{{Short description|Russian musical group}} {{unreliable sources|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = AloeVera | image = | caption = Vera Musaelyan, AloeVera | image_size = | landscape = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = Yekaterinburg, Russia | genre = Indie rock, Pop rock, Jazz-rock, Krautrock | years_active = 2011–present | label = | website = {{URL|http://aloeband.ru/}} | current_members = Vera Musaelyan, Artyom Klimenko, Grigory Basov, Yury Pushkarev, Mikhail Endza, Stanislav Landyrev | past_members = Alexander Volkhin, Vasily Skorodinsky, Sergey Karmanov, Anton Shokhirev, Vladislav Alipov }} '''AloeVera''' is a Russian musical group from Yekaterinburg, performing music in the pop rock style.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sobaka.ru/ekb/entertainment/music/35366|title=Мы дотянули до Весны. Группа «АлоэВера» выступит 16 апреля в галерее «Свитер»|website=Собака.ru|date=2015-03-29|access-date=2025-02-14|language=en|archive-date=2024-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224103410/https://www.sobaka.ru/ekb/entertainment/music/35366|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.last.fm/ru/music/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%8D%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0|title=АлоэВера: музыка, видео, статистика и фотографии|website=Last.fm|date=2024-08-16|access-date=2025-02-14|language=en|archive-date=2024-09-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911235715/https://www.last.fm/ru/music/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%8D%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0|url-status=live}}</ref> The group's name is a play on words; "Алоэ" (Aloe) is a plant name, while "Вера" (Vera) is a common Russian female name and also means "faith".
== History == AloeVera was founded in 2011 in Yekaterinburg and became a prominent representative of the Ural music scene. The only permanent member of the group is the vocalist and songwriter Vera Musaelyan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/ru/lider-gruppy-aloevera-a-byla-ne-uverena-cto-prodolzu-pet/a-69534483|title=Лидер группы "АлоэВера": Я ощутила, что меня больше нет – DW – 02.07.2024|website=dw.com|access-date=2025-02-14|language=en|archive-date=2025-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250114165647/https://www.dw.com/ru/lider-gruppy-aloevera-a-byla-ne-uverena-cto-prodolzu-pet/a-69534483|url-status=live}}</ref> Over the years, the band's lineup has changed repeatedly, but by 2014, the group had found its current sound. Performing pop-rock, AloeVera released three successful albums and won the love of fans, combining high-quality musical experiments with energetic and lively performances.<ref name=":0" />
== Band members == thumb|AloeVera in 2014 The band's lineup has been quite fluid, including current and former members:
* Vera Musaelyan<ref name="EkatO">{{cite web|title=«В гастроли на электричках»: как уральская группа покорила Урганта и покоряет всю страну|url=https://www.e1.ru/text/culture/2015/06/03/52816101/|website=www.e1.ru|publisher=Екатеринбург онлайн|date=2015-06-03|accessdate=2022-05-05|language=en}}</ref> – vocals, songwriter, creative activity (2011–present) * Artyom Klimenko<ref name="EkatO"/> – bass guitar, guitar, acoustics, recording, mixing, arrangements (2012–present) * Mikhail "Ninja" Endza<ref name="EkatO"/> – guitar, sound engineer * Evgeny Pyankov – keyboards * Stanislav Landyrev<ref name="legav"/> – trumpet (2015–present) * Yury Pushkarev<ref name="legav">{{cite web |title=Молодая, перспективная группа АлоэВера |url=https://legav.ru/aloevera/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313224613/https://legav.ru/aloevera/ |archive-date=2022-03-13 |accessdate=2022-05-05 |website=legav.ru |language=}}</ref> – drums (2014–present)<ref name="sibdepo"/> * Anton Shokhirev<ref name="sibdepo">{{cite web |date=2014-11-12 |title=«АлоэВера»: заслужить нелюбовь ещё приятней |url=https://sibdepo.ru/reading/aloevera-zasluzhit-nelyubov-eshchye-priyatney.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331201334/http://sibdepo.ru/reading/aloevera-zasluzhit-nelyubov-eshchye-priyatney.html |archive-date=2019-03-31 |accessdate=2022-05-05 |website=sibdepo.ru |language=en}}</ref> – drums (2012–2014) * Vladislav Alipov<ref name="legav"/> – trumpet * Rostislav Kundik<ref>{{cite web|title=Интервью звукорежиссёра Ростислава Кундика|url=https://ru.yamaha.com/ru/news_events/2021/20211116_rostislav_kundik.html|website=ru.yamaha.com|date=2021-11-16|accessdate=2022-05-05|language=en}}</ref> – sound engineer * Sergey Karmanov<ref name="legav"/> – saxophone (2011–2012, joined Sansara) * Grigory Basov<ref name="legav"/> – guitar, sound engineer (2012–present) * Alexander Volkhin – guitar (original lineup)<ref name=":0" /> * Vasily Skorodinsky – bass guitar (original lineup)<ref name=":0" />
