Mirami - a fiery, energetic, positive Ukrainian girl-band, created to bring entertaining experiences to their fans. The group name is not accidental. Spanish "mira mi" means "look at my..." and it’s safe to say that the girls - Julia Miskiv, Kate Kuhareva and Sofia Kistruga – have something to show not only to Ukraine but also to the whole world. Physical beauty and great vocal abilities come together in this band. This is one of the few occurrences in show business, where there is something to listen to, and not just to look at. The producers of the band are Andrew Bakun and Alexander Duda.
The project Mirami was founded in 2010 by the producers Andrew Bakun, Alexander Duda (aka Alex Hitch), Oleh Kovalskyi (aka Olav Hike) and Peter Guzar (aka Peter Cliff). Andrew, a well-known composer and arranger in the West of Ukraine, became the leader of the producers team. His experience and support of the colleagues made it possible to create a project, long awaited by thousands of dance music fans. And it was a blast in the “dance music industry” not only in Ukraine, but also in other countries around the world.
It was the right kind of professional team that made it possible for the whole project to become a one of a kind separate creative unit in show business.
The process of selection of the band members was also unique. After the long casting process, the first one to be chosen was Julia Ivashkiv – singer, linguist, journalist, who besides everything mentioned above, also took part in beauty contests. Yana Stinkus, whose thirst for new experiences helped her to become a professional model and singer, was the next one to join the band. She consequently became the First Lady of the city of Ternopil in 2010. The third member of the band – Martha Mokh was almost immediately replaced by a blond-haired girl Oksana Karpiak after filming of the video for the song “Sexualna” (“Sexy”). The presence of a blond character in the band created a feeling of completeness for the producers and Mirami was fully prepared and eager to begin recording their debut album.
“Sexualna, nebezpechna…” (“sexy, dangerous…”) – these words are probably known to everyone…
It was the single “Sexualna” (“Sexy”) that hit the charts on the radio and TV programs in Ukraine. Mirami shot the debut video with a famous rapper VovaZiLvova and introduced it on the national music channel M1. The single held top positions in the Coolbaba.cc chart for over two months and became one of the most played singles on many radio stations.
Professional demeanor of Mirami in music and on stage was immediately noticed by selective, in terms of musical tastes, European audience. There it was… “Sexualna” (“Sexy”) set the dance floors on fire in Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Lithuania, Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Bulgaria, as well as Russia and Belarus.
In European charts the absolute hit from Mirami left behind performers from Italy, Germany, France, and the USA. The leading position in the world charts placed the band at the level of the most renowned performers in the world. “Sexualna” (“Sexy”) got air time at the radio stations that were thought unreachable for the beginner bands: Free Radio (Czech Republic), Radio ESKA (Poland), RMF Maxxx (Poland), Open.FM (Poland). Such TV channels as Bridge TV (Russia), RuSong TV (Russia), ESKA TV (Poland), Viva Polska, MTV Polska, 4FunTV (Poland), MCM (France) took Mirami’s hit song in rotation.
When the Ukrainian version of the song lyrics wass sang by the whole Europe, Mirami got invited to a unique event in the world of the Polish show business – All Star Concert "Hity na czasie 2011" ("Current Hits 2011"), held by ESKA radio station. More than a hundred thousand people in the square, and millions of viewers at their TV screens watched the girls’ performance and sang with them "Sexualna, nebezpechna…" ("Sexy, dangerous…")!
After such a busy schedule, the band released their debut album "Miramimania" in collaboration with the music company Magic Records (Universal Music Poland). Released in September 2011, the album acquired the status of "Golden Disk" in Poland in November. In addition to this, Mirami prepared a new video for the song "Miramimania" which was the second single from their debut album.
Right after its release, the third single “Venus” (which came out in February 2012) became a best-seller in Poland. Thanks to the girls, a cover for the song by Shocking Blue acquired a club sound and got a new life.
At the beginning of 2012, because of Yana Snitkus’ decision to leave Mirami, the producers launched a large-scale casting to find a new member of the band. Among the many girls who decided to audition, Tetiana Ivaniv showed best singing and dancing skills and ultimately became the new member of the band. Tania was professionally engaged in both singing and modeling businesses and also took part in beauty pageants. The girl hardly had any time to recover from pleasant emotions, as the team got on with work.
In the early spring of 2012 Tania, Julia and Oksana left for Spain and France for the shooting of two music videos.
In the resort town of Alicante the girls filmed yet another video for the song "Summer Dreams", which became the first single for their second album. The video was made in cooperation with LayZee, a former member of the band Mr. President, also known for the song "Coco Jamboo".
Romantic Paris was the venue location for the next video, filmed for the song "Amour". It was decided to have a public presentation of the new version of the song at the beginning of 2013, on St. Valentine's Day.
