Ilya Lagutenko

Ilya Lagutenko was born in Vladivostok, where the Trans-Siberian railway ends. "People there do have this feeling that they live on the edge of the world". He had his first addictive taste of touring as a child in a proper propaganda-style Soviet choir, singing songs about Lenin in Siberian factories. After studying in the Far Eastern University he moved to London and flung himself into Camden Town at Brit-pop's height. It was here that Lagutenko formed his band Mumiy Troll. His first album Morskaya went to number one in Russia and was called a cult record that has changed pop and rock music in Russia. Mumiy Troll was the first to appear on Russian MTV. Since then, they have played gigs across the globe: from Siberia to the Baltics, Mongolia to Greenland, Shanghai open-airs to St Petersburg's Palace Square. Despite being a globally successful band, they are still fresh, hungry, and in search of new musical discoveries. In 2013 they released their 1st album both English and Russian ve