Therr Maitz

Therr Maitz (ter 'meɪts) is a Russian indie band, which brings together a mix of trip-hop, acid jazz, breakbeat, house, disco, funk and pop.

[4] In 1995, while studying at Academic School of Music, Anton Belyaev hosted jam sessions on the interdenominational Christian radio station "New Life" in Magadan.

[6] In 2004, as he became the art director of "Russia" club, where Anton Belyayev invited musicians: Dmitry Pavlov (guitar), Maxim Bondarenko (bass), Konstantin Drobitko (trumpet), Eugene Kozhin (drums) to play.

The availability of technical resources in the club allowed Anton Belyaev to start creating music that would become the base for future Therr Maitz tracks.

[5] Inspired by his purchase of a Rhodes Piano Mark II, Anton Belyaev recorded a song named "The Ocean", with the lead melody performed by Konstantin Drobitko (trumpet).

[5] In 2005, Anton Belyaev signed a contract with a Japanese company for a series of club performances in Tokyo and Kyoto and moved with the musicians to work in Japan.

[6] From 2006 to 2010 Anton Belyaev worked as a musical producer with Tamara Gverdtsiteli,[7] Igor Grigoriev, Maxim Pokrovsky and Polina Gagarina.

In May 2010 Therr Maitz released their first album, Sweet Oldies, which is a compilation of the tracks written during the early period of the band.

[8] In the fall of 2010 Anton Belyaev met Oleg Ingiozov (percussion, the TANTSUI project) and invited him to join the band.

[9] During the session recordings for Igor Grigoriev's track "Tango", Anton Belyaev met Nikolay Sarabyanov (guitar) (MAD DOG, Basta, Irina Bogushevskaya, Grishkovets and Bigudi, Tokyo, Machete, Batyrkhan Shukenov) and invited him to work with Therr Maitz.

[9] During recording sessions for Polina Gagarina, Anton Belyaev met with Artem Tildikov (bass with Zemfira, Noggano), who also joined Therr Maitz.

Boris Ionov (drums Zventa Sventana, Guru Groove Foundation, Basta, Vladimir Presnyakov, Polina Gagarina) replaced Oleg Ingiozov in the spring 2011.

In 2012 in Tomsk the band participated in the Red Rocks festival supported by Sberbank Russia and which coincided with the Olympic Games in Sochi.

[12] On July 27, 2013, Therr Maitz participated in the Gipsy parking electronic music festival, headlined by the American musician Nicolas Jaar.

[13] The popularity of Therr Maitz sharply increased after the success of its frontman Anton Belyaev in the second season of the Russia's version of "The Voice" (2013).

Having returned to Moscow, Therr Maitz started to work on a new acoustic program for a concert on December 4, 2014, in Crocus City Hall.

[20] On September 19, 2014, right after their concert in 16 tons in honor of for Anton Belyaev's birthday, the band launched a reward crowdfunding campaign on the planeta.ru website.

[21] On December 4, 2014, the band performed a unique acoustic concert at Crocus City Hall accompanied by a string orchestra from London.

[22] New string arrangements of well-known Therr Maitz songs (Feeling Good Tonight, Make It Last, Stop Quiet, See you) and covers of worldwide hits were made for the acoustic concert.

[24] During the last two months of work on album, many tracks were almost completely re-recorded, including earlier singles such as "Make It Last", "Feeling Good Tonight" and "Stop Quiet".

[19] In spring 2015 Anton Belyaev took part as a producer in the Russian version of The X Factor project called "Main Stage".

Their second concert at Crocus City Hall was accompanied by the State Symphony Orchestra Novaya Rossiya (artistic director – chief conductor Yury Bashmet) and followed by a light show.

[29] In 2015, Therr Maitz went on a Russian tour of over 20 cities, including Nizhny Novgorod, Vladivostok, Sochi, Ekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kazan, Samara, Yaroslavl, with sold out acoustic and electronic concerts in Saint Petersburg, Irkutsk, Rostov-on-Don, Khabarovsk, Voronezh.

[31] Therr Maitz's official video to the song “Doctor” was released on December 24, 2015, guest starring Anton Belyaev's wife Julia.

The female part features a bold "anti-ballet" improvisation by his wife, Julia Belyaeva, using her perennial Wushu, yoga and ballroom dancing experience in 2015.

[35] The single reached the top of the alternative iTunes charts within one day of release, beating The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Radiohead and Coldplay.

On January 7, 2017, Therr Maitz released a live video for "Robots" – a recording from a concert at Crocus City Hall, where the song was presented and performed, accompanied by a string orchestra from London.

The song was first performed during the concert in November 2016, and only in the middle of January Anton and Julia shared the news that they are expecting a baby boy.

On March 8, 2018, in the Adrenaline-Stadium club Therr Maitz played a big solo concert, accompanied by an orchestra, with Dmitry Selipanov as a conductor.

On August 22 Therr Maitz performed at the opening ceremony of WorldSkills championship in Kazan with a new version of their track "Undercover"[3].