It all started with parties in nightclubs where trendy DJs played. Karina wanted to take part in a project with music in the style of R"n"B, Hip-Hop, Jazz. Law school classes faded into the background. And together with her friends - professional dancer Ira and Dasha, who also sang well and looked impressive on stage, Karina began to actively rehearse and perform.
VIA Cream: Biography of Karina Koks.
Date of birth: 12/20/1981
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius
VIA "Cream" project.
Dasha - dancer, backing vocals
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Ira - dancer, backing vocals
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Alexey Pushkarev - trumpeter, arranger
Appa - guitarist
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Girls, according to “Dirty Rotten Fraudsters,” are different. Moreover, it would be inappropriate not to trust the trio of charming scoundrels from St. Petersburg in this matter, since we are talking about the St. Petersburg team "Cream", which includes three charming girls. “Slivki” was born a little over a year ago. In addition to three vocalists - Karina, Dasha and Ira - the ensemble also includes three talented musicians: Alik Avakov, Alexey Pushkarev and Appa. But the “face” of the team is, of course, girlish.
VIA "Slivki" grew out of the St. Petersburg team "Discovery", which specialized in club music and performed songs on English language. Despite the lack of musical education of the group's lead singer (Karina), the musicians managed to work quite successfully in clubs. - For me musical education- this is life in London, where I hung out with jazz musicians, went to clubs, talked, says Karina. - When I arrived in St. Petersburg, I wanted to create my own project. I started writing songs in English and singing. I was very lucky: I met girls and guys who turned out to be exactly what I needed.
If we take into account that the name of the then established group - "Discovery" - can be translated from English as "gaining fame", then its historical mission This team accomplished: its members became “widely known in rather narrow circles.” But this did not at all correspond to the scope of the ambitions of the budding stars. To achieve Great Success, they needed a little luck (a meeting with producer Evgeniy Orlov), a little self-sacrifice (giving up the previous name) and a bit of common sense (the transition to the Russian-language repertoire).
Fate brought us together with Evgeny Orlov,” says Karina. - He happened to come to our performance, and he really liked us.
The story of their meeting with the producer contains both a fortunate accident and a completely natural predetermination of the development of events. However, Evgeny Orlov himself, as man of sense, speaks quite prosaically on this topic: they say, this is how the circumstances developed.
When I met with the girls in one of the St. Petersburg clubs, I actually came to watch another group perform,” recalls Evgeniy. - A lot of young talented musicians come to me and invite me to their performances. It turned out that “Discovery” was performing in front of those who invited me, and I liked them much more than the others. True, it turned out that they sing only in English, because the lead singer of the group, Karina, who lived in London for five years, had no idea how anyone could sing in Russian. She was brought up on other music and loved soul. I really liked their performance and asked them to make a song in Russian.
They took my advice. It turned out very cool, because now many performers can copy foreign hits and make versions of songs foreign performers, and it turns out great for them. But as soon as they start singing in Russian, it’s impossible to listen to it. But in this case everything turned out great, and I really liked the song.
From that moment on, the "Discovery" group ended its existence and began history of VIA"Cream". To Evgeniy Orlov’s credit, he did not change the composition of the team: - I have this practice: never break an already established team. If, for example, “Dirty Rotten Fraudsters” initially gathered in a certain composition, they will work in this composition, with all their shortcomings and advantages. They had already gone through some troubles together and found mutual understanding; were able to starve together, play for pennies and rehearse in basements - this means that they have already gone through some kind of school, they can adequately appreciate everything that other people are now doing for their success. Practice shows that it is in the original composition that the team works with maximum efficiency and the highest quality. Having behind us successful experience of working with such star team as "Dirty Rotten Fraudsters" Orlov became a master at implementing the established technologies for achieving success:
I spend at least a year so that the team matures, so that the repertoire appears, so that the project participants understand what their image is, work together in a new capacity, get used to the repertoire and their stage image. And we’ve been doing this for almost a year. In the image of "Slivok" you can find " inveterate fraud", and this is completely natural: having in common " godfather", these groups really do have similar features. There is something “hooligan” about the “creamy” girls - however, it is mostly reminiscent of a child’s love for pranks and practical jokes. Any of the vocalists of VIA “Cream” is distinguished by a certain extravagance and “combines the incongruous.” So, in Karina there is something of an absent-minded “disheveled genius” (it is she who writes the lyrics in the group) and of an “exotic girl” (she adores Japanese poetry, as well as oriental cuisine and mulattoes, i.e. dark-skinned young men, Ira). being actually the choreographer of the group, she is also the “face” of the group (she is the one most often recognized in in public places), and “the smartest” (due to a penchant for philosophical reasoning, as well as being the only student in the group). And the third participant - Dasha - manages magically combine the features of Carroll's Sonya with eccentricity and explosive temperament. This is what the members of “Slivok” tell about themselves... Karina: - My songs mostly come to me in my dreams. So I wrote the songs “Stay with you forever”, “Spring”. I’m also very absent-minded, so when I’m on tour I always forget toothbrushes or other small things in hotels, and things always fall over on me - today, for example, I spilled juice on my clothes. The only way I can justify my own absent-mindedness is my focus on work. I just don't allow myself to be distracted by other things.
