“We came from the underground and became popular with our pop-culture parodies. One day to my horror I realized that our group has become similar to the objects of our parodies and mockery. We were starting to merge with all those pop-star crowd, but I’m not one of them and never wanted to be,” - Sergey Mikhalok, the band’s leader says. He admits that it wasn’t so easy to give up the show business game and become independent once again.
According to him, “it was very difficult to get our true essence back on top. And the thing wasn’t about any contracts. We had to overcome public opinion and, most importantly, set our own minds free. At first, my internal discomfort from the gap between the authentic “Lyapis Trubetskoy” and its public image was relieved by hard drinking and other stuff, but when my weight peaked at 110 kilograms and my mind was about to collapse, I gave up everything, lost 25 kilograms and started to play the music I like.”
“Capital” is the second independent album by “Lyapis Trubetskoy” after the “Zoloty’ye yaytsy” (“Golden Balls”) created in 2004 under heavy reggae and ska influence. “While working on “Zoloty’ye yaytsy” we didn’t understand what to do with our independence. As a result there were some reflex attempts to score a radio hit with “Rain’ka” or “Pochtal’iony” (“Postmen”), - Sergey Mikhalok says. – But this wasn’t the biggest problem. The whole album was overproduced, we tried to mix too many styles, musical instruments and sounds in it. So, we paid too much attention to the form instead of the essence. We were in need of a real professional who could tell us what was good and what was too much.”
That is why searching for a sound producer was one of the main tasks while working on “Capital”. At some point the band wanted to record their album in London, in the hometown the legendary British ska-band “Madness” (one of Mihalok’s favourites). When almost everything was ready for that, a chance interfered. At a concert in Kiev “Lyapis Trubetskoy” met a famous Ukrainian sound producer Vitaliy Telezin. He worked with “Okean El’zi”, “Brat’ia Grim” and other top Ukrainian/Russian artists. But it wasn’t the thing that attracted Mikhalok and his friends.
“We are from the same generation with him, we had common world outlook, we liked the same music. And it was the music we wanted to record on our new album. I don’t want to offend anyone, but, roughly speaking, for our band he is the first studio guy who didn’t need explanations about what is California wave or how “Green Day” and “Offspring” make their sound,” - Mikhalok says.
And this combination has worked perfectly well. Now it’s already clear that the new album will mean to the band and its fans no less than the legendary “Ty kinula” (“You Gave Me Up”) in 1998 and will give a rise to the new popularity wave for “Lyapis Trubetskoy”. Still, according to Sergey Mikhalok, the ideology of both the new album and the present group is different from what used to be in the years between these two landmarks. He says: “When I started my career I used to write songs that changed me and the world around me, but later I began to create stuff, that didn’t have influence either on me or the world around. At best those songs could be a soundtrack for some wedding or birthday. And what is horrible at some point I even used to be proud of that. But now I have come back to what everything started from – to a mix of biting satire and powerful chords.”
Video clips have played an important role in the album presentation. The first clip for the song “Hare” (“Enough”), a cheerful wedding trash-video, was filmed by a famous actor and new wave director Vladimir Epifantsev. The second clip, animation video “Capital”, which has become a real Internet sensation, was made by Aleksey Terekhov, co-author of the legendary “Au” (1998) and “Rozochka” (1999) videos. "Capital" has hardly appeared on TV, but has already won several prizes and got a lot of nominations on the different video & music festivals in Russia, Belarus, Portugal and so on.
Frontman Siarhei Mikhalok anounced mid-March 2014 that the group would ceased to exist the next 1 September.
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Пульс эпохи
Ляпис Трубецкой Lyrics
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На съезд мажоров и блядей с позитивною ориентацией
Главные ди-джеи с Ибицы, все городские калигулы
Голубых кровей Патриции, рождённые жить в каникулы.
Пульс-пульс-пульс, сердца подчиняются вздоху
Пульс-пульс-пульс мы формируем эпоху.
Сладкая, как вересковый мёд
Жизнь, как призрачный Титаник
Хрупкая как серебристый лёд.
