Biyografi
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Aktif yıllar
1994 – şimdiye kadar (29 year)
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Kurulduğu tarih
Lviv, L'vivs'ka Oblast', Ukrayna
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Üyeler
- Денис Дудко (2004 – şimdiye kadar)
- Дмитрий Шуров
- Святослав Вакарчук
- Юрій Хусточка (1994 – 2003)
Okean Elzy (Ukrainian: Океан Ельзи, translation: Elza's Ocean) is one of the most successful and popular Ukrainian rock bands. It was founded in 1994 by 4 young guys from Lviv, Ukraine; who where former members of the band Klan Tishiny (Ukrainian: Клан тиші, translation: Clan of Silence) which was founded in 1991. The band's vocalist and frontman is Svyatoslav Vakarchuk. Okean Elzy is the best-loved Ukrainian rock band not only in Ukraine but also in most CIS countries. In April 2007 Okean Elzy received FUZZ Magazine music awards for “Best rock act”.
In 1996 Okean Elzy also held their first concert outside Lviv. Their first appearance in Kiev took place in 1996 where they supported Deep Purple. In November–December of that year they recorded and released the group's first maxi-single "Budynok zi skla" (House of glass). Shortly afterwards the first movie about these rock stars was made by TV Channel TET (Kiev, Ukraine) and was broadcast nationally.In 1998, they started working on their first album "Tam, de nas nema" (There, where we are not). In 1999, Okean Elzy started working on their second album "Ya na nebi buv" (I was in the sky).
In 2001 Okean Elzy became new face of Pepsi Cola in Ukraine as the new millennium dawned. They have released their third album "Model". They started a big tour around Ukraine called "Ask For More". In August they started working on their fourth album - "Supersymetriya" (Supersymmetry). The album was eventually released in 2003 and immediately the group embarked on their biggest tour ever.At the end of 2003 Svyatoslav Vakarchuk as the frontman of the band became an official Ambassador of Ukrainian Culture.
In 2004 Denys Dudko (one of the best jazz bass players in Ukraine) and Milosh Jelic (composer from Novi Sad, Serbia) joined the band. During the "Orange Revolution" Okean Elzy actively supported the democratic changes which the population were demanding, with Slava emerging as a figurehead of the revolution.
In 2005, They released their new album GLORIA. After that the band went on tour in Ukraine and Russia.
In September 2005, Vakarchuk became UN’s Ambassador of Good Will. Also, in September Okean Elzy started joint campaign with IOM and MTV Europe Foundation – fighting human trafficking. Svyatoslav Vakarchuk as UN’s Ambassador of Goodwill during 2006 year had different meetings with students at Ukrainian and Poland universities. Now Vakarchuk provides a huge social project running to propagate reading as a natural process. The general idea of this project is to draw the attention of young people to books and help fight illiteracy. In November 2006, Okean Elzy visited Kosovo, Serbia, where musicians had a concert for peace makers from Ukraine, Poland, Germany, USA and other countries, which include international contingent of peace makers. In April 2006 OE went on tour, which includes Chicago, New York and Toronto, where thousands sang along their songs.
On April 25, 2007, Okean Elzy released a new album Mira (Measure). After that the band went on a huge nationwide tour. During the month they held tremendous concerts in 27 Ukrainian cities. The outstanding feature about "Mira" was that all the concerts were held at large sites, mostly stadiums and sports palaces. The concerts were attended by more than 120,000 fans, which has become a record for "Okean Elzy". For the two Kiev concerts the attendance was about 24,000 total. In the history of Ukraine only Okean Elzy "for the second time (after round of "GLORIA") brought so many people in one place in such a short time.
In 2010 Okean Elzy went on their Dolce Vita Tour, in support of their latest album Dolce Vita, which included over one hundred concerts in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Europe and North America.
In 2013, Okean Elzy announced in their website a new album and new tour.
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