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Quick-fire questions: Yang Haisong (P.K.14)

June 23, 2013 at 01:33

We asked festival participants quick-fire questions. P.K.14′s Yang Haisong (China) answered the questions first.

Have you been to Russia before? Why did you accept the invitation to the V-ROX? Why is it interesting for you?

No, it first time for all of us. There’re many many reasons make us interesting in playing Russia. One is enough, you speak the same language as Dostoevsky.

What russian bands do you know besides “MT” and what music do they perform?

I like Kino a lot, I listened their music for many years. And Vladimir Vysotsky as well.

Which of your songs should people listen to before your performance at the festival 

Hard to pick. Maybe “1984 pt.1 ” and “1984 pt. 2″.

How do you promote yourselves to the music market? What resources and mechanisms do you use? 

Basically we are DIY band, and self-manager.

What’s the uniqueness of your band? How are you different from other bands and singers?

I don’t know how to say about P.K.14 is different from other bands, I think every personal is unique, that’s make every band and the world interesting.

V-ROX Greating — headliner Julien-K (USA)

June 19, 2013 at 11:21

Американская группа Julien-K, которая выступит на V-ROX, записала видеоприветствие для зрителей фестиваля.

Mayor of Vladivostok Igor Pushkarev says about V-ROX

May 20, 2013 at 23:03

It’s a city of a million opportunities — that’s what Vladivostok is becoming. The city proved that it’s not just a hindmost point on the map, but a powerful outpost of Russia in the Far East. It is exactly the place where in September 2012, for the first time in the countries history, the import international event — APEC 2012 (Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit) took place. Vladivostok is an ambitious city with character. One of its main symbols today is the bridge across Zolotoy Rog Bay. It is the only bridge in the world that has V-shaped pylons. This means — Vladivostok. This means — Victory, over pessimism and provincialism. Today its a rapidly developing city on the doorstep to Asia.

Vladivostok hosts big-caliber events, people grow and develop, they reach success and enter an All-Russian and international level. As a capital of the seaside, and having powerful potential and good venues, it can allow to organize a big and “loud” music festival. Vladivostok can absolutely become a music capital.

Today, when the center of the world moved to Asia, Vladivostok became one of the most perspective cities in Russia. Vladivostok is turning into, not just a comfortable city for people, but into an interesting place, where you want to go and where you want to stay.

100 days until Vladivostok Rocks Festival

May 13, 2013 at 03:02

Official site of the Festival launches today. V-ROX or Vladivostok Rocks — creative international music conference, created by Russian band Mumiy Troll with the support of Vladivostok city administration. 100 days are left until the beginning of the festival, and from August 22 to August 25 the city will gladly accept all participants and guests of the music conference at the shores of the warm Sea of Japan. News and information about the Festival will be available at vrox.vladivostok3000.ru. Requests on showcase and lecture participations or answers to frequently asked questions regarding the festival organization can also be found at these websites.

During V-ROX, every attendee will have an opportunity to listen to lectures of world’s music industry professionals, not only from Russia but also from Australia, China, Korea, Japan and United States. Topics of the lectures will be questions and concerns of today’s music industry: production, touring, management, design, video art, and media in modern music and many others. Besides the lectures, there will be performances of known bands from the Asian-Pacific Region, and Mumiy Troll will present their new album. 

Ilya Lagutenko, leader of Mumiy Troll, founder and curator of Vladivostok Rocks: “Vladivostok Rocks must show to Asian, Australian and North American market, young Russian music and creative ambitions of the new generation. I am 100% absolutely and truly convinced that we have enough artist in any genre — indie-rock, electronic, whatever — whose talents and quality are equally comparative to their international colleagues, and that they could absolutely and adequately feel themselves in direct competition with international artists”.