Apelsin

Apelsin
Origin Tallinn
Genres rock/country/ parody
Years active 1974–present
Members Tõnu Aare
Jaan Arder
Ants Nuut
Aleksander Vilipere
Allan Jakobi
Hillar King
Past members Harry Kõrvits
Gunnar Kriik
Ivo Linna
Mati Nuude

Apelsin (Estonian for Orange) is an Estonian band created in 1974 by Tõnu Aare. Their lyrics are in the Estonian and Russian languages. During the Soviet era their LP albums were issued by the Soviet music monopoly Melodiya. The Russian name of the band was Апельсин. In both Estonian and Russian, the band's name means orange (fruit). Many songs and much of the music of the band are satirical.[1]

Members

The original lineup consisted of Tõnu Aare, Ants Nuut, Harry Kõrvits and Jaan Arder. In 1975, Gunnar Kriik, Ivo Linna and Mati Nuude joined. During 1989-1999 the band was at its smallest, and three of the founding members, Tõnu, Ants, and Jaan, rarely played together.[2] Jaan had joined the historical music band, Hortus Musicus and Ivo and Harry had joined the band, Rock Hotel.[1] In 1999 Apelsin made a fresh start.

Recent line-up

(As of 2006)

Apelsin to Jos

A Swedish manufacturer of juice, Brämhults, launched an advertising campaign in November 2009 called "Apelsin to Jos", which means liteally "Orange to Juice" in Swedish. The slogan is a pun, and the campaign consists of the stunt of sending the band to a Nigerian town called Jos.[3]

Discography

The band released 4 LPs and several CDs.

Note that Estonian LPs produced during Soviet rule were customarily credited in parallel in Estonian and in Russian.

Apelsin 1976 LP

Catalog#: C60-07809 [4]

Lineup
Side A
Side B

Apelsin 1981 LP

Catalog#: C60-15353 / 15978[5]

Side A
Side B

Apelsin 1988 LP

Catalog#: C60-26527-007[6]

Side A
Side B

Apelsin 1989 LP

Catalog#: С60 29169 009

Lineup

Krugozor #11, 1978

Catalog#: Г92-07048/1-1 Krugozor was a musical magazine with flexi-discs issued by Melodiya The issue contained three songs by Apelsin:

References

  1. 1 2 History of the Soviet Rock Music: Apelsin (Russian)
  2. ↑ Apelsin 1974 Tallinn
  3. ↑ Apelsin to Jos
  4. ↑ Apelsin – Apelsin
  5. ↑ Apelsin – Apelsin
  6. ↑ Apelsin – Apelsin

External links

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