Location: Río de Janeiro We are excited to announce the release of the English version of t.A.T.u.’s[1] Happy Smiles album in Latin America. It was decided to switch the LP’s name from “Happy Smiles”[2], under which it first saw the light in Russia in 2008, back to the name of the early days of album’s production – Waste Management. Actually the time has come to say it straight the “Happy Smiles” name was nothing more than a joke addressed to the t.A.T.u. fans’ sense of humor. Really, this album was all about “Unhappily Unsmiling” in its very essence. To be more precise, it was Waste Management. WM will be released by the Brazilian label Coqueiro Verde Records in Brazil, Argentina and Chile. Waste Management is not just a mere Happy Smiles’ clone. “You should listen to this version of our LP non-stop at least once to feel what we tried to create. We call this version “pinkfloydish” among us”, explains Lena Katina. “Pink Floyd was not the only band who did it this way, but we can say it was them who inspired us. Waste Management has got all songs bound together by short instrumental interludes composed by our author Evgeniy Matveitsev. This version of the LP is one continuous music trip”. The concept of continuity was also applied to the work on music videos: The Sparks (220) imagery flows smoothly into the Snowfalls (Snegopady) video. All of the WM tracks were re-recorded in the English language, except Martian Eyes. English lyrics translated from Russian by Leonid Aleksandrovsky, go far beyond the original Russian lyrics of the album. The album includes a number of remixes including a remix by Russian dj and musician Fly_Dream who happen to be familiar to t.A.T.u. followers already, and also a remix by a new American author dj Sniper. “We made our album more than just musically enriched, we have also changed its design – cover, booklet”, says Yulia Volkova. “While preparing this release we understood that everybody was a bit bored by the existed artwork. So now, instead of astronauts and Martian landscapes, look for the two trash-styled girls in shabby coats on the cover!” www.tatu.ru Official site www.youtube.com/tatu Official YouTube www.myspace.com/tatu Official MySpace blog.tatu.ru/Media Media blog / All important media coverage [1] t.A.T.u. is the first and so far the last Russian band that achieved global success. [2] Russian album Happy Smiles was also released digitally on iTunes, Amazon and other major on-line music stores. In the biggest iTunes Store USA the album reached 25th place in Top Pop Albums Chart and went up to 92th place in Top 100 Albums Chart.