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Without Limits (BEЗ OBMEZHEN') is a Ukrainian rock band that started its activity in the Transcarpathian city of Mukachevo in 1999.

The band's line-up has changed, with Serhiy Tanchynets as its leader and vocalist.

The majority of the band's repertoire is in Ukrainian.

Beginning
The band began its career in Mukachevo, where it first announced itself to a wide audience on 14 January 1999. Back then, the team of young musicians included: Serhiy Tanchynets, Ihor Rybar, Vladyslav Vorobets, Serhiy Popovych.

2005—2006
In 2005, the band took part in the Ukrainian finals of the Global Battle Of The Bands festival and was named "the best new band in the Western region of Ukraine".

In 2006, the band signed a contract with a producer and from that moment began their professional musical activity.

First album, 2007
In 2007, the band changed their Ukrainian name "BEЗ OBMEZHEN`" to "Without Limits" and released their first album "Underground", as well as created their debut video with the same name. In the first days of rotation, the song became a leader in the M2O chart on М1. The video remained in the top ten of the programme's videos for several months.

Change in the band's composition, 2008
In 2008, the band's line-up changed and has remained almost unchanged since then.

Anthem for a hockey club and participation in a TV show, 2011-2012
In the autumn of 2011, the band presented a lyric video for the song "Tell Me" on the М1 TV channel, directed by Oleg Borshchevsky.

In 2012, in support of the Berkut hockey club, the musicians created an anthem with the same name, and at the end of 2012, a corresponding video appeared.

In the spring of 2012, the group took part in the Song Unites Us song telethon on the Pershyi TV Channel. The song telethon lasted 110 hours and was attended by 2012 participants, and was included in the Guinness Book of Records and the National Register of Records of Ukraine.

Cooperation with the film industry, 2012-2013
In autumn 2012, Mykhailo Dobosh released a short film Somnium Adveho Verus. Nocturnum 1, starring the band's leader Serhiy Tanchynets, and the band's guitarist Ihor Rybar, in addition to appearing in the film, became the composer of the film.

In 2013, the band, together with singer Lida Aksenich, recorded a duet song called "Vzletaya", which became the soundtrack to Oleg Borshchevsky's short film Nympho, which was screened at the Cannes Film Festival.

Festivals and other activities of the band
In June 2013, the band took part in the annual international festival Rock Sich, which took place on Trukhaniv Island and was founded by Oleg Skrypka.

The group took part in one of the episodes of the programme "Music for Adults with Maria Burmaka".

In September of the same year, the band performed at the Oktoberfest and since then has been a regular participant in the concert programme of the annual Kyiv beer festival.

At the end of 2013, the band restored its Ukrainian-language name –– BEЗ OBMEZHEN'.

2014—2015
In early 2014, the band presented the song "Mum's Words", which was dedicated to the heroes of the Heavenly Hundred. The lyrics were written in 20 minutes, and the musicians later created music for it.

In the spring, the band played a series of patriotic concerts under the slogan "Without War", and in the summer, together with other musicians, they went on a tour "Let's Support Our Own" in the cities of Donbas, covering 15 cities, with civilians and Ukrainian soldiers as the audience.

The band performed several times on the main stage of the Slava Frolova Art Picnic, which takes place every year and lasts from spring to late autumn.

During 2014, the band filmed and presented two music videos "Pour Me Wine" and "Winter". The band won the all-Ukrainian festival "Rock Summer Fest. By ProstoRadio", attended the "East Rock" festival, and toured extensively.

In early 2015, the public was presented with a dance performance called Sugar Independence, dedicated to the memory of the Heavenly Hundred. This performance was a staging of the life of Ukrainian society in the autumn and winter of 2013-2014. The ballet from Western Ukraine by the MADRIN Dance Theatre performed on stage with musical accompaniment, and two songs by the band - "Mum's Words" and "The Rising Hawk" - were also used.