== Discography ==
=== Studio albums === * 2011 – ''Kazhduyu moyu vesnu'' (Every Spring of Mine)<ref>Not a numbered album</ref> * 2012 – ''Styd'' (Shame) * 2014 – ''Legche'' (Easier) * 2016 – ''Kak bogi'' (Like Gods)<ref>{{Cite news |author=Mazhaev |first=Alexey |date=2016-11-10 |title=Рецензия: «АлоэВера» - «Как боги» *** (Слушать) |url=https://www.intermedia.ru/news/302417 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124220108/https://www.intermedia.ru/news/302417 |archivedate=2018-11-24 |accessdate=2018-11-24 |work=InterMedia |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=Anna Brom |date=2016-11-24 |title=Рецензия на альбом {{!}} АлоэВера - Как Боги (2016) |url=http://rockcult.ru/review/aloevera-kak-bogi-2016/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124220321/http://rockcult.ru/review/aloevera-kak-bogi-2016/ |archivedate=2018-11-24 |accessdate=2018-11-24 |work=Роккульт |language=en}}</ref> * 2018 – ''Alimono''<ref>{{Cite news|title=Рецензия: «АлоэВера» - «Алимоно» ***|author=Alexey Mazhaev|url=https://www.intermedia.ru/news/329133|work=InterMedia|date=2018-11-12|accessdate=2018-11-24|archivedate=2018-11-25|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125030709/https://www.intermedia.ru/news/329133|language=en}}</ref> * 2022 – ''Sdelayem vid'' (Let's Pretend)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://meduza.io/feature/2022/12/30/ty-skidyvaesh-audio-kak-moya-strana-bombit-tvoy-dom|title=«Ты скидываешь аудио, как моя страна бомбит твой дом» Группа «АлоэВера» выпустила антивоенный альбом «Сделаем вид»|website=Meduza|access-date=2023-02-23|archive-date=2023-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223123322/https://meduza.io/feature/2022/12/30/ty-skidyvaesh-audio-kak-moya-strana-bombit-tvoy-dom|language=en}}</ref>
=== EPs === * 2013 – ''Ya provyol leto'' (I Spent the Summer)<ref>Collection of remixes of unreleased songs from the album "Legche"</ref> * 2016 – ''Derzhi menya v kurse'' (Keep Me Posted)
=== Singles === * 2015 – "Begi" (Run) * 2016 – "Kapitan" (Captain) * 2018 – "Lyotchiki" (Pilots) * 2020 – "Platye v tochku" (Polka Dot Dress) * 2020 – "Chtobytselovat'sya" (To Kiss) '''Singles (as featured artist)''' * 2017 – "Soldat" (Soldier) (feat. ''Prostyvshiy passazhir tramvaya № 7'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.yandex.ru/album/4669383|title=Солдат|accessdate=2017-09-22|archive-date=2017-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923002654/https://music.yandex.ru/album/4669383|language=en}}</ref> * 2020 – "Medoed" (Honey Badger) (feat. ''Dima Simonov''; Abbalbisk remix)
=== Live albums === * 2017 – ''Dozhd' (Zhivoye vystupleniye)'' (Rain (Live Performance)) * 2017 – ''Layv 5 let'' (Live 5 Years) * 2018 – ''Pro muzhey i kapitanov'' (About Husbands and Captains) * 2020 – ''Chtobytselovat'sya'' (To Kiss)
=== Other appearances === * 2012 – ''Okhota 39'' compilation (''"Nesuraznaya"'') (Bomba-Piter label)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bomba-piter.ru/shop/product/ohota-39-intman-1689|title=Охота 39|author=|website=|date=|publisher=|access-date=2019-12-27|archive-date=2019-12-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227052902/https://bomba-piter.ru/shop/product/ohota-39-intman-1689|language=en}}</ref> * 2012 – Re:Аквариум ''("Marina")'' * 2017 – My vyshli iz Kino. Tribyut Kino ''("Syuzhet dlya novoy pesni")'' * 2024 – Rossiyane – Pamyati Alekseya Navalnogo<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://the-flow.ru/news/rossiyane-pamyati-navalnogo|title=Влади, Noize MC, Земфира, Fuze и другие выпустили 10-минутный трек "Памяти Алексея Навального"|website=The-Flow.ru|access-date=2024-03-28|archive-date=2024-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327211605/https://the-flow.ru/news/rossiyane-pamyati-navalnogo|url-status=live|language=en}}</ref> * 2024 – Mirnye ogon'ki 2024 * 2025 – Mirnye ogon'ki 2025
