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Linda (singer)

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Linda
Linda performing in Berlin in 2015
Linda performing in Berlin in 2015
Background information
Birth nameSvetlana Lvovna Geiman
Born (1975-04-29) 29 April 1975 (age 49) or (1977-04-29) 29 April 1977 (age 47)
Kentau, Kazakh SSR, USSR
OriginMoscow, Russia
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
InstrumentVocals
Years active1993–present
Labels

Svetlana Lvovna Geiman (Russian: Светлана Львовна Гейман; born 29 April 1975/1977), known professionally as Linda (Russian: Линда), is a Russian singer and songwriter.[2] Her style incorporates trip hop, electronic, and ethnic music. Since January 2012, she has been married to Greek composer Stefanos Korkolis,[3] but they split up in 2014.[4]

Biography

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Svetlana Geiman was born in Kazakh SSR. Father – Lev Isaakovich, mother – Alexandra Vasilyevna. She has elder sister Elena.[5]

She studied at Gnessin State Musical College.[5]

Discography

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Studio albums

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Year Album
1994 Pesni Tibetskih Lam (Russian: Песни тибетских лам; Songs of Tibetan Lamas)
1996 Vorona (Russian: Ворона; Crow)
1999 Platsenta (Russian: Плацента; Placenta)
2001 Zrenie (Russian: Зрение; Sight)
2004 AtakA (Russian: АтакА; transcription of Japanese: アタカ)
2006 AleAda
2008 Skor-Piony (Russian: Скор-Пионы; Scorpions or Scor-Peonies)
2013 Lay, Sobaka! (Russian: Лай, @!; Bark, Dog!)
2015 Karandashi i Spichki (Russian: Карандаши и спички; Pencils and Matches)
2020 DNK Mira (Russian: ДНК мира; World DNA)

Remix albums

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Year Album
1994 Tantsi Tibetskih Lam (Russian: Танцы тибетских лам; Dances of Tibetan Lamas)
1997 Vorona. Remix. Remake (Russian: Ворона. Remix. Remake; Crow. Remix. Remake)
2000 Embrion Right (Russian: Эмбрион Right; Embryo Right)
2000 Embrion Wrong (Russian: Эмбрион Wrong; Embryo Wrong)

Compilation albums

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Year Album
1999 Beloe na Belom (Russian: Белое на белом; White on White)
2001 Linda (Russian: Линда)
2005 Pochti Bliznetsy (Russian: Почти близнецы; Almost Twins)
2010 Linda. Luchshie pesni (Russian: Линда. Лучшие песни; Linda. Best Songs)

