Introduction
Imanbek (Kazakh Иманбек, full name Imanbek Zeikenov, born 21 October 2000) is a Kazakh producer and remixer of house music and popular in Kazakhstan as well as Russia, Ukraine through his label Imanbek Music. In 2019 he became internationally famous with his remix of Saint Jhn's "Roses".
Career
Born in Kazakhstan, he played the guitar when he was 8 years old that was given to him by his father. While studying at the Railway Institute and started working in a railway station, but continued remixing since 2017 when he was 17 years old. He remixed Roses, an earlier release by Guyanese-American rapper Saint Jhn through the Russian label Effective Records that signed him. The remix was done without Saint Jhn's involvement as Zeinekov's attempts to contact him on Instagram failed and he did not receive a reply. The remixed song appeared in a great number of charts throughout Europe including Belgium, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, India and Sweden and became number 3 on Shazam World. Based on the success and popularity of the remix, the original song recorded in 2016 appeared on US Billboard chart, British Singles Chart and other charts like Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland in 2019. He has released his first Song on Spinnin Records Dhrama Records.
Discography
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak positions | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT |
BEL(Fl) |
GER |
ITA |
NED |
NOR |
NZ |
SWE |
SWI |
US | ||
| "Roses" (Imanbek remix) (Saint Jhn) |
2019 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 30 |
Other releases
Imanbek has a number of other releases, most notably:
- "Take Me"
- "Hot"
- "Smoke It Up"
- "Dope"
- "Clandestina"