Olive Mess is a

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band from

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that sings in

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. They are one of the most famous

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bands.

History

The band was formed in 1998 by Denis Arsenin (bass), Edgars Kempišs (drums) and Alexey Syomin (guitar). In 2001, the group self-released a demo recording made during a rehearsal, ''Live Without Audience''. The main theme of the record was history of

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. Later in 2001 more members joined the group: Ilze Paegle (classical trained soprano singer), Lilija Voronova (keyboards) and Sergey Syomin (Archlute, Baroque guitar). In 2002 the band was signed by the

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music label Soleil Zeuhl and released their debut album, ''Gramercy''. The album consisted of 5 tracks with a total length of more than one hour. After the successful debut album, the band was invited to a variety of regional and local prog rock festivals, including

InProg InProg was an international progressive rock festival held almost yearly since 2001 in Moscow, Russia. The festival was organised by the Russian Rock-magazine InRock. The organizers of this festival called it "a festival of intellectual music", ...

2005, to open the second day of the festival, Proguary 2005 an
Proguary 2006 (''photo coverage'')

's first widely publicised

festival. They also played at BalticProgFest 2007, the biggest

festival, organised in

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. On 6 September 2007 the band released their second album, ''Cherdak''. The album was released on a new record label, the Italian ''Mellow Records'', sometime in 2008 and consists of 4 tracks. In November 2007 the band went on tour to promote their latest album.

Discography

This list includes only official discography. * ''Gramercy'' (2002) (''Soleil Zeuhl'') * ''Cherdak'' (2008) (''Mellow Records'')

Trivia

* The band named itself in honour of the 20th-century

composer

Olivier Messiaen Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (, ; ; 10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithology, ornithologist. One of the major composers of the 20th-century classical music, 20th century, he was also an ou ...

History

Discography

Trivia

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