In April 2015, the band completed work on their third album, titled #DYHAYUTOBYU (Breathing you), which took two years to complete. The disc contains 10 tracks, including the songs "Pour me some wine", "Winter" and "Mum's words". The band performed the latter at the presentation together with Natalka Dzenkiv (LAMA). Oleksandr Lezhnev (Vivienne Mort), Anna Zakletska and Olga Nesterenko (Vroda Rodu) took part in the recording of some of the songs.

In May, the band performed at the TattoCollection 2015 international tattoo festival and, together with YouCrane, arranged a mini-tour of Western Ukraine with the final concert in Kyiv. In June, the band visited Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi and performed at the Rock Bulava festival.

The musicians continued to support the Ukrainian military in the Joint Forces Operation (Ukraine) zone with concerts and participate in various social projects.

Together with the duo VRODA, in autumn 2015, the band presented the duet song "Dole Moya" and its video.

2016 and «Х-factor-7»
In early 2016, a TV version of the band's concert was filmed as part of the M2 TV channel's M2 LIVE project.

The same year, the musicians took part in the X-Factor 7 (Ukrainian TV series) vocal show, performing the song "Without Her, No Way" at the audition. Konstantin Meladze praised it as follows: "Real men played real rock music. It's a great song, which is extremely rare in our country. It deserves to be liked by millions of people". In autumn 2016, the video for this song was released. According to the band's frontman, participation in The X Factor was the impetus for their creativity that they had long lacked. The band reached the 4th live show and left the show due to a lack of viewer votes. After the project, the band held a concert for their fans.

2017
On 12 February 2017, the band released the album "5 Minutes", which features nine new songs with a total duration of just over 30 minutes, including the two previously released singles "Tonu" and "5 Minutes", one of which gave the name to the entire release. In addition, the list of tracks includes two collaborations - the songs "My Fate" (feat Ivan Leno and Vroda) and "Angels Cry" (feat Lilya Vavrin), as well as five new compositions. The album's premiere could not take place without consolidating the new material at live concerts, so starting from 14 December, the musicians toured Ukraine, covering more than 20 cities and ending in the capital.

The summer of 2017 was the most festival-oriented for the band, with a total of 12 Ukrainian rock festivals attended by BEЗ OBMEZHEN', namely:


 * Razomfest in Lviv
 * Rock&Buh FEST - Khmelnytsky
 * Tarasova Gora motorcycle festival - Cherkasy region.
 * Atlas Weekend - Kyiv
 * Velykyi Kazan - Zhytomyr oblast (region).
 * Fine City Festival - Ternopil
 * Impulse Fest - Kharkiv
 * Bandershtat - Lutsk
 * Home fest - Odesa
 * She.Fest - Morintsy
 * Drive for life fest, Kolomyia
 * RespublicaFEST - Kamianets-Podilskyi.

On 16 September, BEЗ OBMEZHEN' played a charity concert in London, organised by London Euromaidan, with all proceeds going to help the military in the Joint Forces Operation (Ukraine) zone. Also in September, the band presented the single "Want", which was first performed live at a silent concert. The intimate performance took place on 14 September 2017, in the open air at the Roof concert venue in Kyiv. The band's new composition was created by sound producer Artur Danielyan. In support of the single, the band toured for two months in 17 cities. The first concert took place in Lviv.

2018
On 8 February, the band premiered the video for the song "Want", and in April, they presented their 4th studio album, "I'll Be With You!", and went on a large-scale tour in support of it, which included about 40 cities in Ukraine. The band also visited festivals, including Bandershtat, Zaxidfest, Bulba Fest and Grono Festival. In the summer of the same year, the band released a video for the song "November". The work on the video was entrusted to the famous director Viktor Skuratovsky. A whole room in the Mogilevtsev Mansion, known as the Chocolate House in the centre of Kyiv, had to be converted for the shoot. In the autumn, the band released a video for the song "Volya", which became the official soundtrack to the film, and a video for the song "I'll be with you" (Budu z toboy). The band also took part in the filming of the film Me. You. He. She

To present the album "I'll be with you", the band went on tour, covering more than 100 cities in Ukraine. On 18 December 2018, the tour ended with a large-scale concert at the Kyiv Sports Palace, which was attended by 8,000 people and broadcast live by M1 TV channel.

