alexei borisov

Alternative / Experimental / Other

Moscow, Russia, Novojasenevsky prospekt 40-3-233

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Alexei Borisov - musician, compozer, producer, event organizer, DJ, journalist etc........

Alexei Borisov was born in 1960 in Moscow, USSR. In 1983 he graduated from Moscow State University, History Department. He started his music career in 1980 as a guitarist of the first Moscow new-wave band THE CENTER. In 1981 with guitarist Dmitry Matzenov he organized THE PROSPEKT, big-beat-ska-mod band. In 1985 with the keyboard-player Ivan Sokolovsky he formed the first russian techno-industrial duo NOTCHNOI PROSPEKT. This project is still active, playing concerts and taking part in different festivals in Russia and Europe. Notchnoi Prospekt released six albums and one MP3 collection of the recordings of the 80-s. Since the beginning of the 90-s Borisov takes part in electronic duo "F.R.U.I.T.S." (with Pavel Jagun), which became wellknown in the world of experimental music. Among his latest projects should be mentioned electro-folk band VOLGA (with Angela Manukjan, Roman Lebedev, Uri Balashov), GOSPLAN TRIO with saxophonist Serguei Letov and experimental duo with Anton Nikkila from Finland. In 2000 Borisov and Nikkila formed "N&B Research Digest" record label. Among other Borisov' collaborations are the joint projects with the performance-group Nord (Russia), art-punk-noise-band Rivushie Struny (Russia), Vladislav and Eugeny Makarov (Russia - Germany), Michael "Mox" Salnikov (Russia-UK), KK Null (Japan), Jeffrey Surak (USA), Leif Ellgren (Sweden), The New Blockaders (UK), Tania Stene (Norway), Gilles Aubry (Switzerland), Franz Pomassl (Austria), Adam Ebringer (Australia), Reto Mader (Switzerland), Al Margolis (USA) and many others. Borisov also collaborates with the video-artists Roman Anikushin, Oleg Kornev, Natalia Poloka and Nikita Tsymbal, multimedia-artists Aristarh Chernishev and Vladislav Efimov, performance-artist Olga Kumeger, choreographer Natalia Shirokova.
Also Borisov plays solo and with different international projects, touring and taking part at such wellknown international festivals as SKIF (SPB/Moscow 2001-2007), ClubTransmediale (Berlin 2004), Sonar (Barcelona 2003), Avanto (Helsinki 2000-03), Phonotaktik (Vienna 2002), Prototype (Austria 2002), HUH Festival 2003 (Tallinn), Unsound 2004/2006 (Krakow), Mutek (Montreal 2005), Garage (Stralsund, Germany 2005), Noise and Fury (Moscow 2001-07), Radius (Vienna 2005, Saltzburg 2006), Erase and Reset (Berlin 2006), Long Arms (Moscow 2007) etc. He also works as a DJ in clubs and on radio and contributes as a journalist to some russian and foreign magazines and newspapers. His articles are available on www.specialradio.ru
Additional information about Alexei Borisov and his sounds could be found on www.nbresearchdigest.com www.myspace.com/alexeiborisov

Selected discography:

Alexei Borisov "Pa Koket" (CDR, Insofar Vapor Bulk, Russia 2000)
Alexei Borisov "Before the Evroremont" (CD, NB Research Digest, Finland 2002)
Alexei Borisov and Jeffry Surak "Ulitsa Novatorov" (MiniCDR, The Locus of Assemblage, UK 2003)
Alexei Borisov and KK Null "Xenoglossia" (CD, Insofar Vapor Bulk, Russia 2003)
Alexei Borisov "Polished Surface Of A Table" (CD, Elecktroshock, Russia 2004)
Alexei Boriosv and Anton Nikkila "Typical Human Beings" (CD, NBRD, Finland 2004)
Bogatiri (Violet, Alexei Borisov, Michael Gendreau live in Russia 2003) (CD, Zeromoon, USA 2005)
The New Blockaders/Gosplan Trio "Sound Sketch For Raging Flames" (CD, Klanggalerie, Austria 2005)
Xenoglossia 2 (CD, Electroclub, Russia 2006)
Alexei Borisov and Anton Nikkila "Where are they now" (CD, NBRD, Finland 2007)
Alexei Borisov "Multiviza" (CD, Laton, Austria 2007)
Cisfinitum, Miguel Ruiz, Alexei Borisov "Ornaments" (CD, Long Arms, Russia 2007)
Alexei Borisov "MP3 Collection 1999-2006" (CD, BRD/RMG, Russia 2007)
Rada and Gosplan Trio "1" (CD, OV, Russia 2008)

F.R.U.I.T.S. "Electrostatik" (CD, Exotica records, Russia 1996)
F.R.U.I.T.S. & Sa-Zna "Amber Rooms" (CD, Exotica/GR&D, Russia 1998)
F.R.U.I.T.S. "Jakuzi" (CD, Exotica, Russia 2001)
F.R.U.I.T.S. "Forbidden Beat" (CD, Laton, Austria 2004)

Volga "Volga" (CD, Exotica, Russia 1999)
Volga "Bottoms Up!" (CD, Exotica, Russia 2003)
Volga "Concert" (CD, Sketis music, Russia 2003)
Volga "Three Fields" (CD, Volga/Sketis music, Russia 2004)
Volga "Selected works" (CD, Volga/Lollipop Shop, Germany 2005)
Volga "5" Remixed (CD, Sketis music, Russia 2005)
Volga "Pomol" (CD, Lumberton Trading Company, UK 2007)

Notchnoi Prospekt "Sugar" (LP, ABF, Sweden 1989/1990)
Notchnoi Prospekt "Asbastos" (LP, SNC, Russia 1992)
Notchnoi Prospekt "Music For Dance" (CD, BSA, Russia 1993)
Notchnoi Prospekt "Acids" (CD, RDM, Russia 1988/1995)
Notchnoi Prospekt "Humanitarian Life" (CD, Electric records, Russia, 1985/1996)
Notchnoi Prospekt "Novije Fiziki" (CD, Random music, Russia 1987/2004)
Notchnoi Prospekt "MP3 Collection 85-88" (CD, Moroz records, Russia 2006)
Notchnoi Prospekt "Asbastos" (CD, Geometry, Russia 1989/2008)
Notchnoi Prospekt "Sugar" (CD, Geometry, Russia 1990/2008)