Origin St. Petersburg, Russia Associated acts Jane Air Genre Dance/electronic | Years active 2013 (2013)-present Website thelittlebig.com Record labels Makarov Sergey, LB Rec. | |
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Genres Rave
funeral rave
rap rave Albums Funeral Rave, With Russia from Love Members Ilya Prusikin, Olympia Ivleva, Anna Kast, Sergey Makarov Profiles | ||
Little Big is a Russian rave group, founded in 2013 in St. Petersburg. The set includes Ilya Ilich Prusikin, Sergey Gokk Makarov, Sophia Tayurskaya, Olympia Ivleva and Anton Boo Lissov. The first full-length album, "With Russia From Love" was released on March 17, 2014. Throughout its existence the group has released two albums and three singles.
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History
The group made its debut on April 1 2013, releasing their first video "Every Day I'm Drinking". They made their first public appearance on July 2, 2013 at the club A2, opening for Die Antwoord.
They have toured in Europe and Russia. "This music is really in demand. We have not invested a single penny, just shot video, and became known in Europe", Ilya Prusikin said in an interview with UTV.
On December 19, 2015, the band released their second album "Funeral Rave". It finished 8th in the chart Russian iTunes for the 52nd week of 2015.
May 21, 2016, videos for the songs "Give Me Your Money" and «Big Dick» received a prize at the Berlin Music Video Awards 2016. Big Dick won first place in the category of Most Trashy, and "Give Me Your Money" won third place in the category Best Performer. Big Dick,with over 23 million views, is full of sexual imagery and overtones.
"We just want to show people that they own their lives. Countries and governments are not as important as they think a person can deal with, what he wants", said frontman Ilya Prusikin on the purpose of the group in an interview with Noisey.
Musical style
The team calls itself a satirical art collaboration, which relies on the music, visuals, and on the show. Group Little Big beats, mocks in each of its track and clip on various national stereotypes about Russia. All the videos are filmed by co-founder of the group Alina Pasok The band shoots and produces all of their own music videos.
Due to the fact that the first concert took place at the opening act for Die Antwoord, the group was immediately dubbed Russian «Die Antwoord», and is often compared with this group. Vice also called Little Big "a Russian mental patient's answer to Die Antwoord.". Other critics point out that while Little Big has an identity of its own, it also exposes the listener to Russian folk songs and Russian culture.
The group states that it was influenced by a variety of musicians, including Cannibal Corpse, Nirvana, RHCP, Rammstein, and The Prodigy, to Mozart and Vivaldi.
Discography
Songs
Hateful LoveFuneral Rave · 2015
Life In Da TrashWith Russia from Love · 2014
Give Me Your MoneyFuneral Rave · 2015