The Urfin Djus band is a rock band that comes from Sverdlovsk. It was founded in 1980, in December. The team is named after one of the main characters of Volkov’s book “Urfin Djus and his wooden soldiers”. There was also a version that the name of the group comes from the transcription of the phrase “Jews-Orphans”. The author of the texts is Ilya Kormiltsev. Alexander Korotich is an artist who designed all the album's magnetic albums.
History
This group worked in the styles of art rock, post-punk, progressive and avant-prog. It was created by Alexander Pantykin and Ivan Savitsky who left the “Sonance”. The first took on vocals, keyboards and bass, the second - drums. This Soviet rock band was supplemented by Yuri Bogatikov (stage name - “Rink”), who played the guitar. In the spring of 1981, the ensemble was replaced by a drummer. In place of Savitsky came Alexander Plyasunov. The latter has previously played in philharmonic groups. On April 1 of the same year, the team debuted in the large hall of the Polytechnic Institute.
Music
The Urfin Djus group took part in the first Sverdlovsk rock festival, which was organized on the initiative of the Komsomol of the Institute of Architecture. The team won the grand jury prize. After recording the first album, entitled “Travel,” Pantykin invited new musicians. Yuri Bogatikov and Plyasunov left, Vladimir Nazimov and Igor Belkin appeared. The group "Urfin Djus" in this composition recorded two albums. Further, with the filing of Kormiltsev and Belkin in 1984, she merged into a single team with the then little-known “Nautilus Pompilius”. The musicians helped Belkin record his solo album, entitled "Near the Radio." In 1986, the team was again divided into new projects, "Nastya" and "Nautilus." The former went to the former musicians of the Urfin Djus band, and Belkin became their leader.
The team has never been particularly famous. Moreover, the group was included in the list of "Legends of Russian rock". However, it fell apart before the colossal procession of rock music throughout the USSR, which took place in the late 1980s. At the same time, the musical style of the project influenced the activities of creative representatives of Sverdlovsk.
Discography
The group "Urfin Djus" in 1981 recorded the album "Journey". In 1982, the work "15" was published. In 1984, "Life in the Style of Heavy Metal" appeared. In 1987, the album "5 minutes of heaven" was created. Among the concert albums should be noted "Some issues that concern us" and "Legends of Russian rock."
Leader
Alexander Pantykin is one of the founders of the group described above, so we will talk more about him. He was born in 1958 in Russia in the city of Sverdlovsk, which is now called Yekaterinburg. It is a Russian composer and playwright. He is the founder of a new direction of musical theater - "light opera". He holds the post of chairman of the Union of Composers in the Sverdlovsk region. Academician "Nicky". Member of the Union of Composers of Russia. Recognized Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. Laureate of a theater prize called the Golden Mask. Received a prize at the international composers competition. He was awarded the White Wing Prize as the "PR Person of the Year". The Soviet rock band “Urfin Djus” became his brainchild. He is the director of a studio called TUTTI Records. Participates in the Union of Filmmakers of Russia. Married. Has 5 children. In 2002, the art school of the city of Tour, which is located in the Sverdlovsk region, was named after our hero. Member of the Union of Theater Workers.
In 1981 he graduated from UPI, Faculty of Physics and Technology. His specialty is a process engineer. In 1985, he studied at the pop department of the Sverdlovsk College of Music. I chose the direction of jazz piano. In 1994, he studied at the Ural State Conservatory, where he received the specialty "composer". As a student, he played in the groups “Blind Musician” and “Sonance”. He later became the leader of the Urfin Djus team. In 1982, he became a keyboard player and producer of Nautilus Pompilius when recording the album Relocation. With this group, he collaborated twice more on work on the discs “Man Without a Name” and “Report”.
In 1986-1990 he participated in the “Cabinet” group. Since 1990, creates the "Project of Alexander Pantykin." He is the author of a musical entitled "End of the World". He writes music for documentaries and theater performances. He played in the team "Train somewhere." He was the chairman of the jury of the festival called Rock-Line. He received the Green Apple Award for creating music for the film, directed by D. Astrakhan.