“Mill” is a Russian folk rock band [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] from Moscow . It was founded on October 15, 1999 by the musicians of the disintegrated band Til Uhlenshpigel . The vocalist, harpist and main songwriter is Khelavisa (Natalya Andreevna O'Shey).
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| Genre | folk rock , art rock , minstrel song |
| Years | from 1999 to the present |
| A country |  Russia |
| City | Moscow |
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| Language of songs | Russian , English |
| Label | Navigator records |
| Structure | Natalya O'Shey Alexey Kozhanov Dmitry Frolov Sergey Vishnyakov Dmitry Kargin |
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Content
- 1 History
- 2 Interviews
- 3 Group members
- 3.1 Session participants
- 3.2 Administrative and technical group
- 3.3 Former members
- 3.4 Composition by years
- 4 Discography
- 5 notes
- 6 Literature
- 7 References
- 7.1 Blogs
History
The group was founded in 1999 by former members of the Til Ulenspiegel group, which had broken up by then. On the posters of the first concert of Mills on October 29, 1999, Til Ulenspiegel was still listed, for which Helavisa apologized to the public. Mills’s debut album, entitled Sleep Road , included several songs, arranged by Ruslan Komlyakov, the leader of Tiel Ulenspiegel.
The group became popular in 2005 thanks to Our Radio and the Chart Dozen charts. Fans of the "Mill" organized a flash mob and brought the song "Night Mare" to the leaders of the hit parade. Since then, "Mill" - a regular participant in the playlist of "Our Radio", their songs often win in charts. In the same 2005, changes took place in the Mill. Most participants separated and formed the Sylphs group. But in December, four new members came, two of whom also played in the NetSlov group. Then the second vocalist, Alevtina Leontyeva , appeared, who took part in the recording of the album “ Call of Blood ” (2006). Alevtina left the group in 2007.
In 2009, Mill recorded the new album Wild Herbs . In the same year the collection of hits "Mill: Best Songs" was released. In parallel with his work at the Mill, Helavisa performs solo, and amateur recordings of her concerts have been circulating for a long time. The first "official" solo album, "Leopard in the City," was released in 2009. In 2011, the group released the single "Christmas Songs", which included two new songs - "Take Care" and "Sheep". The single was published in a limited edition for visitors to the band's Christmas concerts; it will not go on sale or reprint.
On April 28, 2012, the fifth record of Angelophrenia was released. On the same day, "Mill" presented a new album in Moscow, in the club Arena Moscow. A DVD recording of the Wild Grass concert-presentation and the Sign of Four box set , the reissue of the band’s first four albums, were also released. As a bonus, “Sign of Four” included the songs “Take Care of Yourself” and “Sheep,” included in the 2011 Christmas single. In November, the shooting of the first clip of the group [6] and the material for the second clip from the group’s concert in Izhevsk on November 25, 2012 [7] took place .
January 11, 2013 was released Christmas mini-album "My Joy", which includes 5 songs. On September 26, 2014, the first official concert album of the Mill group, Angelophrenia Live, was released, which included recording 16 songs from the presentation of the album Angelophrenia at Arena Moscow on April 28, 2012. On October 25, 2014, an anniversary concert was held in Moscow, dedicated to the group's fifteenth anniversary, as well as the birth of a daughter by cellist Alexei Orlov.
October 9, 2015 released the album "Alchemy". September 3, 2016, on the birthday of Helavisa, the public was presented with a video for the song “Farewell” from the last album. October 15, 2016 the release of the new album "Chimera", conceptually associated with the previous one. In 2017, the band’s first two albums were reissued, Sleep Road and Pass . The new edition includes booklets with lyrics and new illustrations.
Interview
- (Sergey Kalinin) Natalya O`Shey : “Life may not be happy, but it must strictly be interesting” // IA YARKUB (April 2014)
- (Sergey Kalinin) Natalya O`Shey : “The new album will be a chivalrous novel multiplied by the space saga” // IA YARKUB (December 2014)
- (Mikhail Belyakov) The evolution of “Mills”, or “Alchemy” as a favorite album of the collective // IA “YARKUB” (May 2016)
Group members
- Natalia O'Shey (Helavisa) - vocals , Irish harp , percussion , acoustic guitar , poems , music, arrangements , artistic director of the group.
- Alexey Kozhanov (since December 2005) - bass , acoustic guitar , arrangements.
- Dmitry Frolov (since December 2005) - drum kit , arrangements.
- Sergey Vishnyakov (since February 2010) - electric guitar , acoustic guitar , solo, backing vocals, music, arrangements, artistic director of the group.
- Dmitry Kargin (since June 2013) - flute , wind arrangements.
Session Participants
- Vasilisa Vvedenskaya - violin violin . The leader of the folk rock band "Pitchfork". Session participant, May 2000.
- Sergey Sedykh - guitar, electric guitar. The leader of the rock group " North-East ", a sessional participant in the concerts of 2009-2010, took part in the recording of the album "Wild Herbs" (2009).
- Irina Surina - vocals. Country folk singer, former member of the Corn group (1991-2000). She took part in the recording of the album "Wild Herbs".
- Elena Nikitaeva - vocals. She took part in the recording of the Wild Herbs album and its presentation in the Olimpiysky Sports Complex (2009)
- Sergey Klevensky - wind instruments. He took part in the recording of the album "Wild Herbs".
- Max Yorick - an electric violin . He took part in the recording of the album “Wild Herbs” and his presentations in the Olimpiysky Sports Complex (Moscow) and the Yubileiny Sports Palace (St. Petersburg).
- Peter Nikulin - to didgeridoo . He took part in the recording of the album "Wild Herbs".
- Nikolai Oorzhak - throat singing. He took part in the recording of the album "Wild Herbs".
