Moonbeam (band)

Moonbeam is a Russian electronic music project, founded in 2003 by brothers Vitaly and Pavel Khvaleev. The name was coined by one of the project's singers, Chris Lunsford.

Biography 
Vitaly (born September 17, 1979) and Pavel (born May 27, 1984) Hvaleev were born in the city of Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan, Russia. Pavel's mother is Armenian.

Early work 
As students, Pavel and Vitaly began to create tracks, remixes and arrangements using all sorts of samples, and with the availability of computers pursued this more intensely.

Career

2000s 
In 2003, American vocalist Chris Lunsford came to Nizhny Novgorod; the brothers recorded the track "Raven Gypsy" with him, and then created 2 more works: "Consumption" and "Forgotten Grey". At this time the brothers took a new alias, "Moonbeam". In 2004, they released their first single with Portuguese label Feed Me Records.

At the end of 2005, Moonbeam created a platform for the release of their own works, the first Russian digital record label Moonbeam Digital (with sub-labels - Disoma Records and Moon Tribal Records, which have since closed). In the spring of 2008, the brothers went on an international tour, stopping in places such as Miami, Japan, and Australia. 

2009 saw the release of the single "30 Days Of Drought", which was released on the label Proton Music. This was followed by several more releases on various labels.  A month later, the duo opened for Tiësto in the "Tiësto Summer Tour" in Kyiv. The group toured in Germany, The Netherlands, India, France, Japan, Australia, Ukraine, and Russia.

2010s 
In late 2009, Moonbeam announced that they would release a new studio album, titled Around the World, on March 22, 2010, on the label Black Hole Recordings. In 2011, they released a new album called The Secret (Moonbeam Digital).

In late 2014 Moonbeam returned to the studio to record their next international album. The result was Atom, which again followed in the Khvaleev brothers' grand tradition of the untraditional. The first single taken from it, Follow Me, co-produced by Indifferent Guy and sung by Eva Pavlova, was released in mid April 2015, with the album seeing release a month later.

The Random was followed in 2015 by their second motion picture III. The thriller/horror film made Official Selection at a wide range of international film festivals, including FANT & Nocturna, Spain, BIFFF, Belgium and the Imagine Film Festival in the Netherlands. On May 15, 2015, it won the Best Cinematography award at Australia’s prestigious Byron Bay International Film Festival.

On March 5, 2016 at the festival «Trancemission Awakening» Pavel and Vitaly announced the closure of the project and the imminent release of «Eclipse» farewell album. New album "Eclipse" was released on April 25, 2016.

After 3 years off downtime, in 2019 Vitaly Khvaleev has launched Moonbeam.

Radio Show 
Moonbeam produces, since January 2014, "Ticket To The Moon", a monthly one-hour radio show showcasing their own songs as well as those of similar artists.

Discography

Albums 
 Promised Land (?? ??? 2008)
 Прикосновение (Touch) (?? ??? 2008)
 Malaria (12 May 2008)
 Шторм Облаков (Storm Of Clouds) (12 Sep 2008)
 Consumption (22 Dec 2008)
 Around The World (2010)
 The Secret (2011)
 The Random (2013)
 Atom (2015)
 III (2015)
 Eclipse (2016)

Compilations 
 The Remixes (2008)

DJ Mixes 
 What Dreams May Come (2008)
 Moonbeam presents: Space Odyssey - Venus (2010)
 Compiled & Mixed (2013)
 Moonbeam presents: Space Odyssey - Mars (2014)
 Moonbeam Guest Mix at Markus Schulz - Global DJ Broadcast (April 21, 2016)