In July of the same year the team started working with a renowned German label Kontor Records. Because of this, the single "Summer Dreams" was released in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and other countries.
Hardly had Mirami celebrated this great achievement, when at the beginning of August 2012 the band got into a serious car accident in Poland. Peter Guzar, one of the band’s producers, decided to leave the team after this unfortunate incident.
Regardless of all the troubles and health issues, the band left for Poland to take part in the festival "Sopot: Top of the Top – Muzodajnia Gwiazd 2012".
Right after the Sopot festival the girls took a short break to completely recover from the car accident. As early as in the beginning of fall Mirami continued their work on the second studio album, whose release was scheduled for the year of 2013.
The year of 2012 ended for the band with a wonderful spectacular concert on one of the largest squares of Warsaw. The New Year’s Eve Concert "Sylwestrowa Moc Przebojow" ("New Year's Power Of Hits") took place on the night of January 1st and gathered about 150 thousand people in the square. In addition, millions of viewers watched the live broadcast of the concert on TV channel Polsat. The biggest stars of Polish show business, such as Enej, Mrozu, Honey, Big Cyc performed on the stage, Mirami were the only foreign band that night. The girls performed their hits "Sexualna" ("Sexy") and "Summer Dreams", as well as covers for two 80's hits "Venus" and "Boys".
Ukraine, Israel and Poland - what brings together these three countries? Actually this time musical experiments brought together a Ukrainian band Mirami with the DJs project Crystal Lake from Israel in Poland! In late March 2013 in a small but very picturesque town Lidzbark Warminski (Poland), at the hotel -сastle Krasicki - the shooting for the video for their joint single "Holiday", released in May of the same year, was held.
Work on the second studio album was still in progress when Julia Ivashkiv made an announcement: "I'm pregnant." And again, a full-scale casting...
The requirements for the new band member remained the same: a sexy, dangerous girl, age 18 – 24, height 1.68 - 1.73 m, with excellent vocal skills, good looks and unsurpassed charisma!
The band producers did some excellent work. Seven worthy finalists were selected during the vocal and choreography auditions, leaving a hundred of contestants far behind. The final part of the Mirami casting was held on September 26th, 2013. Within two hours the jury, representatives of show business and the media, chose the top three contestants – Kate Kuhareva, Julia Miskiv and Natalia Grybenko. No doubt, each girl of the three finalists could have won, but the producers had to choose the best of the best – and it was Kate Kuhareva.
With a new member, the band continued to work on their second studio album. At the end of January 2014, the team released a new single with a video for the song "Upside Down", which the girls recorded with legendary Danzel, Belgian house-techno artist, known for his songs "Pump It Up", "Put Your Hands Up In The Air", "You Spin Me Round". The video was filmed in several cities in Belgium: Bruges, Ostend, Antwerp and Beveren.
Almost immediately after the presentation of the single and the video Mirami went on a tour to China, where they had 14 concerts during which the audience warmly greeted the Ukrainian beauties.
After a six-week stay in China, Oksana Karpiak, who had earlier found her love, decided to leave the band.
Nevertheless, the producers did not have to spend a lot of time to find a new vocalist; it was one of the three finalists of the latest casting – Julia Miskiv. Even during the casting, the judges were not sure which of the girls to choose – Kate or Julia.
At the same time another producer Oleh Kovalskyi left Mirami, as he decided to engage in some non-musical projects.
In the summer of 2014 the band, Tetiana Ivaniv, Julia Miskiv, Kate Kuhareva, went on tours. The band also participated in the festival "Disco pod zaglami 2014" ("Sailing Disco 2014") in Mrongowo, Poland.
Work on the second studio album was almost completed, a new single was almost ready to be released... Tetiana Ivaniv together with her boy-friend decided to leave Ukraine for a while, and therefore she was no longer able to sing in the band.
Since the 1st of November 2014 Tetiana Ivaniv has been replaced by a new member – Sofia Kistruga, whose voice can already be heard in the new single "Amore Eh Oh!". At the end of October Kate, Julia, Sofia, Andrew and Alex visited warm Croatia to shoot the video for this song.
To be continued... ;)
Upside Down
Mirami Lyrics
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Time to put myself in motion
Got your body so tight
Cause I got a feeling
That tonight is the night
We all come alive
Were travelling with the speed of sound and light
Let your body free your mind tonight
So raise your glasses up
Lets spend the bottle round
Theres nothing for me in here tonight
We wake the neighbours up
They listen to the sound
Were throwing a party upside down
Upside down
Feel the beat of the drum
Travelling across the ocean
Empty bottles of rum
Hanging down from the ceiling
I love here the crowd
The music is loud
It feels like I am dancing on the clouds
Do you feel the heat?
