Vlad Zhukov - musician, producer and director from Saint Petersburg (Russia)
In the production of his upcoming album (2016) participated musicians from Saint Petersburg, Moscow and Tbilisi (Georgia):
Sergey Kivin - "Animal Джаz" - drums
Pavel Vovk - ("Optimystica Orchestra", "Мумий Тролль") - bass guitar
Dmirtiy Pavlov - ( "Мегаполис" ) - guitar
Nikolay Bichan - ("SoHm Project") - guitar
Alexandr Nekrasov - ( Manizha ) - guitar
Vlad Zhukov - vocal, guitar, keyboards, bass guitar
Oleg Belov - ("Фрукты", Ivan Urgant ) - keyboards
Pro'fit - rap
Merab Sanodze (Sano) - percussion
Few videos had been made using the songs from the album:
Vlad Zhukov - Welcome To My World & Another Day (ft. In progress)
https://youtu.be/wEB7fEFAZuA
Separate links:
1) Vlad Zhukov - Welcome To My World https://youtu.be/EXNCdjrRc0M
2) Vlad Zhukov ft. In progress - Another day https://youtu.be/XfvPYaEruNU
Remixed versions:
Vlad Zhukov ft. In progress - Another Day (Affective rmx) https://youtu.be/IlMpDUe1TKs
Vlad Zhukov Showreel / 2016 (music: Vlad Zhukov ft. Pro'fit - Illusions) https://youtu.be/56xZWfSbGnI
Excerpts of the songs from the album:
https://soundcloud.com/vladz-1/vlad-zhukov-demo-compilation-2016
Video collection - making of the making of the album:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi4dWcLJuqQKYp4lcq8hG11wRc7hrGrVC
Live programs include songs in Russian, English and Georgian languages:
https://youtu.be/JT-MJX3LDAI
https://soundcloud.com/vladz-1
https://youtu.be/NGB1b3QzDgA
https://youtu.be/BN_wHG0r_1k
https://youtu.be/L6C7c1JOIZE
Some other videos from the upcoming album:
Vlad Zhukov & friends - Day by day https://youtu.be/_n3x007rn1o
Vlad Zhukov - Nothing https://youtu.be/FraNpwZg7u
Vlad Zhukov - Don't wanna pretend anymore https://youtu.be/ylJkpuu0Bvs
Full video collection https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi4dWcLJuqQIFP06DVlZSNXs2LogPz7gN
Biography:
Vlad Zhukov - a talented musician and artist from Saint Petersburg made his debut album already in an age of 17.
After that he dedicated himself to producing albums and remakes of Russian pop and rock stars. Some of them are:
Linda (double album "Эмбрион")
Right CD http://vk.com/vlad_zhukoff?w=wall2821385_9371%2Fall
Wrong CD http://vk.com/vlad_zhukoff?w=wall2821385_9370%2Fall
The band "Polyusa" (he has been collaborating with the band for few years - producing their songs. Some of them made into the charts of the radio Maximum, etc.) https://vk.com/audios2821385?performer=1&q=%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%81%D0%B0%20(produced%20by%20Vlad%20Zhukov)
Alla Pugachyova
(Vlad was a producer of the few of her songs. One of them became a movie soundtrack) https://youtu.be/4WtAi5PR918
https://vk.com/search?c[q]=%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0%20%D0%9F%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%20prod.%20by%20%20Vlad%20Zhukov&c[section]=audio&c[performer]=1
Filipp Kirkorov
(Vlad has made remakes of some of his songs, including famous "Bat".
The video was directed by Oleg Gusev and filmed by Maxim Osadchiy).
Interview with Kirkorov and Vlad and the presentation of the video on MTV: https://youtu.be/459CzydwTHk
Anastasia Stotskaya
(Vlad produced and recorded some of her songs).