Ira: - And I really like to indulge in reasoning where it is necessary and where it is not necessary.
Dasha: - Moreover, sometimes it is simply impossible to stop her.
Karina: - And Dasha is the most flighty and amorous among us. True, it goes by quickly...
Ira: - She is capable of finding an idol for herself in any city. You can leave her for two hours, and after these two hours she may well announce: “Girls, something terrible happened - I fell in love!”
However, neither Karina’s absent-mindedness, nor Dasha’s stormy temperament, nor Ira’s penchant for oratory prevents “Cream” from confidently moving to the top of the charts and “producing high-quality music.” On this moment they are perhaps one of the most promising young Russian bands:
The ARS company signed a long-term contract with the group, since they really liked the work of “Slivok,” says Evgeny Orlov. - And when we shot a video for the song “Sometimes,” the result exceeded expectations. It was quite a bold move on our part to start with funky disco house with jazz elements because it's not the most commercial musical style in Russia. But we went for this experiment, and now no one regrets it: neither me, nor Slivki themselves, nor the ARS company, which agreed to finance this risky experiment.
In April, the debut album of "Slivok" entitled "First Spring" was released. The name is explained simply - this year marked the first spring of the millennium and the first spring in the history of the group.
Biography of VIA Slivki First of all, “Slivki” is VIA, that is, a vocal and instrumental ensemble, which consists of three soloists - Karina, Dasha and Tina, as well as three musicians - Alik, Lesha and Appa (Sergey). And it all started with parties in nightclubs, where the most fashionable DJs played. Karina wanted to take part in a project with music in the style of rhythm and blues, hip-hop, and jazz. Law school classes faded into the background. Together with her friends - professional dancer Ira Vasilyeva and Dasha Ermolaeva, who also sang well and looked impressive on stage, Karina began to actively rehearse and perform. After another performance with a DJ, three handsome young guys approached them - as it later turned out, experienced jazz musicians - and offered to create a group. This is how the Discovery project appeared, which gained popularity in its native St. Petersburg after a year of work in clubs. Naturally, the group was noticed by the famous producer Evgeny Orlov, who presented the Russian public with such projects as “ Inveterate scammers", "Guests from the Future", Mr. Small, "Discomafia". And it was on his initiative that the VIA “Cream” project was created, which initially consisted of three girls - Karina, Ira and Dasha and three musicians - Alik, Lesha and Appa, who write music, make arrangements, and work as an accompanying band at concerts. The first video clip “Cream” was filmed for the song “Sometimes” by the film crew of Sergei Blednov and Oleg Stepchenko “Blednov Brothers”. The success of this video exceeded all expectations. The song was heard in restaurants, clubs, discos, and took leading places in the charts. The guys came up with the idea for the second video for the song “You Got It” themselves, and well-known video directors — director Alexander Igudin and cameraman Alexey Tikhonov — helped bring it to life. Interesting transformations of the main characters of the video served as the basis for parodies in KVN programs and at concerts. The debut album of VIA "Cream" entitled "First Spring" was released on April 14, 2001 by ARS Records. Thanks to the support of ARS-Records, a strong start was given creative career groups. SLIVKI (VIA "SLIVKI"), Russian girl pop group. The composition of the group has undergone some changes since its inception; today VIA "SLIVKI" is the lead singer and lyricist of the group's songs, Karina Koks (b. December 20, 1981), backing vocalists and dancers Daria Ermolaeva (b. July 24, 1982) and Tina Ogunleye (b. May 17, 1979), author of the music and arrangements Alik Avakov (b. May 5, 1979), trumpeter Alexey Pushkarev (b. February 11, 1976) and guitarist Sergei Abonenkov (b. March 23, 1971). The history of the group began with the fact that one of its future members, Karina Koks, wanted to take part in music project, playing music in the styles of R&B and hip-hop. For this purpose, with the involvement of her friends as the remaining participants - Irina Vasilyeva, a professional dancer, and Daria Ermolaeva, who has a spectacular appearance - Karina created Music band. At first, the girls rehearsed and performed in clubs in St. Petersburg, accompanied by DJs, and after a while they were joined by musicians who were playing at the time jazz music. This is how a project called DISCOVERY appeared, which soon gained popularity in nightclubs. Soon the group was noticed famous producer Evgeny Orlov, who worked and brought popularity to such groups as “OTOTYE SCAMS” and “GUESTS FROM THE FUTURE”. Under his leadership, VIA "CREAM" was created. The group's first song, which appeared on radio stations and music channels in 2000, was called Sometimes and became an overnight hit. The debut album, entitled “First Spring,” was released on April 14, 2001. In 2002, one of the participants, Irina Vasilyeva, left the group, and was replaced by Tina Ogunleye. Before that, Tina worked in the VEGAS group, and met Karina Cox at a nightclub. Tina’s first performance with VIA “CREAM” took place at the festival “ Slavic Marketplace» in Vitebsk. Another participant, Dasha Ermolaeva, left the group after the release of the first album, but returned after some time. The second album “Mood”, which, like the first, was released by Ars-Records, was released in 2002. To date, the group “VIA Slivki” has released three more albums, and the composition of the group has undergone some changes.
