MITYA
Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia | Established. Jan 01, 2014 | SELF
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Talking with him is a bit like watching a tennis match, as he stands first on one foot, then the other.
Tall and slim, he looks like an overgrown six-year-old who could have driven his parents and teachers to distraction just trying to get him to calm down and be quiet.
He is perhaps best described as a human percussion instrument, and fans around the world seem to love his energetic style, and the odd, rhythmic combination of lyrical pings, pops, clinks, zips and booms he creates with his mouth, lips, tongue and voice.
He rose to fame in Russia after winning a national beatbox championship in 2008, and began posting YouTube videos in 2009. He has well over 200,000 YouTube subscribers and estimates half of them are from the US. - Maria Young, RIA Novosti
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Still working on that hot first release.
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My name is Mitya Burmistrov. I'm a OneBeat 2013 fellow, RBMA Moscow 2014 fellow, captain of beatbox team Russia, Universiade 2013 Ambassador.
I'm a musician and a beatboxer. Videos on youtube.com/mastamicbeatbox reached 49 million views goal (first time in "Music" category on YouTube Russia).
Internet popularity started with this "kitchen" freestyle:
youtu.be/A94EEk2rZpU.
They showed it on the news in USA and Germany. Even Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit shared it on facebook (the comment said "fuck it").
In 2013 I became a captain of beatbox team Russia (the battle against France - http://youtu.be/sEfeGbbZ2lg).
In September 2013 I started recording my first album in America:
25 musicians from all over the world (including me) took part in international music program
OneBeat 2013
(1beat.org/community/people/ppl/#MityaBurmistrov).
During one month I jammed and performed across America with musicians of different cultures.
(http://youtu.be/5JiGWF7UfCA - a teaser for our NY show, second track is mine).
First song from my upcoming album: soundcloud.com/mitya/raindrop-feat-blinky-bill-malabika*
*featuring Blinky Bill (http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/people/blinky-bill)
and Bollywood singer Malabika Brahma (http://www.reverbnation.com/brahmakhyapa).
In May 2014 I didn't get to RBMA in Tokyo. But participated in RBMA BC Moscow (https://vimeo.com/97618977).
I performed as a beatboxer at the Universiade in China, Serbia, at Olympics in Canada (here is a video http://youtu.be/WDf1eF4qRZs).
I made gigs in Austria, at YouFest in Spain, participated/judged beatbox championships in Germany, Belgium and France. In 2011 (as a Ambassador of Universiade and a musician) I made a tour across Russia.
This summer I made 5 street studios in Russia
(first one - http://youtu.be/Jn5xYiUoKMQ; album of street songs with strangers -http://vk.com/mityaburmistrov?w=wall-23044129_9146).
And now I'm making a concert with an orchestra:
http://vk.com/mityaorchestra.
In my gigs I use "live" instruments (guitars, voice, percussion) as well as "dead" instruments (samplers, synths, drum-machines). I'm against any mental boundaries between "electronic" and "live" music.
You can make a good song using only an arbalest.
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