Mot at a show in Moscow: I don’t always hit the notes, but I always hit the hearts

Mot at a show in Moscow: I don’t always hit the notes, but I always hit the hearts


The first winter evening of this year turned out to be very hot, at least for several thousand people who gathered at Mota's concert. It is not a fact that noisy jubilation allows answering the question of the public's readiness to have fun against the backdrop of everything that is happening, nevertheless, the crazy atmosphere of separation covered both students and socialites at Adrenalin Stadium.

Mot (in the world Matvey Melnikov) has been feeling quite confident among the artists giving big concerts for several years now. Seven full-length albums allow him to form a lively playlist, and more than fifteen years of experience on stage allow him to coolly present his hits. However, even such a grated kalach knows very well that, going on stage in front of a crowd of several thousand people, one must also show bright tricks and in no case look like working on a show is worth serious effort.

A couple of hours before the start of the event, Matvey and his wife Maria, dressed in all black, pose for the press and try to ironically answer questions. They are, of course, a bright couple, and more recently, in a sense, accomplices as well. Maria also began to record tracks, and in this situation a joint song became quite logical. The son of Matthew and Maria, four-year-old Solomon, is also backstage and is preparing to go on stage with his father.

Mot's career can hardly be called a set of successive movements. Hip-hop is clearly not the holy grail for Matvey, and when composing music, he juggles styles with pleasure. As a result, there are machine-gun readings, and dance numbers, and funk, and pop in all its glory. This approach may resemble improvisation, but it follows a fairly clear plan.

“As an author, I understand that you need to feed your family, so I decided for myself a long time ago: I should release two or three compositions a year for the mass listener. To make it clear to everyone, but remain honest and done in my manner. Otherwise, you can do whatever you want: gospel, soul, funk, ”Mot says in an interview with ZD.

A diploma in economics, of course, is a good help in a musical career. Sometimes releasing a single or an EP is a bit like a meticulous deal with mass tastes. However, it would be more correct to say, reminded. This year, the traditional music economy has changed radically.

A joint track with Grigory Leps was presented on stage a few hours before its official release. Photo: press service of the artist





“Before, music platforms decided a lot and you had to think through a certain strategy in order to get into popular playlists, on the main pages,” Matvey notes. — This year, everything has changed somewhat, and I see a bright trend, according to which many performers simply continue to make music for the soul, without relying on trends and social networks. And that is why music will become more honest, more humane, acquire more spiritual features, without unnecessary pathos and tinsel. People need something that touches and excites their hearts.”

Mot was an artist for Black Star for almost ten years and, unlike some of his colleagues, was able to part ways with the label at the end of his contract without courts or scandals. A free life, especially if it does not involve a war for your own tracks and stage name, can probably bring a lot of positive emotions, although there may be pros and cons in any situation.

“Of course, if I was on a label, then the cost of this concert would fall on the label, and not on my family,” the musician laughs. “But seriously, I will be thirty-three next year, the boy has grown a little and wants to do his own work and his own career.”

After some time, Matvey will begin to show what he means. The lights go out in the hall, and the public has the opportunity to make some discoveries for themselves. The stage is transformed into an interesting two-level structure, the screens are larger than they might seem, the light is hidden in unexpected places, on the stage there are not people with laptops, as is often the case, but a full-fledged group. After the introduction, built on the roll call of the 2013 hit “Mot Stelet” and the fresh “Mot Stelet Again”, “Flying over the Barvikha Cottages” explodes with a dazzling strobe bomb, and from that moment on, for more than three dozen tracks, the protagonist of the action hints at the scope of his musical and visual ambitions.

The show itself is divided into three parts, and all of them are conceived with different musical character. The first audience had a good chance to upload their vocal chords, and it must be admitted that many succeeded, and “Absolutely Everything” came out as some kind of exalted karaoke number.

In the second block, sentiments were released into the wild. It all started with the spectacular appearance of Maria and the shared family room of the Hotel Rendez-Vous. In the middle of the set, Mot performed "To the Soul" and "The Talisman" acoustically, turning the show more into a house party than into a show stuffed with special effects. Closer to the end of the second block, Grigory Leps appeared on the stage (besides him, the guests of the show were Liriq and Zivert). An ardent interest in the youth music of the grand post-chanson and Mota's ability to write corrosive choruses found each other. The result was the single "I'll Leave", which became available on the platforms a couple of hours after it was performed on stage.

Probably, this could have been the finale of the show, but in the next part of the action, the Mot-rapper appeared on the stage. "Moscow, let's swing?" - Matvey asks before the chorus in "The Great", and Moscow shakes. Perhaps, it is precisely in situations where Mot is someone like the king of the hill that it is especially clear that he, in general, is not a musical virtuoso.

It is noteworthy that the artist himself knows this well. “I don’t always hit the notes, but I always hit the souls and hearts,” Mot says without undue modesty, and at that moment the girl’s hearts definitely melt. This is noticeable both in the dance floor, where girls with funny hairstyles drink whiskey-cola, and in the VIP, where plump lips try an aperol syringe.



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