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Телевизор
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Origin	St. Petersburg, Russia
Genres	Dark wave; Gothic rock; Industrial rock; Techno; Funk rock; Synthpop
Years active	1984–present
Mitglieder	Mikhail Borzykin [ru]; Sergey Sivickiy; Sergey Rusanov
Website	televizor.band

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Televizor (Russian: Телевизор, "Television set") is a Soviet/Russian gothic rock/industrial group formed in 1984^[1] in Saint-Petersburg. Mikhail Borzykin [ru] is the lead singer^[2] and founder of group.^[3] They began to perform at the Leningrad Rock Club.^[4] They are noted for their strong views against authoritarianism in Russian politics, and have repeatedly denounced the actions of Vladimir Putin in their lyrics.^[5] At the time the group first formed, it was one of comparatively few political rock bands in Soviet Union.^[6]

Televizor's songs were selected for the Legends of Russian Rock collection.

History

The band got its start in the 1984, in Leningrad, and is considered part of the Leningrad Rock Club.^[7] Their 1987 album Otechestvo Illyuziy (Russian: Отечество иллюзий) is among the best albums in the history of Russian rock.^[8]

"Your Papa Is a Fascist" is one of their most famous songs.^[9]

Mikhail's songs and the Televizor music are influenced by Talking Heads,^[10] The Cure,^[10]^[11]^[12] Cocteau Twins,^[10]^[11] The Beatles, Depeche Mode,^[10]^[13] The Smiths,^[10] philosophers Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche, as well as writers: Arkady and Boris Strugatsky,^[6] Mikhail Bulgakov^[14] and Hermann Hesse.^[14]^[15]

On May 13, 2015 they performed the song "Ty prosti nas, Ukraina" (Russian: Ты прости нас, Украина, lit. 'Forgive us, Ukraine') at the Atlas nightclub in Kyiv. The song expresses the group's position towards the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, containing criticism of Vladimir Putin and mentioning the Heavenly Hundred.^[16]

Discography

Studio albums

1985 Шествие рыб
1987 Отечество иллюзий
1989 Отчуждение
1990 Мечта самоубийцы
1992 Дым-туман
1995 Двое
2001 Путь к успеху
2004 МегаМизантроп
2005 Отчуждение-2005
2009 Дежавю
2016 Ихтиозавр

Live albums

1984 II фестиваль Ленинградского рок-клуба
1985 III фестиваль Ленинградского рок-клуба
1987 Музыка для мёртвых
1990 Концерт в Амстердаме
1994 Живой
2002 Перекрёсток
2010 XXV лет в одной лодке

Mitglieder

Mikhail Borzykin – singing, keyboards, synthesizer, programming
Sergey Sivickiy – guitar
Sergey Rusanov – drum kit

References

https://blog.allo.ua/istoriya-razvitiya-televizorov-ot-sovetskogo-rubin-do-nashih-dnej_2021-09-55/

История телевизора

^ Происхождение названия группы ТЕЛЕВИЗОР. "Время Z"
^ Pushkin, Yuri (2009-10-06). "Banned in the USSR: How Russian rock bands are being censored". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
^ Burlaka, Andrey (1990). Рок блиц (in Russian). Изд-во "Сов. композитор".
^ Boyarinov, Denis (2014-04-10). "Михаил Борзыкин: «Я не ухожу из протеста»". Colta.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-03-02.
^ ""Телевизор" "Дежавю" ("Геометрия")". Kommersant (in Russian). 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
^ ^a ^b Televizor. 100 Magnitoalbums of Soviet Rock
^ Borzykin
^ А. Кушнир Телевизор – Отечество иллюзий (1987)
^ Flintoff, Corey (2014-12-10). "Russian Pop Stars Pay A Price For Speaking Out On Ukraine". NPR. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Петербургские рок-интервью: Михаил Борзыкин
^ ^a ^b Михаил Борзыкин. «Претензии искусства на волшебную силу необоснованны»
^ Михаил Борзыкин. Творческий вечер в клубе «ШУМ» (06.11.10)
^ Михаил Борзыкин. Человек должен идти один... ″Rothmans Адреналин″ — стр. 4
^ ^a ^b "Nашъ Драйвъ" №2, январь 1996 (М. Борзыкин и др.)
^ Рок-музыка: Бог или Сатана? Интервью для журнала Fuzz
^ "Російська рок-група написала пісню "Ти прости нас, Україно"" (in Ukrainian). Korrespondent. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

External links

Official website
Televizor discography at Discogs

[VZ-1] Происхождение названия группы ТЕЛЕВИЗОР. "Время Z"

[2] Pushkin, Yuri (2009-10-06). "Banned in the USSR: How Russian rock bands are being censored". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-03-02.

