Open Space (band)

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Open Space
Andrei Malashenko, Maxim Mestovsky, Vitaly Matievsky, Seva Maslov (left to the right)
Andrei Malashenko, Maxim Mestovsky, Vitaly Matievsky, Seva Maslov (left to the right)
Background information
Origin Flag of Belarus Belarus, Minsk
Genre(s) Rock, Indie
Years active 2006–present
Label(s) None
Website www.osband.com
Members
Vitaly Matievsky
Maxim Mestovsky
Seva Maslov
Andrei Malashenko

Open Space is a rock band from Minsk, Belarus comprising Vitaly Matievsky (lead vocals, guitar), Maxim Mestovsky (lead guitar, backing vocals, occasional harp), Seva Maslov (bass) and Andrei Malashenko (drums, percussion). Open Space have recorded their first demo EP "Wake Up" in summer 2007.

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[edit] History

Open Space performing live at Goodwin club
Open Space performing live at Goodwin club

Band's history dates back to January 2006 when Seva Maslov and Vitaly Matievsky first met. They had one thing in common – they wanted to start a rock band. By that time both had some music training and Seva played in a few local bands before. The band's first rehearsal on 12 March 2006 became the date of the band's birth, but it was only after Maxim Mestovsky (guitar) and Andrei Malashenko (drums) became part of the band, when Open Space was complete. Maxim joined the band after second rehearsal and Andrei came in September 2006, when Open Space decided to replace their previous drummer[citation needed]. Andrei was already a local music scene veteran, as he played in popular Belarussian bands Indiga, Papenkinz Band, Leprikonsi, L.I.P, Po Glazam, Impat[citation needed].

In June 2007 Open Space have recorded their first demo EP-disk "Wake Up". The presentation of an album has taken place in the Minsk "Graffity" club on September 13. All tickets have been sold out in a few hours.[citation needed] With the growing popularity Open Space made a tour across Belarus, Russia and Germany. Soon, songs 'In My Head', 'Today', 'Song of the Seaman' and 'Wake Up' from their first EP became very popular and are still broadcasted at prime time on the Unistar, α-radio (most popular belarussian radiostations). Open Space become famous in 2008 for their joint concerts with popular russian and ukrainian bands Segodnyanochyu, Multfilmy, Sergei Babkin (former of 5'nizza) and Singleton.

In april 2008 Open Space have finished their new EP album "Beautiful", which consists of 5 songs and was mostly recorded at Maple Tree studio in Minsk. They presented "Beautiful" in Minsk "Bronx" club on April 25. After what band had a lot of gigs in Belarus and Ukraine.





[edit] Discography

  • Wake Up (EP, 2007)
  • Beautiful (EP, 2008)

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