Lyapis Trubetskoy
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Lyapis Trubetskoy is a Belarus
ian rock band.
in 1990. By the end of 1990s it received serious popularity in Belarus and other countries of the Russian speaking world.
In its early years the band became popular with its pop-culture parodies, producing hits like "Au", "Ti kinula" ("You Dumped Me"), "Zelenolazoye taksi" ("Green-eyed Taxi"), "V plat'ye belom” ("In A White Dress") and "Yabloni" ("Apple-trees").
game and become independent once again.
According to him, "it was very difficult to get our true essence back on top. And the thing wasn't about any contracts. We had to overcome public opinion and, most importantly, set our own minds free. At first, my internal discomfort from the gap between the authentic Lyapis Trubetskoy and its public image was relieved by hard drinking and other stuff, but when my weight peaked at 110 kilograms and my mind was about to collapse, I gave up everything, lost 25 kilograms and started to play the music I like."
In 2004 Lyapis Trubetskoy recorded the album Zoloty'ye yaytsy (“Golden Balls”). It was created under heavy reggae
and ska influence. "While working on Zoloty'ye yaytsy we didn't understand what to do with our independence. As a result there were some reflex attempts to score a radio hit with "Rain'ka" or "Pochtal'iony'" ("Ten O'Clock Postman"), - Sergey Mikhalok says. – But this wasn't the biggest problem. The whole album was overproduced, we tried to mix too many styles, musical instruments and sounds in it. So, we paid too much attention to the form instead of the essence. We were in need of a real professional who could tell us what was good and what was too much.”
Capital is the second independent album by Lyapis Trubetskoy after that. That is why searching for a sound producer was one of the main tasks while working on Capital. At some point the band wanted to record their album in London, in the hometown the legendary British ska-band Madness
(one of Mikhalok's favourites). When almost everything was ready for that, a chance interfered. At a concert in Kiev
Lyapis Trubetskoy met a famous Ukrainian sound producer Vitaliy Telezin. He worked with Okean Elzy
, Brat'ia Grim and other top Ukrainian/Russian artists. But it wasn’t the thing that attracted Mikhalok and his friends.
"We are from the same generation with him, we had common world outlook, we liked the same music. And it was the music we wanted to record on our new album. I don't want to offend anyone, but, roughly speaking, for our band he is the first studio guy who didn’t need explanations about what is California wave or how Green Day
and The Offspring make their sound," - Mikhalok says.
And this combination has worked perfectly well. Now it's already clear that the new album will mean to the band and its fans no less than "Ty kinula" ("You Gave Me Up") in 1998 and will give a rise to the new popularity wave for Lyapis Trubetskoy. Still, according to Sergey Mikhalok, the ideology of both the new album and the present group is different from what used to be in the years between these two landmarks. He says: "When I started my career I used to write songs that changed me and the world around me, but later I began to create stuff, that didn't have influence either on me or the world around. At best those songs could be a soundtrack for some wedding or birthday. And what is horrible at some point I even used to be proud of that. But now I have come back to what everything started from – to a mix of biting satire
and powerful chords."
Video clips have played an important role in the album presentation. The first clip for the song "Hare" ("Enough"), a cheerful wedding trash-video, was filmed by a famous actor and new wave director Vladimir Epifantsev. The second clip, animation video "Capital" (starring Fidel Castro
, Hugo Chavez
and other politicians), which has become a real Internet sensation, was made by Aliaksei Tserakhau, co-author of "Au" (1998) and "Rozochka" (1999) videos.
The next Lyapis Trubetskoy album - Manifest - was released in September 2008. The band put their brand new album "Manifest" on direct digital download. Lyapis Trubetskoy were the first famous post-Soviet musicians, which decided to put their new record online and for free. Two music videos came along with the album - the first one was "Zhlob" - trash
-punk
video, while the second one - "Manifest" - became the first "live-in-concert" band's music video.
The CD Manifest
was released on 30 September 2008.
In November 2008 "Ogon'ki" ("The Lights") music video was released. Not long before its release, the video won "The Best Animation" award at ViMUS, Portugal.
In January 2009 Manifest
became "the best album of the year 2008" according to the West Records top-list and The Lenta music review.
