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Fabrika are my new favourite band, and when I found out they were playing in London, I jumped on a train and headed down to see them. See the photos from the Russian Winter Festival. You will get a good idea of the group's work by looking at Fabrika on Youtube.
Fabrika formed in 2002 on the Star Factory TV programme. However, unlike so many other groups formed that way, they are still going over five years later, and are more creative than ever. No two Fabrika songs sound the same, and they use a huge variety of instruments, styles and ideas for songs and videos. They also perform a number of one-off songs on TV shows, particularly at Christmas and New Year. Get their CD at RussianBeat.
Also, see True Voices and Ne Vinovataya Ya (I'm Not Guilty) from TV show Rozigrish (Draw). Another strange TV programme that featured Fabrika is Liga Natsiy (League of Nations), which even includes a couple of jokes in English! However, beware of Pro Buhlo.
Fabrika made an unusual appearance on Spy Numbers Station E6, also with Ne Vinovataya Ya. Indeed Fabrika appear in all sorts of odd places, including Interval Signals Online, where they can be heard on Radio Popsa.
Furthermore, see Ira winning with Oblaka (Clouds) and getting a Lie Detector Test, while Sati gets soaked in Stenka na Stenku (Wall on Wall), and Sasha goes iceskating in Ice Age and does quite well!
Not to be confused with the Czech Fabrika or the Japanese Fabrika.
My previous favourite band Shebang have had their third album out. Check out their second album ‘So Come On’ with these online sound clips. Possible influences might include The Ramones, Go-Go’s, Ash, The Donnas, Beach Boys, Shampoo, Puffy AmiYumi, etc. Buy it online now at CDON and CD-WOW. See also Shebang on Youtube.
Shebang have even sung a couple of songs written by Laura Shavin (of The Now Show).
Not to be confused with the American Shebang or the Eighties Shebang.
Before that my favourite band was Pauline Murray & The Invisible Girls.
Other bands I like at the moment? Changes all the time. Instruments I like are: theremin, glockenspiel, musical saw, harpsichord, ondioline, bowed guitar, ticking clocks, typewriters, milk bottles, ping-pong, moog, Optigan, prepared piano, electric rake, toy piano, triangle, and anything that does not stick to the standard guitar/bass/drums set up. See Experimental Musical Instruments and Odd Music for more. I don’t play any instruments in case you are wondering.
See the Stop, Look, Listen!!! page for more music I like, and the What's That Tune??? page for music I like but don't know what it is.
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