Aleksandr Lebedev-Frontov Explained

Alexander Lebedev-Frontov
Native Name:Александр Лебедев-Фронтов
Birth Date:26 August 1960
Birth Place:Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Death Place:Saint Petersburg, Russia
Genre:noise, industrial, experimental music
Occupation:painter, poet, musician
Label:Ultra
Past Member Of:Линия Масс, Ветрофония, Веприсуицида, Пила, Стальной Пакт, Т. А.У., Мёртвые хиппи

Alexander Lebedev-Frontov (Russian: Александр Лебедев-Фронтов; 26 August 1960 – 8 January 2022) was a Russian painter, collagist, and musician.

Life and career

Lebedev-Frontov was born on 26 August 1960 in Leningrad, USSR. He was one of the precursors of industrial and noise music in Soviet Russia.[1] In 1987 he began an underground music-project named Линия Масс (Mass Line).[2] In 1994 he joined National Bolshevik Party and started cooperation with the newspaper Limonka.[3] In 1995 Lebedev-Frontov founded record label Ultra that focused primarily on industrial music. In 1996 he created Vetrophonia.[4] In 1997 Lebedev-Frontov re-created Линия Масс . In 1999 Lebedev-Frontov was co-founder of art-gallery GEZ21 (Галерея экспериментального звука).[5] He died in Saint Petersburg on 8 January 2022, at the age of 61.[6]

Discography

Linija Mass

Veprisuicida

Vetrophonia

Stalnoy Pakt

Т.А.У.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://fulldozer.ru/articles/12/ Российский индастриал
  2. http://www.zavtra.ru/content/view/1999-09-1482/ Шум - голос богов
  3. http://www.sova-center.ru/files/xeno/nazi2002.pdf Нацизм в России: Глава 2. Помидорный терроризм
  4. http://www.gez21.ru/events/15-sound/545-100-let-iskusstvu-shumov-luidzhi-russoloIn 100 лет искусству шумов Луиджи Руссоло
  5. http://a-a-ah.ru/gez-21 ГЭЗ-21
  6. https://rg.ru/2022/01/09/reg-szfo/umer-legendarnyj-deiatel-russkogo-andegraunda-aleksandr-lebedev-frontov.html Умер легендарный деятель русского андеграунда Александр Лебедев-Фронтов