- Written by Spiridon Kitsos
Dima evolving to Alien24
Dima Bilan, the winner of Eurovision 2008, is one of the most popular artists in Russia with a long artistic carrier on his back. We all noticed Dima at the 2006 Eurovision in Athens when he took part for the first time. His light was so bright that he ended second that night. This wonderful Russian artist is born under the name Víktor Nikoláevich Belán, at 24 December 1981 in Ust-Dzheguta, Karachay–Cherkessia. He is something more than a simple singer, he is an actor, singer-songwriter and historian of Karachay descent.
He started his carrier in 2003 when his first album has been released, it was called “Ya Nochnoi Huligan (I'm A Night Hooligan)”, that was the starting point of a brilliant carrier in the music industry for Dima. Till now Dima has recorder 7 personal albums and lot of singles. The No1 Artist in Russia made a very special duet “Back to her future” with Yulia Volkova, singer from t.AT.u, in 2012 that has been entered the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest in Baku but unfortunately they finished second.
After numerous hits, albums, Live performances and Awards, Dima continues to surprise us all. In 2014 Dima evolving to “Alien24”, an electronic musical project, along with Andrey Cherny.
Andrey was born in on the 24December 1982 in Ekaterinburg, he is a composer, sound-producer, musician and performer. As a sound-producer, he has worked for renowed artists such as Dima Bilan, Maksim, 5sta Family, Dino MC 47, Pavel Volya, Irakli Pitskhalava, Dnk and Nastia Zadorozhnaja. He also left his musical signature on the MTV Russia Music Awards in 2008. Between 2009 – 2011 he was the music producer of the well-known Russian Television Show “Bolshaya Raznitsa” (Big difference), broadcast on Chanel 1. Currently Andrey is working on a staging amount of tracks for both Russian and international performers in his own sound producing company. In 2011, Andrey Cherny and Dima Bilan started working together on a brand new electronic-music project, Alien24.
The project developed out of Dima’s passion for electronic music which he shares with his sound producer Andrey Cherny, co-author of Alien24. Alien24 will transport you to new worlds, enticing you to explore the depths of your soul, as well as those of the universe. Its beauty and harmony will definitely strike a sensitive cord. As Dima himself explained: “Alien24 is a meditation about the infinity of space, of human thought and freedom”.
The project allows us the great opportunity to finally see Dima's gift as a composer: he ceaselessly wrote the music while keeping on top of his busy schedule - a schedule that becomes the norm for a widely known artist. Nonetheless, Dima managed to find, catch and keep these 'strange, alien sounds' among the hustle and bustle of show business - a world with its own harsh rules. “I am always in search of new music. It definitely exists...”
The first single of Alien24 is the beautiful song “Music is in my soul”. Stay tuned to Alien24, their future looks very bright!!!
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