Little Big (band)

Little Big is a Russian rave band founded in 2013 in Saint Petersburg.[1] The band consists of Ilya "Ilich" Prusikin, Sergey "Gokk" Makarov, Sonya Tayurskaya, and Anton "Boo" Lissov.[2] Their first full-length album, With Russia from Love, was released on 17 March 2014.[3] The group has released three albums and nine singles.

Little Big
Little Big performing at VK Fest in 2019
Background information
OriginSaint Petersburg, Russia
Genres
Years active2013 (2013)–present
LabelsLittle Big Family
Associated acts
Websitelittlebig.ru
Members
Past members
  • Olympia Ivleva
  • Anna Kast

History

The band made its debut on 1 April 2013, releasing their first video "Every Day I'm Drinking".[4] They made their first public appearance on 2 July 2013 at the club A2,[5] opening for Die Antwoord.[6][7][5]

They have toured in Europe, Russia, and North America.[8][7][9][10] "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.[11][12]

On 19 December 2015, the band released their second album, Funeral Rave. It was 8th on the Russian iTunes chart for the 52nd week of 2015.[13]

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.[8][14] "Big Dick" won Most Trashy,[15] and "Give Me Your Money" won third place for Best Performer.[16] "Big Dick", with over 70 million views,[17] is full of sexual imagery and overtones.[18]

"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.[10]

The band has its own label "Little Big Family", which includes Little Big (2016–present), The Hatters (2016–present), Tatarka (2016–present), Khleb (2017–present), and Lizer (2018–present).[19]

In April 2018 Olympia Ivleva decided to leave the band.[20] Later that year she stated her "burnout after five years of doing the same job", combined with intention to start her own non-musical businesses (chocolate paste and lingerie), were the reasons behind her exit.[21]

Little Big achieved viral success with the release of the video for "Skibidi" on 6 October 2018. The video features a dance that became popular when others tried to imitate it as part of the "Skibidi Challenge".[22]

In March 2020, Little Big were confirmed as Russia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, where they would perform "UNO".[23] The music video for the song, released at the same time, features Yuriy Muzychenko from The Hatters and Florida Chanturia from Leningrad, both of whom were to join the band on stage during the contest.[24] However, on 18 March 2020, the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In October 2020, Little Big's cover version of "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" was used over both the trailer and the closing credits of Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.[25][26]

Musical style
Less than a half of Little Big's 738 million yearly YouTube views were from Russia, as of March 13, 2020.[27]

The team calls itself a satirical art collaboration,[6] which relies on the music, visuals, and the show.[6] Little Big mocks various national stereotypes[10] about Russia.[7] All the videos are filmed by co-founder Alina Pasok.[6] The band shoots and produces all of their music videos.[7]

Since the first concert took place as the opening act for Die Antwoord, the band was dubbed "The Russian Die Antwoord",[6][10] and is often compared with this band.[28] Vice also called Little Big "a Russian mental patient's answer to Die Antwoord".[10] 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.[29]

The band was influenced by a variety of musicians from Cannibal Corpse, NOFX, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rammstein, and The Prodigy to Mozart and Vivaldi.[11][30]

Discography

Studio albums
Title Details
With Russia from Love[31]
  • Released: 15 March 2014
  • Format: Digital download, CD
  • Label: Little Big
Funeral Rave
  • Released: 21 December 2015
  • Format: Digital download, CD
  • Label: Little Big
Antipositive, Pt. 1
  • Released: 8 May 2018
  • Format: Digital download
  • Label: LB Family
Antipositive, Pt. 2
  • Released: 5 October 2018
  • Format: Digital download
  • Label: Warner Music Russia

Live albums
Title Details
Live in St. Petersburg
  • Released: 2019[32]
  • Format: Digital download

Extended plays
Title Details
Rave On[33]
  • Released: 2017
  • Format: Digital download
Skibidi
  • Released: 2019
  • Format: Digital download
Go Bananas
  • Released: 2019
  • Format: Digital download

Singles
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
RUS EST HUN LIT SCO
[34]		 UK
Down.
[35]
"Everyday I'm Drinking"[36] 2013 —————— With Russia From Love
"We Will Push the Button" ——————
"Russian Hooligans" ——————
"Life in Da Trash" ——————
"With Russia From Love" 2014 ——————
"Dead Unicorn"[37] —————— Funeral Rave
"Kind Inside, Hard Outside"[38] 2015 ——————
"Give Me Your Money"[39]
(featuring Tommy Cash)		 ——————
"U Can Take"[40]
(featuring Tatarka)		 2017 —————— Non-album single
"Lolly Bomb"[41] —————— Antipositive, Pt. 1
"Слэмятся пацаны"[42]
(with Ruki Vverh!)		 2018 —————— Non-album single
"Rave In Peace (In Memory of Keith Flint)"[43] 2019 ——————
"I'm OK" ——————
"Arriba"
(with Tatarka featuring Clean Bandit)		 ——————
"Rock-Paper-Scissors" —————— Go Bananas
"Uno" 2020 5921339781 Non-album single
"Hypnodancer" 53—————
"Tacos" [44][45] 1—————
"Suck My Dick 2020" ——————
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

