Gazgolder

Gazgolder (also Creative Association "Gazgolder"; Russian: "Газгольдер") is a Russian record label,^[1] club,^[1] production center^[2] and agency for artist production and management. It produces music, video, and film products,^[1] organizes concerts,^[3] festivals,^[4][5] spectacles, exhibitions and other cultural events. The owners are Vasily Vakulenko and Evgeny Antimoniy.^[1][6][7]

Gazgolder
Founded	2005; 20 years ago (2005)
Founder	Vasily Vakulenko, Evgeny Antimoniy
Genre	pop, hip hop, rap, trap, rock
Country of origin	Russia

History

In 2007, Basta became a co-owner of the music label "Gazgolder".^[1]

In February 2014, the rapper Скриптонит joined the label.^[8]

On 24 April 2014, a full-length film was released called "Gazgolder", collecting 37 million rubles in the first week of screenings.^[9]

In February 2016, in the "Gazgolder" club a private screening of the film "Ке-ды" by director Sergei Solovyov was shown, in which Vakulenko was depicted as a military officer.^[10]

In September 2016, the singer Tati left Gazgolder and began a solo career.^[11]

The next festival, Gazgolder Live, occurred on 21 July 2017. The festival featured not only label members Basta, Smoky Mo, Skryptonite, T-Fest, Slovetsky & Sasha Chest, but also ATL, Husky, MiyaGi & Endshpiel, Jillzay and Cvpellv.^[12]

On 11 August new members of "Gazgolder" were revealed on the YouTube video "Айловаю" — the group MODI from Nizhny Novgorod. Their work combines trap-soul, funk, R&B, rap, pop music and new wave. At the end of the year another singer, Matrang, joined the association.^[13]

Personnel

• Nikolai Duksin — director of the production center, label, concert director for Basta^[2][14]
• Natalya Mostakova — PR-director
• Dmitriy Milovzorov — SMM-director
• Igor Klimov — Concert director

List of Members/Associations

Current members

• Олег Груз (since 2005)
• Vasily Vakulenko (since 2005)
  • Basta
  • Noggano
  • N1NT3ND0
  • Gorilla Zippo
• QП aka КРП aka Купэ (since 2005)
• Slovetsky (since 2012)
• Вадяра Блюз (since 2018)^[15]
• Lucaveros (since 2019)
• Тридцать три обещания (since 2024)
• Первый Опыт (since 2023)
• Lumpius (since 2024)
• Mutxntik (since 2024)
• Anikv (since 2019)
• Straniza (since 2019)
• Минаева (since 2019)
• Контаев (since 2020)
• Mika Vino (since 2021)
• DoppDopp (since 2021)
• Zapravka (since 2021)
• Гранж (since 2021)
• Ваня Кургалин (since 2022)
• Kristina Si (since 2022)
• Baho Khabi (since 2022)
• Baby Cute (since 2024)
• The OM (since 2024)
• OBLADAET (since 2020)
• ICEGERGERT (since 2024)

Former members

• DJ Tactics (2010)
• Umbrella (2010)
• Guf (2009–2013)
• Пика (2010–2013)
• Tati (2005–2016)^[16]
• "АК-47" (2009–2016)^[17]
  • Витя АК
  • Максим АК
• "Триагрутрика" (2011^[18]—2016^[17])
  • Jahmal
  • Vibe
  • Ingushit aka Big Mic
  • DJ Puza aka MC Пузырь
• "Нервы" (2015–2017)
  • Женя Мильковский
  • Roman Bulakhov
  • Дмитро Дудка
  • Алексей Бочкарёв
• Tony Tonite (2014–2017)
• Эра Канн (2016–2017)
• Lil Dik (2016–2017)
• Charusha (2015–2018)^[19]
• Lil Kate (2016–2018)^[20]
• Саша Чест (2017–2018)
• Modi (2017–2018)
• Bratia Stereo (2011–2018)
• Skryptonite (2013–2018)^[8]
• Smoky Мо (2005–2020)^[18]
• Tritia (2019–2021)
• T-Fest (2017–2022)
• ODI (2021–2022)
• MATRANG (2017–2024)