V-ROX Festival showcase at Colisium Music Week in St. Petersburg

Pacific musical storm on the banks of the Neva

On April 22 V-ROX Festival showcase will take place at St. Petersburg’s club Fish Fabrique as a part of Colisium Music Week. This is the first on-site show-case festival in Russia, before St. Petersburg V-ROX performances took place in the USA: at SXSW festival in Texas and in California at Culture Collide, as well as in South Korea’s Zandari Festa and in China at Midi Festival.

Pacific Musical Strom will include performances by the young ambassadors of V-ROX 2014 and 2015, the bands from the Far East, as well as special guests from Finland. Colisium and V-ROX Organizing Committees will also cooperatively choose 1 band that is ready to arrive on its own. For that, it is necessary to send an application form to colisiumvrox@2016.vrox.org before April 1. The application form includes: 1 paragraph of the text about the group, number of its members and reference to the city where the band is from, reference to band’s Internet resources, 1 song in .mp3 format, and a link to a video (1 video).

On April 22, at 20:00 at Fish Fabrique, St. Petersburg you will encounter perfect Pacific musical storm from V-ROX as a part of Colisium Music Week. Keep the right course in the sea of music!

Information

Colisium Music Week is an annual music showcase festival conducted in a globally popular “Music Week” format, at which during a few days at a number of different concert venues of St Petersburg ascending musicians of multiple music styles and directions will perform. As a part of the festival a large business conference that gathers key players and market experts will also be held.

Traditionally Colisium gathers representatives of the largest concert agencies, promoters, organizers of festivals and events, booking agency, management artists, musicians, distribution companies, music magazines, FM radio, TV channels, Internet portals, ticket agencies, record companies and studios, video production, concert venues, labels, designers and photographers, security agencies and insurance companies — all key members of the music industry from all over the world. Market professionals from Russia and the CIS countries, Europe, Asia, USA and England act as speakers at Colisium.

Fish Fabrique is one of the oldest underground clubs of St. Petersburg. The building, which houses the “Fishka” is a former squat, still inhabited by artists, musicians, writers and theater groups. There are a lot of workshops, galleries, rehearsal points there. Some details of the interior of the club were made by globally famous art group “Rechniki”. This is the factory kitchen of the St. Petersburg’s club culture.

In 2010, the oldest club of St. Petersburg officially opened a new, more spacious hall — Fabrique Nouvelle, which is located across the courtyard from the old premises and occupies the entire first floor of the famous address Pushkinskaya, 10. In the new hall, which operates on a daily basis from 18:00 to the last guest, extensive art program is provided: from performances of theatrical and musical groups — both from St. Petersburg and guests from near and far abroad, to the cinematic evenings and children’s matinees.

Vladivostok represented Russia at the biggest European Showcase festival — Eurosonic!

In January, V-ROX organising committee visited Eurosonic — one of the largest European music festivals. This year Eurosonic celebrated its 30th anniversary. The celebration took place in the small Dutch town of Groningen, but on a grand scale: not only as a showcase but also as a huge music conference where there were numerous business meetings and concerts taking place.

Our team also caught up with the best Estonian band of the year — Trad.attack! (V-ROX participants in 2015) and established contacts with many Dutch artists, as well as took part in the discussion panel together with the representatives of Glastonbury Festival and Canadian Music Week.

Our European colleagues at Eurosonic said: “We were hoping to see representatives from Russia and were very pleased that it was exactly the same V-ROX, which we have heard so much before. Delegation of V-ROX were the only representatives of Russia and told a lot of interesting things”.

We are hoping to see Dutch artists at V-ROX 2016. Our next stop is MENT festival in Slovenia and Tallinn Music Week where we received special invitations from our respective colleagues. See you all there. WE VROX YOU!

Official V-ROX Festival 2015 Movie is now available online!

Official V-ROX Festival 2015 Movie which had its premier on December 20th 2015 on MTV Russia TV channel is now available online.