== Media appearances == In June 2012, the band first appeared on the TV channel Russia-1 in the program "Profilaktika".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYs2S3OO-nU |title=Эфир программы «Профилактика» |website=YouTube |access-date=2017-09-29 |archive-date=2019-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220074456/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYs2S3OO-nU&gl=US&hl=en |language=en}}</ref> During the broadcast, the group performed several new, unreleased tracks that differed significantly from what the group had previously performed. Following this, AloeVera was invited to Radio Mayak for the "Chayka" program with host Semyon Chayka, where the band gave an hour-long concert live.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9JqMlRQQAU |title=Выступление в программе «Чайка» на радио «Маяк» |website=YouTube |access-date=2017-09-29 |archive-date=2019-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220074503/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9JqMlRQQAU&gl=US&hl=en |language=en}}</ref> In July of the same year, AloeVera appeared in the program "Mgnoveniya" with Alex Dubas on the TV channel Dozhd.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tvrain.tv/teleshow/moments/kak_vyzhivat_muzykantam_i_pisateljam_v_sovremennyh_uslovijah_internet_rynka_polnaja_versija-329671/ |title=Эфир программы «Мгновения» на Дожде |access-date=2013-11-12 |archive-date=2013-11-12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112150113/http://tvrain.ru/articles/kak_vyzhivat_muzykantam_i_pisateljam_v_sovremennyh_uslovijah_internet_rynka_polnaja_versija-329671/ |language=en}}</ref> That same summer, AloeVera participated in the tribute project Re:Аквариум, dedicated to the anniversary of the band Aquarium.
The album "Styd" (Shame), with its bold, ironic songs, attracted media attention. Reviews of the album appeared in publications such as Kommersant<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2070127 |title=Стыд. АлоэВера |access-date=2013-11-10 |archive-date=2013-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110173547/http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2070127 |language=en}}</ref> and Moskovsky Komsomolets.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mk.ru/culture/zd/article/2013/01/24/802890-privorot-ili-panatseya.html |title=Приворот или панацея? |access-date=2013-11-12 |archive-date=2013-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112145256/http://www.mk.ru/culture/zd/article/2013/01/24/802890-privorot-ili-panatseya.html |language=en}}</ref> The provocative cover of the album "Styd" was included in the top ten best covers of the year according to the editors of the magazine Russian Reporter.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://rusrep.ru/article/2012/12/27/oblojki |title=Поставить и полюбоваться: 10 лучших русских обложек дисков |access-date=2013-11-10 |archive-date=2013-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110173835/http://rusrep.ru/article/2012/12/27/oblojki |language=en}}</ref>
In February 2013, the band appeared on the program Vecherniy Urgant on Channel One Russia as a musical guest.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://urgantshow.ru/page/21427/23795 |title=Эфир в программе «Вечерний Ургант» на Первом канале |access-date=2013-11-10 |archive-date=2013-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110175348/http://urgantshow.ru/page/21427/23795 |language=en}}</ref> The song "Ne pomnyu – ne bylo" (I Don't Remember – It Wasn't There) gained widespread popularity. During the year after the release of the album "Styd", AloeVera appeared several times on Nashe Radio in the program "Zhivye", and the song "Kazhduyu moyu vesnu" from the album "Styd" began to be played on Nashe Radio.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3gKn7HOscQ |title=Эфир в программе «Живые» на «Нашем радио» |website=YouTube |access-date=2017-09-29 |archive-date=2019-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220074502/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3gKn7HOscQ&gl=US&hl=en |language=en}}</ref> 2015 ended with [http://radiomayak.ru/videos/video/id/1465815/ a live concert] in the studio of Vladimir Matetsky on radio station "MAYAK".<ref>{{Cite web|accessdate = 2016-02-17|title = Студия Владимира Матецкого. Живой концерт. Группа «АлоэВера» / Радио Маяк|url = http://radiomayak.ru/videos/video/id/1465815/|publisher = radiomayak.ru|archive-date = 2015-12-29|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151229233828/http://radiomayak.ru/videos/video/id/1465815/|language=en}}</ref>
