Photo: Anatoly Filatov
August 22-25 Russia will have a new musical phenomenon called organizers V-ROX (VLADIVOSTOK ROCKS).
V-ROX or ROCK Vladivostok — the International Festival of Music and the creative conference, created by a group Mummy Troll, with the support of the Administration of Vladivostok.
This is the first in Russia festival-hybrid, where the format of performances showcase («illustrative presentations of their programs») adjacent to the country\’s largest international music conference and performances of the stars in the open air.
Bold and loud attempt to make the cultural center of Vladivostok and the Pacific and to help young Russian music industry to conquer the big world. Three days of summer concerts, lectures and master classes, which will be captured by the city. Today, May 13 on the basis of the project Vladivostok-3000 will be open information site V-ROX.
Ilya Lagutenko:
— ROCK VLADIVOSTOK to show Asian, Australian and U.S. market of young Russian music. We want to show that the big world — that\’s it, next. And from Vladivostok — just around the corner. We, a group Mummy Troll, as members of numerous Russian and foreign festivals, did everything necessary to V-ROX held in Vladivostok, so that we have a unique festival. If you are a musician and you want to perform at Vladivostok Rocks, leave application for participation on www.vladivostok3000.ru . If you want to get on the V-ROX as a spectator, just buy a plane ticket and come visit!
Recall that during his last visit to Vladivostok Ilya Lagutenko promised to make the regional center of the «world capital of music.» Currently, the group continues to travel around the world on a sailboat «Sedov», during which recorded a new album. The second single from it — «Shark or Spider» — will be released a week later, on May 20 in the video version. Furthermore, group managed to take part the soundtrack for a new domestic cartoon George Daneliya «Ku! Kin-Dza-Dza», which was released in wide release on the eve of the Day of Cosmonautics. The first single from the new album was «The Fourth Trolley» clip on which the band filmed in Vladivostok.