Born in Leningrad, Karina Poroshkova ( real name and name at birth) graduated from school and was in the UK for five years, studying at university and supposed to become a lawyer. It was there that Karina fell in love with music in the style of soul, Jazz, R"n"B and Hip-Hop. Over time, music came first. Returning home, she decided to completely switch to doing what she loved - writing songs and performing.
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The girl has no musical education. Her musical background, she says, was in the clubs where she often hung out with jazz musicians when she lived in London.
When Karina returned to her native St. Petersburg, she had the idea of creating own project. At that time she was already writing her songs. The girl decided to start a singing career under the pseudonym Karina Koks. She met some guys who, like her, dreamed of creating a group. They called their group “Discovery” and performed songs exclusively in English. However, the participants had completely different ambitions. "Discovery" eventually became famous group, but they knew her only in narrow circles.
Karina Koks and the group "Slivki"
Once after the performance, producer Evgeny Orlov approached them. He was invited to the club by other performers, but it was the group with Cox that he liked. To understand their potential, Evgeniy offered to present him with some composition in Russian. He really liked what he heard. Soon they signed a contract and began to collaborate. Orlov proposed changing the name and switching to performing in Russian.
This is how the group “Slivki” appeared. Everyone who was originally part of Discovery remained part of the Cream. According to Orlov, this is always the best way out, since the team has already played, moreover, it has already gone through a lot. Most of the songs for “Slivok” were written by Karina, who was also a soloist. The team has released seven albums. The first one was released in 2001 and was called “First Spring”. The latter was released in 2008 and was a collection of hits from the entire previous period of performances.
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In 2010, the singer began to think about starting a solo career. On stage she presented a new direction called Euro Pop Dance and is the most popular musical direction in Europe. Cox completely immersed herself in her work, changing both her stage image and her way of life. Having signed a contract with Black Star inc...”, she became the first and the only girl in this company. Already in the summer of 2010, the renewed singer appeared before the audience in her first solo video, which she shot for the song “Fly High.”
In the fall, Cox released her first large-scale photo shoot in a new image. The image for her was specially designed by Italian stylists from Vogue Italy magazine. This photo shoot took place in Naples. At the end of March 2011, a video was shot for her song “Everything is decided.” The singer wrote the track herself. She also wrote the script for her video. Konstantin Cherepkov was invited as a director, who at that time was known thanks to two videos he released for Timati.
Karina today
In 2011, the singer presented the release of her first solo album. European specialists worked on its creation. Getting ready for concert show, auditions for dancers were held in Russia and abroad. It is known that Cox left the label " Black Star inc..." in 2012. She began collaborating with DJ ChinKong, signing a contract with ChinKong Production. The singer abandoned her pseudonym and changed her image.
ChinKong is known in Russia as a successful sound producer. It is even called " eminence grise"of the modern Russian pop scene. “High Up” is one of the latest collaborations between the singer and DJ ChinKong. This energetic song sounded on the dance floors of Eastern and Western Europe. A video for this song was recorded in Tallinn. The director was Hindrek Maasik.
