Каста - Закрытый космос / Kasta - zakritij kosmos

Kasta

Members
Vladi (Russian: Влади) Shym (Шым) Hamil (Хамиль) (since 1999) Zmey (Змей) (since 2005)

Kasta (Russian: Каста, Russian for caste) is Russian rap band from Rostov-on-Don. Group is led by MC and beatmaker Vladi. Other members include MC's Shim, Hamil and Zmei, as well as DJ Hobot. Although Kasta is notably influenced by New York rap tradition, especially Wu-Tang Clan, they have always written in Russian.

History

Vladi, Shim and Hamil met rap music at a very young age. Vladi created his first song when he was just 13 years old. In 1995 he and his friend Tidan (Тидан) made a group Psycho-lyric (Russian: Психолирик). One year after that Shim connected to Psycho-lyric. In 1997 Psycho-lyric and other rappers from Rostov made a group with name Kasta, which was successor of Psycho-lyric. After that Tidan left the group. In 1999 Hamil connected to Kasta, then Kasta created a group Объединенная Каста (Ob'iedenionnaia Kasta) which means United Kasta, they did this because there were too many members in Kasta. Their first show was in Rostov's famous rap club Duncan and Comanchero.

Formation

• Vladi (Влади) — Лешкевич Владислав Валерьевич (Leshkevich Vladislav Valer'ievich). Born 17 December 1978 in Rostov-on-Don.
• Shim (Шым) — Епифанов Михаил Олегович (Epifanov Mikhail Olegovich. Born 25 January 1979 in Rostov-on-Don.
• Hamil (Хамиль) — Пасечный Андрей Леонидович (Pacechnyi Andrei Leonidovich. Born 19 October 1979 in Rostov-on-Don.
• Zmei (Змей) — Антон Мишенин (Anton Mishenin). Born 21 January 1982 in Rostov-on-Don. In 2005, he left group "Grani" after release volume "Kipesh" and connected to Kasta.

Members of "Объединенная Каста" (Ob'iedenionnaia Kasta / United Kasta)

Каста(Kasta / Caste)

• Влади (Vladi)
• Шым (Shim)
• Хамиль (Hamil)
• Змей (Zmey)

Западный Сектор (Zapadnyi Sektor / West Sector)

• Кактус (Kaktus)
• Дигер (Diger)
• Майор (Maior)

Грани (Grani / Facets)

• Тигра (Tigra)
• Тёмный (Tiomnyi)

Бледнолицые Нигга'дяи (Bliednolitsyie Niggadiai / Pale-faced Rascals)

• Панама (Panama)
• Кальян (Kalian)
• Ситар (Sitar)

Песочные Люди (Pesochnyie Liudi / Sand Men)

• Джин (Jin)
• Псих (Сайк) (Psikh - Saik)
• Дас (Митяй) (Das - Mitiai)
• Жара (Zhara)

Discography

Объединенная Каста (United Kasta)

• В Полном Действии ("V Polnom Deistviee" / "In full force") /Видеосервис/ - 2000

Kasta (Albums)

• Первый Удар ("Pervyi Udar" / "First strike") /Ростов-на-Дону/ - 1997

• Трехмерные Рифмы ("Trekhmernye Rifmy" / "Three-Rhyme") /Ростов-на-Дону/ - 1999

• Громче Воды, Выше Травы ("Gromche Vody, Vyshe Travy" / "Loudest Water, Above Herbs") /Respect Production/ - 2002

• Трехмерные Рифмы. Переиздание ("Trekhmernye Rifmy. Pereizdanie" / "Three-Rhyme. Refill") /Respect Production/ - 2003

• Быль В Глаза ("Byl' V Glaza" / "True story in the eyes") /Respect Production/ - 2008

• Быль В Глаза ("Byl' V Glaza. Pereizdanie" / "True story in the eyes. Refill") /Respect Production/ - 2009

Solo

• Влади (Vladi) - Что Нам Делать В Греции? (Chto Nam Delat' V Greciee?" / "What do we do in Greece?") /Respect Production/ - 2002

• Хамиль (Hamil) - Феникс ("Phenix" / "Phoenix") /Respect Production/ - 2004

• Хамиль и Змей (Hamil & Zmey) - ХЗ ("HZ") /Respect Production/ - 2010

Singles

• На Порядок Выше ("Na Poryadok Vyshe" / "Order of magnitude higher") (Single) /Respect Production/ - 2001

• Горячее Время ("Goryachee Vremya" / "Hectic time") (Single) /Respect Production/ - 2002

• По-Приколу ("Po-Prikolu" / "In-jokes") (Maxi-Single) /Respect Production/ - 2006

Music videos

• Мы Берём Это На Улицах ("Mi Berem Eto Na Ulitsakh" / "We got it from the streets") (2000)

• На Порядок Выше ("Na Poryadok Vyshe" / "On a higher level") (2001)

• Про Макса ("Pro Maxa" / "About Max") (2002)

• Горячее Время ("Goryachee Vremya" / "Hectic time") (OST Антикиллер (Antikiller)) (2002)

• Ревность ("Revnost'" / "Jealousy") (Влади/Vladi) (2003)

• Наши Люди ("Nashi Lyudi" / "Our People") (Live at "Наши Люди '03") (2003)

• Сестра ("Sestra" / "Sister") (2005)

• Черви Ненависти ("Chervi Nenavisti" / "Hearts of Hate") (feat. Песочные Люди (Sand Men)) (2005)

• Капсулы Скорости ("Kapsuly Skorosti" / "Capsules rates") (2006)

• Глупо, Но Класс ("Glupo, No Class" / "Stupid, But Cool") (feat. Gustavo) (2007)

• Встреча ("Vstrecha" / "Meeting") (2008)

• Радиосигналы ("Radiosignaly" / "Radio signals") (2008)

• Вокруг Шум ("Vokrug Shum" / "Noise around us") (2009)

• Номерок ("Nomerok" / "Check") (feat. Крестная Семья (Godmother Family)) (2009)

• Можно Всё ("Mozhno Vsyo" / "Everything's allowed") (Vladi feat. Animal Jazz) (2009)

• Встретимся У Холодильника ("Vstretimsya U Holodil'nika" / "Meet at the Refrigerator") (DJ Hobot, Hamil, Iskra) (2009)

• Закрытый Космос ("Zakrytyi Kosmos" / "Private Space") (Hamil) (2010)

• Метла ("Metla" / "Broom") (Hamil & Zmey) (2010)

• Это Прёт ("Eto Pryot" / "It shakes") (Hamil & Zmey) (2010)

Awards

• Grand Prix "Rap Music 99"
• Russian Music Awards 2004 MTV - Best hip-hop, rap project.
• Muz-TV Awards 2006 - Best hip-hop, rap project.
• RAMP 2009 - Urbana.
• Russian Street Awards 2010 - Best Acoustic ("Vokrug Shum" / "Around Noise")

Interesting facts

• There are more than 20 people in Объединенная Каста(United Kasta)
• Initially, the band they called Fu-Blood-Kasta, which is essentially a "rubber stamp" with the name of hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan, but in connection with the harmonies of English «Fu-Blood» from the Russian "Фу, Бл*дь" ("Fie, hooker"), was decided to name just a group Kasta
• 2 tracks the group, namely the "Duplicator" and "Hot Time" became the soundtrack for "Antikiller".
• Track "Capsules speed" became the soundtrack to the game "Lada Racing Club".
• For Michael "Shym" Epifanov entrenched pseudonym Valery Shymanovsky who invented a journalist, based on photos or alias actor.