Disen Gage

The band was formed in 1999 by Yuri Alaverdyan and Konstantin Mochalov on guitars, Nikolay Syrtsev on bass guitar and Eugeniy Kudryashov on drums.

Despite having gained a certain degree of popularity in intellectual and student's communities, the band members decided to stop their musical activities: they were too busy pursuing their academic careers in the Moscow Institute of Bio-Organic Chemistry at the time.

In 2004 their recorded material reached the RAIG music label, which released it as the band's debut album under the title The Screw-Loose Entertainment. The album received positive reviews at many web sites,{{cite web|url=http://www.raig.ru/disengage.asp |title=Russian Association of Independent Genres – Disen Gage |publisher=Raig.ru |date=25 May 2010 |accessdate=18 December 2011}} including Dutch Progressive Rock Page,{{cite web|author=CD Review Editor |url=http://www.dprp.net/reviews/200443.html |title=DPRP Reviews – 2004 – 43 |publisher=Dprp.net |accessdate=18 December 2011}} Delusions of Adequacy (USA),{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070926234957/http://www.adequacy.net/review.php?reviewid=4432 DOA – Disen Gage – The Screw-Loose Entertainment]}} In Rock (Russia), Grrove (Sweden),[http://www.groove.se/pdf/groove04-5r.pdf ]{{dead link|date=December 2011}} Splendid (USA),{{cite web|author=Mike Meginnis |url=http://www.splendidezine.com/review.html?reviewid=1089973930112236 |title=Splendid Magazine reviews Disen Gage: The Screw-Loose Entertainment |publisher=Splendidezine.com |accessdate=18 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306003042/http://www.splendidezine.com/review.html?reviewid=1089973930112236 |archivedate=6 March 2012}} Progwereld (Netherlands), Art Rock Pl (Poland),{{cite web |url=http://www.caladan.art.pl/recenzje_sc.php?id=668 |title=Disen Gage – the Screw-Loose Entertainment | recenzje ArtRock.pl |publisher=Caladan.art.pl |date=27 October 2004 |accessdate=18 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060929020615/http://www.caladan.art.pl/recenzje_sc.php?id=668 |archive-date=29 September 2006 |url-status=dead }} Chaos Vault (Poland),[http://chaosvault.com/recenzja.php?Id=731 Chaos Vault :: recenzja: Disen Gage – The Screw-Loose Entertainment :: black death doom gothic heavy power thrash metal hardcore rock] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060111224205/http://chaosvault.com/recenzja.php?Id=731 |date=11 January 2006 }} and Mmusic in Belgium (Belgium),{{cite web|author=Music in Belgium |url=http://www.musicinbelgium.net/pl/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=704 |title=Chroniques CD / DVD – DISEN GAGE – The Screw-Loose Entertainment |publisher=Music in Belgium |accessdate=18 December 2011}} Nota-Bena (Russia),[http://nota-bena.net/reviews/6/ Nota-Bena.net / Рецензии] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928070352/http://nota-bena.net/reviews/6/ |date=28 September 2007 }} Impakte (Maroc).{{cite web|url=http://www.impakte.com/chroniques/albums/disen-gage-_-the-screw_loose-entertainment.htm |title=Accueil |publisher=Impakte.com |accessdate=18 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213120001/http://www.impakte.com/chroniques/albums/disen-gage-_-the-screw_loose-entertainment.htm |archivedate=13 February 2012}} The album received a 9/10 rating from the Disagreement web site.{{cite web|url=http://www.disagreement.net/reviews/disengage_thescrewlooseentertainment.html |title=Disen Gage – The Screw-Loose Entertainment |publisher=Disagreement.net |accessdate=18 December 2011}}

The success of the debut album prompted the band to resume its normal activity.

Later in 2004 Yuri Alaverdyan left both the country and the band for an academic career abroad.

