Where did the sun disappear? From the basement to the billboard
Their first concert took place in the basement of a Christian organization, the equipment was taken away for an Andijan wedding, and their popularity started with a local meme, but last year a billboard with their faces already adorned Tashkent City Mall. And this is one of the most interesting and inspiring stories of a band's rise on the scene that you can hear in Tashkent today.
Christian organization and Andijan wedding: the beginning of the journey
The idea of creating the band had been in frontman Arslan Egamberdiev's head for a long time, but its realization only began in the spring of 2023. The first member, besides Arslan himself, was his classmate — the band's ex-bassist Ratmir Safiullin. In the summer of the same year, the first lineup was assembled, and under rather unusual circumstances at that.
I met the guys in a Christian organization that we were all lured into under the guise of an "open mic." Of course, once we realized the catch, we left, but we took with us some very close people for the future.
Arslan Egamberdiev
In the basement of the same Christian organization in the fall of 2023, the band's first concert took place. On an area of thirty square meters, eighty people tried to fit. The musical equipment, which had departed due to force majeure for an Andijan wedding, was replaced by a Chinese Bluetooth speaker, thanks to which the guests were able to hear the acoustic set of the band "Kuda Propalo Solntse?" (Where Did the Sun Go?). The beginning of the journey turned out to be as bright and paradoxical as the band itself: it all started in a basement, accompanied by the rattling speaker of one of the participants.
If you want to find the sun, follow the lanterns: about key tracks and your audience
The audience's initial reaction was rather reserved. The band gained popularity in Tashkent circles but was akin to a local meme. The turning point was the song "under the morning", released in April 2024 — it was with this song that the band finally achieved long-awaited fame. Among the songs that have remained since the band's founding, one can highlight "in summer", which still plays at every concert and is accompanied by the light of dozens of flashlights.
Standing apart from the album "SO'M" is the track "Agarda Yillar" — the group's only Uzbek-language track.
Generally, I love writing in Uzbek and do it quite often, but there's only one such song in the band's discography, so I think that's what makes it stand out first and foremost. It's about a guy who really wanted to impress a girl but didn't have the budget or the status, especially compared to this crush. I don't want to look for parallels in my past life, I'd rather leave that off-screen.
Arslan Egamberdiev
It's already difficult to paint a portrait of a KPS listener today, as both thirteen-year-old kids and their parents come to the concerts, and people over forty also show up in the comments on Instagram posts.
That's pleasing, I've always wanted to make music beyond genre, time, and age.
Arslan Egamberdiev
Eclecticism and Experiments: How the Lost Sun Sounds
Not lo-fi, not dream-pop, not post-punk — Arslan doesn't like dividing his music into genres. After all, the band's music is born from an internal sense of the moment — and that's why it's so diverse. The group's creative work is full of experiments, but if you're looking for the most representative benchmark of their style and sound, it's the album "SO'M".
The group draws inspiration from various, eclectic, and sometimes even slightly paradoxical sources. This includes the atmospheric pensiveness of "Daddy's Olympus", "Poshla Molly", "Mujuice", and the group "SEREBRO" in music; as for the lyrics, here the reflection and healthy cynicism of Scriptonite and Slava KPSS come into play.
If we remove the word 'genre,' I would describe our sound with three words—post-ironic, fresh, with feeling.
Arslan Egamberdiev
The band has no creative taboos, so they experiment and make plans quite boldly. Arslan dreams of writing an English-language album and touring with it across Western Europe and America.
That would be cool, considering I don't speak English and don't listen to anything like that. Who knows, damn it?
Arslan Egamberdiev
This phrase embodies the spirit of the group "Kuda propalo solntse?": self-irony, audacity, but simultaneously a frankness that is reflected in their music.
Festivals, solo shows, and my own studio: continuing the search
The year 2025 proved to be eventful for the group. A performance on X-factor with original material, the "UCHQUN" project from Yandex.Music, and a billboard in Tashkent City. And one of the most significant events in the group's life was the opening of their own recording studio, "SO'M records".
Among the memorable performances, the BIG SUMMER FESTIVAL in Almaty and IOSIS Fest at the Turkistan Concert Hall stand out. As for solo concerts, the band will certainly remember their first sold-out show at the former "Bardak," now the "Sahna" club.
Today, the missing sun is being searched for by two frontmen - Arslan and Emil - and drummer Yasya. As for the name itself, it was born completely by chance and there's nothing behind it. It was invented when the band decided that the old name "Geometry" had outlived its usefulness.
And, if you ask Arslan what is more important in the title—the loss of this sun or its search—he will answer:
We are a group constantly in search of ourselves and what makes us happy.
Arslan Egamberdiev
No one in the group knows where the sun has disappeared to, but probably, if you listen to their songs and join the search, you might find your own.
Who knows?