Happy birthday.
Today July 15, 2012. Poet, musician, artist, Alexander Vasiliev, leader of the group “Splin” turned 43 years old. Even if it’s not a round date, but still on this wonderful day I would like to congratulate him with all my heart.
A Little History.
He spent the first five years of his childhood in the city of Freetown (Sierra Leone), where his father (an engineer by profession) worked on the construction of a port, and his mother taught Russian language and literature at a school at the Soviet embassy.
In 1974 year, all Soviet citizens were evacuated from the country back to the USSR. The Vasiliev family moved to the Lithuanian city of Zarasai, and in 1976 returned to Leningrad.
Since childhood, Sasha has been interested in music, and the desire to write arises in him. In 1980, his sister gave Vasilyev a reel with “Time Machine” on one side and the “Sunday” group on the other.
At the age of 12, he attends the first concert in his life – Time Machine, which impresses him very much – he decides to devote himself completely to rock music. In the seventh grade, an excellent student, Vasilyev, abandoned his studies because a guitar came into his life. In 1986, Alexander entered the Leningrad Institute of Aviation Instrumentation, where he met his future wife Sasha and Alexander Morozov (Morris). The Mitra group appears, in which Oleg Kuvaev (future creator of Masyanya) participated, among others. In 1988, the group tries to join the Leningrad rock club, but does not pass the selection, but the group is not allowed in by anyone, but by Anatoly Gunitsky from the Aquarium group).
Alexander goes into the army for two years, where he writes songs that will later be included in the album Dusty Story. In 1990, Alexander returned from the army and Oleg Kuvaev got him a job as an assembler at the Comedy Theater.
In 1992 Alexander entered the Faculty of Economics of the Theater Institute. Soon he gets a job at the Buff theater, where Alexander Morozov worked as a sound engineer. Morozov (Morris) introduces Vasiliev to Nikolai Rostovsky, and they begin work on the first album. In May 1994, the album was ready.
May 27, on the day of the 291st anniversary of St. Petersburg, a party was held dedicated to the completion of the recording of the first album, at which the musicians met Stas Berezovsky. This day is the official birthday of the group "Splin".
In 2004 Alexander’s first solo album “Drafts” was released.
On September 12, 2006, a significant event occurred in the Vasiliev family – their son Leonid was born. The song “Son” from the album “Split Personality” is dedicated to this
(c)Wikipedia .
Thus began the journey of probably one of the most famous and beloved rock musicians in Russia.
There is probably no such person who has not heard his name and listened to his songs. Which in their fullness are not inferior to anyone else.
Main Vasiliev’s brainchild was, of course, https://hunkybingocasino.uk/ his group “Splin”
With which he walked from the time of its creation on May 27, 1994 for the rest of his life.
During the time existence of the group, quite a few albums were released.
The Gun Collector (1996)
Lantern under the eye (1997)
Pomegranate Album (1998)
Altavista (1999)
Altavista live (2000)
Denominator (2000)
Frame 25 (2001)
Acoustics (2002)
Handball (2002)
New People (2003)
Drafts (2003)
Romance (2004)
Reverse Chronicle of Events (2004)
Split Personality (2006)
13 years in Rock and Roll (2007)
Signal from Space (2009)
Songs come out very rarely, but I absolutely love these moments. Compared to them, orgasm is smoking.(c) Sasha Vasiliev
For those who did not listen or did not hear, it is recommended to correct this urgently!
Alexander wrote many wonderful songs, and it is very sad that he is mainly recognized for the compositions “Orbit without sugar” and “My heart” (These songs were often shown on TV and played on the radio), because there are much more worthy things.
Run and listen again if you haven’t listened!
In his songs there is something that others don’t have, they hold on and don’t let go.
“The communist slogan “art must belong to the people” has been put into practice. “Folk creativity” – all these – tyts-tyts-tats – we see today on the screens of central television channels and hear on the radio. Therefore, any complication causes fear among the population. But at the same time, smart people haven’t gone anywhere. Even the Soviet government could not exterminate them. And this part of the people needs complex, interesting music."(c) Alexander Vasiliev.