Little Big (band)

Little Big
From left to right: Sergey "Gokk" Makarov, Sophia Tayurskaya, Anton Lissov, Olympia Ivleva, Ilya "Ilich" Prusikin
Background information
Origin	St. Petersburg[1], Russia
Genres	Rave[1][2] funeral rave[3][4][5] rap rave[6]
Years active	2013 (2013)-present
Labels	Makarov Sergey,[7] Little Big Family,[8] Luxury Rec.[9]
Associated acts	Jane Air[5][10]
Website	LittleBig.band
Members	Ilya "Ilich" Prusikin[3] Sergey "Gokk" Makarov[3][11] Sophia Tayurskaya[12] Anton Lissov[13]
Past members	Olympia Ivleva[14] Anna Kast

Little Big is a Russian rave band, founded in 2013 in St. Petersburg.^[1] The set includes Ilya Ilich Prusikin, Sergey Gokk Makarov, Sophia Tayurskaya, Olympia Ivleva (up to April 2, 2018)^[12][15] and Anton Boo Lissov.^[13] The first full-length album, "With Russia From Love" was released on 17 March 2014.^[15][16] Throughout its existence the group has released three albums^[4][16] and nine singles.

History

The band made its debut on 1 April 2013, releasing their first video Every Day I'm Drinking.^[17] They made their first public appearance on 2 July 2013 at the club A2,^[11] opening for Die Antwoord.^[3][10][11]

They have toured in Europe and Russia.^{[2][5][10][18][19][20][21]} "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.^[22]

On 19 December 2015, the band released their second album "Funeral Rave".^[4] It finished 8th in the chart Russian iTunes for the 52nd week of 2015.^[23]

On 21 May 2016, videos for the songs Give Me Your Money and Big Dick received a prize at the Berlin Music Video Awards 2016.^[5][24][25] Big Dick won first place in the category of Most Trashy,^[26][27] and Give Me Your Money won third place in the category Best Performer.^[28] Big Dick, with over 41 million views,^[29][30] is full of sexual imagery and overtones.^[31]

"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 band in an interview with Noisey.^[32]

The band has its own label "Little Big Family", which includes such artists as: Little Big (2016–present), The Hatters (2016–present), Tatarka (2016–present), Хлеб (2017–present), Lizer (2018–present).

On May 2018 Olympia decided to leave the band.

Musical style

The team calls itself a satirical art collaboration,^[3] which relies on the music, visuals, and on the show.^[3] The Little Big beats, mocks in each of its track and clip on various national stereotypes^[32] about Russia.^[10] All the videos are filmed by co-founder of the band Alina Pasok^[3] The band shoots and produces all of their own music videos.^[10]

Due to the fact that the first concert took place at the opening act for Die Antwoord, the band was immediately dubbed "The Russian Die Antwoord",^[3][32] and is often compared with this band.^[33] Vice also called Little Big "a Russian mental patient's answer to Die Antwoord."^[21] 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.^[34]

The band states that it was influenced by a variety of musicians, including Cannibal Corpse, Nirvana, RHCP, Rammstein, and The Prodigy, to Mozart and Vivaldi.^[22][35]

Discography

Albums

• With Russia From Love (2014)^[36]
• Funeral Rave (2015)^[4]
• Antipositive, Pt. 1 (2018)
• Antipositive, Pt. 2 (2018)

EPs

• Rave On (2017)^[37]

Singles

• Everyday I'm Drinking (2013)^[38]
• We Will Push The Button (2013)
• Russian Hooligans (2013)
• Life In Da Trash (2013)
• With Russia From Love (2014)
• Dead Unicorn (2014)^[39]
• Kind Inside, Hard Outside (2015)^[40]
• Give Me Your Money (feat. Tommy Cash) (2015)^[41]
• U Can Take (Tatarka feat. Little Big) (2016)^[42]
• Lolly Bomb (2017)^[43]

Music videos

• 2013 — Everyday I’m Drinking^[44]
• 2013 — We Will Push The Button^[45]
• 2013 — Russian Hooligans^[46]
• 2013 — Life In Da Trash^[47]
• 2014 — Public Enemy^[48]
• 2014 — Dead Unicorn^[49]
• 2014 — With Russia From Love^[50]
• 2015 — Kind Inside, Hard Outside^[51]
• 2015 — Give Me Your Money (feat. Tommy Cash)^[52]
• 2016 — Big Dick^[53]
• 2016 — Hateful Love^[54]
• 2016 — Polyushko Polye^[55]
• 2017 — U Can Take (Tatarka feat. Little Big)^[42]
• 2017 — Rave On^[37]
• 2017 — LollyBomb^[56]
• 2018 — Punks Not Dead^[57]
• 2018 — Faradenza^[58]
• 2018 — Ak-47^[59]
• 2018 — Skibidi^[60]

See also

• Tommy Cash
• Die Antwoord
• The Hatters
• Tatarka

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Little Big.

• Official website
• Little Big on VK
• Little Big's channel on YouTube