Belarusian Hit-Parade:
Multimatograph, Russia:
MTV RMA, Belarus:
ViMus, Portugal:
RAMP, Russia:
MTV Portugal
:
Chartova Dyuzhina, Russia:
Stepnoy Volk, Russia:
ZD Awards, Russia:
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Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
ian rock band.
Early years
The band was formed in MinskMinsk
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in 1990. By the end of 1990s it received serious popularity in Belarus and other countries of the Russian speaking world.
In its early years the band became popular with its pop-culture parodies, producing hits like "Au", "Ti kinula" ("You Dumped Me"), "Zelenolazoye taksi" ("Green-eyed Taxi"), "V plat'ye belom” ("In A White Dress") and "Yabloni" ("Apple-trees").
Second wave of popularity in the 2000s
"One day to my horror I realized that our group has become similar to the objects of our parodies and mockery. We were starting to merge with all those pop-star crowd, but I'm not one of them and never wanted to be," - Sergey Mikhalok, the band’s leader says. He admits that it wasn't so easy to give up the show businessShow business
Show business, sometimes shortened to show biz, is a vernacular term for all aspects of entertainment. The word applies to all aspects of the entertainment industry from the business side to the creative element ....
game and become independent once again.
According to him, "it was very difficult to get our true essence back on top. And the thing wasn't about any contracts. We had to overcome public opinion and, most importantly, set our own minds free. At first, my internal discomfort from the gap between the authentic Lyapis Trubetskoy and its public image was relieved by hard drinking and other stuff, but when my weight peaked at 110 kilograms and my mind was about to collapse, I gave up everything, lost 25 kilograms and started to play the music I like."
In 2004 Lyapis Trubetskoy recorded the album Zoloty'ye yaytsy (“Golden Balls”). It was created under heavy reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
and ska influence. "While working on Zoloty'ye yaytsy we didn't understand what to do with our independence. As a result there were some reflex attempts to score a radio hit with "Rain'ka" or "Pochtal'iony'" ("Ten O'Clock Postman"), - Sergey Mikhalok says. – But this wasn't the biggest problem. The whole album was overproduced, we tried to mix too many styles, musical instruments and sounds in it. So, we paid too much attention to the form instead of the essence. We were in need of a real professional who could tell us what was good and what was too much.”
Capital is the second independent album by Lyapis Trubetskoy after that. That is why searching for a sound producer was one of the main tasks while working on Capital. At some point the band wanted to record their album in London, in the hometown the legendary British ska-band Madness
Madness (band)
In 1979, the band recorded the Lee Thompson composition "The Prince". The song, like the band's name, paid homage to their idol, Prince Buster. The song was released through 2 Tone Records, the label of The Specials founder Jerry Dammers. The song was a surprise hit, peaking in the UK music charts...
(one of Mikhalok's favourites). When almost everything was ready for that, a chance interfered. At a concert in Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
Lyapis Trubetskoy met a famous Ukrainian sound producer Vitaliy Telezin. He worked with Okean Elzy
Okean Elzy
Okean Elzy is one of the most successful and popular Ukrainian rock bands. It was formed in 1994 in Lviv, Ukraine. The band's vocalist and frontman is Svyatoslav Vakarchuk. Okean Elzy is the best-loved Ukrainian rock band not only in Ukraine but also in most CIS countries...
, Brat'ia Grim and other top Ukrainian/Russian artists. But it wasn’t the thing that attracted Mikhalok and his friends.
"We are from the same generation with him, we had common world outlook, we liked the same music. And it was the music we wanted to record on our new album. I don't want to offend anyone, but, roughly speaking, for our band he is the first studio guy who didn’t need explanations about what is California wave or how Green Day
Green Day
Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1987. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool...
and The Offspring make their sound," - Mikhalok says.
And this combination has worked perfectly well. Now it's already clear that the new album will mean to the band and its fans no less than "Ty kinula" ("You Gave Me Up") in 1998 and will give a rise to the new popularity wave for Lyapis Trubetskoy. Still, according to Sergey Mikhalok, the ideology of both the new album and the present group is different from what used to be in the years between these two landmarks. He says: "When I started my career I used to write songs that changed me and the world around me, but later I began to create stuff, that didn't have influence either on me or the world around. At best those songs could be a soundtrack for some wedding or birthday. And what is horrible at some point I even used to be proud of that. But now I have come back to what everything started from – to a mix of biting satire
Satire
Satire is primarily a literary genre or form, although in practice it can also be found in the graphic and performing arts. In satire, vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement...
and powerful chords."
