The Mukha group is a Russian rock band founded in the capital in 2006. It is considered an alternative project of one of the members of the “Leg brought” group - drummer Anton Yakumolsky, as well as singer Alexandra Chigunova.
Start
The Fly group arose in the spring of 2006. Its organizers were Anton Yakumolsky, who at that time was a member of the well-known group “He Squatted”, and vocalist Alexander Chigunova, known in certain circles, who had previously performed under the stage name SashaCh. The first song performed by the duet was the song “Microphone”. Her debut came on October 6th. For the first time she sounded on the radio station "Our Radio". A week later, the band’s track hit the sixth line of the “Chart Dozen”.
2007 year The “Fly” group releases the so-called maxi-single, which is called “Plagiarism”. Yakumolsky and Chigunova present their creation on May 30 at the famous metropolitan night club "Concert". The composition received rave reviews from critics.
Without stopping at this, the group continues to actively participate in all kinds of performances and parties. One of the first major festivals in which Fly participates is Air 2007. In the future, the musicians plan to perform at Invasion 2007, however, due to the cancellation of this festival, the band members only get to Invasion 2008 a year later.
First album
2008 year. The Fly group creates its debut album, gives it the name Combination. For the first time, the group shows their creation to the public in a Moscow club. The presentation of this album brought together more than a thousand spectators. The album consisted of songs combining disco, pop rock, lounge and many other areas of music. Dmitry Sirotkin and Alexei Kozhakov, considered to be excellent guitarists, took part in the creation of this collection. However, despite the positive reviews about the first album, the musicians themselves consider it infantile.
Second and third albums
The year 2009 brought the group some changes in composition. A new member, Yegor Petrov, who played the guitar, as well as bass player Mikhail Prokushenkov, was accepted into the group. Immediately after this, the next album was released, which the musicians called the "Album for drawing."
In 2009, the rock band Mukha, whose photo has already become very recognizable in Russia, was fully engaged in studio recordings and concert performances.
In 2010, Anton and Alexandra meet with guitarist Yuri Poisik and invite him to their project, he soon agrees. The very first song, entitled “Have No Sorry about Them”, recorded with the new guitarist, falls into the first lines of Russian charts. In summer, a video for this song is shot. In the autumn, another single begins to sound from the same album, titled “For Love”.
In February 2011, the group “Fly” in the charts “Our Radio” took the top lines with the song “I Like She”. 2011 was generally a very fruitful year for the team. He releases the album "Coincidence", participates in all kinds of concerts, gets on various radio channels.
year 2012. The team presents its fans a new song "Tram No. 6". The feature of this single was that it was performed in the latest format for musical creations. It was designed in the form of a comic strip, which was drawn by the animator Karina Kutymova. Of course, it was intended, or rather, focused on the owners of computers and mobile gadgets on which to view this work.
Fourth album. The current composition of the group
In December 2015, the last collection of the “In My Head” band was released. This is the fourth album that the group “Fly” has in its discography. In principle, the album is performed in the spirit of this rock band, but at the same time critics note its diversity both in sound and in musical arrangements.
The composition of the group "Fly" today is as follows:
- Anton Yakumolsky - drummer, is the author of musical accompaniment;
- Alexandra Chigunova, soloist, author of texts;
- Danil Voronin - bassist;
- Georgy Tarasov - guitarist;
- Evgeny Glebov - keyboards.
The rock group “Mukha”, whose discography is still small, is considered a very successful and promising project among the vast mass of current music groups. At least, many of her fans hope that the team will not stop there.