User talk:Stereoliza

Stereoliza is a pop/hip-hop project of Ukrainian Records/Universal Music Group.

Stereoliza comprise of Katya Shalayeva (vocals and lyrics) and Aleksey Ginchev (music, production).

Katya (the leading vocalist of the group) is an attractive blonde girl in her early twenties. She comes from an educated successful family in Ukraine and led the life of a “good girl” before starting her music career. She graduated with honours from the Institute of International Relations in Kyiv, one of the most prestigious institutes in Ukraine. Nobody could expect that this girl would break all social stereotypes, become a hip-hop performer uttering unorthodox lyrics. Katya writes the lyrics herself and expresses frankly and candidly.

Stereoliza signed their contract with Ukrainian Records/Universal in August 2003. ‘X.Y.Z.’ (’Examine Your Zipper’) became their debut single.

The video for ‘X.Y.Z.’ was shot in New York by Radioactive (NYC). In the first week of rotation (May 15, 2005), ‘X.Y.Z.’ became # 1 on the chart of M1, the most popular Ukrainian music TV channel. This single entered TOP 10s of all the leading Ukrainian radio stations. The next territory the single was launched in was Poland.

In mid–October, 2005, Stereoliza took part in two TV programs on Polish channels, TVP-2 and Bravo TV. In mid-December, they visited Poland again to participate in the video shooting of the New Year’s program of POLSAT TV, which was broadcasted on December 31, 2005.

‘X.Y.Z.’ was put on air of radio ESKA in Warsaw, Poland, in the middle of October, 2005. It stayed in their Hot 20s till January, 2006. Stereoliza also occupied # 7 position of 2005 Annual Hot 100 on Radio Eska. The music video “X.Y.Z.” is in hot rotation on Polish MTV currently (# 2 on their playlist).

The second single of Stereoliza is ‘Corporate Logic’. The video for this song was shot in Los Angeles by Treefilmworks (L.A.) in art-deco (America’s 20s – 30s) style. All outfits were borrowed from Warner Bros. studios in Hollywood. This video was released in Ukraine recently, in the first week of March, 2006. It is currently on # 5 position in the M20 chart of M1 TV-channel.

On April 27, 2006, Stereoliza’s debut album titled ‘Examine Your Zipper’ was released in Ukraine and Poland. The master of the album was done by Brian ‘Big Bass’ (50 Cent, Eminem, No Doubt, Gwen Stefani and many more noteworthy artists).