Svoy
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| Background information | |
| Genres | Electronica[1] Pop[1] Alternative Indie Rock Ambient |
| Occupations | Singer Songwriter Music Producer Keyboard Player Pianist Graphic Artist |
| Instruments | Vocals Keyboards Piano |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | P-Vine Mack Avenue Sixteenth Republic Thistime |
| Associated acts | Ilya Lagutenko Mumiy Troll Adam Levy |
| Website | Official website |
| Notable instruments | |
| Yamaha MOTIF XS | |
Svoy is a multi-Independent Music Award winning[2][3] recording and performing music artist in the genre of pop/electronica. He has three self-produced albums released via Mack Avenue Records/Sony Music Entertainment,[4] P-Vine Records/Blues Interactions[5] and Thistime Records,[6] respectively. In 2009, his single "Beautiful Thing" reached #69 on the Billboard Japan Hot TOP 100 Airplay and #82 on Billboard Japan Hot 100 Singles[7] chart. Besides remaining in top 40 and 100 airplay charts of numerous major Japanese radio networks for over 8 weeks, the song peaked at #3 on Alpha Station FM Kyoto 89.4's TOP 40 Overseas Chart.[8] Also in 2009, Svoy's album Automatons reached #100 on the Billboard Japan Top Independent Albums and Singles chart. In 2011, Automatons and its title track were nominated for Best Dance/Electronica Album and Best Dance/Electronica Song at The 10th Independent Music Awards,[9] subsequently winning in the latter category[2], as well as winning 10th IMA's Vox Populi in both categories.[3] 10th Independent Music Awards judging panel included Seal, Fall Out Boy, Portishead, McCoy Tyner, Counting Crows, Aerosmith, Ozzy Osbourne, Suzanne Vega, Jesse Harris, Tom Waits, Aimee Mann, Jonatha Brooke among other notable artists and music industry professionals.[10] In 2004, Svoy won the BMI John Lennon Award for songwriters and received the award personally from Yoko Ono. In 2002, he won BMI Pete Carpenter Fellowship for film composers, that led to studying with Mike Post and Atli Orvarsson for one month at Post's studio in Los Angeles. Svoy is a writer/artist for Universal Music Group[11] and a Yamaha-endorsed[12] keyboardist/producer. He is presently residing in New York City.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Solo Albums
| Year | Album | Chart peak positions | |||
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| Japan Top Independent Albums and Singles | |||||
| 2007 | Eclectric | - | |||
| 2009 | Automatons | 100 | |||
| 2010 | Et Al. (unreleased) | - | |||
| 2011 | Grow Up | - | |||
[edit] EPs
- Consequence EP 1.0 (2009)
- Consequence EP 1.1 (2009)
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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| Japan Hot 100 Airplay |
Japan Hot 100 Singles |
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| 2007 | "Driving Away" | — | — | Eclectric |
| 2009 | "Beautiful Thing" | 69 | 82 | Automatons |
| 2011 | "Never Grow Up" | — | — | Grow Up |
| 2011 | "Right Here, Right Now" | — | — | Grow Up |
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Svoy Myspace". http://www.myspace.com/svoy.
- ^ a b "10th Independent Music Awards Winners". http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima/2011/10th-annual-independent-music-awards-winners-announced.
- ^ a b "10th Independent Music Awards Vox Populi". http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima/2011/fans-create-new-winners-in-the-10th-independent-music-awards-vox-pop-poll/.
- ^ "Mack Avenue Records". http://www.mackavenue.com/catalog/detail/eclectric/.
- ^ "P-Vine Records". http://p-vine.com/artists/svoy.
- ^ "Thistime Records". http://www.thistimerecords.com/release/re_growup.htm.
- ^ "aCharts.us". http://acharts.us/song/49092.
- ^ "FM Kyoto Overseas TOP 40 September 6, 2009". http://fm-kyoto.jp/rankingchart/overseas_top40/20090906.shtml.
- ^ "Svoy Independent Music Awards Profile/Interview". http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima/artist/svoy.
- ^ "10th Independent Music Awards Judges". http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima/judges/10th-annual-ima-judges.
- ^ "Svoy Universal Music Group profile". http://www.umusicpub.com/spotlight.aspx?ID=5471.
- ^ "Yamaha Digital Music Artists". http://www.yamaha.com/artists/digitalkeyboards.html?Page=5&CTID=5070050.
