Andrey Zvonkiy is a Russian singer, arranger, presenter and musician. According to the editors of the Internet portal The Question, Zvonkiy stands at the origins of Russian rap.
Andrei began his creative beginning with participation in the Tree of Life group. Today, this musical group is associated by many with a "real subcultural legend."
Despite the fact that a little less than 20 years have passed since the beginning of Zvonky's musical career, he still remains at the top of the musical Olympus today.
The rapper is successfully developing a solo career. It is interesting that the performer works in a rather specific genre - raggamuffin in the processing of modern dance sound.
Childhood and youth of Andrey Zvonkoy
Under the loud creative pseudonym Zvonkiy hides the name of Andrey Lyskov. The young man was born on March 19, 1977 in Moscow.
According to the star herself, he began to be interested in music from early childhood. Andrey's preferences were rap, reggae, jazz and folk.
Seeing that her son had a clear talent for music, his mother sent Lyskov to a music school, where he learned to play several musical instruments.
Later, 16-year-old Andrey took a creative pseudonym for himself, seeing the adjective "voiced" in the dictionary.
He was 16 years old when he, together with a good friend Maxim Kadyshev (in wide circles, the young man is known as the Bus), created the musical group "Rhythm-U".
Young rappers in artisanal conditions recorded the first track "Street Children". The musical accompaniment sounded with the help of a xylophone, triangles and homemade maracas. It turned out pretty colorful. The guys' classmates were delighted and advised the singers to develop further.
Soon, the rappers presented their debut collection "Pink Sky" to a small number of the public. From that moment on, the musicians organized the first concerts in nightclubs. In collaboration with the recording studio Pavian Records, the group recorded the album "Merry Rhythm-U". However, Maxim Kadyshev was not satisfied with the terms of the contract, and soon the musical group broke up.
In 1996, Zvonkiy became a student at a music school in the class of percussion instruments. After graduating from an educational institution, Andrei worked as a teacher for some time. In parallel with this activity, the rapper implemented some of his own projects.
Creative career and music of the artist
In 1997, Andrei, together with his colleagues and like-minded people, created the Tree of Life musical group. Rappers were interested in the process of recording tracks. The songs of The Tree of Life are assorted jazz, reggae and hip-hop.
The musical group instantly won the love of hip-hop fans. Young rappers participated in various music festivals. So, the Tree of Life group takes first place at the Russian Rap Music festival.
In 2001, the Tree of Life group broke up. For some time, Andrei was part of the Alkofunk group, then worked part-time at a recording studio on the Arbat.
The young man actively composed texts, and also created arrangements for Russian stars. A few years later, he moved to another studio. At the same time, he tried to make his old dream come true - to become an independent artist.
In 2007, Zvonky made attempts to reunite the soloists of the Tree of Life musical group. The guys join forces, to the delight of the "fans" they released several musical compositions. In addition, they organized concerts.
However, the miracle did not happen. Due to the human factor, the musical group broke up again. In the same 2007, Andrey became the general producer of the BURITO group. In addition, he pursued a solo career. In 2010, on the YouTube channel, Zvonky presented a lyric video clip "I believe in love."
In 2012, the Russian rapper took part in Comedy Gorky along with the Gangsta Sisters. In 2013, under the wing of the Russian label "Monolith", the disc "I Like" was recorded. Despite the fact that the rapper made huge bets on the album, from a commercial point of view, the disc was unsuccessful.
In 2014, the singer became a member of the musical show "Voice". Zvonky got into the Pelagia team. At the stage of "fights" Andrei lost to Ilya Kireev. The singer noted that he was grateful to the organizers of the show for the opportunity to "cheer up and compete with the youth."
In 2016, the rapper signed a contract with Velvet Music. Already in November of the same year, Zvonky presented the video clip "Sometimes", after another 5 months the release of the musical composition "Cosmos" was released. The rapper's work was equally warmly received by fans and music critics.
A year later, Zvonkiy held a solo concert at the 16 Tons nightclub. In 2018, Zvonkoy and Rem Diggi's video "From Windows" was released. The video has received over 1 million views in just over a week. The rappers first saw each other on the set of a video clip.
In 2018, the rapper presented the next album "The World of My Illusions". The disc included only 15 musical compositions. Yolka, Pencil, Burito group took part in the recording of this album.
The top song of the new album was the song "Voices", which got into the rotation of radio stations and the Top Hit City & Country Radio rating. A music video for the track has received over 1 million views.
Andrey Zvonky's personal life
Nothing is known about the rapper's personal life. Andrei Zvonkiy does not disclose information about whether he has a family, spouse or children.
Andrei has several tattoos on his body. All of them have a deep philosophical meaning - this is a skyscraper on Barrikadnaya, a man diving into the city and a raven, symbolizing wisdom. Like any other artist, the rapper maintains his blog on social networks. It is there that you can see the latest news about the Russian rapper.
The rapper cannot imagine his life without sports and physical activity. Zvonkiy was fond of kickboxing, plans to do yoga. He likes to travel to warm countries. In clothes, he prefers not a brand, but comfort.
Andrey Zvonky's favorite performers are: Ivan Dorn, L'One, MONATIK, Kanye West, Coldplay. The rapper noted that this list is endless.
Andrey Zvonkiy today
In 2019, Zvonkiy gave a concert at the Big Love Show, at the TNT Music Mega Party. The rapper spent the whole of 2019 on tour. He visited Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Gelendzhik, Krasnoyarsk, Sochi, Tashkent and Kazakhstan.
At the same time, the presentation of the new song Shine took place. On November 16, Andrei Zvonkiy held a big concert in the Izvestia Hall club and concert hall. Later, the rapper presented the tracks: “Give me a palm”, “New trip”, “Angel”, “Nostalgie”, the rapper shot video clips for some of the works.
In the same 2019, the presentation of the incredibly lyrical video clip "Give me a hand" took place. The Russian singer Yolka took part in the recording of the track. For 1 month, the video clip has gained more than 1 million views.
