Plazma

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Plazma

| image =

Роман Черницын 2018.jpg

| caption = (L-R) Lead Vocalist Roman Chernitsyn and Maxim Postelniy (Guitar)

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| background = group_or_band

| alias =

| origin = Volgograd, Russia

| genre = Pop, Synthpop, Electro-pop, Eurodance

| years_active = 1990–1999
(as Slow Motion)
1999–present
(as Plazma)

| label =

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| website = http://www.plazma.ru

| current_members = Roman Chernitsyn
Maxim Postelniy

| past_members =

}}

Plazma (previously known as Slow Motion) is a Russian pop band consisting of Roman Chernitsyn (vocals, lyrics, music) and Maxim Postelniy (background vocals, keyboards, music and arrangements). The band was one of the first Russian pop band to produce its songs exclusively in English for a Russian-speaking audience.{{cite web

| author = Oleg Kushakov

| url = http://gazeta.aif.ru/online/sv/144/06_01

| title = Группа "Плазма" автографы до посинения (in Russian).

| publisher = Argumenty i Fakty

| accessdate = 2009-03-04

| language = ru

| date = 2001-07-30

}}

Their first two albums, {{Interlanguage link|Take My Love (Plazma album)|ru|Take My Love|display=1}} and {{Interlanguage link|607 (album)|ru|607 (альбом)|display=1}}, put the band on top of the Russian charts. The third album, {{Interlanguage link|Black & White (Plazma album)|ru|Black & White (альбом)|display=1}}, was released in 2006. In December 2017, Plazma released their fourth studio album — {{Interlanguage link|Indian Summer (Plazma album)|ru|Indian Summer (альбом Plazma)|display=1}}.

The band participated in Russian national selection for Eurovision Song Contest three times: in 2007 with the song "Living In The Past", in 2009 with the song "Never Ending Story", and in 2010 with the song "Mystery (The Power Within)".{{cite web|url=https://ria.ru/20090227/163392225.html|title=Российские финалисты отборочного тура «Евровидения 2009». Справка|date=2009-02-27|publisher=РИА Новости|access-date=2021-01-08|archive-date=2022-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411020908/https://ria.ru/20090227/163392225.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.loveradio.ru/new/18201.htm|title=Группа Plazma вновь хочет на «Евровидение»|date=2010-02-22|publisher=Love Radio|access-date=2021-01-08}}

Albums

As Slow Motion

1991: Falling in Love
1999: Prologue

As Plazma

2000: {{Interlanguage link|Take My Love (Plazma album)|ru|Take My Love|display=1}}
2002: {{Interlanguage link|607 (album)|ru|607 (альбом)|display=1}}
2006: {{Interlanguage link|Black & White (Plazma album)|ru|Black & White (альбом)|display=1}}
2017: {{Interlanguage link|Indian Summer (Plazma album)|ru|Indian Summer (альбом Plazma)|display=1}}

Singles

2000: Take My Love
2000: Jump in My Car
2000: The Sweetest Surrender
2001: Fading like a Rose
2001: Lonely
2002: You'll Never Meet an Angel
2003: You Know (My Recent Disease)
2003: A Bit of Perfection
2003: The Power of Your Spell
2004: Never Again
2004: Lonely II
2005: One of a Kind
2005: One Life
2006: Save
2006: Black Would Be White
2007: I Never Dreamed (That You'd Love Me)
2008: Living in the Past

2009: Never Ending Story
2009: The Real Song
2010: Mystery (The Power Within)
2011: Angel of Snow
2013: Black Leather Boys
2014: Lucky Rider
2015: Tame Your Ghosts
2017: Later (promo single)
2017: Dangerous (promo single)
2017: Indian Summer (promo single)
2017: Up In the Wind (promo single)
2017: Brilliant Water (promo single)
2018: Rescue Me (feat. Mish)
2019: I Believe in Love
2019: Salvation
2020: Freedom Is Finally Mine

Videos

The music video was filmed in October 1990 and had its first television premiere in 1991 in Volgograd, Russia. But on the Internet it was officially premiered only 29 years later, on 26 June 2020 on the Slow Motion and Plazma official pages at VKontakte: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6ShZiIl1Eg] Hungry for Love (as Slow Motion)
2000: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfCBoVy6vWM] Take My Love
2000: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMC-yWYFTOY] The Sweetest Surrender
2001: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j53-TdUCoGs] Lonely
2002: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txj9VWiFTJM] You'll Never Meet an Angel
2003: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcCAZM5_gfc] A Bit of Perfection
2004: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3W7YWE-S18] Lonely II
2005: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diwnyl9BioM] One Life
2010: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n0rDauxh04] Mystery (The Power Within)
2016: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-hafohF-wk] Tame Your Ghosts
2019: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNoDDFv3e9c] I Believe in Love

References

External links

[https://music.apple.com/us/artist/plazma/297045638 Official page] at iTunes Store
[https://play.google.com/store/music/artist/Plazma?id=Axrdagrbfxnndznf44pz7wng4ve Official page] at Google Play
[http://www.plazma.ru/ Official site] {{in lang|ru}}
[https://www.instagram.com/plazma_online/ Official channel] at Instagram
[https://vk.com/club60661 Official page] at VKontakte
[https://www.facebook.com/pages/%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B0-Plazma/138883439481712/ Official page] at Facebook
[https://www.youtube.com/groupPlazma Official channel] at YouTube
[http://www.last.fm/music/Plazma?setlang=en Official page] at Last.fm

Category:Russian pop music groups