One of them: https://vk.com/audios-2943791?q=%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F%20%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F%20-%20%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%83%20%D1%8F
Avraam Russo
One of the three remakes produced by Vlad was made into a video:
https://youtu.be/2I7Dnoq2DXk
https://vk.com/audios-2943791?q=%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B0%D0%BC%20%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%20%E2%80%93%20Fire%20Horse%20(remix
Zara
(Vlad has been collaborating with Zara before the show Fabric of Stars, composing and producing 2 albums for her. Her song on the show was also composed by Vlad. https://youtu.be/WHxKTVDJKic
https://youtu.be/mQ9-g85BlQg
https://vk.com/audios-2943791?performer=1&q=%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%2C%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%20%D0%96%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%20feat.%20Igs%20Brook(music%20written%20%26%20produced%20by%20Vlad%20Zhukov%2Clirics%20-%20Igs%20Brook)
Despite his popularity among Russian pop-music stars, Vlad's own music is way beyond the trends and aesthetics of the local popular market. In 1997 he was one of the first Russian musicians starting experimenting with trip-hop, finalised in his CD "Secret Language" for the German publishing label HYPERIUM. http://www.discogs.com/Vlad-Secret-Language/release/45921
Alongside electronic music Vlad produced industrial rock and even symphonic music. Was part of the team creating the soundtrack with full symphonic orchestra (over 80 musicians) in Dubai:
https://vk.com/audios2821385?performer=1&q=Vlad%20Zhukov%20%26%20%22Kamerata%20Orchestra%22%20Conducted%20by%20Igor%20Ponamorenko
He often used live orchestra for his own musical projects. Experimented a lot with ethnic music collaborating with Volkov-trio and Sergey's Starostin, famous with his band "Альянс" and the project with Inna Zhelannaya:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/world/awards2003/profile_starostin.shtml
In 2003 Collaborating with Sergey Starostin reproduced the track for his older album "БЫЛО СОЛНЦЕ"(1999). The song was nominated for the World Music Awards of BBC for the best ethnic-music project.
http://www.volkovtrio.ru/sun.htm
In 2000 Vlad visited Georgia for the first time and soon in 2001 released original CD Sameba, based on Georgian folk music:
https://www.facebook.com/vlad.zhukov.7/media_set?set=a.10153273771214631.1073741837.559289630&type=3
https://soundcloud.com/sameba
One of the songs Gelino used folk melody as a refrain adding original verses and improvisations of the vocalist of the project Madi Serebryakova.
Vlad Zhukov ft. Madi Serebryakova ("SAMEBA") VS Georgian & Turkish musicians - Gelino (mash up) https://youtu.be/xY2IPrbYhtQ
Even later in 2012 one of the tracks of "Sameba" - Anagurello was used by the ministry of Tourism of Georgia as an official soundtrack for the TV and Internet advertising of tourism in Georgia on the CNN:
https://youtu.be/4z8arQwoeOI
Six songs from the album were chosen as a soundtrack of the U.S. Produced documentary "Power trip": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Trip_(film
"Sameba" album has been released few times in Georgia, Russia and Germany:
https://soundcloud.com/sameba
In 2008 took successful start Vlad's new project - Very much advancing Russian market and creating one the first "western" products with its sound and performance quality:
https://vk.com/audios2821385?album_id=6265133
The song "Nothing" made it into the second place of the hit parade of Two Capitals on the Radio Maximum and become 4th most favourite song of the audience. That was the highest achievement among the Russian performers.
https://vk.com/audios2821385?q=Vlad%20Zhukov%20%E2%80%93%20Nothing%20(final%20version
https://youtu.be/FraNpwZg7uM
Vlad's new songs immediately became popular on the radio Maximum and other stations:
Vlad Zhukov & friends - Day by day https://youtu.be/_n3x007rn1o
Vlad Zhukov - Don't wanna pretend anymore https://youtu.be/ylJkpuu0Bvs
Vlad Zhukov ft. Pro'fit - Losin' myself
https://vk.com/audios2821385?performer=1&q=Vlad%20Zhukov%20feat.%20Pro%27fit%20%E2%80%93%20Losin%27%20Myself%20(final%20album%20version)
His collaborative projects were also in the charts:
With the band "Polyusa" - "Про перца", "Уметь ждать"
https://vk.com/search?c[q]=%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%81%D0%B0%20(produced%20by%20Vlad%20Zhukov)&c[section]=audio&c[performer]=1
With "Ivan Kupala" - Balabay (CD "Motherland" 2012)
https://vk.com/audios2821385?q=%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%20%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%20vs.%20Vlad%20Zhukov%20%E2%80%93%20%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9
Some of the songs from above mentioned project became soundtrack of the TV series on the СТС "Ангел или демон" ("Angel and Demon")
http://vk.com/vlad_zhukoff?w=wall2821385_10094%2Fall
There has been lots of dance versions made on Vlad's songs, including popular tracks by DJ Feel, DJ Alexander Popov, Affective, ReOrder, Eximinds, etc. Some of those feature in the compilation Transmission 6, Tranmission Trance Festival, Transmission 7 and Transmission Top 25 of January 2013.
