Biography
The Bratubrat Group was formed in 2011 in Belarus. The name of the team was not chosen by chance. Rap-duet founded two native brothers - Alexey and Igor.Compound
The group included Alexey Shimko (Shima) and Igor Shimko (Kucher).
Alexey older than Igor for 5 years. As a child, he tried himself in many areas - he was engaged in martial arts, straw weaving, but eventually found himself in music and basketball. He is a candidate for master sports. By the way, the rap came exactly through basketball. Often watched video of the speeches of the world famous team of street players "And 1", together with these rollers absorbed African American rap motifs.
Igor "Kucher" Shimko since childhood was fond of football. Like an older brother, he achieved considerable success in sports. It has the first adult digit on football. In adolescence, LIRVANA, "The Offspring", "Green Day" listened. But the elder brother preferred any other music, the Tupac Shakura Tupak's magazine often played, and the interest in hip-hop came himself. In 2011, Alexey offered his brother to record a joint track "From and to".
Music
Alexey "Shima" was carried away by a guitar at 16 years old. This hobby was reflected on the music of a duet. Very often in group compositions there are guitar parties. Creativity Guys gloomy and harsh, depressive rap with Minsk Okrain. Yes, and Shima himself repeatedly said that he considered himself a pessimist. It is he who writes texts for the group. Of course, there is often obscene vocabulary in their rap lyrics.
Before "Bratubrat", Alexey Shimko was part of the Pleiad group. Kucher was a member of the Klan 017 group. Immediately after the success of the track "From and to", the guys record the same album. It includes 19 tracks, including collaboration with Pleiadly and "Clan 017".
In 2013, a joint album was released with Raskolnikov - "Areas of Darkness". The main hit of this album was the song "From under T-shirt", recorded with the group "Caspian cargo". In the same year, the album "While Skornaya" was recorded. The Pleiad Group participated in its creation. Also in the same record joined the CENTR group - "Autumn".
Guys, and before that, they often intersect at concerts and rap festivals with the Artists of the TsAO label, whose owner was Ptah. Therefore, soon the guys became participants of the label. The first release of the group under the "wing" "Cao" took place in March 2014 - the light saw the album "Kurages". It included Fits with a mutant of Cosmo, DJ Nikone, Artem Tatischevsky, Leshe Sovik.
Of course, cooperation with the Agency has become a new stage for the guys. The Bratubrat Group has become more actively touring, shoot clips.
The next album "Eight" came out in 2015. On the cover depicts an inverted eight - the sign of infinity. As Shima says, it's how it is impossible to reflect the essence of the album - "an infinitely closed circle of life." Did you managed to surprise our fans. A real surprise was the track "War", recorded in conjunction with the Children's Music School Choir under the leadership of Olga Filimonova. Later on this song was removed the video. Also, the album entered FIT with Slovesky "I do not believe."
Like all past records, the "eight" is filled with deep and caretable texts on life themes. There are no meaningless tweets and fetaned plots. It included the songs "Do not go", "Never", "Parallel" and others. The album was recorded with the participation of the Moscow sound recording label azimutzvuk.
After the release of the album, the guys released several releases with various musicians. In 2015, collaboration with Daromdabro "Yes, and then", with Ttpromsk "Tell me why", with Chipachip & Kof "Hardcore", as well as independent singles "Circus" and "What's next."
In 2016, the Bratubrat group recorded songs "September 1", "XXX" and "if if", two work with RSKL - "Colosseum" and "Old woman in black". Also this year the guys recorded the track "It became difficult to live", which became a soundtrack for the movie "Carousel-2".
Bratubrat Group now
In one of the interviews, the guys reported that rap for them is still more hobbies, since, unfortunately, "rap will not feed." Everyone has their own personal life, and they are sure that they will not be forever in rape. Although now music takes practically all his free time.
They continue to tour, often give concerts in clubs. For 2018, speeches in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vologda and other cities are scheduled. Also in 2017, Shima recorded Fit with Daromdabro "only so." In the same year, the songs "Tablet" and "in the Ocean" came out.
Shima actively leads a page in the social network "VKontakte". In an interview, the musician often says that it receives hundreds of messages and proposals to record a joint fitness. But he hurries to notice that he is not inclined to listen to everything that he is sent. He just does not have time for it. In 2017, Alexey had a daughter Nick's daughter, so he tries to devote all his free time to the family.
Igor appears more often in "Instagram", puts out the posters of the upcoming speeches, photos from vacation and concerts.
Discography
- 2011 - "From and to"
- 2013 - "While Skoving" together with the Pleiad group
- 2013 - "Areas of Darkness" together with Raskolnikov
- 2014 - "Kurages"
- 2015 - "Eight"
Clips
- 2015 - "War" with the participation of the choir DMSH №11
- 2015 - "Path Fixed" with the participation of Mutant Cosmo
- 2015 - "In every pelvis"
- 2017 - "Base"