Xuman
hju:mənis an
epic pop band from Moscow, Russia founded May 11, 2009, by Sasha Xuman and Ilya Sosnitskiy. Through the band's lifetime their style switched from
electropop
Electropop is a popular music fusion genre combining elements of the electronic and pop styles. It has been described as a variant of synth-pop with emphasis on a hard electronic sound. The genre was developed in the 1980s and saw a rev ...
to
indie rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although the term was originally used to describe rock music released through independent reco ...
music.
History
Xumans first public appearance was made in December 2009. During 2010 Xuman has been forming its live band and started playing gigs across Russia. When the Golden Age album came out in March 2011, Xuman started its Golden Age tour that ended in October of that same year. In May 2013 they released '49 Nymphomaniacs' EP.
Members
* Sasha Xuman – music,
lyrics
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, vocals,
keys
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Common uses
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information needed to encode or decode a message
* Key (instrument), a component of a musical instrument
* Key (lock), a device used to operate a lock
* ...
* Ilya Sosnitskiy – music,
lyrics
Lyrics are words that make up a song, usually consisting of verses and choruses. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist. The words to an extended musical composition such as an opera are, however, usually known as a "libretto" and their writer, ...
, back-vocals, guitars,
keys
Key, Keys, The Key or The Keys may refer to:
Common uses
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information needed to encode or decode a message
* Key (instrument), a component of a musical instrument
* Key (lock), a device used to operate a lock
* ...
* David Sagamonyants – drums
Discography
Albums
* 2011 —
Golden Age
The term Golden Age comes from Greek mythology, particularly the ''Works and Days'' of Hesiod, and is part of the description of temporal decline of the state of peoples through five Ages of Man, Ages, Gold being the first and the one during wh ...
* 2013 —
49 Nymphomaniacs (
EP)
* 2015 – The Mask Gains Over Man
Singles
* 2010 – Panic
* 2012 – Play
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Music videos
* 2010 —
* 2011 —
* 2012 —
* 2013 —
References
Sources
Biasioli M. Russophone or Anglophone? The Politics of Identity in Contemporary Russian Indie Music. Europe-Asia Studies. 2021;73(4):673-690. doi:10.1080/09668136.2020.1779665
*http://www.lookatme.ru/mag/archive/music-records/118377-xuman
* 2009.12.31 — XUMAN beings need less PANIC and more crazy bass action // TheBurningEar.com
* 2010.08.11 — Introducing: Xuman // SilenceIsBoring.net
* 2011.03.14
Премьера: Альбом Xuman «Golden Age»
// LookAtMe.ru
External links
Xuman music on Soundcloud
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Russian electronic music groups
Musical groups established in 2009