[Бурлака1990-3] Burlaka, Andrey (1990). Рок блиц (in Russian). Изд-во "Сов. композитор".

[Interw1-4] Boyarinov, Denis (2014-04-10). "Михаил Борзыкин: «Я не ухожу из протеста»". Colta.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-03-02.

[Dejavu-5] ""Телевизор" "Дежавю" ("Геометрия")". Kommersant (in Russian). 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2021-03-02.

[Kushnir-6] Televizor. 100 Magnitoalbums of Soviet Rock

[7] Borzykin

[8] А. Кушнир Телевизор – Отечество иллюзий (1987)

[9] Flintoff, Corey (2014-12-10). "Russian Pop Stars Pay A Price For Speaking Out On Ukraine". NPR. Retrieved 2021-03-02.

[Interw3-10] Петербургские рок-интервью: Михаил Борзыкин

[Interw2-11] Михаил Борзыкин. «Претензии искусства на волшебную силу необоснованны»

[12] Михаил Борзыкин. Творческий вечер в клубе «ШУМ» (06.11.10)

[Rothmass-13] Михаил Борзыкин. Человек должен идти один... ″Rothmans Адреналин″ — стр. 4

[nneformat-14] "Nашъ Драйвъ" №2, январь 1996 (М. Борзыкин и др.)

[Interw4-15] Рок-музыка: Бог или Сатана? Интервью для журнала Fuzz

[16] "Російська рок-група написала пісню "Ти прости нас, Україно"" (in Ukrainian). Korrespondent. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

