FRIDAY 16.04.2004 : FRI 16.04.2004 :
AMBASSADOR21, the often imitated but never equaled industrial duo from Belarus. Throughout the past years, Natasha A Twentyone and Alexey Protasov have clearly put their mark on the industrial scene with their harsh, relentless sound and their explosive live performances. And it doesn’t look like their reign of domination is about to end soon. But what would you expect from a band that has the punk-attitude flowing through their veins and lives in the same sick and twisted world you do? AMBASSADOR21 always balance on the edge, their music is a breaking point, where industrial, hardcore, rhythmic noise and EBM blend together in an unique apocalyptic mix.    All their lives Natasha A Twentyone and Alexey Protasov have been associated with music, been involved with local punk bands from their teenage years. Later they became well-known radio DJs on the biggest commercial station in Belarus, still they continued to promote all kinds of alternative music. Then one day they just decided to stop all other work, not be part of the system and be only musicians. Independence is not the easiest way, but the choice was made. December 2001 AMBASSADOR21 was born.   In 2002 AMBASSADOR21 founded their own record label Invasion. During AMBASSADOR21 existence they released bunch of full-length albums, EPs and lots of tracks and remixes for Invasion, Metropolis, Hands, Ant-Zen, Pflichtkauf, Audiotrauma, Out Of Line, PRSPCT, Industrial Strength, Vendetta Music and more. AMBASSADOR21 toured a lot all over the World since 2003 and performed at many events: festivals like Wave-Gotik-Treffen (Germany), M’era Luna in 2010, 2014 and 2017 (Germany), Kinetik Festival (Canada), E-tropolis (Germany), Maschinenfest (Germany), Forms Of Hands (Germany), PRSPCT XL and PRSPCT RVLT (Netherlands), Baroeg Open Air (Netherlands), Ososphere Festival (France), Dark Dance Treffen (Germany), KOMA Festival (Norway), Noxious Art Festival (France), Chauffer Dans La Noirceur (France), Castle Party (Poland), Gogbot Festival (Netherlands), Wroclaw Industrial Festival (Poland), Elektroanschlag (Germany), Resistance Festival (UK), Sick & Twisted (UK), Sickfest (Russia), Dark Easter (Netherlands), Noise Central Festifal (Netherlands) and many gigs in France, Switzerland, UK, Italy, Canada, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, Norway, Greece, Slovakia, Poland, Chech Republic, Russia and Belarus. In celebration of their 15th Anniversary, AMBASSADOR21 released “Human Rage” (CD / 2CD / Picture LP), which was highly marked by fans and media.   In 2018 band played very special show AMBASSADOR21 vs. SUICIDE INSIDE (A21 members side-project) at the last chapter of one of the most iconic industrial music festivals – Maschinenfest (Oberhausen, Germany). This performance has been recorded and released as official live album “Life Is Mortal Art” in the beginning of 2019.   In 2019 NETFLIX used AMBASSAFOR21 track in the official trailer of “Love Death + Robots” show by Tim Miller and David Fincher.   Right now AMBASSADOR21 working on new studio album. All band members closely involved into the process, some other artists bring their visual and sonic ideas, as well. The album will be prefaced with single “HEROIN”.