Tristar (Russian: Тристар) was a local pop-rap band in Almaty, Kazakhstan formed in 1998.
The band was started by Inga Ruff and Alina Mandrykina, who worked together at the Almaty-based Channel 31 and the radio station of the same name.
Their first performance sold out at one of the biggest dance clubs in Almaty where they sang five songs in the summer of 1998.
In January 1999, the band started filming a video for another song "Angel," which made its way to MTV Russia.
[2] Their second album, "Свет далёкой Англии" ("The Light of Distant England"), was released the same year.