Today we will talk in detail about the Little Big project. The composition of the group will be given below. The team first made itself felt on April 1, 2013, posting their debut video Everyday I "m Drinking on the YouTube platform. Just a few months later, the first line-up of the Little Big group was invited to perform at a concert at the sensational ones, after which they were immediately nicknamed Russian greetings.
Such an analogy only played into the hands of the team. Until recently no one famous group from St. Petersburg at one point became popular not only in native Russia but also far beyond. The project was also dubbed by the fans as funeral rave (“funeral rave”) and “thrash tent”, thanks to the wild, incomparable energy both in videos and at concerts.
The name Little Big is due to the difference in the growth of the team members. The fact is that initially the group included two vocalists no taller than 130 cm. To this day, Olympia Ivleva is an active member who, despite her unique height, has incredible, powerful energy.
Little Big: line-up
- Ilya "Ilyich" Prusikin (group frontman, vocals).
- Sergey "Gokk" Makarov (sound producer, DJ).
- Olympia Ivleva (vocals)
- aka Mr Clown (vocals).
- Sofia Tayurskaya (vocals)
- Anna Kast ( former member, the first member of the group).
Rock and more
According to the group's vocalist Ilya "Ilyich" Prusikin, the rave genre, like all electronic music, is quite popular in our time, so the creators of the group did not invest a dime in its promotion, but at the same time they became known throughout Europe. He says that the band members position themselves, first of all, as rock musicians. They consider their style of performance new form this direction. At the same time, the addiction to electronic music helped to combine these two genres into one organic style.
During its existence, the group released two albums: With Russia From Love (2014) and Funeral Race (2015). The discs were in demand, thanks to which the main line-up of the group traveled almost all over Europe with concerts. This is how it started creative takeoff Little Big project. The composition of the group has changed somewhat since its inception. So, for example, vocalist Anna Kast left the band. Her place to this day is occupied by Sophia Tayurskaya.
The band members say that the meaning of the lyrics of their songs, as well as video clips, make fun of national stereotypes about Russians. By the way, the entire video is shot by Alina Pyazok, who is the founder of the group. Since Little Big has experience in creating videos and owns their own production company, the team releases all the clips on its own. It's hard enough to unequivocally call the group musical. Rather, it is a kind of art project with a rather diverse team. The frontman has already earned popularity in the past thanks to his YouTube channel show.
similarity
The band members admit that they were influenced by completely different musicians, from the famous giants of the rock scene, such as Cannibal Corpse, to the great classics. Despite the similarity of style and manner with the mega-popular South Africans Die Antwoord and constant comparison with them, Little Big themselves are distinguished by their individuality.
Issues
Each new track, like the clip, is a mixture of original humor filled with its own view of Russian culture and folk songs, and rigid social position. The musicians have repeatedly emphasized that their manner is not connected with hatred for the Motherland, it is just such a peculiar way to draw the attention of society to its problems. But despite such a social position, the team remains a bright mix of seemingly incompatible styles and incredible, contagious energy.
Now you know what are the features and originality of the project called Little Big. We also described the composition of the group above, as well as the changes that took place in it.
A century after the October Revolution, in the cradle of the Russian revolution appears new Ilyich. Having arrived from the outback of the Trans-Baikal region, the well done Ilyusha, hitherto unknown in the district, decides to conquer the St. Petersburg public with extraordinary behavior and comes up with a purely Slavic fun. Having posted a funny short film on the Internet with a clear banter over the domestic mentality, he achieves his first stormy success.
The roller shoots like an epoch-making blank shell of the legendary cruiser, which is currently on board. eternal fun. April Fool's Draw over the jaded subscribers, the popular booth video attracts the attention of the local hangout. A former baseball player and a graduate of the Institute of Culture is offered to urgently put together a team of buffoons.
Following a long tradition of noisy fairground entertainment, an enterprising blogger and a certified entertainer gathers a team of like-minded people who are ready to dance on stage to someone else's tune, because the nascent company does not have its own songs. Having successfully worked as an opening act for Die Antwoord, the guys become notorious. A pair of short girls, standing out against the background of freshly baked stars, contributes to the emergence of a name for an educated ensemble.
The wave of popularity causes an incredible surge among the newly-minted performers of satirical verses creative activity. They record a dozen simple texts to an exciting drum roll with an admixture of folk motives. The Russian consumer of online entertainment products is instantly divided into two hostile camps. Some consider upstarts on the stage to scoff at the shrines of scum, others are inclined to believe that newcomers deliberately use satire in melodic accompaniment in traditional national ornament for forced rapprochement with the masses.
The authors of the original compositions themselves publicly declare that such an approach to music is a reflection of modern society. They frankly ridicule the prevailing behavioral stereotypes and the existence of a person from Russia. All tracks are accompanied colorful show with a visual range and a hilarious recitative, leading to the ecstasy of many fans. Having caught the crushing surf of hype, the guys deafeningly jiggle over their compatriots, presenting in a joking manner the complex processes taking place in their native land.
Little Big line-up
- Founder, vocals - Ilya Prusikin, pseudonym - Ilyich;
- Vocalist - Olympia Ivleva;
- Vocalist - Anton Lissov, pseudonym - MrClown;
- Vocalist - Sofya Tayurskaya;
- Music producer, DJ - Sergey Makarov, pseudonym - Gokk;
- Anna Kast is an ex-participant from the initial set.
Members of the group from St. Petersburg promote themselves as representatives of art collaborationism. Rushing songs instantly scatter into aphoristic memes on the net. playing and singing in rave style a youth gang considers itself to be a rock direction. Most critics note its deliberate originality, asserting its view of the nationality and cultural tradition. The grotesque and caustic revelatory attacks turn the performances into a folklore picture that can impress the listener with an unusual presentation of the lyrics and turn the concert into a genuine enchanting spectacle.
Discography
Studio album releases:
- "Funeral Rave"
- "With Russia From Love"
- "Antipositive"
Singles:
- "Dead Unicorn"
- "Give Me Your Money"
- Rave On
- "Kind Inside Hard Outside"
Many years of experience in maintaining a personal blog and a YouTube channel allows the famous cultural worker who once woke up to spin the filmed tapes and earn solid capital on views and win another audience of admirers of his talent. The project exists and thrives thanks to the team efforts of its partners. Alina, a faithful companion in the film kitchen, is engaged in the production of viral clips created by the genius of staging and directing the tireless leader.
Symbols of the fatherland, invariably present in almost every fragment of crazy storylines short musicals stagger the imagination and fantastic flair for the reaction of users of the leading video hosting. Millions of fans rush to view the next novelty released for review in the network space.
- "AK-47";
- "Faradenza";
- "Big Dick";
- "Life In Da Trash";
- "Every day I'm Drinking";
- Dead Unicorn;
- "Hateful Love";
- "Lolly Bomb";
- "Polyushko Pole";
- "Public Enemy";
- "Punks Not Dead";
- "Russian hooligans";
- "U Can Take";
- "Skibidi";
- "We Will Push A Button";
- "From Russia with love".
"AK-47"
"Faradenza"
"Big Dick"
"Life In Da Trash"
"Dead Unicorn"
"Hateful Love"
"Lolly Bomb"
"POLYUSHKO POLYE"
"Public Enemy"
"Punks Not Dead"
"Russian Hooligans"
"U Can Take"
"Skibidi"
"We Will Push A Button"
«WITH RUSSIA FROM LOVE»
Outrageous and extravagant rave performers are known not only at home. Their tours in the Netherlands and France make a splash. Russian-speaking musicians with vodka and balalaikas are in unprecedented demand. In November 2107, the main character of the famous rave team has an heir. Being the true Ilya Muromets of all-Russian show business, the world-famous dad calls his son after ancient custom Dobrynya, rightly believing that the matured offspring will eventually join the ranks of the successors of the epic antiquity on the stage.
- Why does the Khleb group have concert tickets for 900 rubles, and you have 1800?
I do not know. I have nothing to do with the organization of the concert.
With the participants of "Bread" - YouTubers who successfully took up music - you came out of the same media "Thank you, Eva!".
At that time there were only two sites - Caramba Media and "Thank you, Eva!". I had to join someone. In "Thank you, Eva!" there was more creativity. I wanted to do this kind of show, but I didn't know that video blogging existed. See what's in now the main problem new vloggers - they know that they can become a star and earn a lot of money. This is their goal. And in 2010 it was impossible to earn. There was no video blogging, there was no market. There was Maddison, but I didn't know about him either.
Do video bloggers really make that much money?
Many, very many.
Can you buy an apartment for them?
Someone can. And he openly says that he earns a lot - Sasha Spielberg, for example.
The first video of the Little Big group "Everyday Iʼm Drinking" was released in April 2013 and turned out to be so popular that Ilya Prusikin and his colleagues had to continue. In addition to music, Ilyich has many activities - he is an actor, video blogger, director, screenwriter, creator and just popular character Russian YouTube scene.
There are two points of view. The first thing Russian YouTube- it's like Russian MTV of the late 90s, it makes musicians stars, and it is here that people who say something to the camera (then VJs, now video bloggers) become known throughout the country. The second point of view is that Russian YouTube has turned into a collection of shit. Which one is closer to you?
Well, everything is developing now, new formats are appearing, and production on the Internet is getting better than on television. What kind of a bullshit is this? Vice versa.
- Does video blogging allow you to jump into TV?
Certainly. There are examples - the same guys from "Bread". When we made the series "Police Weekdays", we were all invited to TNT, and the guys stayed there. Now they call everywhere and very actively. But I don't see the point.
- Because your content is not for TV?
You can always do for TV. But this takes a lot of time. The TV project requires 2-3 months, during which I could not do anything else of my own. But if they offered very large sums of money, one could still think about it. And so ... On television, the most simple jokes, not harsh, cause the reaction "whoa, whoa, this is impossible." Because of this, many series look neither here nor there. It would be possible to pressurize, but do not pressurize. Not because there bad people work, they are just within the framework. The same HBO releases the coolest series, because they have no censorship. You can touch on any topic. The series "On the Edge", where members american government show as complete idiots, we would have rejected ideas at the stage of discussion. They would bring a synopsis, and they would say to us: “Guys, are you fools?”
- What does your work schedule look like?
He's completely jammed. We are on tour now. You come back - immediately some shooting, editing, new briefs. We don't have any free time. We agreed that we were leaving for January to rest, and before that we were only working.
Before Little Big, Prusikin had at least five more musical projects. The earliest of these is the emo band Tenkorr. It is extremely difficult to recognize Ilyich in the hero of the video “I Believe”.
- Who came up with the idea to shoot the clip "Everyday Iʼm Drinking", after which you were recognized?
It, like all the following clips, was shot by Alina Pyazok and I. We worked together, but a lot of people helped. IN Little stories Big in general, there are a lot of accidents - they just filmed a video on April 1st. It turned out that he shot. And everyone began to say: “Maybe you will make a group?” But the band still might not exist if we weren't invited to open for Die Antwoord. We're like, "Wow, wow, we don't have songs." "But you have a month." And we wrote six songs, shot videos, they dispersed. Nobody thought that we would make money on these songs. So it happened.
- You just set yourself the task - to shoot cranberries about Russia, which will go well in the West?
We wanted to make a global virus. We took all the stereotypes about Russia - do you see us like that? OK. The funny thing is that people in Europe understand that we are laughing at them. But in Russia people...
-… are you sure that you are discrediting the country?
Yes. … [abnormal]! Or they ask: “Since you are for Russia, why don’t you sing in Russian?” Yes, because we work for the world. Why glorify Russia in Russia? I have a super idea, I want the Russian group to become a global one. And I'm glad that it turns out to prove to people who claim that it's impossible to become popular there, because we are Russians and no one needs us. Russian guys look at this and understand that they are not shit.
Released at the beginning of the year, "Big Dick" with 20 million views is the most popular clip Little big. He then inspired the editors of Afisha Daily to publish a listing of the most disgusting videos of the St. Petersburg project.
- Stupid question - how do you decide what the next song will be about?
Just somehow. For example, we are told: “Everyone has songs, they are cool, why don’t you? Still, they measure themselves with pussies. And we did not beat around the bush, but wrote the song "Big Dick". This is a banter over the world's pop culture.
- What did you do to get concerts abroad?
They started contacting us. Two years ago they started to invite us, Belgium. At first we had a booker from France, now we are handled by a German agency. We were brought together by the drummer Guano Apes, who loves Little Big very much. And fees there were actually higher than in Russia. But for Last year the situation leveled off - sold-outs also began in Russia. I think it's the last clips of "Big Dick" and "Hateful Love" that worked so well.
The “Hateful Love” video has a very glossy picture, emtivish. Once upon a time, these clips had exorbitant budgets. Like now?
There is such little secret: the main thing is not how much money you spend, the main thing is the idea. And the ability to implement it. Skill is the most valuable thing. We just learned how to do everything, this big team is a group of like-minded people who initially just wanted to do it. As a result, they united in a large trade union. For others, our work is expensive, for ourselves we can do it almost for free. "Big Dick" we just filmed at home in 3-4 days. We bought backdrops, and we also had a budget for cameras, lights and props - not to say that it was expensive. For "Hateful Love" we rented a room, put up the cyclorama ourselves, and that's it.
- Where did you learn it?
Learned on the go. I am a psychologist by training. And it turned out that I am a creator, director, and now also a musician. I also learned how to make viruses in practice - I figured out what to do in order to surprise, how to look for intersections between different generations And social groups. When you love what you do, you learn quickly. Our production for several years has become on the same level with television, and sometimes even higher. It is believed that there are professionals who have devoted their whole lives to this. It's just that we're not so cool, they're not very motivated.
- Do you need a TV as musicians?
No, television rotations have not affected anything for a long time. Only a piece product remained - something like " Evening Urgant”, otherwise YouTube is long ahead.
- Are you ready in this case that censorship and other content regulation will soon come to you?
It would be foolish not to. The media must always be under control. Can you imagine a blogger has a million people who follow him?
- Why immediately follow? They just look.
At 14-year-olds, loyalty is almost one hundred percent. Whatever the popular blogger says, everyone takes it at face value. And imagine that he begins to promote Nazism. I believe that there should be no censorship as such, but there should be control.
- What books or films, from your point of view, most accurately explain our country?
I have not seen such.
- Maybe "Brother"?
I don't think it reflects the Russians. His main character- not far away gopnik. Yes, there are some, but there are others.
- You played up stereotypes about Russia a lot ...
We only have a few of these clips.
- No, after all, there were quite a lot of them, plus a show with Tommy Cash about Russians in America - you are on this pedal. Was it necessary to somehow specifically study the country, its people?
In Europe, we met immigrants from Russia, they are the grandchildren of Russian emigrants, they call themselves Russians. I say: “No, you are not Russian. Russian is a state of mind.” The origin is not so important, I have Polish-Jewish roots. You have to be born here and live 20-30 years to understand all this… [mess]. When you live in ... [a mess] all your life, but you adapt to it - and in principle everything suits you. Here is Russian.
Member Name: Ilya Prusikin
Age (birthday): 08.04.1985
City: St. Petersburg, Moscow
Family: married to Irina Smelaya, has a son
Height and weight: 1.65 m
Channel direction: humorous sketches and vlogs
Channel created: 10.01.2013
Number of subscribers: more than 770 thousand subscribers
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Oddly enough, but for Ilya Prusikin, a personal channel on YouTube video hosting became a fleeting springboard that led to great fame. Although he has quite a lot of fans, but with other, later projects of the young man, he cannot be compared. But first things first.
Ilya was born in northern capital Russia in 1985. As a child, the boy was always distinguished by eccentricity and a desire to surprise others. As a child, he succeeded, but over time he honed his skills to the limit.
With the first project, the young man launched the show "The Great Rap Battle", in which various famous characters(starring Ilya Prusikin and Igor Eit) competed with each other. There was almost no such format on YouTube hosting, and the project quickly went uphill.
Prusikin's next step was to take part in the filming of a real television series. It was called "Police Weekdays". As long as it The only job movie blogger.
But the real extravaganza in the career of a blogger was creation in 2013 of the rave group "Little Big". The first step this team took, of course, was on YouTube video hosting and it was the release on April 1 of a video called “Every Day I’m Drinking”.
By July, the group had become so popular that they were able to perform in a real hall in front of real people. Ilya became not only the ideological inspirer of the band, but also its frontman.
On this moment"Little Big" is incredibly popular not only in Russia, but also in Europe. In 2015, they even received prizes at the Berlin Music Video Awards 2016. Their composition "Big Dick" took first place in the "Most Trashy" category, and the song "Give Me Your Money" took third place in the "Best Performer" category.
Jokingly or seriously, the guys call their style “a satirical art collaboration”. For the team, not only words and music are important, but also the visuals and shows that accompany all this.
By the way, when the first videos of the group just appeared on the network, the Russians thought that the guys were against politics home country and generally adherents of everything Western. Ilya claims that this is fundamentally wrong. The group loves Russia very much and has nothing against it, and the video is a satire that apparently not everyone understood.
Ilya Prusikin speaks simply about his work - it is an inspiration for people. The young man himself does everything not for earnings, but for the soul!
Ilya also has a joint project “ClickKlak” with friends where he now appears most often. There are several out there popular shows: Trash Lotto, Give a bream, Dorisuyka, Mice and many others. In the videos of the guys, you can often see other popular video bloggers. Also on the channel:, Yuri Muzychenko, Irina Smelaya, Andrey Smirnov (old).
Ilya has a lot of tattoos on his body, each one means something to him, some he got not in Russia, but during a tour of Europe.
Little is known about the personal life of the blogger, but fans are aware that Ilya is officially married. His wife's name is, she is also a video blogger. But on roller skates before the wedding, the guys hid their relationship. Now they live together and in Ira's videos, you can see their apartment.
In July 2017, Ira revealed that she was pregnant. At the end of autumn 2017, Ira gave birth to a boy.
Photo of Ilyich
Ilya has an unusual appearance, in clips he often demonstrates this. He leads instagram, where he uploads personal photos and shots from the filming. The guys do not show photos from the wedding, but their friends posted a couple of shots online.
Hello!
I remember very well the day when I first got acquainted with the work of Little Big. My friend and I were sitting in the kitchen, chatting about interesting YouTube channels, and then he was surprised that I had not heard about these guys. Putting a tablet in front of me and turning on their GIVE ME YOUR MONEY video, he watched with rapture as all possible emotions ran across my face in those 5 minutes. At first it was shock and bewilderment, but by the end of the video I realized that this is love for the ages
WHO ARE LITTLE BIG
little big- This Music band, which includes these guys:
Ilya Prusikin (Ilyich)- Frontman of the band.
Sergey Makarov- deals with sound
Olympia Ivleva- vocals. She has her own YouTube channel. Olympia.
Sonya Tayurskaya- vocals.
Anton Lissov- the clown of the team. Literally.
Here is what is written on their channel (my free translation from English):
Little Big is a Russian rave group that blows up dance floors not only in Russia but also abroad. Each song, video or performance of the group reflects some kind of social event in the world. The musicians touch upon the real problems of Russia, as well as the stereotypes associated with it. Real thrash and an explosion of color that balance on the edge of the absurd, combined with a rave, electronic music and elements of hip-hop.
I do not understand their music as a way to enjoy the beautiful, I treat them as cool experimenters in terms of semantic load to text and video. Recordings from concerts did not impress me. So that's the reason I'm lowering the score.
THEIR CREATIONS
Their videos are some kind of hodgepodge of the most unexpected things. For example video PUBLIC ENEMY made me just laugh out loud. Someone actually spent hours drawing fire on cardboard, sewing costumes of cockroaches and bananas, and making a flat ambulance.
HATEFUL LOVE came out extremely "glamorous", where beauty borders on very nasty things.
Or a real tank of inflated balloons?
And here is the famous insta-blogger Lena Sheidlina, who, although she is 20+, looks like she is 13.
Well, here GIVE ME YOUR MONEY- from which my acquaintance with the group began:
Is this a weapon? The tank is the weapon.
I still wonder where they found the tank, and even managed to ride it.
Carpets are my absolute love.<3
And here WITH RUSSIA FROM LOVE(Yes exactly). Short video and very psychedelic.
I think it’s clear from these screenshots what to expect. It seems to me that all viewers are divided into 2 parts: who wants to close the video after 30 seconds and never return to them, and who just watches what is happening with humor and waits for new videos.
BEHIND THE SCENES
One of the team's latest videos is HATEFUL LOVE. It is difficult to call this video anything other than some kind of madness. It's very cool that you can watch 2 videos at once about how it was filmed. Olympia posted a behind-the-scenes vlog, and Little Big themselves have a more detailed version with before-after inserts.
For example, a wardrobe of men (on the screen is a rehearsal, in the video they are naked)
It just needed to be thought of!
Or here's another: they decided to set the guy's head on fire. The video came out great. In the off-screen video, Ilyich was clearly worried about the guy.
POLYUSHKO POLYE
The guys listen to a lot of criticism about the fact that they are filming some kind of garbage. People who don't know how to dig deeper don't understand what Little Big is singing about and what they're filming. Probably, it was for this reason that it was decided to do something new in order to open the eyes of not very distant viewers.
"Polyushko Pole" is a non-standard format for Little Big. The video is a cut of clips from quadrocopters, which were filmed by their viewers all over Russia. Periodically, the video sequence is interspersed with inserts of the team itself against the backdrop of nature.
Michurinsk:
Taganrog:
Krasnodar region:
Kamchatka:
This is only part of what is in the video. I can’t say that this is some kind of bombastic video, but why not spend 4 minutes admiring the beauties of your country?)
TOTAL
These guys should be treated very simply and with humor. Now I am not evaluating the musical data of this group, but I am talking about the video. They do not want to listen, but they want to review! Little Big is very cool joking over some things. They are not without self-irony, they are ready for the most daring experiments and are not afraid to think globally. If you compare their videos with those of world celebrities, then this is heaven and earth. Famous musicians sometimes spend tens of thousands of dollars on videos that do not delight in any way. Little Big manages much more modest amounts, and creates not-afraid-of-this-word masterpieces.
By the way, Alena Dvoychenkova, who staged the dances of Little Big, was cast in the 3rd season of the show "Dancing" on TNT.
If this photo seems to be sexual content by the moderator, I ask you to remember the reviews in thongs for cellulite)
