Markscheider Kunst (Маркшейдер Кунст) is a ska band from St.Petersburg, Russia. It plays afro-rock, soukous, ska and reggae. Russian musical influences can be heard in their music as well. The band was founded in 1992 by geology students from St. Petersburg. The band has done gigs in many countries, as well as being the opening band for Manu Chao in Moscow in 2002.

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Markscheider Kunst
Markscheider Kunst performing at Faces X in July 2007
Background information
Origin	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Genres	rockabilly country reggae ska jazz
Years active	1992–present
Members	Sergey Efremenko Kirill Oskin Vladimir Matushkin Kirill Ipatov Denis Rachkov Danila Prokopev Yegor Popov Anton Boyarskikh
Past members	Sergey Yegorov Serafim Makangila Mitya Khramtsov Vadim Yagman Aleksey Kanev Ramil Shamsutdinov Mikhail Nikolayev Aleksandr Plyusnin Ivan Neklyudov Anton Vishnyakov Ilya Vymenits Pavel Vasilyev
Website	www.mkunst.ru

Members

Current members

• Sergei Yefremenko (EFR) (1992–present) – guitar, vocals, lyrics
• Kirill Oskin (1992–present) – bass, backing vocals
• Vladimir Matushkin (Nguba) (1995–present) – guitar, backing vocals
• Kirill Ipatov (1995–present) – timbales, conga
• Denis Rachkov (2000–present) – guitar
• Danila Prokopev (2007–present) – drums, timbales
• Yegor Popov (2017–present) – trumpet
• Anton Boyarskikh (2017–present) – trombone
• Ilya Vymenits (1997–present) – timbales, conga, bongos

Former members

• Sergey Yegorov (Snegoriy) (1992–2007) – drums, backing vocals
• Serafim Makangila (1996–2003) – vocals
• Mitya Khramtsov (1996–1998) –
• Vadim Yagman (1999–2002) – trumpet
• Aleksey Kanev (1999–2002) – saxophone
• Ramil Shamsutdinov (1999–2004) – trombone
• Mikhail Nikolayev (2001–2005) – timbales, conga
• Alexander Plyusnin (2003–2017) – trumpet
• Ivan Neklyudov (2004–2017) – saxophone
• Anton Vishnyakov (2005–2017) – trombone
• Pavel Vasilyev (2017–2018) – keyboards

Discography

• Kem Byt? (1994/1996)
• Live in Helsinki (single) (1997)
• St.Petersburg-Kinshasa Transit (1998)
• Krasivo Sleva (2001)
• Na Svyazi (2003)
• Ryba (maxisingle) (2006)
• Café Babalu (2008)
• Utopia (2010)
• FREEDOM (2020)

External links

• Official website
• Markscheider Kunst discography at Discogs

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