ROSTANY

ROSTANY
ROSTANY Electric Toys Show tour (China, 2017)
Background information
Genres	Alternative Dance Music, EDM, House, Complextro, Big Beat, Brostep, Hybrid Trap
Years active	2012 (2012)–present
Labels	VG (Chicago, US)
Members	Viktar Rudenka, Sergei Kuchynski, Albert Krasnov
Website	www.rostany.com

ROSTANY (also stylised ROS†ANY) is a Belarusian 3-piece EDM band who, due to their peculiar stage performance style, can also be characterised as alternative dance music. The trio was formed in 2012 and claimed to be, unlike most representatives of the genre, the first live-only Electro House band playing DJ-style music by manually performing parts note by note, as in traditional music, or triggering sound effect clips, avoiding pre-made solid backing tracks or DJ playback. Since its creation the band has been a radio and TV success in Belarus, winning the Reload of the Year^[1] nomination at the Belarusian Song of the Year Awards 2013 on ONT National Channel and later nominated for National Awards 2014. In 2015 the ROSTANY were invited to compose and produce a soundtrack for Belarusian National Television Awards Televershina^[2] and perform live during the nomination.

ROSTANY advocate the idea of bringing the human element back to the modern "digital" EDM stage performance and fight against finger syncing, emphasising that playing back a studio recording to the public can not be referred to as "live performance". ROSTANY insist that "the audience of a live show deserve more than a play button pressed". Their motto being "We don't fake it - we play it", the band received certain attention on China's club scene and was invited for the first tour around China in 2015, which was followed by 2017 tour when Rostany played their Electric Toys Show in more than 40 big cities around China.