2019
On 14 January 2019, on the occasion of its 20th anniversary, the band released the single "Zori Zapalali", which gained more than 2 million views in less than a month. A month later, on Valentine's Day, the band presented the official video.

On 20 February 2019, the band released the video "My Country", which is dedicated to the Day of Remembrance of the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred. It is based on the events that took place during the Revolution of Dignity and the further development of our history. The video was directed, shot and edited by Oleksandr Kulyk, with footage from military television also used.

On 7 May, the band released the single "Billions", in which they talk about their incredibly powerful and sincere feelings. According to the band members, they would really like people to feel free to tell each other about such feelings, write letters of love and share their love.

In early August, BEЗ OBMEZHEN' pleased music lovers with a new video for the song "Billions", which became the title track of the studio album of the same name. The fresh minimalist video is full of symbolism, which emphasises the main message of the song. The video was created by Anna Tanchynets-Stefanska. "We are filled with billions of different emotions, and I would like to see these emotions not kept inside us, but shown to those people about whom and for whom they are really about," shared the idea of the video "Billions" Serhiy Tanchynets, leader of Bez Obmezheniy, author of the music and lyrics. The video was directed by Vlad Razikhovsky, for whom this is his third collaboration with the band. "The story will not be clear at once, but only by the final shots will the viewer understand what we were trying to convey," the director comments.

On 25 August, the band premiered their new album "Billions" at the Spivoche Pole in Kyiv. In support of the album, the band has already announced a large-scale tour in Ukraine and abroad, which will include more than 120 cities. The capital's concert will take place at the largest arena in Ukraine, the NSC Olimpiyskiy, on a special date - 24 August 2020.

Almost simultaneously with the premiere of their new mini-album Milliardy, Bez Obmezhennya presented a video for one of its tracks, Lullaby, which became the official soundtrack of the film «Zaboronenij».. In fact, the video features episodes from this very film, which tells the story of the last years of the life and work of the famous Ukrainian poet and dissident Vasyl Stus. The clip also shows photographs of the real prototypes of the characters in this story.

The band joined the campaign "This is how memory works", dedicated to the memory of Danylo Didik and all those who gave their lives for Ukraine's independence.

In 2019, according to TopHit, BEЗ OBMEZHEN' collected 49,927,326 views on YouTube.

2020
On 29 May, BEЗ OBMEZHEN' held Ukraine's first car concert on the territory of a former airport.

2022
After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the band decided to replace the letter "Z" in the name "BEЗ OBMEZHEN`" with the Ukrainian "З", as Russian troops use the "Z" symbol to denote their equipment and forces.

They were engaged in charity fundraising on a tour of European and American cities where they managed to raise $130,000.

Private limited company "BEЗ OBMEZHEN`"
In January 2018, the band was registered as a legal entity in the form of a private limited company. The beneficial owners of Private limited company "BEЗ OBMEZHEN`" at the time of its foundation were the band's leader Serhiy Tanchynets and the band's producer Oleh Khodachuk. In June of the same year, Maksym Tkachenko, better known as the head of the KVARTAL-CONCERT company, which also organises and promotes BEЗ OBMEZHEN` performances, joined the company's beneficial owners. Before being elected to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the list of the Servant of the People party, Maksym Tkachenko was listed as a co-producer of the band. Since May 2020, his business partner Andriy Oparin has become the owner of his share in the company.

Members

 * Sergey Tanchynets - vocals,
 * Oleksandr Adamenko - bass guitar
 * Alexey Berezhny - drums
 * Andriy Radko - guitar
 * Igor Rybar - guitar and keyboards

Former members

 * Viktor Yantso
 * Vladyslav Vorobets
 * Vasyl Logoyda
 * Ivan Zimenko
 * Vladyslav Skrypka
 * Serhiy Popovych

Discography

 * 2007 — «Underground»
 * 2015 — «#DИХАЮТОБОЮ»
 * 2017 — «5hvilin»
 * 2018 — «Budu z toboyu!»
 * 2019 — «Milyardi»
 * 2021 — «Vilni miydi»