Genres Folk / Rock | Genre Folk | |
Years active 1997–2012, 2015–Present Origin Saint Petersburg, Russia (1997) Albums Proxima Parada, The Dartz (White Album) Members Igor Burmistrov, Natalia Kotlova Record labels Navigator Records, Nikitin, Perekryostok Records, Boglach Records Similar Tintal, Mervent, Troll Bends Fir, Natalia O'Shea, Melnitsa Profiles | ||
The Dartz is a folk-rock band from Saint Petersburg, Russia. The band started in 1997 as acoustic folk trio by Dmitry "Dee" Kourtsman, Igor Starostin and Vladimir "Hermano" Kozachek. Later, when new musicians joined the band and the style developed towards more heavy sound, The Dartz transformed into folk-rock band with drums, electric guitars and synthesizers. The band is most notable for their impact on so called "celtomania" movemement on Russian scene in early 2000, and later for conceptual albums "Бывает Иногда" (2007) and Proxima Parada (2009). The latter was credited as "the best russian album of 2009" in Russian Top held by NEWSMusic. "Proxima Parada" was performed in theaters along with Persona Viva trouppe, and later in 2012 underwent into a second edition with more bonus tracks. In 2012 The Dartz disbanded. Shortly after that two of the members, Dee and Kirill Panshin, has left the country. But in 2015, Dee resurrected the band as a quartet.
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