Personal life
Karina met her future husband DJ Eduard (Dj M.E.G) when she started her solo career. It was he who brought the singer to Black Star (Timati's production center). That's where they were born romantic relationship. They lived together, planning to register their relationship on 12/12/12. It happened as they planned, and on December 18, Cox gave birth to a girl. The singer planned to go to Israel for this, but then changed her mind. The girl was born in Moscow. Cox performed even when she was eight months pregnant. To hide her changed figure, she wore multi-layered dresses to go on stage. High heels remained on her legs until the eighth month of pregnancy.
Karina said in an interview that she quickly got into shape thanks to the fact that after being discharged from the maternity hospital, she had to do everything herself. My husband often goes on tour, and both of the baby’s grandmothers still work, one living in St. Petersburg and the other in Vladikavkaz. When Karina left “Cream”, rumors appeared that she was paid an “unreal” fee for this. However, this is just gossip. She went to Timati's label. There were never any romances between Timati and Karina, although they gossiped about it too. They had known each other for about eight years before. When Timati offered her a contract, she, of course, agreed. This was also influenced by the fact that her favorite person, Dj M.E.G, worked on this label. The label has a friendly team that helps each other in their creativity. The media wrote a lot about the fact that the singer abandoned her pseudonym in 2012 due to the fact that the ambiguity of the surname “Cox” made it impossible for her to participate in a considerable number of programs.
Present tense
Cream- Russian female pop group. The group is the winner of a number of awards, such as “Song of the Year”, “Golden Gramophone”, “Golden Disc”, etc. Known for the song “I Will Love”, and also as one of the many performers of the song “Where does childhood go” , heard in the movie “Vesnukhin’s Fantasies”, and based on the song “Clouds”, which sounds in the cartoon “Shake!” Hello! » [ ] .
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At the end of 2002, Daria Ermolaeva was suspended from work for health reasons. For some time she was replaced by soloist Evgeniya, then Alla Martynyuk. In 2003, Ermolaeva returned to the team.
In 2006, “Slivki” voiced the main characters in the Russian version computer game"Bratz - rock stars".
In August 2008, the group made news when its members were detained at the airport in the Moroccan city of Casablanca for smuggling counterfeit currency. It later turned out that the imitated banknotes- part of the “Cream” props.
In 2008, one of the participants, Regina Burd, left the group due to pregnancy ( stage name Michelle), wife of the lead singer of the Russian pop group “Hands Up! » Sergei Zhukov. Instead, Evgenia Sinitskaya was accepted into the group.
At the beginning of 2011, Karina Cox left the group and signed a contract with label Black Star inc, but in 2012 she left this label. Together with Karina Koks, Evgenia Sinitskaya also left the group.
In mid-2012, Veronica left the team and decided to devote herself to her family.
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He shrugged. The waiter led the young man down and up another staircase to Pyotr Kirillovich.
Pierre never had time to choose a career for himself in St. Petersburg and, indeed, was exiled to Moscow for rioting. The story told by Count Rostov was true. Pierre participated in tying up the policeman with the bear. He arrived a few days ago and stayed, as always, at his father's house. Although he assumed that his story was already known in Moscow, and that the ladies surrounding his father, who were always unkind to him, would take advantage of this opportunity to irritate the count, he still went after his father’s half on the day of his arrival. Entering the drawing room, the usual abode of the princesses, he greeted the ladies who were sitting at the embroidery frame and behind a book, which one of them was reading aloud. There were three of them. The eldest, clean, long-waisted, stern girl, the same one who came out to Anna Mikhailovna, was reading; the younger ones, both ruddy and pretty, differing from each other only in that one had a mole above her lip, which made her very beautiful, were sewing in a hoop. Pierre was greeted as if he were dead or plagued. The eldest princess interrupted her reading and silently looked at him with frightened eyes; the youngest, without a mole, assumed exactly the same expression; the smallest one, with a mole, of a cheerful and giggling character, bent over the embroidery frame to hide a smile, probably caused by the upcoming scene, the funnyness of which she foresaw. She pulled the hair down and bent down, as if she was sorting out the patterns and could hardly restrain herself from laughing.
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Olga left. Pierre stood, looked at the sisters and, bowing, said:
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He went out, and the ringing but quiet laughter of the sister with the mole was heard behind him.
The next day, Prince Vasily arrived and settled in the count’s house. He called Pierre to him and told him:
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Since then, Pierre was not disturbed, and he spent the whole day alone upstairs in his room.
While Boris entered his room, Pierre was walking around his room, occasionally stopping in the corners, making threatening gestures towards the wall, as if piercing an invisible enemy with a sword, and looking sternly over his glasses and then starting his walk again, uttering unclear words, shaking shoulders and arms outstretched.
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