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+| origin          = [[St. Petersburg]], Russia
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+| years_active    = 1984–present
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+| genre           = [[Dark wave]]<br />[[Gothic rock]]<br />[[Industrial rock]]<br />[[Techno]]<br />[[Funk rock]]<br />[[Synthpop]]
-| years_active = 1984–present
+| label           =
-| genre = [[Dark wave]]<br />[[Gothic rock]]<br />[[Industrial rock]]<br />[[Techno]]<br />[[Funk rock]]<br />[[Synthpop]]
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 | associated_acts = [[Nautilus Pompilius (band)|Nautilus Pompilius]]<br />[[DDT (band)|DDT]]
-| website = {{URL|http://www.televizorr.com/}}
+| website         = {{URL|https://televizor.band/}}
-| current_members = [[:ru:Борзыкин, Михаил Владимирович|Mikhail Borzykin]]<br />Sergey Sivickiy<br />Sergey Rusanov
+| current_members = {{ill|Mikhail Borzykin|ru|Борзыкин, Михаил Владимирович}}<br />Sergey Sivickiy<br />Sergey Rusanov
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-'''Televizor''' ({{lang-ru|Телевизор}}) is a Soviet/Russian [[gothic rock]]/[[Industrial music|industrial]] group formed in 1984<ref name="VZ">[http://www.ytime.com.ua/ru/50/950 Происхождение названия группы ТЕЛЕВИЗОР. "Время Z"]</ref> in [[Saint-Petersburg]]. Leader and founder of group — [[:ru:Борзыкин, Михаил Владимирович|Mikhail Borzykin]].<ref name="Бурлака1990">{{cite book|author=Андрей Бурлака|title=Рок блиц|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8pOfAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Изд-во "Сов. композитор"|language=Russian}}</ref> They began to perform at the [[Leningrad Rock Club]].<ref name="Interw1">[http://www.colta.ru/articles/music_modern/2857 Михаил Борзыкин: «Я не ухожу из протеста»]</ref> They are noted for their strong views against [[authoritarianism]] in Russian politics, and have repeatedly denounced the actions of [[Vladimir Putin]] in their [[lyrics]].<ref name="Dejavu">[http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1216719 Televizor. Dejavu]</ref> At the time the group first formed, it was one of comparatively few political rock bands in [[Soviet Union]].<ref name="Kushnir">[http://www.rockanet.ru/100/76.phtml#1 Televizor. 100 Magnitoalbums of Soviet Rock]</ref>
+'''Televizor''' ({{lang-ru|link=no|Телевизор}}, "Television set") is a Soviet/Russian [[gothic rock]]/[[Industrial music|industrial]] group formed in 1984<ref name="VZ">[http://www.ytime.com.ua/ru/50/950 Происхождение названия группы ТЕЛЕВИЗОР. "Время Z"]</ref> in [[Saint-Petersburg]]. {{Interlanguage link|Mikhail Borzykin|ru|Борзыкин, Михаил Владимирович}} is the lead singer<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pushkin|first=Yuri|date=2009-10-06|title=Banned in the USSR: How Russian rock bands are being censored|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2009/oct/06/russian-rock-bands-censored|access-date=2021-03-02|website=[[The Guardian]]|language=en}}</ref> and founder of group.<ref name="Бурлака1990">{{cite book|author=Burlaka|first=Andrey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8pOfAAAAMAAJ|title=Рок блиц|publisher=Изд-во "Сов. композитор"|year=1990|language=ru}}</ref> They began to perform at the [[Leningrad Rock Club]].<ref name="Interw1">{{Cite web|last=Boyarinov|first=Denis|date=2014-04-10|title=Михаил Борзыкин: «Я не ухожу из протеста»|url=https://www.colta.ru/articles/music_modern/2857-mihail-borzykin-ya-ne-uhozhu-iz-protesta|access-date=2021-03-02|website=[[Colta.ru]]|language=ru}}</ref> They are noted for their strong views against authoritarianism in Russian politics, and have repeatedly denounced the actions of [[Vladimir Putin]] in their [[lyrics]].<ref name="Dejavu">{{Cite web|date=2009-08-14|title="Телевизор" "Дежавю" ("Геометрия")|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1216719|access-date=2021-03-02|website=[[Kommersant]]|language=ru}}</ref> At the time the group first formed, it was one of comparatively few political rock bands in [[Soviet Union]].<ref name="Kushnir">[http://www.rockanet.ru/100/76.phtml#1 Televizor. 100 Magnitoalbums of Soviet Rock]</ref>
 Televizor's songs were selected for the [[Legends of Russian Rock]] collection.
 ==History==
-The band got its start in the 1984, in Leningrad, and is considered part of the [[Leningrad Rock Club]].<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/lovehatepropagandacoldwar/2011/11/mikhail-borzykin.html Borzykin]</ref> Their 1987 album "Otechestvo illyuziy" is among the best albums in the history of Russian rock.<ref>[http://www.rockanet.ru/100/76.phtml А. Кушнир Телевизор - Отечество иллюзий (1987)]</ref>
+The band got its start in the 1984, in Leningrad, and is considered part of the [[Leningrad Rock Club]].<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/lovehatepropagandacoldwar/2011/11/mikhail-borzykin.html Borzykin]</ref> Their 1987 album ''Otechestvo Illyuziy'' ({{Lang-ru|link=no|Отечество иллюзий}}) is among the best albums in the history of Russian rock.<ref>[http://www.rockanet.ru/100/76.phtml А. Кушнир Телевизор – Отечество иллюзий (1987)]</ref>
