| Markize | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Paris, Moscow |
| Genres | Rock Electro Pop |
| Years active | 2003-present |
| Labels | Edenrecord Underclass Metal Agen |
| Website | Markize.com |
| Members | |
| Alina Dunaevskaya David Verbecq Franck Chentrier Julien De Feyssal |
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Markize is a French-Russian Rock/Pop/ Electro band, founded in 2003 by the singer-songwriter Alina Dunaevskaya and drummer David Verbecq.
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The music of Markize, "a real personality with french-russian roots", is "mostly rock" with "pop, electro and metal guitar riff touches", mixing "classical strings, groovy rhythms and ethereal atmospheres" - all transported by "aerial vocals combining power and lyrism".
The project was originally founded by Alina Dunaevskaya (Vocals) and David Verbecq (Drums) in 2003, they were later joined by Franck Chentrier (Guitars) and Julien De Feyssal (bass).
A demo disc Poussières de Vie (2004), warmly welcomed by critics and public, marks a hopeful appearance of the band on the independent rock/metal scene.
After an invitation to appear on the compilation Contre vents et marées of French Metal in 2006, the first album Transparence was born in March 2007. Critics (France, Russia, USA, UK) are very encouraging "A real personnality and a class worth of the greatest" (Metallian), and public is present.
Markize then performed concerts in France, Belgium and Holland together with such bands as The Old Dead Tree, Cult of Luna, Eths and Watcha and were invited to appear on the American compilation A World of Sirens with their track "Another Breath".
In 2008 an independent production "Eye Shot" flashed on the band and decided to invite Markize to a TV program. Result: three acoustic videos "In My Dream", "Transparence" and "Poussières de Vie" and the video clip "Mon Ange" are regularly broadcast on the main music channels (NoLife, MTV, MCM, Virgin 17).
After participatiing on the French Metal compilation A Tombeau Ouvert, a stock shortage of the first edition of their album and further to increasing requests, Transparence was republished in April 2009 with acoustic bonus tracks and videos in France but also was out officially in a special edition in Russia. The band started then a new tour of over 50 dates in France and Belgium as a headliner that propelled them in the row of leading and best selling bands of the French independent rock-metal scene.
In 2010, French artist RoBERT fell in love with Markize and invited Alina Dunaevskaya to sing a duet in the famous Parisian theatre hall: the Olympia, on 27 March 2010. This performance was immortalized by a DVD issued in October 2010, where Alina appears as a Guest of Honour.
In September 2010, Tarja Turunen chose Markize to play with her on the most beautiful scenes of Europe. The band followed Tarja as her Main support in Poland, Ukrain, Czech Republic, Holland, United Kingdom, Finland, France, Switzerland, Germany and Belgium.
After having strengthened their experience of the first release and after their tours (over than 150 dates through Europe), Markize entered the studio to record their new album together with professionals as Laurent d'Alessio (Aston Villa, Dun Leîa) and Guillaume Mauduit from Studio Sainte Marthe (AqME, Zuul FX, The Arrs). Issue for the end of 2011.
Videos :
Fans discovered many songs of the new album by attending Markize's shows: