Little Big: the composition of the band and its features

Today we will talk in detail about the Little project.Big. The group will be listed below. The team first made itself felt on April 1, 2013, having posted their debut video Everyday I "m Drinking on the YouTube platform. After just a few months, the first line-up of Little Big was invited to perform at a concert with the acclaimed Die Antwoord, after which they were immediately called Russian greetings.

This analogy has played a team only on hand.More recently, an unknown group from St. Petersburg at one point became popular not only in their native Russia, but also far beyond its borders. Fans also dubbed the project funeral rave (“funeral rave”) and “thrash-tent”, thanks to wild, incomparable energy in both the videos and concerts.

The name of Little Big is due to the difference in height.team members. The fact is that initially the group had two vocalists no more than 130 cm tall. To this day, Olympia Ivleva is an active participant who, despite her unique growth, has an incredible, powerful energy.

Little Big: Group Members

• Ilya "Ilyich" Prusikin (frontman of the group, vocal).
• Sergey “Gokk” Makarov (sound producer, DJ).
• Olympia Ivleva (vocals).
• Anton Lissov, he's Mr Clown (vocals).
• Sophia Tayurskaya (vocals).
• Anna Kast (former participant, the first group).

Rock and not only

According to the singer of the group Ilya "Ilyich"Prusikin, the rave genre, as well as all electronic music, is in itself quite popular in our time, therefore the creators of the group did not invest a penny in its promotion, but they also became known throughout Europe. He says that team members position themselves, primarily, as rock musicians. Their style of performance is considered a new form of this direction. At the same time, the predilection for electronic music helped to unite these two genres into one organic style.

During its existence, the group has releasedtwo albums: With Russia From Love (2014) and Funeral Race (2015). The disks turned out to be in demand, thanks to which the main group of the group traveled almost all of Europe with concerts. So began the creative rise of the project Little Big. 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 Sofia Tayurskaya.

Group members declare that the meaningthe texts of their songs, as well as video clips ridicule the national stereotypes about Russians. By the way, all the video is filmed by Alina Pazyok, who is the founder of the group. Since Little Big have experience in creating videos and are owners of their own production company, the team releases all the clips on their own. The group is rather difficult to call a musical one. Rather, it is a kind of art project with a rather heterogeneous team. The frontman has already earned popularity earlier, thanks to his show on the YouTube channel.

Similarity

Участники группы признаются, что на них оказали The influence of 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 manners with the mega-popular South Africans Die Antwoord and constant comparison with them, Little Big themselves are distinguished by their individuality.

Problems

Каждый новый трек, как и клип – это смесь a kind of humor, filled with his own view of Russian culture and folk songs, and tough social position. Musicians have repeatedly emphasized that their manner is not connected with hatred for the Motherland, it’s just such a kind of way to draw the attention of the society to its problems. But despite this social position, the team remains a bright mix of incompatible at first glance styles and incredible, contagious energy.

Now you know the features and originality of the project called Little Big. The composition of the group we also described above, as well as the changes that occurred in it.