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Alemdar Sabitovich Karamanov (Алемдар Сабітович Караманов) is a Crimean composer (he wrote the Crimean national anthem) whose prolific symphonism has produced more than 24 symphonies. Karamanov, son of a Russian mother and Turkish father, was born in Simferopol, inland Crimea, on 10 September 1934. Surviving the German occupation from July 1942 to May 1944, he studied at the Crimean Music College in Simferopol and then at the Moscow State P.I.Tchaikovsky Conservatoire (1953-1958). Here, among contemporaries including Rodion Shchedrin, Edison Denisov, Andrey Volkonsky, Sofia Gubaidulina and Alfred Schnittke, he was a composition student of S. Bogatiryov (1953-58), completing his post-graduate studies...

"Карибасы"/"Caribace" (reduction of "Карибские асы"/"The Caribbean aces") is one of St. Petersburg's cult groups in russian reggae culture. It formed in 1987 when Philipp Nikanorov (Philja) met Dmitry Vasiljev (Dim Dimych). At first "Карибасы" played ska, then reggae and dub music. In 1999 the group released their first studio album. It consisted of 10 dub compositions. Later they released 5 more albums. "Карибасы" connect both Petersburg mood and Jamaican nostalgia in their creativity. They lay quiet melodies on a fast rhythm. Band members: Dmitry Vasiljev - bass, guitars, keys, programming; Philipp Nikanorov - lyrics, vocals, guitars, programming (died from cancer...