Video clips have played an important role in the album presentation. The first clip for the song "Hare" ("Enough"), a cheerful wedding trash-video, was filmed by a famous actor and new wave director Vladimir Epifantsev. The second clip, animation video "Capital" (starring Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban revolutionary and politician, having held the position of Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and then President from 1976 to 2008. He also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from the party's foundation in 1961 until 2011...
, Hugo Chavez
Hugo Chávez
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías is the 56th and current President of Venezuela, having held that position since 1999. He was formerly the leader of the Fifth Republic Movement political party from its foundation in 1997 until 2007, when he became the leader of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela...
and other politicians), which has become a real Internet sensation, was made by Aliaksei Tserakhau, co-author of "Au" (1998) and "Rozochka" (1999) videos.
The next Lyapis Trubetskoy album - Manifest - was released in September 2008. The band put their brand new album "Manifest" on direct digital download. Lyapis Trubetskoy were the first famous post-Soviet musicians, which decided to put their new record online and for free. Two music videos came along with the album - the first one was "Zhlob" - trash
Trash
Trash may refer to:In garbage:* Waste, unwanted or undesired waste material* Trash can, a containerIn computing:* Trash , a way in which operating systems dispose of unwanted files...
-punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
video, while the second one - "Manifest" - became the first "live-in-concert" band's music video.
The CD Manifest
Manifest
Manifest has different meanings. It may refer to the following:Arts* Manifest , the Melbourne Anime FestivalBusiness* Manifest Limited, the UK marketing companyComputing...
was released on 30 September 2008.
In November 2008 "Ogon'ki" ("The Lights") music video was released. Not long before its release, the video won "The Best Animation" award at ViMUS, Portugal.
In January 2009 Manifest
Manifest
Manifest has different meanings. It may refer to the following:Arts* Manifest , the Melbourne Anime FestivalBusiness* Manifest Limited, the UK marketing companyComputing...
became "the best album of the year 2008" according to the West Records top-list and The Lenta music review.
Awards
Rock-Koronatsiya, Belarus- 1996: Best Lyrics, Best Album – Ranetoe Serdce (Broken Heart), Best Band
- 2003: Best Music Video - Yunost' (Youth)
- 2008: Best Song – Capital, Best Music Video – Capital
- 2009: Best Song - Zorachki, Best Album - Manifest, Best Band
Belarusian Hit-Parade:
- 1999: Best Video Montage – “Rozochka (Rose)”, Best Video Operator – “Yabloni (Apple Trees)”, Best Music Video – “Rozochka (Rose)”
Multimatograph, Russia:
- 2007: Best Music Video – “Capital”
MTV RMA, Belarus:
- 2007: Best Album – “Capital”
ViMus, Portugal:
- 2007: Special Jury Prize – “Capital”
- 2008: Best Animation – “Ogon'ki (Lights)"
RAMP, Russia:
- 2007: Best Music Video – “Capital”
MTV Portugal
MTV Portugal
MTV Portugal is a 24-hour general entertainment channel serving Portugal.The channel was launched on July 1, 2003 replacing MTV Europe within the territory. In its initial stages MTV Portugal shared similar content to MTV Spain and MTV Italy, while also airing programming from MTV US and MTV Europe...
