Sergei Mihalok: "We have a break before the fight"

The leader of the "Lapis Trubetskoy" admitted that after the romantic "happy pictures" they want to create something fierce. 27th April in Voronezh spoke Belarusian group "Liapis Trubetskoy." That evening in the pub "100 streams" where Belarusians presents her new album, "Fun", was not amused. The people in the hall was full, so that the audience feel like sardines in a can. After the concert, the audience shared a his impressions of the concert, "show business news NEWSmusic.ru": "That was cool, the concert is good, but it was impossible in the room Everything is literally choking Some of the girls on the last!..! hole whistles ran out of room! ". Team Leader before the concert Liapis Trubetskoy Sergey Mihalok spoke to journalists. - Sergei, was your team in the "black list" of the culture of Belarus. This was your group more or less popular? - No rating points No, no statistics, I do not monitor our success. We find it difficult to assess because there are no exact numbers on that. We do not have magazines in the ranking we have a counter-culture. And distribution of our work - it's underground and alternative communication for which it is difficult to judge how popular an artist. No statistics running, no statistics rotation on radio stations. The main station of the former Soviet Union, not cool music "Liapis Trubetskoy" main channels have not played played. Another thing is that the last time density is important itinerary for me. And although we do not collect in the stadiums, but for me the most important demand for our concert. I've always wanted an independent artist with all the ensuing consequences. We travel a lot, we play about 15 concerts a month, we gather in the cities audience of 500 to 1000, playing headline festivals. Basically, we have a lot to discuss, and the most important concept for me - a reaction and response. We are shocked artists touch on many critical moments behave sometimes ugly, sometimes to the point of vulgarity and burlesque and any pozadiratsya, so we call reaction. It is important to me, that is, all these arguments and discussions, epithets. Some keep us hypocrites and devils ascribe other angelic appearances. Most importantly - resonance. Basically, in terms of satirical artists with whom we believe ourselves to be, their main goal. As for the "black list". Basically it was no surprise to me. We live in a totalitarian state. Belarus - is a kind of Orwellian Utopia "1984" time has stood still in this country, and all the facts of totalitarianism, all artifacts free society that we have there. I mean the power in the hands of a despot. Everything is connected with despotism, in extreme cases, with the prefix "ultra" manifests. 19th December divided society is strong. Previously, the word attached "apolitical" and was a whole layer of people in the arts, counterculture (from hipsters to young and trendy), what a cynical attitude towards the entire political, since they have understood, are involved - if not any countermeasures they soon there will be a space. How come in all totalitarian states, when previously there were no corners with the democratic principles that take 15-20 years ago, when the Soviet Union collapsed, and now the state captured at a breakneck pace all reconnected. Is a fight for territory, so there is no dissent, no free thought and, of course, not a rock 'n' roll. Because everything is connected with rock and roll, free thinking, all with the true spirit of social, connected everything about things like justice, suppressed by the state. And I think that has a lot more anti - young people sing songs, go to the apartment, people who share much of our work, our citizenship. Because we are clear about their citizenship. I think it has become much more anti - young people sing songs, go to the apartment, people who share much of our work, our citizenship - At any protests in Belarus? - We are poets and artists, our revolution and our barricades still in people's minds. The important thing for us - to overcome the inertia of thinking. I think it is very important for the modern artist. You need to be a little about the events, trying to imagine an ideal - the ideal of a free society composed of utopian works of various ideological, philosophical and theological concepts. That is, through education, through imagination, through creative action and moments model image and an ideal to which we must all strive. This is the task of the modern artist. Also, you need not be afraid of things like protest, rebellion, satire. In this respect, the position of the Gaer, hooligan clown perimeter defense. Because we care about not only the issues related to policy, but most of the questions related to obyvatelstvom and philistinism. Tolerate this lifestyle because it is associated with hoarding and consumption helps govern despots and tyrants sleep majority. - You're in luck with the song "I believe," she said on the internet came second, unscheduled clip. And how many times have you on the internet a good addition to your work? - This online and nice. It is spread in waves. Internet - a very flexible system. I talked about the answer: if you do something lighter, it starts to oscillate. The most important task of the artist - a person in the mouth of a stranger (many with me personally not known) heard his own "I". Everyone is their own individual, so are many of our images personal and individual. You see this picture and try to expand the range of images. As these ideas that I sing the song "I believe" in the vicinity of each, regardless of their level of education. I want to live not only on religious and ecclesiastical. - This song is a little raccoon smile, so when I do the song, "I do" talk, I'm just going of disputes relating to brahmaizmom, Blavatsky and sophists. For it was from thousands of years ago. I think now it should be easier. And since we are the representatives of popular culture, we take the fire itself is a kind of adapter - we have five minutes to things that philosophers have debated for thousands of years to formulate. I am a representative of pop culture, so I have to say that the child is obvious fancy language. People should not be hampered in their elite communities, but must try to try to return to the mass culture fresh idea. Mass culture is everywhere, because mass culture - that Ken Kesey and Terry Gilliam. And we have none. - The writer Dmitry Bykov believes that an artist should not ignore the power, apart from her and leave her alone. We recall that in 1984, the USSR also had lists of banned groups. I can out of the situation, abstracted from power, or not? - Many people confuse the terms "non-political" and "non-political". I antipolitichen inherently. Policy - is an expression of the people some of the aggression. Policy - an aggressive fight. I like to think a man peaceful, romantic and utopian, that energy comes from the confrontation of the opposition. But here everyone chooses what he wants. This is ... if you remain silent, you're a puppet. To consolidate important to people. It is preferable for the government to divide us, to come with phantasmagoric land. In Russia, the same could happen, but Russia is large. If we have a clear totalitarian education, then here feudal principalities. Here everything is done to every man in his place would have to show his tyrannical ambitions. - The last time you went to Voronezh Chamber Theater. This visit had something to do? - To walk to the hotel, heard the bells. Our time on train times is limited, we busy schedule, so when I go to another city, I have to work just time and pay attention to the books. Now I read the book Meyrink "Walpurgis Night" and stories Aksenov. - They deal only with new songs and will be carried out and the old hits? - We have selected a program from the album "Capital". We choose songs to date, we believe, is still valid, and dilute romantic and sensual numbers from the album "Fun". Now, we wrote a very romantic, quiet music "fun", but I think it is just a pause before another violent attack. Because we have no choice - we take the fight. Ivan Tolstoy, "News Showbiz NEWSmusic.ru» photos