Ex members are Titus Vadon (drums, vocals / ex-member from drahdiwaberl & das balaton combo), Zebo Adam (guitar, vocals / ex-member from hallucination company), Antonia-Alexa Georgiew (violin, vocals), Werner Köck (guitar), Manfred Franzmeier (saxophone / member from hot pants road club, ex-member from madrid de los austrias) and Christoph Schödl (drums).
Their music is a rousing mixture of russian folkmusic and ska / ska-punk.
"Russkaja is the exact opposite of Easy Listening music, Russkaja - terror of terrors of all Russian folk music societies - stands for fat Austrian Polka beats. The group members are the most illustrious musicians of the Alpine region, who possess a colourful mix of cultural backgrounds. They pour these various cultural influences into a postmodern version of Russian folk and spread their distinctive music all over Europe. It is sweaty and shouts out loud: Dance Dance Dance! It is a clash of trash metal, world jazz, funky stuff and Frank Zappa-esque Rock. All these things signify: Get down to business!"
There is a word play in the name of the band: RUSSKAJA means 'russian' on russian language, but it also stands for: 'Rus' = Russia - 'Ska' = style of music - 'Ja' = German for: Yes.
Discography:
2006 Dawai, Dawai (EP)
2007 Dope Shit (Single)
2008 Kasatchok Superstar (Album)
2008 More (Single)
2009 Kasatchok Superstar the Song (Single)
2010 Russian Voodoo (Album)
2010 Hammer Drive (Download Single)
www.russkaja.com
www.myspace.com/russkaja
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Russkaja/187544649772
El Pueblo Unido
Russkaja Lyrics
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La bandera roja con el simbolo de paz
Por un cielo despejado libre de missiles
Canto por la vida, canto por la amistad!
Hablo con la voz de hijos, padres y hermanos
Ya que nos privamos vamos a callar
Por eso te imploro
Canta por la vida, canta por la amistad!
El pueblo unido, jamás sera vencido!
El pueblo unido quiere libertad!
El pueblo unido, jamás sera vencido!
El pueblo unido quiere libertad!
Ты себе на миг представь
Мирную планету
На которой воин нет,
Нет вражды и зла
Там где в каждом доме
Веселятся дети
Пусть планету эту люди
Назовут Земля
El pueblo unido, jamás sera vencido!
El pueblo unido quiere libertad!
El pueblo unido, jamás sera vencido!
El pueblo unido quiere libertad!
El pueblo unido, jamás sera vencido!
El pueblo unido, jamás sera vencido!
El pueblo unido, jamás sera vencido!
El pueblo unido quiere libertad!
El pueblo unido, jamás sera vencido!
El pueblo unido quiere libertad!
The lyrics to Russkaja's song "El Pueblo Unido" convey a message of unity, peace, and freedom. The song begins by describing the persona as a dreamer holding the red flag with the symbol of peace, singing for life and friendship. The persona speaks with the voice of children, parents, and siblings, urging to break the guns and sing for life and friendship. The lyrics highlight the importance of unity among the people, emphasizing that a united people will never be defeated and that they desire freedom.
The second part of the lyrics, written in Russian, invites listeners to imagine a peaceful planet without warriors, hostility, or evil. It describes a world where children celebrate in every home, suggesting that people should refer to this planet as Earth. This reinforces the idea of unity, peace, and harmony that the song promotes. Overall, "El Pueblo Unido" is a call for solidarity among people, emphasizing the power of unity in achieving freedom.
Line by Line Meaning
Soy un soñador con la bandera en mi mano
I am a dreamer with the flag in my hand
La bandera roja con el simbolo de paz
The red flag with the symbol of peace
Por un cielo despejado libre de missiles
For a clear sky free of missiles
Canto por la vida, canto por la amistad!
I sing for life, I sing for friendship!
Hablo con la voz de hijos, padres y hermanos
I speak with the voice of children, parents, and siblings
Ya que nos privamos vamos a callar
Since we deprive ourselves, let's be silent
Por eso te imploro
That's why I implore you
Romper los fusiles
To break the rifles
Canta por la vida, canta por la amistad!
Sing for life, sing for friendship!
El pueblo unido, jamás sera vencido!
The united people will never be defeated!
El pueblo unido quiere libertad!
The united people want freedom!
Ты себе на миг представь
Imagine for a moment
Мирную планету
A peaceful planet
На которой воин нет,
Where there is no warrior,
Нет вражды и зла
No hostility and evil
Там где в каждом доме
Where in every home
Веселятся дети
Children are happy
Пусть планету эту люди
Let people call this planet
Назовут Земля
Earth
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: David Lemaitre, Dmytro Miller, Engel Mayr, Georgij Makazaria, Hans-Georg Gutternigg, Mario Stuebler, Rainer Gutternigg, Ulrike Muellner
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Paul Ruben
I´m a dreamer with the flag in my hand
red flag with symbol of peace
for a clear sky free of missiles
I sing for life, I sing for friendship
I speak with the voice of sons fathers and brothers
although they repress us we´re not going to keep silence
that´s why I implore you, break the guns
sing for life,sing for friendship
united people will never be defeated
united people want freedom
Greenjow
Russian part translation:
And for a moment imagine for yourself a peaceful planet.
On which there are no wars, there is no feud and evil.
Where children are having fun in every single house.
Let the people name this planet "Earth".
UPD. Since after 2 years I've found out that this comment got more attention whan I ever though it would, I figured I'd upgrade it a wee bit, by providing original lyrics written in the latin alphabet. Note that it's not 100% accurate, as we have 8 more damn letters than you do, but still. Y'all should be able to sing along(or at least try to).
Some notes:
my "i"s represent the "i" sound as in see or diva
my "e"s represent the "æ" as in cat
Also I use the apostrophe to indicate "soft" consonants, i.e. the "S" in "Sam" is hard, but in "seek" it's soft.
UPD. The apostrophes are mostly gone and replaced with "y" for improved readability as per request in the comments.
I na myig syebe pryedstav' myirnuyu planyetu.
Na kotoroi voin nyet, nyet vrazhdy i zla.
Tam gdye v kazhdom dome vyeselyatsya dyetyi.
Pust' planyetu etu lyudyi nazovut Zemlya.
Ok, looking at it now I realize that it's absolutely unreadable, lmao. Feel free to try though:D
Penguincamp
An Austrian band of Russians and Ukrainians that can speak Russian, English AND Spanish and play a combo of polka, metal, disco, punk, country, ska, and rock in order to promote worldwide peace and signed to an Austrian records label...Russkaja is definitely the most diverse band ever.
Yamazawa Grimoire
They also speak german yk?
Unknown Games
you forgot they have also songs in german and italian
Nerkreth
Gogol Bordello?
GregoryMom
There’s some German in one of their other songs, Energija
Camilo García
Check Gogol Bordello. They are amazingly diverse aswell
JoseOP_321
Al fin podré comentar en español sin sentirme mal
Aunque todos conocimos a esta banda por Energia, para mí, esta es la mejor canción, and I don't say it just because I'm a latino, I really mean it.
Dante kiwi
Russian inti llimani
Maikel
Me siento igual, solo que yo los conocí hace media hora
felipe eduardo victorino serna
Estaba escuchando a panteón rococó, y a el gran silencio y salio esto no me acordaba de este rolón.