Singles 

 2005: Raven Gipsy
 2005: Forgotten Grey
 2005: Ocean
 2005: Around Me
 2006: Global Warming (feat. Zhenya Orlova)
 2006: Malaria
 2006: Forgotten Feeling
 2006: Farewell (feat. Oxana)
 2006: Love And Rain
 2006: Rebirth
 2007: Cocoon
 2007: Eclipse
 2007: I Love Mornings
 2007: See the Difference Inside
 2007: Pick Me Up
 2007: Consumption (feat. Chris Lunsford)
 2008: Love Never Dies (with Tyler Michaud feat. Fisher)
 2008: Your Wind Is In My Hands (feat. Blackfeel Wite)
 2008: Storm of Clouds (feat. Avis Vox)
 2008: 7 Seconds (feat. Avis Vox)
 2009: About You (feat. Avis Vox)
 2009: Promised Land
 2010: Distance
 2010: Tiger
 2010: Openhearted (with Tyler Michaud feat. Tiff Lacey)
 2010: The Lilt (feat. Avis Vox)
 2010: Beijing
 2010: Song for a Girl (feat. Blackfeel Wite)
 2011: Dancing of the Ants (pres. Mondstrahl)
 2011: Breathless
 2011: Star Way (feat. Avis Vox)
 2015: Memories (feat. Deniz Reno)

Remixes 

 2007: Minilogue - Seconds
 2008: Marcus Schössow - Chase My Rabbit
 2008: Rachael Starr - To Forever
 2009: Tritonal feat. Cristina Soto - Crash Into Reason
 2009: Matt Darey pres. Urban Astronauts feat. Kate Louise Smith - See the Sun
 2009: Ben Preston feat. Susie - Why We Run
 2009: Dakota - Koolhaus
 2010: The Crystal Method feat. LMFAO - Sine Language
 2011: BT - Love Can Kill You
2013: David Vendetta - Holding On

Videography 

 Moonbeam - "Slow Heart"
 Moonbeam feat. Avis Vox - "7 Seconds"
 Moonbeam feat. Avis Vox - "Storm of Clouds "
 Moonbeam feat. Avis Vox - "About You"
 Moonbeam - "Lacula"
 Moonbeam - "Chirpy"
 Moonbeam - "All For A Dance"
 Moonbeam feat. Avis Vox - "We Are In Words"
 Moonbeam - "Tiger"
 Moonbeam feat. Daniel Mimra - "Look Around"
 Moonbeam - "The Underwater World"
 Avis Vox - "Introspection Attempts (Moonbeam Remix)"
 Moonbeam feat. Blackfeel Wite - "Song for a Girl"
 Moonbeam feat. Avis Vox - "Star Way"
 Moonbeam & Akshai feat. Avis Vox - "Elephant Ride"
 Moonbeam feat. Avis Vox - "Hate Is The Killer"
 Moonbeam - "Motus"
 Moonbeam & Illuminant for Fancy feat. Pryce Oliver - "No Regrets"
 Moonbeam with Eitan Carmi feat. Matvey Emerson - "Wanderer"
 Moonbeam feat. Tomomi Ukumori - "Sensitivity"
 Moonbeam feat. Leusin - "Daydream"
 Moonbeam feat. Avis Vox - "Disappearance"
 Moonbeam feat. Pryce Oliver & Avis Vox - "What Else Is There"
 Moonbeam feat. Jacob A - "Only You"
 Moonbeam feat. Aelyn - "You Win Me"
 Moonbeam - "The Raven"
 Moonbeam feat. Leusin - "Flight (Kairo Kingdom Remix Video edit)"
 Moonbeam feat. Avis Vox - "Madness"
 Moonbeam feat. ARCHNGL - "Sun Went Down"
 Moonbeam feat. Aelyn - "Hero of Hope"
 Moonbeam - "Soulstring"
 Moonbeam - "No One"
 Moonbeam feat. Avis Vox - "13th World"
 Moonbeam & Indifferent Guy feat. Eva Pavlova - "Follow Me"

Filmography 
 The Random (2013)
 III (2015)

References

External links 
 
 
  on YouTube
 
 Moonbeam releases at Beatport
 

Musical groups established in 2003
Russian electronic music groups
Progressive house musicians