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My Albums:
A PERFECT LIE - 2012
Written, composed & produced with MARKIZE
01: Mechanical Hearts
02: Vcio Praidiot
03: Laisse le temps s’éteindre
04: A New Era
05: A Perfect Lie
06: J’erre
07: Chto nas gdiot
08: Dance With Me
09: My Chains
10: Fight Them All
11: Don’t Let This Take Your Life
12: Pracipaicia
13: Erase
Transparence - 2007
Written, composed & produced with MARKIZE
01: Mon Ange
02: Another Breath
03: In My Dream
04: Poussières de Vie
05: In The Obscure
06: …Believe
07: Paperdoll
08: Pardonne-Moi
09: Will You Be Here
10: Позвони Мне, Позвони
11: Etheral
12: No More Life
13: Transparence
14: In My Dream (acoustic version)
15: Transparence (acoustic version)
My Singles:
Eye of The Tiger - 2024
Tribute to Survivor
White Room - 2022
First single of my solo project
Je Te Rends Ton Amour - 2021
Single – Tribute to Mylène Farmer
The Angel's Tale - 2010
Single – Written & composed with Markize
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My Story:
I am Alina, a Slavic soul, born in Moscow from a family of famous Russian artists, but I grew up in France since the age of 4.
Already as a child, a fan of pretty things, I dressed up in mom’s clothes to create burlesque characters and organize mini shows for my grandparents.
At the age of 9, I went to the music and dance conservatory, and I had the chance to dance in ballets at my school, and also charity shows.
This shed light on my love of sharing and seeing joy in the eyes of people. The stage became my oxygen.
Later, after 10 years of classical and modern jazz dance classes, I finally chose music and singing, by creating my metal/rock band Markize in 2003, with David Verbecq, drummer and sound engineer.
Having just finished my studies of History of Art at the faculty of la Sorbonne in Paris, and passionate about symphonic metal music, 19th century Victorian literature and Art, Gothic architecture, corsets, castles and vampires, it’s only natural that all these influences are found in the very first Demo « Poussières de vie » and album « Transparence » that I wrote, composed, and produced with Markize “Transparence” (Edenrecord, 2007), and which marks the beginning of my musical adventure.
I also talk about sensitive subjects, such as my father’s abandonment when I was a very little child and the suffering it caused to me.
Writing and composing music became an outlet and a real therapy, and singing a way of expelling these painful stuck emotions.
The band became my family, the one I never had, surrounded by protective big brothers, by this paternal presence that I missed so much.
Tours in France and abroad, and as opening act for Tarja Turunen (ex Nightwish) in legendary venues such as the Bataclan (Paris), the Zenith (St Etienne), and the Shepherd’s Bush Empire (London), have been like a magical experiences and unforgettable moments in my life as an artist.
These moments shared between musicians on the road and with audiences from all these different countries and cultures were truly enriching. So much so that the return to reality always made me nostalgic!
During my Markizian period I was also invited to collaborate individually on external projects of other artists/bands, and in 2010 I had the honor to sing a duet with the great artist RoBERT on the song “Le prince bleu ”, which we recorded in studio in a very special Russian version.
Then we performed it live during her concert at the mythical theater L’Olympia in Paris, which was immortalized on the live DVD “Ange ou Demon”. Walking on this legendary stage was an incredible moment!
After the 2nd album that I made with Markize “A Perfect Lie” in 2012, a music video shooting for “Mechanical Hearts” where I incorporated dance scenes to reconnect with my past as a dancer, and the tour that followed, at the end of 2015, I decided to take a break from the band to devote myself to my personal projects.
The most difficult thing was no longer being able to meet the Markizian community which had grown with all the tours, and no longer having this sharing with the public who supported us so much.
But I hoped that Markize fans wouldn’t abandon me in my new project 🙂
After adventures in my personal life, which brought as many moral difficulties as a real inspiring force which encouraged me to forge my project, it was in 2020, in full lockdown that “WHITE ROOM” was born, from a collaboration with the composer Gilles Prevel whom I met during the Markize years with his band Process which was a real musical crush !
I immediately fell in love with his tortured, melancholic and romantic world, which totally corresponded to mine. I wanted to bring some guitars, with the help of Vianney Delbarre, and I composed and recorded all the lead and backing vocals in my home studio in Nice.
The mixing was done by Raphaël Gary at Replug Studio in Cannes.
The solo project was born !
Despite the extension of lockdown, I was able to organize a video shooting in Paris in April 2020 for the music video of “White Room”.
I wanted the first video taken from my solo album to be symbolic and to be like a genesis of my life so far, and a rebirth, symbolizing my new project.
This song talks about introspection, a caring and experienced look at the past, magical dreams of the little girl that I am deep inside, but also, and above all, about writing one’s story over time and looking towards the future.
It was important to me to incorporate symbols of my birth in Russia and my past as a dancer, but also a kind of witchery, which symbolizes spirituality. Elements that are strongly present in my life path and my personality.
Before the official release of “White Room”, which I took the time to refine down to the smallest details, I was keen to release a music video of a Mylène Farmer’s cover, which we had at the time arranged with Markize, and which had never been published: “Je te rends ton amour”.
I shot the music video in a magnificent castle thanks to the director Any May, also a fan of the artist and of my project, and the first version of the video was released in September 2021.
I found that the symbolism of this song fits very well with the circumstances and nicely marks the transition between my end of road with Markize towards my rebirth as a solo artist.
It was in April 2022 that WHITE ROOM was finally released, and allowed me to joyfully reveal an extract from my universe.
Since then, I have shot nearly 6 clips for 6 songs from the album, some of them in the finalization phase, and I am obviously working on the composition of my first solo album with different talented musicians.
I can’t wait to be able to unveil all of this to you!
But when you are an independent artist it takes a long time to finalize big projects…so I hope you will be patient!
In the meantime, I have some video and photo goodies in store for you, so follow me on my social medias to be notified as soon as they are released ! :))
See you very soon my butterflies !
Love,
🦋 How to support me?
As an independent artist, I make it a point of honor to create and carry out original projects, in accordance with who I am and my values, and above all to offer an authentic universe.
What you see and hear will therefore be 100% me 🙂
But the road to artistic independence is not easy, since it requires a personal investment, of time obviously, but above all financial, and this requires a lot of sacrifices, and work in parallel to gather funds, which slows down the finalization of the album or clips.
I also have to work within the limits of the budget and therefore find creative and sometimes less expensive ways to realize my ideas. It’s very time-consuming, and sometimes frustrating to not be able to progress as quickly as I want.
But when a song and a video finally comes to life, it is a huge joy and gratification to have achieved this after all these efforts!
This is why when you buy a t-shirt, a CD or anything in my Shop, when you share my music, like and comment :
YOU HELP to the progress of the project and to make it viable!
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In any case, A BIG THANK YOU!
Thank you ♥️
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