Naik Borzov was born in Moscow . Yet in 1986 at the age of 14, Naik organized his band. A legendary Moscow band “Infekciya†(Infection) became the first trash-pank project in the Soviet Union . Up to 1990, “Infekciya†recorded six home albums, the majority of which has been lost. During the band existence two full-scale albums were recorded at a studio: “ Onanizm†in 1990 and “Hole For Navel†in 1992. After this the band broke up . Concurrently with “Infekciya†Naik was involved in some other projects. It was mainly a band “Huy Zabej†widely known among fans of original Russian swearing chanson that recorded about 20 albums.
In 1992 Naik Borzov started his solo career with the first album “Immersion†.
In 1994 the second album called “Closed†was recorded.
In 1996 the band “Infekciya†celebrated its 10 years existence. At that time yet without instrumentalists within two days Naik recorded an “Infection†album “Take Your Bitch On Hands†where all instruments were played by him along.
In 1997 the third solo album “Puzzle†was recorded.
In January 2000 a new album “Superman†was recorded.
In summer 2000 Naik re-recorded the song “Little horse†, and in July the homonymous maxi-single was recorded.
In December 2000 in “Snegiri†studio Naik Borzov recorded a collection reissue “Supermend†. It was complemented with the song “Quarrel†that was not yet recorded before, new remixes and some versions of the known songs.
In 2001 the song “Quarrel†entered a sound track of “Down House†filmed by Roman Kachanov.
Naik's concert “Supermend†in March 2001 in a famous music hall “Gorbushka†was the final one in his “Supermend†tour and drew the line in the 2000 “Supermen†trilogy. It included the album “Supermenâ€, a maxi-single “Little Horse†and an amended re-edition “Supermendâ€.
Soon after the concert “Snegiri†company released VHS “Naik Borzov. Supermend. A concert in Gorbushka†. Besides the concert shooting, a film of Felix Zelinsky provided viewers with ingenious animation done by Andrey Vrady and Andrey Ayrapetov.
In the meanwhile, “Splinter†album was preparing to release and was unveiled firstly with a maxi single “Nusinam†. As a bi-side it was added with a song “An ordinary day†.
In November 2002 Naik Borzov introduced an album “Splinter†. To promote the album, Naik launched a large-scale “Splinter-tour†rounded off with a great solo concert in Moscow .
On 11 November 2003 it was the first “Nirvana†performance staged by Yuri Grymov, where Naik played Kurt Cobain. Performances were acting till April 2004 gathering full house. On 7 and 8 February 2004 “Nirvana†went on tour to St. Petersburg .
In December 2003 Naik's radio-single “For love†was recorded.
In 2004 Naik Borzov worked as a producer of album of his wife Ruslana Borzova and developed new project “Bobrs Mutants†(Beavers-mutants) which music he specified as “neo-pank with trance elementsâ€.
On 18 November 2005 it was the premier of a joint project of an artist Vadim Stashkevich, the musician and composer Naik Borzov and a theatre-studio “Mokhsira†named “Sagaalgan's Mysteries†.
On 26 November 2005 Naik made presentation of “DVD 10†. The disc included 10 video clips created during partnership with “Snegiri-music†company.
On 14 March 2006, it was the first performance of a romantic movie story “KostyaNika. Summer time†. The movie sound track was with Naik Borzov's song “Dreams†.
On 14 December 2006 “The Best Infection..s For Girls†of “Infekciya†was presented in a Moscow club “Ikra†. In 2006 “Infekciya†was twenty and it experience relived interest to the first Russian trash-pank music group. Thereat, Naik decided to release a collection of the best things of the band from three studio albums. Presentation of a new record participated with “Huy Zabejâ€, “Time to Shit†bands and the revived “Infekciya†became an outstanding and unprecedented festival of trash music.
DiSCOGRAPHY:
LPs:
ZANOZA
(Splinter)
(2002)
SUPERMEN
(2000)
GOLOVOLOMKA
(Puzzle)
(1997)
ZAKRYTO
(Closed)
(1994)
POGRUJENIE
(Immersion)
(1992)
SINGLES / MAXI-SINGLES / VARIOUS ARTISTS COMPILATIONS:
Radi Lubvi
(For Love)
Various Artists From the Earth Planet
(2004)
Nusinam
(2001)
Supermend
(2000)
Lowadka
(Little Horse)
(2000)
VIDEO:
DVD 10
(2005)
Supermend
(live at Gorbushka)
(2001)
MORE INFORMATION:
PERSONAL MYSPACE PAGE
FANS COMMUNITY (in russian)
PERSONAL LIVE JOURNAL (in russian)