Singles

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Year Song Formats Album
1993 "Igra s Ognyom" ("Play with Fire") Airplay, music video Non-album single
1994 "Malo Ognya" ("Not Enough Fire") Airplay, music video Pesni Tibetskih Lam
1994 "Tanets pod Vodoy" ("Dance under Water") Airplay, music video
1994 "Sdelay Tak" ("Do That") Airplay, music video
1995 "Devochki s Ostrymi Zubkami" ("Girls with Sharp Teeth") Airplay, music video (2 versions)
1995 "Krug ot Riki" ("Free-hand Circle") Airplay, music video Vorona
1996 "Severniy Veter" ("The Northern Wind") Airplay, music video
1996 "Vorona" ("Crow") Airplay, music video
1996 "Marikhuana" ("Marijuana") Airplay, music video
1999 "I’m Crow" (promo single) CD Non-album single
1999 "Vzglyad Iznutri" ("A Look From the Inside") Airplay, music video Platsenta
1999 "Otpusti Menya" ("Let Me Go") Airplay, music video
2000 "Iznanka Sveta" ("The Underside of Light") Airplay, music video Linda, Embrion Right, Embrion Wrong
2001 "Dve Ulitki" ("Two Snails") Airplay Zreniye
2001 "Shokolad i Sleza" ("Chocolate and a Tear") Airplay, music video
2003 "Tsepi i Koltsa" ("Chains and Rings") (maxi single) CD, cassette, airplay, music video (3 versions) AtakA
2004 "Begi" ("Run") Airplay, music video
2004 "Agoniya" ("Agony") Airplay, music video
2004 "Tak Krichali Ptitsy" ("Birds Was Screaming It") Music video (2 versions)
2005 "Zvonok" ("Phone Call") Airplay Nechotny Voin (Bi-2 side project's album)
2005 "Tay!" ("Melt Away!") Airplay, music video Pochti Bliznetsy
2006 "Ya Ukradu!" ("I'll Steal You Away!") Airplay, music video AleAda
2006 "Tolkay na Lyubov" ("Push Me to Love") Airplay, music video
2006 "Mechena Ya" ("Marked") Airplay, music video
2007 "Lyubov v Konverte" ("Love in an Envelope") Airplay, music video
2007 "Kanenas Pote" ("Never Nobody") Airplay, music video
2008 "Chyorno-Snezhnaya" ("Snow-Black") Airplay Skor-Piony
2008 "Scor-Piony" ("Scorpions" or "Scor-Peonies") Airplay, music video
2008 "Pyat Minut" ("Five Minutes") Airplay, music video
2012 "Marikhuana" ("Marijuana") (feat. ST) Music video Puleneprobivaemy (ST's album)
2012 "Malo Ognya" ("Not Enough Fire") (feat. Fike & Jambazi) Airplay, music video Gde-to... (Fike & Jambazi's album)
2013 "Daleko" ("Far away") (feat. Nike Borzov) Airplay, music video Nechotny Voin 3 (Bi-2 side project's album)
2013 "Oni Tak" ("They Are So") Digital download, airplay Lay, @!
2013 "Lay, Sobaka!" ("Bark, Dog!") Digital download, airplay, music video
2013 "Paranoya" ("Paranoia") Music video
2014 "Poves Menya" ("Hang Me") Airplay, music video
2014 "Dobraya Pesnya" ("Kind Song") (feat. Gleb Samoylov) Digital download, music video
2015 "Idealnaya pogoda chtoby idti k chortu" ("Perfect weather to go to hell") Digital download, airplay, music video Karandashi i Spichki
2015 "Boleyut Vse" ("All People Are Sick") Airplay, music video
2016 "Khochu (Pop-Radio-Mix)" ("I Want (Pop-Radio-Mix)") Digital download
2016 "Kamera Pytok" ("Torture Chamber") Digital download, airplay Illuminator (Ilya Kormiltsev's tribute album of various artists)
2017 "Ospa" ("Smallpox") Digital download, music video Non-album singles
2017 "Novye Lyudi" ("New People") (feat. Coma Soul) Airplay
2017 "Psikhi" ("Crazies") Digital download
2019 "Treshchiny" ("Cracks") Digital download, airplay, music video DNK Mira
2019 "Polozhi Menya Ryadom" ("Let Me Lie Next You") Digital download, airplay, music video
2020 "Ty Nravishsya Mne" ("I Like You") Digital download, airplay, music video
2020 "Katatsumuri" ("Snails") (feat. Noize MC) Digital download, airplay Non-album single
2020 "Nedolyubili" ("Not Loved Enough") Digital download DNK Mira
2023 "Kity-Koshki" ("Whale-Cats") Digital download, music video

References

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  1. ^ Kushnir, Aleksandr (2007). "Chapter IV. Maxim Fadeev Archived 6 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine" (in Russian). Headliners. Saint Petersburg: Amfora. ISBN 978-5-367-00585-1
  2. ^ Слух первый. Линда уже давно умерла от передозировки наркотиков (in Russian). Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Певица Линда: «У меня есть семья — та, в которой я родилась. И меня все устраивает. Новую жизнь можно создать и в музыке»" [Singer Linda: "I have a family - the one I was born into. And I am happy with everything. A new life can be created even through music"]. woman.ru (in Russian). Chelyabinsk: Woman.ru [ru]. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Линда. Исповедь" [Linda. Confession]. premier.one (in Russian). Moscow: PREMIER [ru]. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Линда – 30 лет на сцене: биография певицы, лучшие песни, личная жизнь". www.kp.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 16 October 2024.
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