STI
STI’s songs are symbiosis of straight lyrics with distinctive sounds. Through dark atmosphere (how it would seem to be at first glance) there’s actually life-asserting beginning is infiltrating. Like the first sunbeam forcing its way through clouds after radioactive mushroom rain. Interesting rhythms and psychedelic melodies live together in STI’s tracks. Sometimes assembled from rough cuts and sometimes skillfully played with live instruments, STI’s music goes somewhere deeper than just your ears.
At the moment STI are preparing concert program with: FLA (voice, guitar, other instruments), SLA (drums, percussion, throat singing), EEE (bass, voice, synths, fx), YOYO (sampling’n’sequencing, rhodes, voice).
FLA is unchallenged leader and author of songs. In different periods of life he has taken in different music: from The Beatles and RCHP to Squarepusher and Miles Davis. FLA’s vocal is transparent and melodic. Manner of singing can be characterized as «Tom Yorke aspiring to become Bjork».
Svyatoslav Ermakov (aka SLA) is a drummer, graduating the most authoritative in Russia Gnesin Academy of Music. After finishing military service he has joined the band. At spare time makes yoga. Vegetarian.
EEE doesn’t have any interests but music. No wonder, because his school was Russian Choir Acadamy, and then Sound Engineering faculty at Russian Institute of Television and Radio. Eee likes progressive jazz, intellectual rock, nu-rave and Christina Aguilera. In band Eee leads bass line, sings back-vocals and play many instruments.
YOYO plays rhodes piano, makes sampling ‘n’ sequencing, manipulates with incoming and outgoing signals and even shows acrobatic sketches with aggressive yo-yo.