- Oscar Chuntonov is an organ of Hammond. The keyboard player of the group is Peter Nalich , Tatyana Zykina . He took part in the recording of the album "Wild Herbs". Sessional participant of the Moscow concerts of the group since 2010
Administrative Technical Group
- Alexey Zinoviev - stage sound engineer.
- Ivan Savin is a lighting designer.
Former members
- Dan Skurida - guitar, percussion, vocals . From the founding of the group until July 2002. Member of the group " Wind of Water ".
- Maria Skurida - violin, backing vocals . From the founding of the group until July 2002. Member of the group " Wind of Water ".
- Natalya Filatova - flute. From the founding of the group until October 2005. Member of the group " Sylphs ".
- Alexander Stepanov (Grendel) - guitar, percussion, vocals, music, arrangements. From the foundation of the Mill in October 1999 to December 1999, he was a member of the group. He returned with renewed vigor in January 2001 to strengthen and diversify the sound of the band. In June 2007, he again left the group, was a member of the folk group AnarrimA before its breakup.
- Dina Khatsko - second vocals, 1999.
- Alexandra Nikitina - cello, 1999.
- Alexey Sapkov (Chus) - from October 1999 to March 2010 : guitar , vocals, percussion, music, poems, arrangements. From March 2010 to June 2017: the director of the team.
- Alexey Danilenko - cello, 2000.
- Olga Lopina - second vocal, November-December 2000.
- Dina Nigmatullina - cello. From 2000 to December 2003.
- Natalya Masevnina - violin. From September 2002 to September 2003.
- Roman Lutoslavsky (Proshenko) - percussion, drum kit. From September 2002 to July 2004.
- Inessa Klubochkina (Burlakova) - violin. From October 2003 to October 2005. Member of the group " Sylphs ".
- Natalya Kotlova (Khmelevskaya) - cello. From December 2003 to October 2005. Former member of the Sylphs group. Member of the Magellanic Cloud group
- Evgeny Chesalov is a bass guitar. From April 2004 to October 2005. Member of the Sylphs group.
- Alexander Leer - drum kit, percussion. From July 2004 to October 2005. Former member of the Sylphs group.
- Maria Tsodokova (Shanti) - vocals , backing vocals . In November 2004, she performed with the group as a second vocalist.
- Irina Shiryaeva - vocals , backing vocals . In January-May 2005, she performed with the group as a second vocalist.
- Sergey Zaslavsky - flute , melodic , miserable , saxophone , accordion , harp , arrangements. From December 2005 to May 2013.
- Alexey Orlov - electric cello , cello , mandolin , arrangements. From December 2005 to June 2017.
- Alevtina Leontiev - vocals , backing vocals , poems. Since May 27, 2006 she performed with the group as a second vocalist. November 24, 2007 left the "Mill", is leading its own projects.
- Alexey Tarasov (Altar) - group administrator from May 2005 to November 2010.
- Alexey Arzhanov (Doctor) - sound engineer (left the group in October 2011).
- Max Cherepanov - monitor sound engineer (until October 2011)
- Alexey Denisov - sound engineer (from November 2011 to June 2017).
Composition by years
Discography
- Studio albums
- 2003 - The Road to Sleep
- 2005 - The Pass
- 2006 - The Call of Blood
- 2009 - Wild Herbs
- 2012 - Angelophrenia
- 2015 - Alchemy
- 2016 - Chimera
- Live album
- 2014 - Angelophrenia Live
- Mini Albums
- 2004 - Master of the Mill
- 2013 - My Joy
- Single
- 2011 - Christmas Songs
- Vinyl
- 2013 - The Road of Sleep
- 2017 - “ Alchemeira (inaccessible link) ”
- Clips
- “Roads” (2012) - director Vadim Shatrov
- “Ballad of struggle” (2014) - director Stanislav Dovzhik
- Smuggling (2014) - directed by Vadim Shatrov
- Goodbye (2016) - Director Alexander Karpov
- Believe me [8] (2018) - director Ksenia Baskakova
- Faces of War: Jaina [9] (2018) - Animated movie for the game World of Warcraft
Notes
- ↑ Helavisa: “I operate on myths and theoretical witchcraft.” The leader of the cult group "Mill" about himself and folk rock - "Sight"
- ↑ Review of the album "Mill" "Angelophrenia" (2012) Archival copy of October 27, 2016 on Wayback Machine - InRock
- ↑ The soloist of the folk rock band Mill will give the last concert in Moscow before the decree - Rossiyskaya Gazeta
- ↑ Popular folk rock band “Mill” performed for the first time in Vologda. Archived copy of November 27, 2015 at Wayback Machine - Soviet Sport
- ↑ The Mill: Heavenly Science
- ↑ The Mill shot its first clip (inaccessible link) . newsmusic.ru (November 20, 2012). Date of treatment November 29, 2012. Archived November 28, 2012.
- ↑ Elena Kardopoltseva. Izhevsk fans will be able to see themselves in the clip of the group "Mill" . izhlife.ru (November 27, 2012). Date of treatment November 29, 2012. Archived December 1, 2012.
- ↑ Helavisa - Believe (clip) (Russian) . Date of appeal May 16, 2018.
- ↑ World of Warcraft RU. Faces of War: Jaina (performed by Natalia Khelavisy O'Shey, Mill) (July 23, 2018). Date of treatment July 25, 2018.
Literature
- Rebrina L., Borisova E. On the gods and heroes // FUZZ . - 2007. - No. 2 . Archived October 12, 2007.
Links
- The official website of the group
- Group fan site
- The official Mills YouTube Channel
- Profile Mill (group) at Last.fm
- Facebook official page
- Mill on Discogs
Blogs
- - community dedicated to the Mill group
- - 's blog