Antytila (band)

Antytila is a Ukrainian pop-rock band from Kyiv, formed in 2007. The frontman of the band is Taras Topolya. The Antibody repertoire consists mainly of songs in Ukrainian.

In the spring of 2007 the band with the song "I will not forget the first night" took part in the TV program "Chance". He was the only participant in the project who performed unaccompanied and performed his own song, not a resounding hit. The band did not win the show, but a week after the program aired, the song "I will not forget the first night" was downloaded more than 30,000 times from the band's official website. The song was broadcast on several radio stations.

The date of the band's creation can be considered June 21, 2004 (the first performance of the band's leader Taras Topoli with the song "Antibody" in one of the clubs in Kyiv). But in the usual lineup - January 2008. After the TV project "Chance" there were changes in its composition, began active work on a new sound and fresh material. In December 2008, the band released their first full-length album, Buduvudu (16 songs). The album was accompanied by the debut video of "Buduvud", which was often broadcast on Ukrainian music channels, and in two weeks of rotation led the hit parade of the M1 channel.

In 2008, the band Antitila won the Grand Prix of the Pearls of the Season Music Festival. The music group was included in the presentation collection "Art Olympus of Ukraine 2008-2009" for the preservation of Ukrainian melody in contemporary youth and pop art. MTV channel invited the band to go on an all-Ukrainian tour.

In 2008-2010, Antibody collaborated with the Catapult Music Production Center. Participated in festivals, TV and radio programs, music projects.

In 2009, the band became one of five nominees from Ukraine for the MTV EMA-2009 (Europe Music Awards). New clips have been released - "Take yours", "Pink Maidens", "Choose".

In the summer of 2010 Antitila stopped cooperating with Catapult Music: the keyboardist and arranger Serhiy Vusyk took over all the management and concert activities. At the same time, the musicians get the right to represent Ukraine at the European festival Sighetu Marmatiei in Budapest. "Antibodies" became the headliners of the "MTV Headbangers" scene.

At the end of 2010 the band went on the first independent club tour of the cities of Ukraine.

The band's song "And I Discovered You" in 2010 became the soundtrack to the short film "Dog Waltz" with Ada Rogovtseva in the lead role. The film is part of the film anthology "Lovers in Kiev". A video clip based on this film appeared.

In 2011, several songs appeared in the Russian film "Hide and Seek", and the musicians themselves took part in the tape, starring themselves. In the summer of the same year, the band recorded the official anthem of the Ukrainian stage of the Formula 1 race on the water. That's how the song "F1H2O" appeared, and later a video clip.

In the fall of 2011, the band finished work on their second album "Choose". The presentation of the album took place in Kyiv, then the band went on a promotional tour in Ukraine. On the album "Choose" 11 songs and 3 bonuses, including the Russian-language song "Look at me", which in 2012 was included in the fateful Russian hit parade "Devil's Dozen 13" radio station "Our Radio" and for three months on top . The concept of the disc has a pronounced social orientation of the texts and a heavier sound of the band. In the songs, in addition to love lyrics, the band touches on acute social issues.

Critics noted that for the first time in a long time, the young Ukrainian band, making its debut, immediately conquered the Russian audience. "Antibodies" released a video for the song "Look at me", which was directed by the cult Ukrainian artist Victor Pryduvalov.

In the summer of 2012, the world saw the video "And all night", and the song became the main summer hit in Ukraine. Behind him came the Invisible. The song drew attention to the problem of abortion.

The musicians spent almost the entire autumn of 2012 on an all-Ukrainian open air tour, touring all the major cities of the country. Up to 20,000 spectators attended some of the band's performances.

In November, the band worked hard on a joint song "Polynesian Winter" with the rock band "Tabula Rasa". The video for the Russian-Ukrainian winter hit was shot on the main football arena of Ukraine - NSC "Olympic".

Without interrupting the creative and concert process, Serhiy Vusyk, keyboardist and arranger of the band, became the author of the soundtrack to the joint Ukrainian-Nigerian film "Light as a Feather". The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this summer.