In 2006 Disen Gage released its second album, Libertage which received Neformat-Boom (Russia),{{cite web|url=http://www.neformat-boom.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=348&Itemid=27 |title=Неформат-Бум :: Неформат|Альтернатива|Indie – DISEN GAGE / Libertage |publisher=Neformat-boom.com |accessdate=18 December 2011}} In Rock (Russia), Nota-Bena (Russia),[http://nota-bena.net/reviews/14/ Nota-Bena.net / Рецензии] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928070346/http://nota-bena.net/reviews/14/ |date=28 September 2007 }} Salon Audio-Video (Russia),{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.salonav.com/arch/2007/02/110-112.html Salon Audio Video] Muz-Prosvet (Ukraine).{{cite web|url=http://www.muz-prosvet.com/vb/showthread.php?t=2773 |title=DISEN GÂGE 2006 : LIBERTÂGE – МУЗПРОСВЕТ |publisher=Muz-prosvet.com |accessdate=18 December 2011}}

In 2008 the Disen Gage released its third studio album, ...the reverse may be true. Stylistically, it blended the structural constraints of the debut with the improvisational freedom of their sophomore release.{{cite web|url=http://www.disagreement.net/reviews/disengage_thereversemaybetrue.html |title=Disen Gage – …The Reverse May Be True |publisher=Disagreement.net |accessdate=18 December 2011}} Like the previous two, this one received high marks, good reviews coming again from many different countries. Among those who praised the LP were Inoi Lip (Russia),{{cite web|url=http://informal.hexa.net.ru/node/1896 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710202423/http://informal.hexa.net.ru/node/1896 |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 July 2012 |title="Актуальная музыка" России | Иной Лип |publisher=Informal.hexa.net.ru |accessdate=18 December 2011 }} Sonic Frontiers (USA),{{Cite web |url=http://sonicfrontiers.net/blog/?p=422 |title=Cardboard Mailing Tube | Sonic Frontiers | Frontier | About Cheap Ticket at Sonicfrontiers.net |access-date=8 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724072810/http://sonicfrontiers.net/blog/?p=422#more-422 |archive-date=24 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} Rate Your Music (USA),{{cite web|url=http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/disen_gage/the_reverse_may_be_true/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714075849/http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/disen_gage/the_reverse_may_be_true/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 July 2012 |title=The Reverse May Be True by Disen Gage : Reviews and Ratings |publisher=Rate Your Music |accessdate=18 December 2011 }} Progwereld (The Netherlands),{{cite web|url=http://www.progwereld.org/cms/?page_id=20011013 |title=Disen Gage – …The Reverse May Be True « Progwereld |publisher=Progwereld.org |date=13 April 2001 |accessdate=18 December 2011}} Sea of Tranquility (USA), DisAgreement (Luxembourg).

In 2015 Sergey Bagin left the band and the keyboardist Fyodor Amirov joined them.{{cite web|url=http://www.inrock.ru/live_reports/vespero_2015 |title=Vespero/Disengage/Reserve de Marche: Вечер перемен | InRock |accessdate=2016-04-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420043742/http://www.inrock.ru/live_reports/vespero_2015 |archivedate=20 April 2016 }}

• Libertage was spontaneously composed and improvised on the spot.
• The members of the group all continue with their academic careers besides their musical ones.
• On the poster of the InProg 2004 festival the name of the band was mistakenly printed in one word: Disengage.

• The Screw-Loose Entertainment (2004, RAIG)
• Libertage (2006, RAIG)
• ...The Reverse May Be True (2008, RAIG)
• Snapshots (2016)
• Hybrid State (2017)
• Nature (2018)
• The Big Adventure (2019)

• Music of Russia
• Russian rock

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• [http://disengage.ru/ Official site] (Russian)
• [http://www.raig.ru/disengage.asp About the band in the Russian Association of Independent Genres web-site] (English)
• [http://www.holmi.ru/stars/disen-gage/ About the band at the "Megastars" section of the Holmi-festival web-site] (Russian)

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