Aina (Russian band)

Aina (stylized as AINA) is a Russian ethno-music group founded in 2022 in Krasnoyarsk. They sing in Evenki and Russian. [1][2]
The band sings both folk songs and their own compositions, including songs with lyrics of Evenki poets.[1]
Members
- Kseniya Kruchinina - vocals, throat singing, jaw harp
- Grigory Zelenko - bass guitar
- Yuliy Razborov - electric guitar
- Nikita Platonov - drums
- Artemy Novosyolov - sound producer
- Elina Kanzychakova - producer
Kseniya Kruchinina
The soloist of the band, Kseniya Kruchinina. Kruchinina was born in Tura, Krasnoyarsk Krai, the administrative center of Evenkiysky District.[3] She is of Evenki ethnicity and Aina is her stage name meaning "[woman-]savior" in Evenki.[1]
During 2017–2021, Kruchinina was a member of ethno-music group Otyken under the stage name Aisylu.
Albums
References
- 1 2 3 AINA: северная энергетика и эвенкийские легенды (in Russian)
- ↑ Эвенкийская этно-поп группа AINA стала финалистом музыкального проекта «Звук Евразии»
- ↑ «Это вдохновляет»: красноярская певица Aina рассказала о дебютном альбоме Northstar
- ↑ Galgóczi Tamás, Zenék a nagyvilágból – Aina: Northstar – világzenéről szubjektíven 387/1., 3 September , 2023 (in Hungarian)
- ↑ Ангелы и космонавты: Альбомы октября, 28 November 2024 includes a Review of Ekonda