Nautilus Pompilius (band)

Nautilus Pompilius

Nautilus Pompilius (Russian: Наутилус Помпилиус), sometimes abbreviated as Nau (Russian: Нау), was a prominent Russian rock band formed in Sverdlovsk (now Ekaterinburg) and active between 1983 and 1997. They were an influential band in the post-punk, New Wave wing of Russian rock music. Some of their early hits are popularly associated with the Perestroika period. Their songs accompanied the movie Brother. Since the group disbanded, lead singer and front man Vyacheslav Butusov has launched a successful solo career.

Ilya Kormiltsev was a key contributor as a songwriter and producer.

Discography

Year	Russian name	English transliteration (translation)
1983	Переезд	Pereyezd (Resettlement)
1985	Невидимка	Nevidimka (The Invisible Man)
1986	Разлука	Razluka (Separation), a name of a Russian folk song featuring in the album
1987-1988	Ни Кому Ни Кабельность (LIVE)	Ni Komu Ni Kabel'nost (pun; nekommunikabel'nost means 'lack of sociability' (a loanword, from communicare and -able-) and nikomu ne means 'to nobody')
1988	Князь Тишины	Knyaz' Tishiny (Prince of Silence), after a poem by Endre Ady
1988	Отбой (LIVE)	Otboy (Lights-out)
1989	Человек без имени	Chelovek Bez Imeni (Man With No Name)
1992	Чужая земля	Chuzhaya Zemllya (Foreign Land)
1994	Титаник	Titanic
1994	Титаник-LIVE	Titanic-LIVE
1995	Крылья	Kryl'ya (Wings)
1996	Лучшие Песни (LIVE)	Luchshie Pesni (Best Songs)
1997	Яблокитай	Yablokitay (China-apple, Dutch etymologization of Russian apel'sin 'orange fruit')
1997	Атлантида	Atlantida (Atlantis)

Among their most well-known songs are: "Walks on Water" ("Прогулки по воде"), "The Last Letter" ("Последнее письмо", also known as "Goodbye, America!"), "The Look from the Screen" ("Взгляд с экрана"), "Flop-Flop" ("Хлоп-хлоп"), "The Khaki Sphere" ("Шар цвета хаки"), "Bound by One Chain" ("Скованные одной цепью"), "I Want to Be with You" ("Я хочу быть с тобой"), "On the Shore of the Nameless River" ("На берегу безымянной реки"), and "Tutenkhamen" ("Тутанхамон").

Nautilus pompilius is the scientific name of a species of cephalopod commonly known as the Chambered Nautilus.

External links

• Discography with Lyrics and English translations
• About the band
• Nautilus Pompilius On-Line - Official web site Template:Icon ru
• Zvuki.ru - Nautilus pompilius Template:Icon ru
• Official Website of Butusov & U-Piter Vyacheslav Butusov's current group (Nautilus Pompilius' front man) Template:Icon ru
• human2stay.com: interview with Vyacheslav Butusov Template:En icon