Participation
  • 2014 - Noize MC - «Капитан Америка (Не берёт трубу)»[46]
  • 2016 - The Hatters - «Russian Style»[47]
  • 2018 - The Hatters - «Forever Young Forever Drunk» (feat. Just Femi)[48]
  • 2019 - Animal ДжаZ - «Чувства»[49]
  • 2019 - Злой Малой - «В долгий путь» (1 раунд 17ib)[50]
  • 2020 - Finch Asozial - «Rave Religion»[51]

References
  1. Official page of the group Little Big on SoundCloud «Little Big – Russian pop group, founded in 2013 in St. Petersburg »
  2. LISSOV VLOG – Backstage LITTLE BIG April 2 STEREO HALL (MSCs) «ANTHONY LISSOV (LISSOFF) Voice of JANE AIR, Clown from LITTLE BIG»
  3. "russian pop – The Weirdest Band in the World". Weirdestbandintheworld.com. 2014. Archived from the original on 2019-04-06. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  4. LITTLE BIG – Everyday I'm drinking
  5. "Интервью с Little Big". Sobaka.ru. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  6. "Die Antwoord vs Little Big". Sobaka.ru. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  7. Роман Гогов (7 November 2014). "Ильич и Гокк (LITTLE BIG) – Интервью (Тула 31.10.2014)". YouTube. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  8. Interview | Ilya Prusikin: «Little Big – a musical reflection of society» Archived 2016-07-27 at the Wayback Machine Rock Cult
  9. "LITTLE BIG TOUR". Archived from the original on 2016-05-23. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  10. "I Found the Russian Die Antwoord". Noisey.vice.com. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  11. Настоящая Музыка на UTV (19 February 2016). "Настоящая Музыка – Интервью с группой Little Big". YouTube. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  13. Song Firs about autism hit the Russian charts iTunes , Lenta.ru
  16. "Wall". Vk.com. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  18. Freiman, Jordan (February 13, 2016). "'Big Dick' is the song and super NSFW video of 2016". Death and Taxes Magazine. Archived from the original on January 20, 2017.
  19. Текущий состав «Little Big Family»
  20. "Olympiya_ on Instagram: "В этот прекрасный день я хочу поздравить команду #LittleBig с днём рождения и пожелать ей дальнейшего продвижения и успехов в следующих…"". Instagram. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  21. "Почему она УШЛА ИЗ LITTLE BIG? ОЛИМПИЯ" [Why did she left LITTLE BIG? OLYMPIA]. Nezyny Redaktor (in Russian). YouTube. June 21, 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  22. "The internet is going bonkers over the Macarena-like #skibidichallenge". Dailydot.com. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  23. "Russia's Eurovision act Little Big drops epic video for their amazing entry song". Metro. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  24. "Little Big выступит на «Евровидении-2020» в расширенном составе" [Little Big in expanded edition will perform at Eurovision 2020] (in Russian). Izvestia. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  25. https://www.instagram.com/p/CF4yUa7Dwf7/
  26. https://www.gazeta.ru/culture/news/2020/10/05/n_15036103.shtml
  27. "Music Charts and Insgiht – Little Big – Worldwide – 12 months". YouTube Charts. 2020-03-13. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  28. Metatroniks (12 December 2013). "Little Big from Russia". Metatronicks.net. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  29. "Los "Die Antwoord" rusos: Little Big – Beatmash Magazine". Beatmashmagazine.com. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  30. "LITTLE BIG (desde Rusia) en BARCELONA – Rave Funeral". Theconcertinconcert.com. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  31. With Russia From Love on YouTube
  32. "Стена". m.vk.com. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  33. Rave On on YouTube
  34. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  35. "Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  36. Everyday I'm drinking on YouTube
  37. Dead Unicorn on YouTube
  38. Kind Inside, Hard Outside on YouTube
  39. Give Me Your Money on YouTube
  40. U Can Take on YouTube
  41. LollyBomb on YouTube
  42. Слэмятся пацаны on YouTube
  43. Rave in Peace (In Memory of Keith Flint) on YouTube
  44. Tacos on YouTube
  45. https://tophit.ru/en/chart/airplay_youtube/weekly/2020-08-14/all/all
  46. Noize MC (2014-08-27). "Noize MC — Капитан Америка (Не Берёт Трубу)". Retrieved 2019-03-20.
  47. Little Big (2016-11-10). "THE HATTERS – RUSSIAN STYLE". Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  48. THE HATTERS (2018-01-16). "THE HATTERS – FOREVER YOUNG FOREVER DRUNK (feat. Just Femi)". Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  49. animaljazzband (2019-03-21). "Animal ДжаZ — Чувства". Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  50. "ЗЛОЙ МАЛОЙ – В долгий путь (1 раунд 17ib) / Джарахов" (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  51. FiNCH ASOZiAL (2020-01-23). "FiNCH ASOZiAL feat. LiTTLE BiG – RAVE RELiGiON". Retrieved 2020-05-10.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Sergey Lazarev
with "Scream"		 Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest
2020		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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