Vlad (musician)

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Vlad, Jack Spade
Birth name Volodymyr Mikhailovich DeBriansky (Володимир Михайлович Дебрянський)
Also known as Vlad, Jack Spade
Born (1972-01-03) January 3, 1972
Kalush, Ukrainian SSR
Origin Ukraine
Genres pop, jazz , rock , classical
Occupations guitarist, producer, composer
Instruments guitar , drums, piano
Years active 1991—present
Labels Orpheus Music, EMI, Warner
Website www.vladosphere.com
Notable instruments
Guitar , drums , keyboards

Volodymyr (Vlad) Mykhailovich DeBriansky (born 3 January 1972, Kalush, Ukraine), better known by his stage names Vlad (or sometimes Jack Spade), is a jazz, blues, rock and classical guitarist, composer, songwriter and producer as well as an actor.

Vlad was born in western Ukraine in 1972 and studied jazz and classical music as a youth. He was a member of popular Ukrainian bands Forte, Tea Fan Club (Club of Amateurs of Tea, Клуб Шанувальників Чаю) and Loony Pelen (Луні Пелен), with whom he had several hit records in the Ukrainian and Polish charts. He studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts in 1996 and later moved to New York City and then to California in 2000. He released his debut US album, Vladosphere[1] in 2004 on Orpheus Music label. The album became a commercial and critical success with its single "Little Star" climbing to #4 place on Adult Contemporary radio chart bypassing Phil Collins and John Mayer. The following second US album Sun In Capricorn[2] released in 2008 aired mostly on classical music radio stations around the US and received a praise from critics earning a Grammy nomination.

In the Fall of 2009 History Channel aired a series "Nostradamus Effect: Da Vinci's Armageddon" - where Vlad plays Leonardo da Vinci.

It has been announced in June of 2013 on Vlad's official social network page that a new album has been finished and will be released late Summer of 2013. It is also made known that it is going to be released using his alter ego name Jack Spade.

Discography

  • Jack Spade (2013), California Blues, Unis Records 
  • Ruslana (2013), My Boo (Together!), EMI  Producer/Composer/Writer
  • Vlad (2012), Tangled, Unis Records  Artist/Composer/Producer
  • Ruslana (2011), Wow, ShaLaLa, EMI  Producer/Composer/Writer
  • Jack Spade (2010), Silver Moon, Unis Records 
  • TFC (2010), Give Me A Scream, Tears Of Gods, EMI  Producer/Composer/Writer
  • Antonia Bennett (2010), Things We Do For Love, Knightlife Music  Composer
  • Vlad (2008), Sun In Capricorn, Orpheus Music  Artist/Composer/Producer
  • Vlad (2004), Vladosphere, Orpheus Music  Artist/Composer/Producer
  • Freddie Jackson (2000), Life After 30, Orpheus Music  Producer/Composer
  • Miki Howard (1997), Can't Count Me Out, Atlantic / Abili / Hush Entertainment  Producer/Composer
  • Ruslana (1996), In an Instant of Spring. Sonorous Wind, EMI 
  • Loony Pelen (Луні Пелен) (1994), Amok, Molem Music/Loony Pelen, retrieved 2008-03-25  Artist/Composer/Producer
  • Anzhelika Korshinska and Grav' Biser (1993-11-17), Anzhelika Korshinska, Studio Leva, retrieved 2008-03-25 
  • Tea Fan Club (Club of Amateurs of Tea or Клуб Шанувальників Чаю) (1993), Mystery Mirror, TFC 

Vlad also worked with such artists as: Donna Summer, Lauryn Hill, Katy Perry, Tony Levin and Pat Mastelloto (King Crimson), Orianthi, Holly Knight, Marion Meadows, Skyler Jett, Billy Sheehan, Joey DeFrancesco, Rahni Song, Nile Rodgers, and many others.

References

  1. ↑ "Alum Notes: 163". Berklee Today. Berklee College of Music. Retrieved 2008-03-24.  (see 1997)
  2. ↑ "Alum Notes: 193". Berklee Today. Berklee College of Music. Retrieved 2008-03-24.  (see 1997)

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