- PPK (group)
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Current_members = Sergei Pimenov
Alexander Polyakov
Past_members = Roman KorzhovPPK ( _ru. ППК) was a famous Russian trance duo that was based primarily in
Rostov-on-Don .The group consisted ofSergei Pimenov and Alexander Polyakov. PPK name is the acronym of founding members' initials, K was for short-time member DJ Kordj (Roman Korzhov).PPK became popular abroad due to their single "ResuRection", which was available to download for free on
mp3.com for about a year. A few million people downloaded it and a such wave of popularity brought to signing a contract withPaul Oakenfold 's Perfecto label and was used to celebrate the New Year 2003 inWarsaw ,Poland (seen on Sky News Active, 2002-12-31)."ResuRection" was based around the melody of the 1979 Russian (Soviet) film "
Siberiade " byEduard Artemyev and contained, in some remix versions, vocal samples ofCosmonaut Yuri Gagarin . "Reload" was based around the melody "Zodiak" from an album "Disco Alliance" byLatvia n electronic rock band "Zodiaks ".The group broke up in 2004, however, in 2005 Pimenov did remixes for the group
t.A.T.u. 's single "Lyudi Invalidy" under the name PPK.Discography
ingles
* 1999 Slave To The Rythem
* 2000 I Have A Dream
*2001 Hey DJ!
* 2001 ResuRection "#3 UK"
*2002 Reload "#39 UK"
* 2002 Reload / Russian TranceAlbums
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2002 Reload
* 2002 Russian Trance: Formation (mostly the same as "Reload" album)Tracks:
* 01 Russian Trance (6:18)
* 02 Hey DJ (Original Mix) (5:40)
* 03 21st Century (5:54)
* 04 I Have A Dream (8:56)
* 05 InsuRection (9:27)
* 06 I Need A Rhythm 2001 (5:26)
* 07 Love Unlimited (10:21)
* 08 Hey DJ (Trance Mix) (5:13)
* 09 ResuRection (8:01)
* 10 Russian Trance (Radio Edit) (3:28)
* 11 Love Unlimited (Radio Edit) (4:05)
* 12 ResuRection (Radio Edit) (3:27)
* 13 Robots Outro (Radio Edit) (1:41)External links
* [http://www.mp3.com.au/artist.asp?id=4434 mp3.com.au]
* [http://russmus.net/band.jsp?band=PPK PPK at Russmus.Net]
* [http://www.pimenov.ru/ pimenov.ru]
* [http://www.irecords.ru iRecords] — Alexander Polyakov's new label
* [http://www.uplifto.ru Uplifto] — Sergei Pimenov's label
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