Tesla Boy

Tesla Boy
Background information
OriginMoscow, Russia
Genres
Years active2008–present
Labels
  • Mullet [2008–2012]
  • Gorby Reagan [2012–present]
Members
Past members
  • Mike Studnitsyn
  • Stan Astakhov
  • Leo Zatagin
  • Dmitry Midborn
  • Konstantin Pokhvalin
  • Boris Lifshits
  • Igor Gribov
  • Igor Ten
  • Roman Nochevnyy
Websitewww.teslaboy.com

Tesla Boy is a Russian synthpop band formed in 2008 by sound producer, songwriter and musician Anton Sevidov.

History

From an early age, Anton Sevidov learned music through his father's old vinyl collection that included Ray Charles, Prince, Stevie Wonder and Blondie.

The activity of the band began from the recording and spreading online the demo consisting of five tracks, which were released as "The Tesla Boy EP" later.

Mullet Records, a British record label, suggested to release a mini album with five tracks. "The Tesla Boy EP" uploaded in winter, 2009, official release was in September, and later autumn the album of remixes was dropped.

In 2010, Tesla Boy released a new album Modern Thrills.[1] There was a presentation of it in club Strelka. The band was in the line-up of Afisha’s Picnic again, also Tesla Boy had a show on EXIT festival, in Serbia with Midnight Juggernauts. Then the band had their first concert tour in Barcelona, Spain. By the end of 2010, Tesla Boy had a concert in Tromsø Norway, festival Insomnia.[2]

In 2011, Tesla Boy had their tour in Scandinavia (Sweden and Finland) and released the song "In your Eyes" under the French label Kitsuné.

In 2012, Tesla Boy had a concert tour in New York, US, they gave a show at Webster Hall and at Full Moon festival.[3]

In December 2012, the band presented maxi-single "Split",[4] which included two new songs "Another light", "Split" and remixes for "The Myriads", "Pioneerball" and "SoundSAM". Martin Dubka, an English sound producer helped Tesla Boy with the new tracks. Also at the same time, the band released their new video for a song "Split". It was directed in New York, in September 2012 by the Andrey Krauzov.

In March 2013, the single "1991" was dropped. On 21 May, Tesla Boy presented their new album "The Universe Made of Darkness". It came to the ITunes top in Russia, US, Mexico and Europe. There were three shows in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kyiv dedicated to the album and more than 15 thousands of fans visited those shows. Band went on tour to Mexico twice in a year and the big tour to the USA in September. In summer 2013 Tesla Boy released a new video for "Undetected" presented on website of Jay-Z.[5]

In 2015 Tesla Boy released single "Nothing".[6] By the end of the year Tesla Boy had a little concert tour in four USA towns: Los Angeles, San-Francisco, Portland and Seattle.[7] The new program from the band was presented on 20 March in 2016 in Gogol Centre. At the same time Tesla Boy released a video for "Nothing", which was put in the SXSW (Austin, Texas) and Berlin Music Video Awards festival programs.[8]

In summer 2016 the band dropped their new EP — "Moses" with five songs on it, and moreover, they presented a new clip "Circles" (director Ryan Patrick).[9]

There was a premiere of the single "Compromise" from the new album "Remedy" on 7 September.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Year Title Album
2009 The Tesla Boy EP[11] Extended plays
2009 The Tesla Boy EP Remixed[12] Extended plays
2009 Electric Lady[13] Modern Thrills
2010 Thinking of You[14] Modern Thrills
2010 Liberating Soul Modern Thrills
2011 Rebecca[15] Modern Thrills
2012 Fantasy[16] The Universe Made of Darkness
2012 SPLIT[17] The Universe Made of Darkness
2013 1991[18] The Universe Made of Darkness
2013 Undetected[19] The Universe Made of Darkness
2016 Nothing[20] Nothing
2016 Circles[21] Moses
2018 Compromise[22] Remedy
2019 Холод уйдет[23] Андропов

Music videos

Year Title Album
2009 Electric Lady Modern Thrills
2010 Thinking of You Modern Thrills
2011 Rebecca Modern Thrills
2012 Fantasy The Universe Made of Darkness
2012 Split The Universe Made of Darkness
2012 Another Light Split
2013 Broken Doll The Universe Made of Darkness 2014 Keyboards & Synths Keyboards & Synths
2016 Nothing Nothing
2016 Circles Moses
2018 Compromise Remedy
2020 Прогулка Прогулка

Musicians

Anton Sevidov — vocal, keyboards, sound production (2008–present)
Peter Dolsky — bass, keyboards (2018–present)
Ilya Kazantsev — percussion (2018–present)
Kirill Glezin — drums (2019–present)


Dmitry Midborn – bass (2008–2012)
Konstantin Poko Cox Pokhvalin – guitar, back vocals (2010–2012)
Boris Lifshits – drums (2008–2010)
Leo Zatagin – bass (2012–2018)
Stan "Pioneerball" Astakhov – guitar, keyboards (2013–2018)
Mike Studnitsyn — drums, back vocals (2010–2019)
Igor Gribov — guitar (2018–2019)
Igor Ten — sax (2018–2019)
Roman Nochevnyy — guitar (2019)

Tesla Boy's song "Spirit of the Night" was featured in Forza Horizon's in-game radio station "Horizon Pulse".[24]

References

  1. ^ "Tesla Boy - Modern Thrills (Mullet) | Bearded Magazine: The Home of Independent Music". Beardedmagazine.com. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Insomnia fredag". Driv.no. 15 September 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Full Moon: Yacht + Sneaky Sound System + Gigamesh + Tesla Boy | in New York". Timeout.com. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  4. ^ "[Audio] Tesla Boy's' Split'". Electronicrumors.com. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  5. ^ Life+Times. "Life+Times Video Premiere: Tesla Boy "Undetected"". lifeandtimes.com. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Meet Tesla Boy – An Exclusive Interview". Raannt.com. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  7. ^ "How to Make It in America, Russian Indie Band-Style". newsweek.com. 6 June 2015.
  8. ^ "Tesla Boy "Nothing"". Ryanpatrick.us.
  9. ^ "Tesla Boy "Circles"". Ryanpatrick.us.
  10. ^ "Tesla Boy – The Universe Made of Darkness". Soundcloud.com. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  11. ^ "Tesla Boy – 'The Tesla Boy EP'". Itunes.apple.com.
  12. ^ "Tesla Boy – 'The Tesla Boy EP Remixed'". Itunes.apple.com.
  13. ^ "Tesla Boy – Electric Lady (Official Video)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  14. ^ "Tesla Boy – Thinking of You (Official Video)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  15. ^ "Tesla Boy – Rebecca (Official Video)". YouTube. Retrieved 21 May 2013.[dead YouTube link]
  16. ^ "Tesla Boy – 'Fantasy'". Clixie. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  17. ^ "Tesla Boy – 'SPLIT'". Soundcloud.com.
  18. ^ "Tesla Boy – '1991'". Soundcloud.com.
  19. ^ "Tesla Boy – 'Undetected'". Soundcloud.com. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  20. ^ "Tesla Boy – 'Nothing'". Soundcloud.com. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  21. ^ "Tesla Boy – Circles (Official)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  22. ^ "Tesla Boy – Compromise (Official)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  23. ^ "Tesla Boy – Холод уйдёт". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  24. ^ "Listen To Forza Horizon's Awesome Soundtrack Before The Game Is Released". Jalopnik.com. 25 September 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2018.