-"Your Papa Is a Fascist" is one of their most famous songs.<ref>[http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2014/12/10/369367027/russian-pop-stars-pay-a-price-for-speaking-out-on-ukraine Russian Pop Stars Pay A Price For Speaking Out On Ukraine, NPR, December 10, 2014]</ref>
+"Your Papa Is a Fascist" is one of their most famous songs.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Flintoff|first=Corey|date=2014-12-10|title=Russian Pop Stars Pay A Price For Speaking Out On Ukraine|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2014/12/10/369367027/russian-pop-stars-pay-a-price-for-speaking-out-on-ukraine|access-date=2021-03-02|website=[[NPR]]|language=en}}</ref>
 Mikhail's songs and the Televizor music are influenced by [[Talking Heads]],<ref name="Interw3">[http://televizor.narod.ru/papers/steinholt.html Петербургские рок-интервью: Михаил Борзыкин]</ref> [[The Cure]],<ref name="Interw3" /><ref name="Interw2">[http://art1.ru/music/pretenzii-iskusstva-na-volshebnuyu-silu-neobosnovanny/ Михаил Борзыкин. «Претензии искусства на волшебную силу необоснованны»]</ref><ref>Михаил Борзыкин. Творческий вечер в клубе «ШУМ» (06.11.10)</ref> [[Cocteau Twins]],<ref name="Interw3" /><ref name="Interw2" /> [[The Beatles]], [[Depeche Mode]],<ref name="Interw3" /><ref name="Rothmass">[http://televizor-tver.ru/tz4.jpg Михаил Борзыкин. Человек должен идти один... ″Rothmans Адреналин″ — стр. 4]</ref> [[The Smiths]],<ref name="Interw3" /> philosophers [[Arthur Schopenhauer]] and [[Friedrich Nietzsche]], as well as writers: [[Arkady and Boris Strugatsky]],<ref name="Kushnir" /> [[Mikhail Bulgakov]]<ref name="nneformat">[http://www.nneformat.ru/archive/?id=1603 "Nашъ Драйвъ" №2, январь 1996 (М. Борзыкин и др.)]</ref> and [[Hermann Hesse]].<ref name="nneformat" /><ref name="Interw4">[http://televizor-tver.ru/pressa/mai1993.jpg Рок-музыка: Бог или Сатана? Интервью для журнала Fuzz]</ref>
+On May 13, 2015 they performed the song "Ty prosti nas, Ukraina" ({{lang-ru|Ты прости нас, Украина|lit=Forgive us, Ukraine}}) at the Atlas nightclub in [[Kyiv]]. The song expresses the group's position towards the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, containing criticism of Vladimir Putin and mentioning the [[List of people killed during Euromaidan|Heavenly Hundred]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://ua.korrespondent.net/showbiz/music/3515108-rosiiska-rok-hrupa-napysala-pisnui-ty-prosty-nas-ukraino |title=Російська рок-група написала пісню "Ти прости нас, Україно" |language=uk|agency=[[Korrespondent]]|date=14 May 2015|access-date=5 July 2018}}</ref>
 == Discography ==
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 * 2016 Ихтиозавр
-=== Concert albums ===
+=== Live albums ===
 * 1984 II фестиваль Ленинградского рок-клуба
 * 1985 III фестиваль Ленинградского рок-клуба
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 == Members ==
-* Mikhail Borzykin — [[singing]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[synthesizer]], [[Programming (music)|programming]]
+* Mikhail Borzykin – singing, keyboards, synthesizer, [[Programming (music)|programming]]
-* Sergey Sivickiy — [[guitar]]
+* Sergey Sivickiy – guitar
-* Sergey Rusanov — [[drum kit]]
+* Sergey Rusanov – drum kit
 == References ==
+https://blog.allo.ua/istoriya-razvitiya-televizorov-ot-sovetskogo-rubin-do-nashih-dnej_2021-09-55/
-{{reflist}}
+История телевизора{{reflist}}
 == External links ==
+* {{Official website}}
-* {{cite web|url=http://www.televizorr.com|title=Официальный сайт группы "Телевизор"|author=|date=|work=|publisher=|accessdate=2012-05-22|language=|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/68fwHenND|archivedate=2012-06-25}}
+*{{Discogs artist}}
-* {{cite web|url=http://televizor.narod.ru/ |title=Неофициальный сайт группы "Телевизор"|author=|date=|work=|publisher=|accessdate=2012-05-22|language=|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/68fwICI9j|archivedate=2012-06-25}}
-* {{cite web|url=http://televizor-tver.narod.ru|title=Тверской неофициальный сайт|author=|date=|work=|publisher=|accessdate=2012-05-22|language=|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/68fwJCB3l|archivedate=2012-06-25}}
+{{Rock music in Russia}}
-* [http://sptimes.ru/story/34953?page=1#top "Rock musician Mikhail Borzykin welcomes the wave of protest rallies sweeping Russia"]
-* [https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2009/oct/06/russian-rock-bands-censored Banned in the USSR: How Russian rock bands are being censored, The Guardian]
 {{Authority control}}
 [[Category:Musical groups from Saint Petersburg]]
 [[Category:Russian rock music groups]]
-[[Category:Soviet rock]]
+[[Category:Soviet rock music groups]]
 [[Category:Russian gothic rock groups]]
-[[Category:Industrial rock musical groups]]
-[[Category:Dark ambient music groups]]
 [[Category:Musical groups established in 1984]]

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