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Artist: Стелла (Stella)
Release: Лестница Фортуны (Lesnitza Fortuny)
Genre: AOR/Melodic Rock
Country: USSR
Bitrate: mp3/hVBR
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This Soviet band was quite a bright flash on the pan of the rock-scene in Perestroika times. It was founded back in 1988 by singer Alexander Kirsanov and bass-player Vladimir Shiryayev to play trendy keyboard-driven melodic hard-rock/soft-metal.

What you're about to find here is refined AOR with catchy melodic hooks and dominating keyboards resembling some scandi-AOR combos. Side A is more of an uplifting hitter, and side B is soft and emotional ballad.

This single (limited to 30.000 copies) became Stella's peak achievement in the AOR domain – following the then-trends it quickly went pop and split-up a few years later.

https://www.discogs.com/release/6447651

Line-up @ 7"EP:
Alexander Kirsanov - vocals
Vladimir Shiryayev - bass
Edouard Gerasimov - guitar
Oleg Chenchikov - keyboards
Igor Zhuravel - drums
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1. Лестница Фортуны / Lesnitza Fortuny (The Ladder Of Fortune)
2. Коварный Май / Kovarnyi Mai (Insidious May)

Стелла - Лестница Фортуны