Aleksandr Lebedev-Frontov

Russian painter, collagist, and musician (1960–2022)

Alexander Lebedev-Frontov Александр Лебедев-Фронтов
Born	(1960-08-26)26 August 1960 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	8 January 2022(2022-01-08) (aged 61) Saint Petersburg, Russia
Genres	noise, industrial, experimental music
Occupation(s)	painter, poet, musician
Labels	Ultra

Musical artist

Alexander Lebedev-Frontov (Russian: Александр Лебедев-Фронтов; 26 August 1960 – 8 January 2022) was a Russian painter, collagist, and musician.

Life and career

Lebedev-Frontov was born on 26 August 1960 in Leningrad, USSR. He was one of the precursors of industrial and noise music in Soviet Russia.^[1] In 1987 he began an underground music-project named Линия Масс (Mass Line).^[2] In 1994 he joined National Bolshevik Party and started cooperation with the newspaper Limonka.^[3] In 1995 Lebedev-Frontov founded record label Ultra that focused primarily on industrial music. In 1996 he created Vetrophonia.^[4] In 1997 Lebedev-Frontov re-created Линия Масс . In 1999 Lebedev-Frontov was co-founder of art-gallery GEZ21 (Галерея экспериментального звука).^[5] He died in Saint Petersburg on 8 January 2022, at the age of 61.^[6]

Discography

Linija Mass

1998 — Fanatisch Eiskalt Maschine
2000 — Genus Ferrum
2001 — Eiserne Revolution
2002 — Pas D’Acier
2004 — Triumph Stali
2007—1987
2007 — Trud /
2007 — Mechano-Faktura
2007 — Proletkult
2007 — Kinematika Mechanizmov

Veprisuicida

1996 — Веприсуицида
1999 — Veprisuicida / Cisfinitum — Heavy Metal Cyclothymia / Отклонение От Симметрии
1999 — Comforter / Veprisuicida
2000 — Chinese Meat
2000 — K2 / Veprisuicida
2001 — Veprisuicida & Organomehanizm — Collaboration
2003 — Vaginacentrism
2005 — Veprisuicida & Organomehanizm — Electro-Pop

Vetrophonia

1998 — Kuomintang
1999 — Risveglio Di Una Citta / Futurogrammatika
Magmax / Vetrophonia
2000 — K2 / Vetrophonia
2000 — Strappadology
2001 — Symformoza
2003 — Simultannost
2005 — Promzona
2005 — Shumographika
2008 — Generalissimus Chiang Kaishek

Stalnoy Pakt

2002 — Decima Mas / Il Principe Nero
2002 — Okkupacija
2003 — Stalnoy Pakt / Rasthof Dachau — Die Toten An Die Lebenden
2004 — Russia’s Awakening
2005 — Anno Mundi Ardentis # Legion Chesty
2006 — O Roma O Morte!
2007 — Stalnoy Pakt — Anthesteria — Mikhail Vavich — Dedicated To The Russo-Japanese War 1904—1905

Т.А.У.

2001 — Bioni
2007 — La Splendeur, Geometrique / Urbanomania

References

^ Российский индастриал. fulldozer.ru
^ Шум - голос богов. zavtra.ru (13 September 1999)
^ Нацизм в России: Глава 2. Помидорный терроризм. sova-center.ru
^ 100 лет искусству шумов Луиджи Руссоло Archived 19 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine. gez21.ru
^ ГЭЗ-21. a-a-ah.ru/
^ Умер легендарный деятель русского андеграунда Александр Лебедев-Фронтов (in Russian)