Leprikonsy group: history and albums

The Leprikonsy group is a Belarusian pop-punk band formed in 1997. Ilya Mitko is the founder, vocalist and author of the main part of the team’s compositions. The prerequisites for the creation of the group arose in 1996. Ilya Mitko even before creating a new band played in a punk rock band called Kindergarten.

History of creation

The creator of the Leprekonsy group in his last team was a vocalist. However, he still lacked freedom. Because the group did not last long, in turn, the vocalist who left it created another group and called it “Leprikon”. Colleagues performed hardcore. In 1997, the team recorded the first demo tape, and also began to use the accordion.

This instrument was taken over by former bassist Vladimir Fedoruk. The musicians called their first brainchild “Children” and sold this work in the amount of ten pieces. There were 20. There were 20 cassettes in the group. After that, the real turnover began. Bassists and guitarists came and went. Girls were replaced by guys.

Finally, a series of drastic changes was completed, and the new composition of the musicians began to write a serious full-fledged album with the working title “A man walks and smiles”, but this work was later released under the name “You and I were SUPER”.

By the time this album was released, the chorus “Khali-Gali, Paratrooper” was already in full swing, and the group “Leprikonsy” managed to conclude an agreement with the studio “Soyuz”.

From that moment, concerts, festivals, broadcasts and tours started. Among such events, the main one can be considered the performance of the team at the opening of the second day of the festival "Invasion - 2000". The second album of the group was released in 2001, in the summer.

Albums

The songs of the Leprikonsa group were included in several albums, the first of which appeared in 1997 and was called "A Man Walks and Smiles." In addition, the team released the following works: “You and I were SUPER”, “All the guys are peppers”, “..for Poplar!”, “From West to East”, “Bezdyati”, “By the wires”, “Ten years”, “Gift”, “Super Girl”.

Interesting Facts

“Super-eight”, “Paratruper” and “Khali-Gali” are the names of the attractions that are located in Minsk, in the Chelyuskintsev park. A song mentioning these objects was written in the capital of Belarus in 1999. The song “And you and I are playing KVN” can be heard in the title screen of the “KVN on Bis” project. The song "Khali-Gali" sounds in the series called "Team B".

Ilya Mitko in the group received the nickname Adamych and Philip. The group leader admits that in high school he already actively played concerts with his group in various alternative clubs in Minsk. At that time, musicians were first invited to sing in Salihorsk.

However, the concert did not take place, since Fedya was not released by his parents then. The group leader says that he always dreamed of creating a group and his desire came true at the age of fifteen.