Vlad made some original dance-tracks in collaboration with various DJs too. One of those - made in collaboration with DJ ReOrder from Prague - "Without You" was on air of the Radio DFM.
https://vk.com/audios2821385?q=Vlad%20Zhukov%20%26%20ReOrder%20%E2%80%93%20Without%20you%20(short%20version)
In the early 2011 dance label Armada released track made by Vlad together with Aurosonic:
http://www.armadamusic.com/news/2011/06/ibiza-trance-tunes-2011/
https://vk.com/audios2821385?q=Vlad%20Zhukov%20%26%20Aurosonic%20(radio%20edit)%20%E2%80%93%20Ice%20col
Vlad continues to produce remixes of other's tracks too.
Few links of his remakes of the songs of the "Марсель"
Марсель - Сколько бы
https://vk.com/audios2821385?q=%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%20%E2%80%93%20%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%20%D0%91%D1%8B%20(Vlad%20Zhukov%20Remix)
Марсель - Туда где
https://vk.com/audios2821385?q=%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%20%E2%80%93%20%D0%A2%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B0%20%D0%B3%D0%B4%D0%B5%20(Vlad%20Zhukov%20Remix)%20short%20version
Марсель - Эта песня для тебя
https://vk.com/audios2821385?q=%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%20(Vlad%20Zhukov%20remix%20radio%20edit)%20%E2%80%93%20%D0%AD%D1%82%D0%B0%20%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BD%D1%8F%20%D0%94%D0%BB%D1%8F%20%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%B1%D1%8F
Those were in charts of many radio stations.
In recent years Vlad also started producing his on videos. Here are some links of the videos directed by Vlad:
One of the last works, his video on the song of Dmitriy Zaretsky was on air of many important musical channels.
Dmitriy Zaretsky - Девятнадцать зим (2015) https://youtu.be/UBUPTipxIyQ
Vlad Zhukov - Don't wanna pretend anymore (2010) https://youtu.be/ylJkpuu0Bvs
Vlad Zhukov - Nothing (2010-2011) https://youtu.be/FraNpwZg7uM
His video on the song "Leave me alone" (2010) - collaborative work with Anna Nova https://youtu.be/eBeN-PqiokM
His video on the song "Два крыла" of the band "По_умолчанию" (2011) has been in rotation on MTV and Muz TV. Also, known as a soundtrack for the movie "Поцелуй сквозь стену" (2010-2011): https://youtu.be/I8er1QE9F4c
Video for the dance-group Rush-Style (2011) has been awarded the prize of the best dance video of the year by Dance Music Awards in Moscow: https://youtu.be/RdElQMaU9-o
Video on the instrumental of the duo "СЮРПРИЗ" (D.Chetvergov, V.Siver) - "Расставание" (2012) https://youtu.be/9N8skb-FT9M
A mini-film of 17 minutes "Get out" featuring Anna Nova, Pro'Fit, Sergey Rost, David Webb, Ivan Ushkov, Ilya Razin (from "Polyusa"), Denis Rubin, Mitya Blinov ("Марсель"), Sergey Kivin ("Animal ДжаZ"), etc. directed by Vlad Zhukov: https://youtu.be/yqnvkm4P2_U
Video of Anna Nova, Vlad Zhukov feat. Pro'fit - Get out (2012): https://youtu.be/oalcgPphy0I
Video of the band "21 Sunny Day" - "Сыпется ночь" (2013) https://youtu.be/E5Y0DJdfx18
Vlad's video, featuring his own music - Vlad Zhukov & Friends - Day by Day (2011) https://youtu.be/_n3x007rn1o
The last one was popular on MTV, MUzTV, Music Box TV, Hiphophit.TV, etc.
Vlad's last work - videos on his own songs: "Welcome To My World" and "Another Day" (ft. In progress) https://youtu.be/wEB7fEFAZuA
Separate links:
1) Vlad Zhukov - Welcome To My World https://youtu.be/EXNCdjrRc0M
2) Vlad Zhukov ft. In progress - Another day https://youtu.be/XfvPYaEruNU
You can also find remixed version:
Vlad Zhukov ft. In progress - Another Day (Affective rmx) https://youtu.be/IlMpDUe1TKs
Vlad also works on final cuts, postproduction and recordings for the film soundtracks:
UEFA 2020, St.Petersburg, Russia ( dir. by Eugeny Lavrentyev, music by Vlad Zhukov ) https://vimeo.com/121320997
Theador Bastard - Kukushka (colour correction - Vlad Zhukov) https://youtu.be/Z4e-gbKYfeQ
Vlad Zhukov - In The Forest (Paper show) (directed by Luke Lim, final cut and colour correction - Vlad Zhukov: https://youtu.be/_EEJ7mLigqc