Irene Nelson

Irene touring with her jazz band untill she met songwriter/producer Vlad Tyurin Creator and producer of one of Europe’s hottest and biggest-selling pop acts, Reflex, Tyurin has written many songs for other artists and worked closely with Reflexmusic record label which released Paul Van Dyk, the Reflex albums, and The Bhangra Knights project. Tyurin invited Nelson to collaborate with him on a dance project, and Reflex was born. Working with such musicians as the German hit-maker Dj Bobo, System in Blue, Secret Service, Dj Freza, Dj Voodoo, and Great Britain band The Bhangra Knights, Tyurin, created out of Irene, the most successful group of Russia, the band released 8 albums and successfully toured Europe, the U.S. and Asia.

For 4 years Reflex became the most outstanding dance project on the Russian pop-stage and winning an amazing amount of musical awards, including 3 Russian Grammy Awards: 2004 “Dvizhenie” (The Movement premium) for best video “Non Stop”. In 2006, Reflex was awarded the giant Svarovsky Crystal for Russia’s most fashionable artist on Fashion TV. 2002 “Golden Gramophone” (Russian Grammy premium) for “Soyti s uma” (“I lose my mind”) like Song of the Year; 2002 “Pesnya goda” (Song of the Year premium) for “Perviy raz” (“For the First Time”) like Song of the Year/Debut of the Year; 2001 “Ovation” premium for Best Composer (“I lose my mind”) and 2000 “Muzikalny Podium” (Music Podium premium) award for the most fashionable achievements made in music to name just a few, and 2007 “Golden Gramophone” (Russian Grammy premium) for “Tanzy” (“Dances”).

In 2007 Nelson and Reflex were at the pinnacle of their success. Not only was Irene Nelson named “FHM Magazine’s Top 100 Sexiest Women on the Planet,” but Reflex would go on to win their 3rd Golden Gramophone for a recurring hit: “Dances.” It was during the acceptance speech that Nelson stunned the worldwide audience by announcing her departure from the group. Nelson elaborates: “I had been feeling unfulfilled, I needed to grow and to evolve, and I knew that the only way I could do so would be to leave. I went to a lovely mountain retreat in the United Arab Emirates. I lived completely alone for 2 months, completely cut off from the world with no electricity or running water. I practiced meditation and lived in total quiet. When I returned from my retreat, I was better equipped with a new form of self-expression that I like to call romantic rock.”

THE Band

Vocals: Irene Nelson

Keyboards: Vlad Tyurin

Guitar: Patrick Abbate

Bass: Deon Estus

Drums: Tano Di Antonio