Night Snipers is a popular Russian rock band. Music critics call the group a real phenomenon of female rock. The team's tracks are equally liked by men and women. The compositions of the group are dominated by philosophy and deep meaning.
The compositions “31st Spring”, “Asphalt”, “You Gave Me Roses”, “Only You” have long become the calling card of the team. If someone is not familiar with the work of the Night Snipers group, then these tracks will be enough to become fans of the musicians.
The history of the creation and composition of the Night Snipers group
At the origins of the Russian rock band is Diana Arbenina and Svetlana Surganova. A little later, musicians Igor Kopylov (bass guitarist) and Albert Potapkin (drummer) joined the group.
In the early 2000s, Potapkin left the group. Ivan Ivolga and Sergei Sandovsky became new members. Despite this, it was Diana Arbenina and Svetlana Surganova who remained the "face" of the group for a long time.
Diana Arbenina was born in the small provincial town of Volozhina (Minsk region). At the age of 3, the girl moved to Russia with her parents. There, the Arbenins lived in Chukotka and Kolyma until they remained in Magadan. Arbenina was interested in music since childhood and could not imagine her life without songs.
Svetlana Surganova is a native Muscovite. Biological parents did not want to raise the baby and abandoned her in the hospital. Fortunately, Svetlana fell into the hands of Leah Surganova, who gave the girl maternal love and family comfort.
Surganova, like Arbenina, was interested in music since childhood. She graduated from a music school in the violin class. But she chose the opposite profession. After graduation, Svetlana became a student of the Pedagogical Academy.
Svetlana and Diana met back in 1993. By the way, this year is usually called the date of the creation of the Night Snipers team. Initially, the band positioned itself as an acoustic duet.
Everything was not bad, but after several performances, Arbenina returned to Magadan to graduate from the university. Sveta decided not to waste time. She left after her friend. A year later, the girls moved to St. Petersburg and started their musical career there.
Major changes took place in 2002. Surganova left the group. Diana Arbenina remained the only vocalist. She did not leave the Night Snipers group, continuing to perform and replenish the group's discography with new albums.
Music group "Night snipers"
In St. Petersburg, the group began with performances at cafes, restaurants and nightclubs. Musicians did not disdain such work. On the contrary, it allowed to attract the attention of the first fans.
In the cultural capital of Russia, the Night Snipers group was recognizable. But the release of the debut album did not work. The collection "A Drop of Tar in a Barrel of Honey" was released only in 1998.
The band went on tour to support their debut album. First, they delighted fans from Russia with live performances, and then traveled to other countries.
The Night Snipers group resorted to musical experiments. They added an electronic sound to the tracks. This year a bass player and a drummer joined the band. The updated sound appealed to old and new fans alike. The team took the top of the musical Olympus. Tours and performances continued without interruption.
Presentation of the second studio album
A year later, the discography of the Night Snipers group was replenished with the second studio album, Baby Talk. The disc includes tracks that have been written over the past 6 years.
The new compositions included the third studio album, which received the symbolic name "Frontier". Thanks to the first song of the 31 Spring collection, the Night Snipers group took the lead in many charts. At the same time, the musicians signed a lucrative contract with Real Records.
2002 was an incredibly busy year for news. This year the musicians presented the next album "Tsunami". Already in winter, fans were shocked by the information that Svetlana Surganova left the project.
Care of Svetlana Surganova
Diana Arbenina defused the situation a little. The singer said that the relationship in the group has long been tense. Sveta's departure is a completely logical solution to the situation. Later it became known that she created the project "Surganova and the Orchestra". Diana Arbenina continued the history of the Night Snipers team.
In 2003, the group's discography was replenished with the acoustic album Trigonometry. A few years later, the musicians presented a collection of SMS. The presentation of the record took place at the House of Culture named after Sergei Gorbunov. This year is marked by another bright collaboration. The Night Snipers group managed to collaborate with Japanese musician Kazufumi Miyazawa.
The work of the Russian team was popular in Japan. Therefore, the track "Cat", which became the result of the joint work of Miyazawa and Diana Arbenina, was played not only on Russian radio stations, but also for Japanese music lovers.
In 2007, the discography of the Night Snipers group was replenished with the next album, Bonnie & Clyde. The presentation of the record took place in the Luzhniki complex.
15th anniversary of the group "Night Snipers"
The group went on a big tour in support of the new album. In 2008, the group celebrated its 15th anniversary. The musicians celebrated this event with the release of the new album "Canarian". The album includes tracks from 1999, recorded by Diana Arbenina, Svetlana Surganova and Alexander Kanarsky.
A year later, the group's discography was replenished with another album "Army 2009". Top compositions of the collection: "Fly my soul" and "Army" (soundtrack to the comedy film "We are from the future-2").
Fans of the Night Snipers group had to wait three years for a new album. The collection, released in 2012, was called "4". The songs deserved considerable attention: “Either morning, or night”, “What we did last summer”, “Google”.
The collection was liked by fans and music critics. New tracks have taken a leading position in the country's music charts. The following year was an anniversary year - the Night Snipers group celebrated its 20th anniversary. The musicians went on tour. In addition, Diana Arbenina's solo acoustic album was released this year.
In 2014, the band's discography was replenished with the disc "Boy on the Ball". The Night Snipers group presented the collection Only Lovers Left Alive (2016) to fans. In support of the album, the group went on a tour of Russia, Europe and the United States.
Upon returning to their homeland, the musicians talked about how they were preparing for the anniversary of the Night Snipers group. The band members were preparing a new album for the fans.
Interesting facts about the Night Snipers group
- Diana Arbenina, in addition to studying music, wrote poetry, calling them "anti-songs." Several collections of poetry and prose have been published, including Catastrophically (2004), Deserter of Sleep (2007), Sprinter (2013) and others.
- Most of the songs performed by the Night Snipers group were written by Diana Arbenina. But the verses in the composition “I am sitting by the window” belong to Joseph Brodsky.
- The first countries visited by the group after Russia were Denmark, Sweden and Finland. There, the work of Russian rockers is loved and respected.
- Recently, the band members completed the construction of their music studio. An interesting fact is that the money for it was collected on a crowdfunding platform.
- Diana Arbenina has been participating in charity events and projects for more than 10 years.
The Night Snipers team today
Today, in addition to the permanent vocalist Diana Arbenina, the line-up includes the following musicians:
- Denis Zhdanov;
- Dmitry Gorelov (drummer);
- Sergey Makarov (bass guitarist).
In 2018, the team celebrated another "round" date - 25 years since the creation of the group. In honor of the significant event, the musicians presented the new album "Sad People". The band members admitted that the last song is autobiographical.
The autobiographical track tells how Arbenina met a musician who became the singer's love. The vocalist of the group was in no hurry to tell the name of the one who stole her heart. But she stressed that she had not experienced such a feeling for a very long time.
The group "Night Snipers" announced that the new album will be released in 2019. The musicians did not disappoint the expectations of the fans. The collection was called The Unbearable Lightness of Being. The album contains 12 tracks in total.
In 2020, the band's discography was replenished with another album "02". This is the band's best record since "Army-2009" in terms of guitar playing and skillful use of studio effects, sound processing and arranging innovations. This is the conclusion that the critics have come to.
Group in 2021
In 2021, the presentation of the new single of the band took place. The composition was called "Meteo". The musicians presented the track at one of their concerts in Yekaterinburg.
At the end of the last spring month of 2021, the Russian rock band Night Snipers presented a video for the track Airplane Mode. The filming of the video took more than 17 hours. The clip was directed by S. Gray.
