Triangle Sun
Russian-born downtempo project with international compilation presence.
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Triangle Sun is an international pop/electronic, downtempo, and chillout band created in 2004 by international musician and composer Alexander Knyazev. Based in Los Angeles, the project's compositions are included in world music collections such as Café del Mar, Buddha Bar, Mykonos 2019, and more than two dozen compilations. Triangle Sun songs are rotated in 53 countries.
Quick Facts
- Origin
- Moscow, Russia
- Genre
- electronic music
- lounge
- downtempo
- chillout
- pop
- indie
- Years active
- 2004–present
- Label
- TSM
- Current members
- Alexander Knyazev
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History
Triangle Sun began its rise in 2004 by winning the Russian festival Cafe Del Mar Lounge, then traveled to Ibiza to perform at the world-famous Café del Mar and won there as well. The track Beautiful was licensed by Café del Mar XIII, bringing the project popularity in Europe and America. In summer 2005, Triangle Sun headlined the Parliament Lounge festival. The project was subsequently included in the Café del Mar compilation series and performed at the Global Gathering 2007 festival in London. The debut album Diamond was released in September 2007 on Diamond Records. In 2009, Alexander Knyazev founded his own label, TSM. In 2010, Mars licensed Knyazev's track Moments as a soundtrack for a Dove chocolate television commercial in the American market. In 2011, French label Wagram included When you go forward in the thirteenth volume of the Buddha Bar series. Since 2011, Triangle Sun has been in global rotation on MTV, as well as on VH1 in Brazil and VIVA TV in Germany and Poland. In 2013, the project received the Golden Gargoyle award for Best electronic project of the year. In 2015, the band performed at the cultural program of the Formula 1 Russia Grand Prix in Sochi. In 2016, Triangle Sun headlined Vogue Fashion's Night Out 2016 and SNC NET DAY 2016. In 2017, it headlined GQ's 100 most stylish and Maxim magazine's 100 sexiest women in Russia events. In 2018, the project headlined an ELLE magazine event in Russia.
Members
Alexander Knyazev, born in Moscow on 21 April 1984 and based in Los Angeles, is the founder, vocalist, composer, and programmer. He is a permanent jury member of the Russian National Music Award, composed music for the main video of the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, and hosts the program Relax Single on Relax FM. He also wrote music for the Expo 2017 world exhibition in Astana and the opening ceremony of the historical stage of the Bolshoi Theatre. Pavel Kovan is the drummer.
Soundtracks
In 2006, the composition Buddha was used as the main musical theme for the film Slide directed by Anna Kelchevskaya. In 2012, the song When you go forward was licensed for the feature film Everything is simple directed by Sonia Karpunina. In 2016, the same song was licensed for the film Box directed by Eduard Bordukov. In 2018, Buddha was licensed by a Los Angeles film studio for the film Ray Meets Helen.
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