Mnogotochie (rap group)


Mnogotochie is a Russian hip hop group from Moscow. They perform in the styles of gangsta rap, psychedelic rap, and political rap with elements of Russian chanson and rock. was the unofficial leader of the band and author of its lyrics.
In 1999, Mnogotochie performed at Rap Music 1999, but did not win any prizes. The next year they won the prize at the Micro 2000 fest – the same festival where MC L.E. won at the freestyle battle. At the fest Adidas Streetball Challenge 2001, the band won the third place.
The band has released three albums.
In 2006, the band announced their split and later continued performing under two names, DotsFam and Mnogotochie Band. While other members of the band frequently changed, Rustaveli remained its only constant member.

Membership

The group's membership is listed according to the official website as of April 2018.

Mnogotochie Band (Многоточие Band)

  • Rustaveli ;
  • DJ Hassan;
  • Sanches ;
  • Grel ;
  • Andrea ;
  • Jeka GoodKoFF ;
  • VictOr ;
  • "J"/Lyoha Oryol ;
  • Alexey .

    Mnogotochie / DotsFam (Многоточие / DotsFam)

  • Rustaveli ;
  • DJ Hassan;
  • Sanches ;
  • MC L.E. ;
  • Dinice;
  • White Hot Ice.

    Past members

  • Kuzmitch — arrangements, lyrics, mc'ing, back vocals, ideas;
  • DJ Hassan – arrangements, scratches, remixes ;
  • King-Kong — rapping, Who didn't use a chiva, Wet place, Turn ) ;
  • Grek ;
  • Tyuha — arrangements, guitars, design, vocal, lyrics, mc'ing;
  • Gena Grom — lyrics, mc'ing, back vocals, ideas;
  • L.BeeAtch aka Byacha — lyrics, mc'ing, back vocals;
  • Dimon — arrangements, lyrics, mc'ing;
  • Gnom ;
  • .

    Style

Since the group's formation, its members have decided to adhere to strict behavior standards in their work and its implementation. Any attempts to use the name of the collective for dishonest earnings were disallowed. The organizers of the group's performances were required to prevent photography and video filming that was not approved by the group. In the event of failure to comply with this condition, the concert was stopped and the blame for the disruption of the concert fell on the organizers. However, this faded into the background over time, as more and more viewers had phones with photo and video cameras. The group has not shot a single music video.
There was a specific dress style for members – leather jackets, trousers, black shoes. According to the band, this style was chosen because the color black predisposes the listener to more fully appreciate the lyrics than a combination of different colors, which is distracting.

History

Band formation

Mnogotochie began to form in Moscow in 1997 when Rustaveli, who wrote lyrics, and DJ Hassan, who made electronic music, met in Moscow in 1997. Later, they were joined by Rustaveli's schoolmate Grel as bass guitarist and rapper Kuzmitch as second MC. Next joined guitarist Tyuha. Also joined closest friends of Rustaveli King-Kong and MC L.E.
The group was founded on 15 November 1998, the day of their first studio session. The name "Mnogotochie", meaning "Ellipsis", emphasizes the understatement that sounds in many of their songs, the constant search for new paths in life.

First albums (1998—2002)

Over time, the band debuted new members – L.BeeAtch, MC L.E., Gena Grom, and Dimon. Most of them were about 20 years old at the time. The band debuted on stage at the Rap Music 99 festival where was released on the compilation Golos ulits 2. But since 2001, Mnogotochie has stopped performing it at their performances. Rustaveli later commented on this in an interview:
On 25 December 2001, Mnogotochie's debut album was released under the Kvadro-disk label. Musical critics called it one of the most important Russian rap albums.
Before 2002, the band had a producer – Vladimir Ferapontov. The first album didn't make a profit for the band. They were forced to give up the rights to distribute the album for six years. In 2002, they released their second album Atomy zsoznaniya. They founded the record label Dots Family Records where they released their next albums as well as those of other groups.

