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PPK
PPK
Origin	Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Genres	Trance
Years active	1999–2003, 2010–2011
Labels	Perfecto Records
Past members	Roman Korzhov; Alexander Polyakov; Sergey Pimenov

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PPK (Template:Lang-ru) was a Russian trance duo that was based primarily in Rostov-on-Don. The group consisted of Sergei Pimenov and Alexander Polyakov.^[1] The name 'PPK' is the abbreviation of founding members' initials; K was for short-time member DJ Kordj (Roman Korzhov).

Career

PPK became known internationally due to their single "ResuRection", which was available to download for free on mp3.com. A few million people^[quantify] downloaded it and such a wave of popularity brought to signing a contract with Paul Oakenfold's Perfecto label and was used to celebrate the New Year 2003 in Warsaw, Poland (seen on Sky News Active, 31 December 2002). This song was the first from a Russian act or USSR act to ever enter the UK Singles Chart. The song reached number 3 in the UK and Sergei Pimenov, Alexander Polyakov and band's manager Yury Marychev were awarded with Silver Disc award certificated by British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and indicated sales of over 200,000 copies in the UK alone.

"ResuRection" was based on the original melody written by Eduard Artemyev from the 1979 Russian (Soviet) movie Siberiade and contained, in some remix versions, vocal samples of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin^{[citation needed]}. The Artemyev melody was later played in the opening ceremony for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, with a small girl holding a red balloon.

"Reload" was based on the melody "Zodiak" from an album "Disco Alliance" by Latvian electronic rock band Zodiaks. In early 2004 the duo released a remix of Minimalistix's 2003 hit Magic Fly.

The group finally broke up in 2011 after rejoining for a small concert tour in Russia in 2010.

On 23 February 2016, former member Roman Korzhov died from cancer.^[2]

Discography

Studio albums

1998 Чувствуйте неспать!
2002 Reload
2002 Russian Trance: Formation

Singles

2000 "I Have a Dream"
2001 "Hey DJ!"
2001 "ResuRection" - UK #3^[1]
2002 "Reload" - UK #39^[1]
2002 "Reload" / "Russian Trance"

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 414. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ "Один из основателей группы «ППК» умер от рака". Retrieved 2017-10-05.

External links

Official website
mp3.com.au
PPK at Russmus.Net
(in Russian) Alexander Polyakov
(in Russian) pimenov.ru
(in Russian) iRecords — Alexander Polyakov's label

[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-1] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 414. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

[2] "Один из основателей группы «ППК» умер от рака". Retrieved 2017-10-05.

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