In late 2012-early 2013, "Antibody" was awarded in 5 nominations for the "Devil's Dozen" award from the Moscow station "Our Radio" for creative achievements in the field of rock 'n' roll. The band also gave their first concert in Russia, in the Moscow club "16 tons". In February 2013, the band presented a new music video for the Russian-language song "You are my bride."

February 2013 - the band goes on a concert tour in Ukraine, called "Language". The tour began in the Chimera Hall in the center of Lviv. The song "Let's Go (Language)" was created especially for the tour, the video of which was presented on May 18 during the final concert in Kyiv.

May 15, 2013, the National Music Ceremony "Ukrainian Song of the Year" continues. In the nomination "The Future of Ukrainian Song", the band receives the musical award "Hit Band of 2012". "Antibodies" garnered the most votes from viewers for the song "Invisible". The music video for this song also won the "Best Music Video of 2012" award in the rock nomination, according to the music internet portal "Navsi100".

2013 - the band presents the music video "Like Angels" and the third album "Above the Poles".

2014 - "Antibodies" go on an international tour of the same name in support of the new album and at the same time volunteer, helping ATO soldiers. In the same year, Viktor Raevsky left the band, and Nikita Astrakhantsev took the place of the new bass guitarist.

In January 2015, a video for the song "Always Mine" is released, which is dedicated to Ukraine and its defenders.

On May 23, 2015, the band released their fourth album "Everything is beautiful".

September 2015 - director Kadim Tarasov creates an unusual video for "Antibodies" for the song "I don't have enough of you". Serhiy Vusyk plays the main role in it.

Musicians continue to volunteer. Influenced by these events, Taras Topolya wrote the song "In the Books". The upcoming hit becomes one of the band's dramatic tracks. In November 2015, a music video for this song was released.

January 2016. A few days before the anniversary of the tragedy that took away the leader of the band "Skryabin" Andriy Kuzmenko, "Antibodies" presents a video for the rendition of the song "People as ships". Taras Topolya has already performed this song together with the musicians of the band "Skryabin" during concerts in memory of Kuzma in Kyiv and Lviv.

At the end of 2015, Antibody is preparing a new concert program for the all-Ukrainian tour "Everything is Beautiful" in support of the album. The tour started on February 13, 2016 in Lviv and ended on April 1 in Mykolayiv. The band gave 20 concerts, gathering 20 full halls, six of which were filled to capacity. In between tours, the clip "Milk" is released. After the Ukrainian part of the tour, guitarist Mykita Chukhrienko leaves the band, and Dmytro Zholud takes his place. In the renewed line-up, the musicians begin the festival season, and in July go to New York with a big concert as part of the Nadiya Ye festival.

On September 10, 2016, the clip "Dance" was presented.

End of September 2016 Antibodies are the headliners of the Bloor West Village Festival in Toronto.

Upon returning to Kyiv, the band is actively working on a new album "Sun", while preparing to shoot a music video for the song "Lonely". The plot is kept secret until its online presentation on November 22. The main role in this work was played by the famous actor Alexei Gorbunov, and the director is Victor Priduvalov. The song "Lonely" becomes one of the leaders in the upcoming album, and also the soundtrack to the series of the same name, the music for which was written by the band's keyboardist Sergei Vusyk.

On December 9, "Antibodies" presents a new maxi-single "Sun", which consists of 9 songs. The album is presented in electronic form on all known online-resources, as well as on tangible media - CDs and Flash-cards in DigiPak packaging.

At the end of 2016, Antibody announces the largest tour of the Sun in their history, 2017, which includes about 50 concerts over three months. In addition to regional centers, its geography covered the frontline cities of Ukraine: Severodonetsk, Pokrovsk, Kramatorsk, Mariupol. The tour started in Lviv, crowded with fans of the "Southern EXRO" hall on February 14. In March, the band managed to play 29 concerts. During the tour, frontman Taras Topolya, together with the UNICEF U-Report project, visits Ukrainian universities, where he meets with students and talks to them about important topics of today.

The Ukrainian part of the tour ends on April 22 in the city of Sambir. In a few days, "Antibodies" will travel across the Atlantic Ocean, opening a touring history of the cities of America and Canada, namely: Chicago, Minneapolis, New York, Dallas, Houston, Seattle and Vancouver, gathering full houses everywhere.

