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"Kovcheg" is a popular Russian musical group. The group was organized back in 1990 in Moscow. The permanent leader of the team is the notorious performer Olga Arefieva. It is her presence that makes all the incarnations of the "Ark" related. In addition, the team became famous due to a duet called "Anatomy" with the regular participation of Peter Akimov.
Over the years, the group "Ark" has changed in every possible way. The composition of the team changed, new projects and concert programs were created, etc. Do you want to know about the evolution of this musical group? Welcome to this article!
Acoustic Ark
"Acoustic Ark" was the band's first and most successful project. It has existed since 1990 (albeit with short breaks). As the name suggests, the Kovcheg band performs acoustic musical compositions. The first acoustic composition, in addition to Olga herself, included a talented violinist, singer Mila Kinina and a popular guitarist Vladimir Simbirtsev. In those days, instrumental music enjoyed greatpopularity. It is for this reason that the team is quite rapidly gaining momentum. For example, a year later Arefieva and the group "Ark" recorded their first magnetic album.
However, soon Olga Arefieva disbanded the old line-up and took other musicians into the group. For the next couple of years, Acoustic became the main project for the performer. It is for this reason that Olga gave the group all the attention. And it has borne fruit. Thanks to the activities of "Acoustic", an active development of the rock-acoustic direction began in Moscow, which had its own characteristic features. In addition, a club called "Aku" was created in Izmailovsky Park (Moscow). Olga Arefieva and the Kovcheg group have released quite a few albums. The most popular of them are "Side From", "Scherzo Girl", "Bells".
The Ark. Electricity
In the 90s, Western culture began to penetrate into the domestic show business. It is for this reason that Olga Arefieva launched such projects as "Blues Ark" and "Reggae Ark". In addition to the performer herself, the team included Sergey Smirnov (bassist), Andrey "Andy" Sorokin (guitarist), Alexei Barinov (drummer) and Sergey "Claudius" Kurgalimov (keyboardist).
The blues variation of the group was not very popular. It is for this reason that this branch rather quickly sunk into oblivion. However, ReggieThe Ark" was quite in demand. During 1994-1996, along with "Acoustics", it was Arefyeva's main project. The composition of the reggae branch often changed. According to Olga, the best variation of "Reggae" consists of guitarist Igor "Stalker" Vdovchenko, drummer Vsevolod Korolyuk, bassist Mikhail Trofimenok, drummer Boris Markov and herself.
Starting from the second half of the 90s, "Reggae Ark" began to change. First, the reggae prefix was removed from the group's name due to a change in the repertoire. And already in the 2000s, the branch turned into "Electricity". As the name implies, the team focused on power tools. Despite this, Olga continued to write and perform songs. At the moment, the group "Ark. Electricity" performs musical compositions from such albums as "Kon-Tiki", "Batakakumba", "Snow", etc.
Chanson Ark
In the wake of the popularity of chanson, Olga gathered a group focused on this musical direction. "Chanson-Ark" was born in 2003. The repertoire consisted of hard romances, homeless, love, dance compositions and other things. In 2005, the only album called "Spinning-Spinning" was released.
Ark Royale
This branch appeared in the mid-2000s. The project was a solo performance, which consisted of musical compositions by various authors. Olga independently played and sang at performances to the accompaniment of a cello or piano.
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