Masta Mic

Masta Mic — is a nickname of Mitya Burmistrov, popular Russian Internet musician, multivocalist and beatbox musician.
Music
Masta Mic made his first appearance in 2008, by winning the Russian beatbox championship on Splash'08 festival. He began posting music videos on YouTube in 2009, one of his first video get more than a million views in just a week, and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?vA94EEk2rZpU&featureplcp soon reached the mark of 10 million].
Masta Mic was first on Russian beatbox scene who began using live looping technology. All his songs, including the bass, beat, backing vocals, lyrics and all sounds, are created live using his voice. In recent years he has started using an effects box which processes his voice and increases the variety of textures and sounds he can add to his tracks.
Achievments
Guest artist at the Universiade in Serbia in 2009, China in 2011, Olympics in Vancouver in 2010, winner of the beatbox championship Splash-2008, winner of Urbana festival in 2009 and 2011, Russia's representative at the beatbox World Championships in Berlin in 2009 and 2012, World Footbag Championship finalist in Helsinki 2005, the winner of the All-Russia "Student Spring - 2008" in the original genre, Scholarship Award of the president of Russia, and the winner of numerous other music festivals, competitions and original genre. Since 2007, was the lead reporter and hosted youth programs on television, and was awarded the Grand Prix in journalism in 2011. September 1, 2012 appointed as an ambassador of .
Live Shows
Masta Mic is touring lots of cities in Russia, Europe, Asia and North America. Performed with DJ Aphrodite, Netsky, Borgore, Underworld, Primal Scream, Diplo, Sergey Babkin, Noize MC, Quest Pistols, UK Apache, John Forté, WK?, MC Xander and many other Russian and international stars.
Artist recently returned from a month tour in Europe, becoming the opening of the in Spain, at the same time recorded at Red Bull Music Academy studio in Madrid.

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