On February 26, 2016, AloeVera visited Radio "Komsomolskaya Pravda", where they played [http://www.kp.ru/daily/26499.5/3367587/ a live concert]. In an interview between songs, Vera Musaelyan admitted that her journalism education gave her nothing, and in medical publications, she wrote columns in the style of "tested on myself."<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.kp.ru/daily/26499.5/3367587/|title = Live. Группа «АлоэВера»|author = РАДИО «Комсомольская правда» {{!}} АО ИД «Комсомольская правда»|publisher = РАДИО «Комсомольская правда» {{!}} АО ИД «Комсомольская правда»|accessdate = 2016-02-29|archive-date = 2016-02-29|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160229142300/http://www.kp.ru/daily/26499.5/3367587/}}</ref>
In March 2017, the group appeared in Mikhail Kozyrev's program "LIVEнь" on the TV channel Dozhd.<ref>{{Cite web |author= |date=2017-03-29 |title=«Публичный дом в центральной библиотеке»: живой концерт группы «АлоэВера» на Дожде |url=https://tvrain.tv/lite/teleshow/liven/liven_aloevera-431048/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708162145/https://tvrain.ru/lite/teleshow/liven/liven_aloevera-431048/ |archive-date=2017-07-08 |access-date=2017-07-07 |website=«Телеканал „Дождь“» |publisher= |url-status=live|language=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.yandex.ru/album/4250848|title=Ало��Вера — Дождь (Живое выступление) на Яндекс.Музыке|author=|website=|date=|publisher=}}{{Dead link|date=February 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{dead link|date=March 2020|bot=InternetArchiveBot |language=en}}</ref>
In 2018, a track by the group was used in the TV series "Sled. Den'gi, kotoryye pakhnut" (Trace. Money That Smells).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8UmlfLB9bo|title=След - Деньги, которые пахнут|author=След - новый сезон|website=YouTube |date=2018-03-08|accessdate=2018-03-08|archive-date=2019-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220074501/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8UmlfLB9bo&gl=US&hl=en|language=en}}</ref>
== Festivals == In the summer of 2013, AloeVera performed in Moscow at the [http://www.rock-roof.com/ Rock on the Roof] festival on the roof of the ArtPlay design center,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.artplay.ru/events/festival-rock-roof.html |title=Line-up фестиваля Rock on the roof |access-date=2013-11-10 |archive-date=2013-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110175356/http://www.artplay.ru/events/festival-rock-roof.html |language=en}}</ref> at the Rock-Line festival in Perm,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://rock-line.ru/publ/842 |title=Программа фестиваля «Rock-Line'2013» |access-date=2013-11-10 |archive-date=2013-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110174424/http://rock-line.ru/publ/842 |language=en}}</ref> at the Wafest festival<ref>[http://www.wafest.ru/all/air/muzyka-na-wafest-1.html Музыка на WAFEst-2013. Участники] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112145029/http://www.wafest.ru/all/air/muzyka-na-wafest-1.html |date=2013-11-12 |language=en}}</ref> in Nizhny Novgorod, and at the Nashestvie festival.<ref>[http://nashestvie.ru/ru/programm Программа фестиваля Нашествие 2013] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101155308/http://nashestvie.ru/ru/programm |date=2013-11-01 |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, the musicians visited Dobrofest, Nashestvie. In 2015 – the anniversary Wafest festival in Nizhny Novgorod, Indie Love in Izhevsk, Rock-Line in Perm, and also took part in the large-scale project Ural Music Night in Yekaterinburg. In 2016, they became one of the headliners of the [http://oldnewrock.ru/ "Old New Rock"] festival, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Sverdlovsk Rock Club, Ural Music Night and Stereoleto in St. Petersburg. And in 2017, AloeVera performed at the Tambov rock festival Chernozem.