The point in the large-scale tour "Sun" was the final open-air concert on the helipad of the CEC "Park" on May 25, which gathered more than 3 thousand listeners.

At the end of the "Sun" tour, Antibodies, together with directors Dmytro Manifest and Dmytro Shmurak, will start shooting a video for the song "Fara". The clip was presented on July 11 in an online broadcast on the YouTube channel "New Channel". The video work "Lights" became the fourth filmed track from the album "Sun".

At the end of the summer of 2017, the band is changing, replacing Denis Shvets and Nikita Astrakhantsev, drummer Dmitry Vodovozov and bassist Mikhail Chirko.

In the updated line-up, after the autumn concert break, "Antibodies" presents the first studio work. The premiere of the song "TDME" (short for "Where We Are") and lyric video took place on November 30, 2017. The premiere of the official video work "TDME", which is not a video, but a short film, took place on the YouTube channel of the group in the format of an online presentation on December 21, 2017. This hit became the soundtrack of the TV series "School".

On March 14, 2018, Antibody performed at the SXSW (South by Southwest) International Festival in Austin, Texas, USA. The band performed on the stage of the Sheraton Backyard Hotel Bar, where they presented a 40-minute version of their TDME concert program. [16] In late April, the band embarked on a TDME tour of North American cities, visiting six cities in the United States and three in Canada.

On August 1, the band presented a music video for the second work from their sixth studio album "Hello" - "Catch the moment". The video features members of the band with their relatives, including Taras Topolya and his wife Olena.

On November 1, 2018, a video for the song "Lego" was released, which is the soundtrack to the Ukrainian romantic comedy "I, you, he, she" from "Studio Quarter-95". Zelensky, who plays the main role, took part in the shooting of the video. Excerpts from the upcoming film were also shown in the video. The video quickly gained popularity and garnered more than a million views on YouTube in two weeks.

The album Hello, along with a clip for the title track, was released online on April 12, 2019.

The band joined the action "That's how memory works" dedicated to the memory of Danylo Didik with the song Ptaha.

• Taras Topolya - vocals, lyrics
• Serhiy Vusyk - keyboards, arrangements (since 2008)
• Mykhailo Chirko - bass (since 2017)
• Dmitry Acorn - guitar (since 2016)
• Dmitry Vodovozov - drums (since 2017)

• Oleksiy Skuridin - drums (until 2011)
• Erland Sivolapov - drums (2011-2012)
• Victor Raevsky - bass (2008-2015)
• Nikita Chukhrienko - guitar (2008-2016)
• Denis Shvets - drums (2012-2017)
• Nikita Astrakhantsev - bass (2015—2017)

• 2008 - "Buildingwood"
• 2011 - "Choose"
• 2013 - "Above the Poles"
• 2015 - "Everything is beautiful"
• 2016 - "Sun"
• 2019 - Hello

• 2008: Miami
• 2008: Construction
• 2009: Choose
• 2009: Pink Virgins
• 2010: Take yours
• 2011: White Crow
• 2011: Look at me
• 2012: And I discovered you
• 2012: Anthem F1H2O
• 2012: And all night
• 2012: Invisible
• 2012: Polynesian winter
• 2013: To you my bride
• 2013: Let's go let's go
• 2013: Like angels
• 2014: Above the poles
• 2015: Always mine
• 2015: I don't have enough of you
• 2015: In the books
• 2016: People as ships
• 2016: Milk
• 2016: Dance
• 2016: Alone
• 2017: Lights
• 2017: TDME
• 2018: Dance
• 2018: The Lonely Man
• 2018: Catch the moment
• 2018: Lego
• 2019: Believed
• 2019: Hello
• 2019: Symphony
• 2019: There will be a son
• 2019: Stand Up
• 2020: Cinema
• 2021: Masquerade
• 2021: Stand up

• 2017 - "Lonely" (the song "Lonely" plays at the beginning of each series)
• 2018 - "School" (song "TDME" plays at the beginning of each series)
• 2018 - "I, you, he, she" (song "Lego")