The main festival of the free port of Vladivostok was held on August 28–30th 2015 at the Sportivnaya Embankment. V-ROX is a big international music festival and creative conference. This year was 3rd in V-ROX history. The founder and creator of this festival is none other but Ilya Lagutenko from “Mumiy Troll” band. In 2015 more than 300 bands, musicians, DJs and other representatives of the music industry from 14 countries participated in V-ROX.

Ilya Lagutenko comments: “The greatest result of the festival over the past three years was the fact that I, as a festival organizer, could demonstrate that real music discoveries need not be limited to musicians and entertainment industry professionals. Our efforts have been rewarded with the attention of the general public. We managed to finally break a lot of prejudices. We were able to not only show the real state of the global independent music scene to people of Vladivostok; we began to find real like-minded people as well. Namely — young people, who think in terms of the future in the world of openness and cooperation, instead of worrying about immediate benefits and who do not drool over the fact that “rock and roll is dead,” and “there is no path for the young.” We started to make history together.”

MTV Russia TV channel is a partner of the V-ROX festival.

Jana Churikova (director of MTV Russia) says: “I strongly support music decentralization. Life cannot happen only in the European part of Russia. V-ROX is a perfect example of a significant cultural event that is very far from the “center”. Through this festival, Vladivostok is strengthening its status of a city — a leader of the youth culture in our country. And MTV is glad to be with V-ROX!” 

The film about V-ROX 2015 was filmed for MTV by a young and ambitious Vladivostok production studio “Sad Woodpecker.” Peter Starostin, the director of V-ROX 2015 said: “For me and our team, us working at this festival has become the ultimate experience. We were fortunate to be in the thick of events, meeting and talking with incredibly talented people from all over the world, different cultures, style and energy. Our work was also to introduce these people to an audience of millions, and of course — to convey the very special atmosphere of the festival and the whole city of Vladivostok. Of course, it was a very difficult task, but if we have opportunity again to try something like this, we will say yes, yes and yes”.

The next V-ROX festival will be held in Vladivostok on 19–21 August 2016. Plan ahead for a visit to the free port of Vladivostok on these dates, and look for yourself in the TV version on MTV Russia. WE V-ROX YOU!

V-ROX 2016 — application and terms of participation

Artists wishing to appear at the 4th International Music Festival and Creative Conference V-ROX (“Vladivostok Rock”), which will be held August 19-21 in Vladivostok, Russia — may now submit their applications. Artists are requested to complete the appropriate form on our website and submit them to us before May 20, 2016.

This year, in addition to members from the festival’s organising committee, the expert jury members will also include permanent V-ROX partners — representatives of the TV channel MTV Russia, Radio station “Nashe Radio”, “Mumiy Troll Music Bar” and FEFU staff. The final line-up of the festival will be announced in mid-July 2016.

The organising committee of the festival gives the selected participants an opportunity to perform at one or more stages during the V-ROX festival in Vladivostok, as well as to take part in all free festival activities (lectures and concerts). Managers of the festival will provide participants with help and advice in obtaining visas (if required), constructing the most convenient logistics and securing discounts for accommodation at festival hotels. The remaining details will be provided in the individual contracts supplied to the participants selected by the organising committee. Sign up to V-ROX newsletter to get more information and follow our news via our website and social media sites.

V-ROX is the main festival of the free port of Vladivostok. This is a big international music festival and creative conference. The founder and curator of the V-ROX is Ilya Lagutenko (“Mumiy Troll” band). V-ROX gives a unique opportunity for aspiring artists and producers to gain exposure in presenting their projects and creations — both to new audiences and to leading international music industry professionals. V-ROX 2016 will be held in Vladivostok on August 19-21.