== Music videos == * In the summer of 2012, AloeVera released their debut music video for the single "Ne bylo" (It Wasn't There),<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHGSwDa4XNY |title=Клип АлоэВера «Не было» |website=YouTube |access-date=2017-09-29 |archive-date=2018-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207215956/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHGSwDa4XNY |language=en}}</ref> which soon became an anthem for partygoers and Friday night parties.{{Citation needed|date=September 2015}} The video director is Yuliana Stich, known for her work with the bands Obe Dve ("Milyy", "Gonshchiki"), Bi-2 ("Lyubov' i nenavist'"), Fruktovy Kefir ("Pop-korn i oreshki"). A review of the video was published in the magazine Russian Reporter.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://rusrep.ru/article/print/10025692/ |title=«Русский репортер»:10 лучших песен года, написанных женщинами |access-date=2013-11-10 |archive-date=2013-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130213033529/http://rusrep.ru/article/print/10025692/ |language=en}}</ref> * In the spring of 2013, AloeVera released two more music videos for the songs "Nesuraznaya" (Awkward) (filming crew "Svet")<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjbnneUa3Yo |title=Клип АлоэВера «Несуразная» |website=YouTube |access-date=2017-09-29 |archive-date=2018-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817085737/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjbnneUa3Yo |language=en}}</ref> and "Doktor" (Doctor) (directed by Yuliana Stich).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3dSMbm1aws |title=Клип АлоэВера «Доктор» |website=YouTube |access-date=2017-09-29 |archive-date=2018-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405045113/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3dSMbm1aws |language=en}}</ref> * In September 2013, a music video for the song "Glad'" (Smooth) was released. Director – Yuliana Stich.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHG2XRzxvmo |title=Клип АлоэВера «Гладь» |website=YouTube |access-date=2017-09-29 |archive-date=2016-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007054153/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHG2XRzxvmo |language=en}}</ref>
== Singles and covers == * In 2012, AloeVera participated in the project Re:Аквариум. The cover version of the song "Marina" was among the top three songs performed by women. * In 2014, AloeVera recorded the song "Robot" together with the band Brazzaville and Zemfira. The band's vocalist wrote the lyrics for the Russian-language verse and performed it. * In 2015, in honor of Victory Day, AloeVera made a cover version of the song "General" by the band Kino. The video from the studio during the recording of the cover instantly spread on the Internet and received high praise from critics.{{Citation needed|date=September 2015}} * In 2017, AloeVera took part in the project My vyshli iz Kino. Tribyut Kino, where they performed the song "Syuzhet dlya novoy pesni" (Plot for a New Song) by the band Kino from the album Nachalnik Kamchatki.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.yandex.ru/album/4474749|title=Мы вышли из кино. Трибьют Кино на Яндекс.Музыке|author=|website=|date=|publisher=|access-date=2017-07-07|archive-date=2019-05-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505190952/https://music.yandex.ru/album/4474749|language=en}}</ref> * In early 2020, two singles were released: "Platye v tochku" (Polka Dot Dress) – a song about the Moscow protests of the summer of 2019; and the song "Chtobytselovat'sya" (To Kiss), timed to coincide with a concert on Vera's birthday.
== References == {{Reflist|2}}
Category:Russian indie rock groups Category:Musical groups from Yekaterinburg Category:Musical groups established in 2011