Tretiy put' (2003—2005)

In 2002, Mnogotochie met with the Moscow rap group M.Squad and came up with the idea to create a supergroup, called Tretiy put'. In 2003, the supergroup's first album, Kusok zhizni , was released.
This year at fifth anniversary of band was released compilation «Nenomernoy» consisting of seven remixes from related musicians and six new tracks. According to the interview of Rustaveli this album is not fully functional it lives up to its name – not numbered, it is not third LP of band.
In 2004, Tretiy put's second album, Burime 12, was released, feautring MC L.E, Krasnoye Derevо, and Smena Mneniy. In October, MC L.E. released a maxi-single in English, titled In spite of all. The music was produced by Kuzmitch, Dimon, and Kapus.

Breakup (2006)

In May 2006, MC L.E. released a solo album, Illegal, featuring Rustaveli, Mikhail Krasnoderevschik, Kapus, S.S.A., and Fleur. «Fleur» produced by Kuzmitch and «Fat Complex». A music video was shot for the song "Someday" featuring S.S.A. After the album's release, MC L.E. returned to Russia.
In December 2006, rumors spread that Mnogotochie was breaking up. The rumors were confirmed when an interview with Rustaveli appeared on the official Dots Family Records website. The reasons behind the breakup remained undisclosed; it was only stated that Kuzmitch left of his own accord.
Gena Grom chose to pursue law, interrupting his musical career. MC L.E was forced to stay in Georgia due to the deterioration of Russian-Georgian relations. Lyuba chose to devote herself to her family and gave birth to a son in 2010. She continues to communicate with other past and current members. In addition, in 2006, two of members of the group passed away – King-Kong and Grek.
On 5 March 2007, the band's third and final album, Za beskonechnost' vremeni, was released. In fact it was solo work of Rustaveli without any team.
With the departure of Gena Grom as CEO and Kuzmitch as second co-founder, Dots Family Records turned into an independent, unregistered label functioning only for internal projects.

Successor groups

DotsFam

DotsFam is the spiritual successor of Mnogotochie, consisting of Rustaveli, Dimon, Nelegal, and Mikhail Krasnoderevshik.
On 15 September 2009, DotsFam released the album Zombusiness.
After the album's release, Mikhail Krasnoderevshik and Tyukha founded the 31records studio and the label Kidok Production, where they subsequently released their second album, K.I.D.O.K.. Dimon increasingly moved away from hip-hop in favor of experimental music. In November 2010, Gnom released his debut solo album, featuring DJ Navvy, Dimon, and others.
In June 2011, Rustaveli and Gnome released the album Zerkala, featuring Shiza, Dinice, Marein, Sanches, and others. A music video was shot for the song Osenniy, directed by Mikhail Borodin. Filming took place in the Khovrin Hospital. Track "Kukushka" is a cover version of the song of the same name by Kino.
After the release of Zerkala, Dimon and Gnom left DotsFam and focused on recording M.Squad's second album. Gnom was simultaneously also recording his second solo album.
In 2019, Rustaveli announced plans to record a new DotsFam project featuring Nelegal, Sanches, and White Hot Ice.

Mnogotochie Band

Mnogotochie Band is a live instrumental group formed by the founders of Mnogotochie. It performs Mnogotochie and original tracks in the style of art-rap.
On 21 December 2011, the single "Beg ot sebya" was released single; at the same time, the band recorder its first album.
The band's second album, Rekviyem po real'nosti, was released on 29 March 2018, consisting of melodic ballads with strong vocal and hard rap features.
Since the end of 2019, Sanches has stopped performing at the band's concerts; according to Rustaveli, this was due to "communication problems as a result of his alcohol consumption." In September 2020, Rustaveli announced that Mnogotochie Band will be put on pause due to COVID-19 and that the band planned to resume its activities in 2021.

Discography

''This section does not list solo albums by Rustaveli and other members of the band.''

Albums

Studio albums

Other albums

Singles

Music videos

Critique

On 23 September 2002, the editor of the magazine Vash dosug Leyla Guchmazova wrote in an article about the group:
On 8 April 2007, Ruslan Munnibaev, writing for Rap.ru, having attended the last Mnogotochie concert, wrote:
In May 2007, Sergey "Sir G" Kurbanov wrote:
On 24 October 2007, the Sovetskaya molodezh' newspaper wrote:
The Russian edition of Billboard magazine wrote in 2007:
On 3 January 2008. the MK v Pitere newspaper wrote in a review:

Soundtracks