The long-awaited premiere of the official movie of ‘V-ROX 2015’ on MTV Russia

The main festival of the Free-port of Vladivostok was held on August 28-30th 2015 at the city’s Sportivnaya Embankment. Now in its third year, V-ROX is a large international music festival and creative conference. The festival’s founder and creator is Ilya Lagutenko from “Mumiy Troll”. In 2015, more than 300 bands, musicians, djs and other representatives of the music industry — from 14 countries — participated in V-ROX.

According to Ilya: “The festival’s main achievement over the last three years has been that it has proven its worth as a launching platform for new musical discoveries — both to musicians and to entertainment industry professionals. Our efforts have also been richly rewarded with the attention of the general public. We have managed to overcome many prejudices and to demonstrate the reality of the global independent music scene to the people of Vladivostok. We have also begun to encounter real, like-minded people — young people who think of the future in terms of a world of openness and cooperation, instead of focusing on momentary, fleeting benefit. In short, we have started to make history together “.

MTV Russia is a partner of the V-ROX festival and at 20.10 hrs on the 20th December 2015, showed the 44-minute TV version of the festival.

Jana Churikova (director of MTV Russia) says: “I strongly support music decentralisation. Life cannot happen only in the European part of Russia. V-ROX is a perfect example of a significant cultural event that is very far from the “center”. Through this festival, Vladivostok is strengthening its status as a city — as a leader of youth culture in our country. And MTV is glad to be with V-ROX!”

The film about V-ROX 2015 was filmed for MTV by the young and ambitious Vladivostok video studio “Sad Woodpecker.” Peter Starostin, the director of V-ROX 2015: “For me and our team, working at this festival has become a consummate experience. We were fortunate to be in the thick of events. To meet and talk with incredibly talented people from all over the world, different cultures, styles and energies. Our work was also to introduce these people to an audience of millions, and, of course – to convey the very special atmosphere of the festival and of the whole city of Vladivostok. It was a very challenging task, but if we are given the opportunity to venture into something like this again, we will say yes, yes and yes!”

The next V-ROX festival will be held in Vladivostok on 19-21 August 2016. Plan ahead for your next visit to the free port of Vladivostok on these dates, and don’t forget to look out for yourself on MTV Russia. WE V-ROX YOU!

Music diplomacy in action: V-ROX at the international festival in Israel

At the end of November the organising committee of V-ROX went to Israel to take part in International Music Showcase Festival in Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv, spending 8 days with the best bands of the country.

The Festival in Israel is a platform for the representatives of the music industry from all over the world, where they can get to know Israeli culture better and get closely acquainted with different music genres of this country — from jazz to indie and rock. This year’s guests included music managers, producers, agents, record label owners and partners from India, China, South Africa, the USA, Russia, and European countries.

V-ROX organising committee was blown away by the amazing hospitality of the Israeli colleagues, the scale of the ancient cities, exquisiteness of the Israeli cuisine and diversity of the local music. There were many great bands who took part such as: Tiny Fingers, Shtuby, Buttering Trio, Cut Out Club, Beta Zinq.

V-ROX VS Vilnius Music Week — new meetings

The V-ROX festival organising committee has spent the past weekend in the capital of Lithuania, where the 4th international music festival Vilnius Music Week took place. More than 200 performing artists and music industry experts from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and Belgium took part in this event. Evening concerts of Vilnius Music Week were held in clubs such as Liverpool Indie/Rock Bar, LOFTAS and Vienuolio Pub. The daytime program of Vilnius Music Week also included a professionals-only conference. The TV version of the festival was filmed by LRT channel in the pavilion, where Lithuanian Eurovision usually has its selective concerts.

Lauras Luchyunas, head of the Vilnius Music Week said: “I am very happy that festival happened this way: small and cozy, and it also gathered the real professionals and music fans together. This is the first time we had Vilnius Music Week also as a TV project, which will help young musicians to be seen by a bigger number of people not only in Lithuania, but in other countries as well.”

V-ROX festival was happy to be one of the partners of Vilnius Music Week and is ready to offer its stage in 2016 to those willing to break through to Asia.