Dont try to fight
Cause were gonna roll your as tonight
So raise your glasses up
Lets spend the bottle round
Theres nothing for me in here tonight
We wake the neighbours up
They listen to the sound
Were throwing a party upside down
Upside down
Throwing this party upside down
So raise your glasses up
Lets spend the bottle round
Theres nothing for me in here tonight
We wake the neighbours up
They listen to the sound
Were throwing a party upside down
Upside down
Throwing this party upside down
The song Upside Down by Mirami is a party anthem that encourages people to let go of their inhibitions and just have fun. The song starts with the singer informing us that it's a quarter to nine and it's time to put ourselves in motion. The beat of the song is infectious as it encourages people to move their bodies. The singer feels that tonight is the night and wants to enjoy the party to the fullest. The lyrics mention that they are travelling with the speed of sound and light and they want everyone to feel the heat and let their bodies free their minds.
The lyrics also mention that they want to raise their glasses up and spend the bottle round. They want to party upside down and wake the neighbours up with the sound of their music. They want everyone to feel the beat of the drum, as they are travelling across the ocean. The song mentions that their bodies are so tight, and they want to feel the heat, and they are going to roll your ass tonight. The song is all about enjoying life to the fullest, and just letting go of all our inhibitions.
Line by Line Meaning
Its a quarter to nine
It's almost time for the festivities to begin.
Time to put myself in motion
Time to get ready and start moving to the beat.
Got your body so tight
The excitement is building and the music is making your body move involuntarily, tighter and tighter.
Cause I got a feeling
The anticipation is so strong, and you know something amazing is about to happen.
That tonight is the night
This night is special and different from all the others because the rhythm and energy are there.
We all come alive
Everyone feels alive and dances like they’ve never danced before.
Were travelling with the speed of sound and light
The music and rhythm have a certain energy that transports us at an incredible speed.
Do you feel it too, burning inside?
The passion for the sounds and the movement it creates in your body is indescribable.
Let your body free your mind tonight
Allow your body to move and let your mind be free from any worries.
So raise your glasses up
A toast to the occasion and the energy that exists in this place.
Lets spend the bottle round
Let's all join in and share the positive vibes by playing spin the bottle.
Theres nothing for me in here tonight
The action and excitement is out there at the party, where anyone can let loose and be themselves.
We wake the neighbours up
The intensity reached in the party is so strong that the neighbors are alerted.
They listen to the sound
They hear the upbeat sound waves that make the party vibrant and alive.
Were throwing a party upside down
This party is unique and memorable, it flips everything around and creates a completely different atmosphere.
Feel the beat of the drum
Listen closely to the rhythm of the drums as it guides your movements.
Travelling across the ocean
The sound waves of the music can be heard far and wide, even over the ocean.
Empty bottles of rum
The party has gone on for a while, and the evidence of a good time is seen in the emptied rum bottles.
Hanging down from the ceiling
The party setup is amazing, even the decorations are partying with us, hanging down from the ceiling.
I love here the crowd
The heart of the experience is the people, and the crowded room is what brings the energy.
The music is loud
The music is so powerful, it's almost tangible.
It feels like I am dancing on the clouds
The experience is indescribable, you feel almost like you’re in another world.
Do you feel the heat?
The music and energy are so hot, they practically cause an emotional fire inside.
Dont try to fight
Embrace the music and let loose, don't hold back or try to control the movements.
Cause were gonna roll your as tonight
The party is going to be intense and epic, the energy won't stop.
Throwing this party upside down
Once again, the uniqueness and different vibe of this party are emphasized, turning things around and creating an unforgettable experience.
Contributed by Zoe Y. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Zbigniew Dumin
Mirami piękna piosenka jesteście najlepszym zespołem, pozdrawiam z Polski 💖💖💖
Zbigniew Dumin
Mirami, dzisiaj będę słuchać waszych piosenek do rana, bo wszystkie piosenki są poprostu doskonałe, i uwielbiam ich słuchać 💙💛
Mariusz Paziewicz
Fantastycznie super!!👌👍
Weronika Lasko
super Katya zaśpiewałaś w końcu można usłyszec twój głos wszystkie cudownie spiewacie i piosenka wam pasuje POZDRAWIAM WERONIKA !!!!!!!
Krzysztof Foksinski
Wspaniały teledysk i nuta!Gdzie to było kręcone?Jesteście przepiękne dziewczyny!łapka do góry!
Jan Kowalski
Super! Teledysk i piosenka są super! Oby tak dalej! Mam wielką nadzieje że cała płyta będzie w takim stylu :)
roki1993jp
super teledysk dziewczyny !!!! :D :)
Ксения Лавренчук
Одна из лучших женских групп УКРАИНЫ!
EuroMusicFreak&Beyond
Perfect for waking the neighbours up, what a brill tune.
FagnerGoulart
Ótima música e clipe bem elaborado! Parabéns por mais este sucesso! Abração do BRASIL!!!