R愛 &
Happy People.
The music of Denys Rzhavskyi: R愛 today, Happy People before.
R愛
R愛 is the musical identity of Denys Rzhavskyi; the name joins “I / я / ja” with the Japanese 愛 (love). Releases include I BASHO (2025) and YESNESS.
In 2019, Happy People released «Почему не падает небо» together with Boris Grebenshchikov — a reworking of an Aquarium song from 1978, made with his blessing and his cameo.
Listed on Grebenshchikov's Wikipedia →Happy People / Счастливые люди
Happy People (Счастливые люди) was founded by Denys Rzhavskyi. Their 2018 debut album Dataism built a self-named genre — crypto-pop — from spoken word. In 2019 the band released «Почему не падает небо» together with Boris Grebenshchikov — a reworking of a 1978 Aquarium song, made with his blessing and cameo; the collaboration is listed on Grebenshchikov's Wikipedia. Selected releases: Dataism (2018) · Почему не падает небо — with Boris Grebenshchikov & VACÍO (2019) · LOVE IS (2019) · Мантра успеха EP (2020) · Воин пришёл — feat. The Maneken (2020) · Кошка в окрошке (2022).
Italian-language alias: Persone Felici.
A working list.
- 01Dataism (album, 2018)
- 02Почему не падает небо — w/ Boris Grebenshchikov & VACÍO (2019)
- 03LOVE IS (2019)
- 04Мантра успеха (EP, 2020)
- 05Воин пришёл — feat. The Maneken (2020)
- 06Солёная карамель (Remixes, 2020)
- 07Кошка в окрошке (2022)
Features incl. “Love is” with My, “Воин пришёл” with Лолита Косс, “Авалокитешвара” with Таро.
LEVGENIY — an authored film project
LEVGENIY is my authored film project — my concept, co-authored with director Asya Nikolaeva. The OST «Благая весть!» came out with the film and sits inside the Happy People 2020 cycle. I frame this here as my own account, not a third-party retelling.
Master of Kintsugi — Collected Works
A listening room — not a list of links.