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AUKTYON (АукцЫон) - the unique phenomenon on the contemporary music scene of Russia: in contrast to the majority of genre-challenged and as a rule stylistically within the framework of contemporary canons, this group draws its inspiration from such remote sources as ska, reggae, new-jazz, ethnic music of North Africa and Middle East, beat- and pop-music of the 60’s; in spite of the eternally present messianic idea in Russian rock and its inherited didacticism, this group did not teach as much as it entertained, which apparently resulted in it being the only representative of Russia on the European club scene.

In different forms and under different names, the group exists approximately since 1978, however, its current name, AUKTYON received only in May of 1983, when it was granted a membership in the Leningrad Rock Club, and its present appearance, style, and core musicians were formed in spring of 1986, when the group was triumphant on the stage of the 4th Leningrad Rock Club Festival in the following line up: Leonid Fedorov (guitar, vocal), Oleg Garkusha (dance, vocal), Sergei Rogozhin (vocal), Victor Bondarik (bass), Dmitriy Ozerskiy (keyboards, vocal), Nikolai Rubanov (saxophone, flutes), Nikolai Fedorovich (saxophone), and Igor Cheridnik (drums). In one year, AUKTYON was repeatedly successful in the 5th festival, after which Sergei Rogozhin left the group for the pop-band FORUM, while the percussionist Pavel Litvinov strengthened the rhythm section. The second guitarist - Dmitriy Matkovksiy from the cult band of the early 80’s MANUFAKTURA - joined AUKTYON that fall.
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  • sowec

    you people should check em live with ribot and medeski @ youtube

    26 Feb 8:21pm Reply

  • Porousness

    What a great band.

    12 Apr 2012 Reply

  • bababoof

    Excellent band, so happy I discovered them

    29 Sep 2010 Reply

  • alvareo

    I don't have Cyrillic characters on my keyboard either but there's a really handy tool called "copy and paste" and you can go and paste АукцЫон in your favourite media player and you're done!

    10 May 2010 Reply

  • rodolfman

    You'll find way more listeners on the russian page.

    4 Apr 2010 Reply

  • gulahgula

    is it kind of gem?why no one knows nothing about them?only 1800 listeners?strangee:)

    2 Apr 2010 Reply

  • Grindfucked

    fucking amazing.

    24 Jan 2009 Reply

  • Possible_Gro

    no, there are not better band than Auktyon :)

    16 Jan 2009 Reply

  • princezaleski

    :O yeah me too... thank you Danny for introducing this world, i'm astonished

    4 Oct 2008 Reply

  • schizodanny

    If there's a better Russian band, I'd love to hear it. Guys?

    13 Mar 2008 Reply

  • egg-shaved

    haha similar artists: Adriano Celentano!

    30 Jan 2008 Reply

  • MilesBachman

    i agree, this is not an incorrect tag. i know someone in the radio biz who received promo material from the band and this is how the band's name was spelled.

    20 Aug 2007 Reply

  • tigerbalsam

    How can this be an incorrect tag? I, for example, don't have cyrillic characters on my keyboard.

    18 Aug 2007 Reply

  • qairted3

    can't get enough of this

    4 May 2006 Reply

  • HokusPoker

    Join the Auktyon-group!

    4 Apr 2006 Reply

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