Жизнь в раю под бой курантов
В золоте церковных куполов
Под защитой ангелов-мутантов
Бойцов, вооружённых до зубов.
Главная повестка ночи - плебеи - рабы демонстрации
Мешают веселиться, сволочи, кто открыл резервации
У них ведь есть телевизор, шансон и дешёвая бырло
Какие ещё сюрпризы готовит прозревшее быдло?
Пульс-пульс-пульс, сердца подчиняются вздоху
Пульс-пульс-пульс мы формируем эпоху.
The lyrics to Ляпис Трубецкой's song Пульс эпохи (Pulse of Era) convey a satirical and critical message about the hedonistic and indulgent lifestyles of the rich and powerful, who invite only the chosen ones to their gatherings of "majors" and "sluts" with a positive orientation. The song paints a picture of a society divided into classes, with the "beautiful people" partying in expensive clubs with famous DJs while the common people are ridiculed as "barbarians" and "peasants." The chorus of the song emphasizes how the heartbeats are following the pulse of the era, indicating the powerful grip of this hedonistic trend on the society.
The second verse portrays life as something that can be sweet as honey and beautiful like a cake, but at the same time, it is ephemeral and fragile like a ship made of ice. Ляпис Трубецкой highlights the contrast between the lives of the rich and the poor, with the rich living in paradise, while the poor fight for survival, underprivileged, and unaware of the impending doom. The third verse highlights the hypocrisy prevalent in society, with the rich partying in opulent settings while ridiculing the poor for their entertainment choices of "chanson" and "cheap beer."
Line by Line Meaning
Формация красивых людей приглашает избранных нацией
An assembly of beautiful people invites those chosen by the nation
На съезд мажоров и блядей с позитивною ориентацией
To a gathering of the elite and the promiscuous with a positive attitude
Главные ди-джеи с Ибицы, все городские калигулы
The top DJs from Ibiza, all the urban Caligulas
Голубых кровей Патриции, рождённые жить в каникулы.
The blue-blooded Patricias, born to live on vacation.
Пульс-пульс-пульс, сердца подчиняются вздоху
Pulse-pulse-pulse, hearts obeying the sigh
Пульс-пульс-пульс мы формируем эпоху.
Pulse-pulse-pulse, we shape an era.
Жизнь, красивая как пряник
Life, beautiful like a gingerbread cookie
Сладкая, как вересковый мёд
Sweet, like heather honey
Жизнь, как призрачный Титаник
Life, like a ghostly Titanic
Хрупкая как серебристый лёд.
Fragile like silvery ice.
Жизнь в раю под бой курантов
Life in paradise, to the sound of chimes
В золоте церковных куполов
In the golden domes of churches
Под защитой ангелов-мутантов
Under the protection of mutant angels
Бойцов, вооружённых до зубов.
Fighters armed to the teeth.
Главная повестка ночи - плебеи - рабы демонстрации
The main agenda of the night - the plebs - slaves of the demonstration
Мешают веселиться, сволочи, кто открыл резервации
Those bastards who opened up reservations are ruining the fun
У них ведь есть телевизор, шансон и дешёвая бырло
They have a television, chanson and cheap booze, after all.
Какие ещё сюрпризы готовит прозревшее быдло?
What other surprises does the awakened rabble have in store?
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ПОВАР ОК
Никогда не видел этот клип. Огонь=)). Мне понравилось. Как всегда в песне свой смысл.
Санек
жизнь, под защитой (надзором) ангелов мутантов, бойцов вооруженных...
Юра Юрченко
АНГЕЛЫ МУТАНТЫ ЭТО КУРИЦА 2 ГЛАВАЯ
ПО ПУТИ😉
Молодцы👌👌👌2021 #нетпутиназад
OREH
с глазами это конечно круто придуманно! Ляписы - наше всё!
Yaroslav Levchenko
Лучше и не скажешь! Супер!
bazlo '
я бы вообще не стал слушаю без клипа)) правда да глаза режит.
Vitamini Zation
пять баллов!
DRONsssss
ЖИЗНЬ КРАСИВАЯ КАК ПРЯНИК!!!!!!
Morrisson
Огонь!!!