Mirage (Russian band)
1980s Russian pop group
Mirage (Russian: Мираж, romanized: Mirazh — Mirage) is a Soviet Russian pop group founded in Moscow in 1986 by Russian composer-keyboardist Andrey Litjagin.
Biography
1986–1988
Mirage borrowed their musical style from other eurodisco groups of the time such as Modern Talking and Bad Boys Blue.
Gulkina and Suhankina shared vocals on the debut album The Stars Await Us (Russian: Звёзды нас ждут) . The group toured without Suhankina, who was attempting a career as a professional opera singer, and using her pre-recorded vocals on the tour.
Litjagin decided to create several "doubles" of Mirage to simultaneously tour different Russian cities, with the vocalists performing along with the studio session recording done by Gulkina and Suhankina. Among the new performers on stage were guitarist Igor Ponomarev, keyboardist Roman Zhukov, drummer Sergei Solopov, dancer Svetlana Razina (also the girlfriend of Litjagin), and "vocalists" Tatiana Ovsiyenko and Irina Saltykova.
Financial and creative disagreements led to Gulkina quitting the group in 1988. After the separation, Gulkina felt entitled to perform under the name Mirage, as she had provided most of the vocals. Litjagin and Sokolov prevailed in the Mirage name use issue; Gulkina formed a new group called Stars.
The second album Together Again (Russian: Снова вместе) was released in 1988 with only Suhankina featured on lead vocals.
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