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Legendarna białoruska grupa Lyapis Trubetskoy porusza się w estetyce ska/punk/rock. Ta siedmioosobowa orkiestra słynie z niezwykle żywiołowych koncertów, których trudno ustać w miejscu. Ich koncerty to prawdziwa gratka dla fanów grania spod znaku Leningrad.

Obecnie grupa uznawana jest powszechnie za jeden z najważniejszych zespołów w historii muzyki rockowej krajów dawnego bloku wschodniego. Ich 17 długogrających albumów w pełni to udowadniają. Niezwykle energetyczna muzyka, napędzana przez sekcję dęta oraz teksty pełne czarnego i abstrakcyjnego humoru pisane przez charyzmatycznego lidera Siergieja Mikhalkova, to recepta na wybuchową mieszankę.

Sam zespół mimo że zaliczany do ikon popkultury nigdy nie wspierał lokalnego reżimu Łukaszenki, zawsze się dystansując wobec wszelkich przejawów totalitaryzmu na całym świecie.

Poza muzyką, grupa słynie również z produkcji niezwykle pomysłowych i ciekawych teledysków, zdobywających uznanie i szereg nagród. min:
2008: Najlepsze muzyczne video – “Capital”
2009: Najlepsze muzyczne video – “Ogon'ki (Lights)”
ZD Awards, Rosja
2009: Zespół roku , Rock Project of the Year
RAMP (Russian Alternative Music Prize), Rosja
2009: Zespół roku, Białoruś

Kompozycje, które przyniosły grupie międzynarodową sławę to m.in. „Kapital” , „Au”, „Ti kinula” czy też „Yabloni”.

Skład:
Sergey Mikhalok - lead vocal
Pavel Bulatnikov - lead vocal, percussion
Ruslan Vladyko - guitar
Vlad Senkevich - trumpet
Ivan Galushko - trombone, back vocal
Denis Sturchenko - bass guitar
Alexander Storozhuk - drums











WWW: www.lyapis.com / www.myspace.com/lyapis / twitter.com/Lyapis / www.youtube.com/lyapisvideo / www.facebook.com/lyapis

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Lyapis Trubetskoy were once at the top of the charts in their country, as well as in the ex-Soviet Republics. Mid-way through their career, not content to merely churn out, they decided to shed their pop-star image and get real about their music and lyrics. And so they became an independent band with a cult-like following of loyal fans.

“We crawled out of the underground and became known by parodying the pop culture around us. That wasn‘t hard, it‘s a good deal more difficult to maintain originality and artistic spirit. I was deeply horrified one morning when I understood that our band had become the very thing we endlessly mocked. Now we‘ve gone back to the source. Driving rock and sharp satire are enough to keep us happy and to keep audiences going wild at our concerts,“ says Lyapis Trubetskoy leader, Sergey Mikhalok.

In a much politicized environment of their homeland, Belarus is the last country in Europe run by a strong-arm man, LT is also independent politically: “We were never in support of the current regime nor of it’s opposition. We’re not calling on people to hit the streets and riot. My grenade must explode inside people’s heads. To wake up the sleeping masses, that’s our main goal”, declared Mikhalok.

And wake you up they shall … They caused a real stir with their ’07 album, Capital, the title song and video, in which they slam the current obsession with wealth and war and portray defiant dictators Fidel, Hugo, Belarus’ own Lukashenko, Kim, Mahmud and Saddam as pseudo-religious icons. The poignant message hits home, whether you’re an anarchist or a republican. The clip was banned from airplay in Belarus and Russia, of course, but won numerous awards everywhere else and is a real hit with the YouTube masses.

Now Lyapis Trubetskoy fills venue after venue in Russia and countries around. Lyapis Trubetskoy is conquering audiences both with their new heavier ska flair and older punk pop hits. Front man himself, together with unique band’s style, get energetic ska punk lovers jump, sing and dance, while also boasting an enviable pop following. In 2009 they won the RAMP (Russian Alternative Music Prize) and became the best alternative band of the year 2009.

Wild as punks and subtly politically incorrect, the group never misses a chance to make fun of even those things that are closely protected by dogma or censorship.

Contagious rock melodies tinged with ska and punk, together with lyrics that are filled with dark humor, have charmed even the spoiled critics of Western music who, up until now, had rarely given Eastern European rock music a second thought.