:
- 2008: Best International Video – “Capital”
Chartova Dyuzhina, Russia:
- 2008: Best Music Video – “Capital”
- 2009: Best Music Video - “Ogon'ki (Lights)"
Stepnoy Volk, Russia:
- 2008: Best Music Video – “Capital”
- 2009: Best Music Video – “Ogon'ki (Lights)”
ZD Awards, Russia:
- 2009: Band of the Year, Rock Project of the Year
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Albums
| Year of release | Original title | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Весёлые картинки | Funny pictures | Soyuz |
| 2010 | Agitpop | Agitpop (German collection) | Eastblok Music |
| 2009 | Культпросвет | Kultprosvet | Deti Solntsa |
| 2008 | Manifest | Manifesto | Deti Solntsa |
| 2007 | Капитал | Capital | Nikitin |
| 2006 | Мужчины не плачут | Men Don't Cry (Soundtracks) | Birds Fabric |
| 2004 | Аргентина | Argentina | Deti Solntsa |
| 2004 | Золотые яйцы | Golden Eggs | Soyuz |
| 2003 | Чырвоны кальсоны (макси-сингл) | Red Pants | Birds Fabric |
| 2001 | Ляписденс - 2 | Lyapis-dance - 2 | Soyuz |
| 2001 | Юность | Youth | GRAND |
| 2000 | Тяжкий | Heavy | REAL |
| 2000 | Всем девчонкам нравится | Liked by All the Girls | Soyuz |
| 1999 | Ляписденс | Lyapis-dance | Soyuz |
| 1999 | Красота | Beauty | Soyuz |
| 1998 | Любови капец: архивные записи 1992-1995 | Love is gone: archive recordings 1992-1995 | Soyuz |
| 1998 | Ты кинула | You Gave Me Up | Soyuz |
| 1997 | Смяротнае вяселле | Mortal Carnival | No Label |
| 1996 | Ранетое сердце | Wounded Heart | Satis |
| 1995 | Любови капец! — Live '95 | Love is gone! — Live '95 | Satis |
Videography
- 2011 — Не быць скотам!
- 2011 — Я верю (second version) (I believe)
- 2011 — Я верю (I believe)
- 2010 — Африка (Africa)
- 2010 — Болт (Bolt)
- 2010 — Купляй беларускае (Buy Belarusian)
- 2010 — Пульс эпохи
- 2009 — Светлячки (Fireflies)
- 2009 — Буревестник (Petrel)
- 2009—Belarus Freedom
- 2009 — Огоньки (The Lights)
- 2008 — Манифест (Manifesto)
- 2008 — Жлоб (Zhlob)
- 2008 — Керчь-2 (Kerch-2)
- 2008 — Золотая Антилопа (Golden Antilope)
- 2007 — Капитал (animated version) (Capital)
- 2007 — Капитал (garage version) (Capital)
- 2006 — Олені (by TIKTIK (band)TIK is a Ukrainian folk rock band with heavy influences of ska and shanson. It was formed in 2005 in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. The band's name is an abbreviation of the Ukrainian phrase "Тверезість і культура" which means "Sobriety and Culture".-History:...
) (Reindeers) - 2006 — Харе (That's All)
- 2006 — Саяны (Sayani)
- 2006 — Андрюша (Andrjusha)
- 2004 — Почтальоны (Ten O'Clock Postman)
- 2004 — Золотые яйцы (Golden Balls)
- 2003 — Раинька (Rain'ka)
- 2003 — Ласточки (Swallows)
- 2002 — Гоп-хип-хоп (КДБ микс) (feat. SASHA i SIROZHA) (Gop-Hip-Hop)
- 2002 — Юность (Youth)
- 2001 — Некрасавица (Nobeauty)
- 2001 — Сочи (Sochi)
- 2001 — Любовь повернулась ко мне задом (feat. KARAPUZIKEE) (Love turned its back on me)
- 2001 — Голуби (Doves)
- 2000 — По аллеям (feat. MASKY-SHOW)(In The Alleys)
- 2000 — НЛО (UFO)
- 2000 — Спорт прошел (Sports have passed)
- 2000 — Дружбан (Version 2 - master)(Friend)
- 2000 — Дружбан (Version 1 - backwards) (Friend)
- 1999 — Яблони (Appletrees)
- 1999 — Розочка (Roze)
- 1999 — Кинула (feat. Diskoteka AvariyaDiskoteka AvariyaDiskoteka Avaria are a Russian trio from Ivanovo, Russia. The trio consists of Nikolay Stagoranovich Timofeev , Aleksey Borisovich Serov and Aleksey Olegovich Ryzhov...
) (You gave me up) - 1998 — Кинула (You Gave me Up)
- 1998 — В платье белом (In a white dress)
- 1997 — Ау (Au)
External links
- Lyapis Trubetskoy website
- Official MySpace
- Lyapis Trubetskoy fan-club website, tons of rare photos, videos and audios
- Lyrics, with English translations on RussMus.Net
- Lyapis Trubetskoy's Music Video for "Ogon'ki (The Lights)"
- Lyapis Trubetskoy's Music Video for "Capital" + interview with director Aliaksei Tserakhau
- New album «Manifest» available for free download and music video «Жлоб» (Zhlob)