
#Thank you for the add - love the video - really beautiful music.
Hope you like my music.
Welcome to Kerchoonz! :)
Alex
25/01/2009 07:44:06
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Barry Grace
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Hi Alexander, this is a really nice track!!
Barry
25/01/2009 04:56:46
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Robert Gerrard
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 Thanks for passing by my page and adding me as a friend. Loving your work, pity there is just one track here. Just the kind of feel I like to write...
25/01/2009 03:40:50
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atris
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Hey Alexander, Thanks for reaching out to us. Hope this finds you feeling healthy! -Mason
24/01/2009 21:21:27
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