TEMA (group)
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| TEMA | ||
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 Amy, the current TEMA
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Amy Nesonov | |
| Also known as | Ami | |
| Origin | Russia | |
| Genre(s) | Electronica | |
| Years active | 2004 – present | |
| Label(s) | The First Musical Publishing House of Russia | |
| Website | http://supertema.ru/ | |
| Members | ||
| Amy | ||
| Former members | ||
| Sasha Anokhina Nastya Kotova Alia Mari |
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[edit] Original TEMA
TEMA was created by Maugly Jr., a former rapper turned musical producer, in May 2004. The two members were Sasha Anokhina and Nastya Kotova. TEMA was signed to "The First Musical Publishing House of Russia." Their debut album, released on July 27, 2005, was titled "Просто Я Фанатка" (Prosto Ya Fanatka), meaning "I Am Simply A Fan" or "I am Just A Fan" Two official music videos were released for the album, for the song titled "Это Тема" (Eto Tema, or What An Idea), and "Lyubov Vnutrivenno" - which shows Sasha and Nast'ya being rejected by their idols. In the video for "Это Тема!", Ivan Shapovalov acts with Sasha, and the two appear to be having sex. Another video was released sometime that year, for a song that was not on the album titled "Raditatsia."
Their single "Kto Esli Ne Ya?" when released caused many t.A.T.u. fans to think it was them, which was later confirmed by t.A.T.u.'s management that the song was not by t.A.T.u. TEMA's management later confessed to passing the rumor to gain popularity. TEMA have also been compared to t.A.T.u. for many of their manners and such.
During the year of 2005, tension grew between the ТЕМА girls, the producer and the company. On an unknown date, Sasha and Nastya decided to leave the studio, and went along with their PR manager, Natalia Kulesh. They attempted to negotiate contracts behind Maugly Jr.'s back, which forced him to take action. He denied them allowance to the name "ТЕМА", and restricted them from singing any of the songs that were produced under his name.
After being denied the name rights, the girls changed the group's name to "DNK." The meaning behind the name is unknown, but fans believe it can either be a translated name for "DNA", or an acronym for "Devochki Natalia Kulesh" which means "Natalia Kulesh's Girls" in English. For unknown reasons, the girls again changed the name to "ТЕ МА" and "TE MЫ". The girls then, desperate for music were contacted by Steven Blake, an independent music producer from North east, England. Blake - the producer of two bands in America titled T.R.A.U.M. and Strip|Tease. Blake sent many of the groups demos to Natalia Kulesh hoping for a response. Natalia Kulesh interested in a song by project T.R.A.U.M. contacted Blake and made negotiations with him for the most popular T.R.A.U.M. single "Lost", which was re-vamped featuring only Kristina Bush on vocals and turned into what is now known as "Za Proshayu" - an official demo from the Ex-Tema girls. Shortly after the T.R.A.U.M. (Kristina Bush and Mandy Kinder) and Strip|Tease (Tim Reed and Lindsay Anderson) members found this out, both groups left Blake to work on their own. Blake was left with only one group to produce, not meeting the requirements of his publishing company in London, he was soon dropped and lost contact with Kulesh and the Ex-Tema girls. This is the last known professional move made by the Ex-Tema girls. It has also been rumored that the name was changed to "Devochka Problema," "Transformer Box," and most recently "Theme Box," the name which will accompany a new album and a tour in 2007.
[edit] Discography
- 2005 Просто Я Фанатка (Prosto Ya Fanatka)
[edit] Non-Album Tracks
- Menya Vstavlyaet
- Davai Splusuyemsa
- Radiatsia
- Za Proshayu (Demo; Steven Blake and Kristina Bush)
[edit] TEMA, Attempt two
After the complications with the former TEMA girls, the producer Maugly Jr. promised fans that TEMA would live on, but with new girls. With the production company, he did search for new members. They decided on two new girls, Alia (A war correspondent for the РИА Новости news agency in Russia) & Mari (A Japanese girl, who sings Japanese in the songs). There were issues with the release of the song and the girls, being that Alia needed to work, and Mari's father was reluctant to allow anything go on with her daughter and Maugly Jr. In October 2005, their first song "Pozvonyu" (I'll Call) was recorded. The song was about a friendship that was ripped at the seams, because of betrayal. This song is actually about the relationship Maugly Jr. shared, with his old girls, in the TEMA group. Fans predicted that by January 2006, the group would be released. However, Alia left Russia on a business trip for her work, and Mari's father didn't allow her to be in the group (due to a scrap between Maugly Jr. an a gang). Mari returned to Japan.
[edit] Non-Album Tracks
- Pozvonu (I'll Call)
[edit] Current TEMA
After the four girls had left the group TEMA, Maugly Jr. decided to quit working with real women for his group TEMA. What is known about TEMA currently, is that it consists of one member: Amy Nesonov. Amy is a computer generated woman, voice, body all. Several demo tracks were written, by Frederick Newton (A song writer from Los Angeles, California). Plans were made for Amy to sing the English tracks because most of TEMA's fans are based out of Russia. Lyrics written for Amy can be found at nativeLIFE.
No tracks have been released yet.
