Thursday, November 29, 2012

Boris Grebenshikov makes short albums. The Russians have no money to discs

Stopped at the weekend in Kiev Boris Grebenshikov and "Aquarium" to "personally" present their new album "Zoom Zoom Zoom" and a lot of game for the fans. Speech was by a press conference by BG, a bright, sunny day was in the darkness of the hold of the former barges arranged under a floating café ahead at Pier boardwalk. Grebenshikov up for the meeting on time, and can be seen, suggesting that his humble personality is much more interesting than the current members of the "Aquarium". From the lips of the Master could not wait really, revelations as to why he be taken out of the Russian authorities, "Order of Merit" that he think of his policies and where are the album "speaker", the zoom at the same time with the "zoom zoom "but then added mysteriously disappeared. With a beaming smile guru BG interlocutor waved quietly and smoothly relax saw take ducked to artificially frozen face. Sympathetic spoke more convincing: "It can not be so formal, can move easily." Atmosphere a little warmer, but the desired effect, had no appeal: insisted stiffness questions respectfully hushed voice. Acoustics ruthlessly suppressed all the sounds and journalists, not only dared not complain, but his penchant for self-sacrifice, went even further - if Grebenshikov wrongly assumed that the communication without a microphone creates more intimate mood, happy to support him. And the rest of the time lean forward, strain your ears and little attention to subtle "uh-proffer-Xia" - in such objections was Grebenshikov words for students already sitting in two or three meters away from him. However, BG clear that the reaction of the audience is not accessible to be interpreted too literally, and then the microphone is not neglected - to better understand the true sense of the word. To stapled into the conversation a little soul, a correspondent for the "Today" Grebenshikov on the wall, remembered his song-introspection to bring: "Mom, I can not drink any more," he wrote a year ago, but the last Album for some reason not included. BG clearly stung a little mention of alcohol, so it is braced internally, but not without humor, replied: "But you, when you read Omar Khayyam to think that he writes all the time about wine?" "I say one thing and think another" - Master who will look like his answer was thinking real added. He also assured that the song and do not remember waiting for the fate of the hermit desk. "It's a song, but it is - not a part of this album from something else, I was thinking nothing, but at some point from the album is." Everything. As for the name, "speaker" and "Zoom Zoom Zoom" - these are two very different albums that were recorded almost simultaneously. Only the "player" to do enough and threw him underdeveloped "He's poluzapisanny when we will deal with them are fun to take it again." After tapping this mysterious situation "Today", recalled that the last time with BG strange metamorphoses - the former leader of the underground USSR remarkably loyal to the authorities and was even happy to accept state awards, but which is not, to the people to apply. - Are you often taken in India, in London recently, however, lived in Russia - as a citizen of this country you are satisfied with his policies? "I do not consider myself a citizen of something, I have - a simple man, and such a high concept, as a citizen, I do not understand" - trying to get away from the careful analysis of the President Grebenshikov decide joke: "I think always that if I "as a citizen, I try to write every unpleasant situation. However, the adoption of its participation in the anarchist Grebenshikov is refused: "No, I'm not an anarchist, I prefer to look at things simply." - He said, saying that the word "national" cause him no more than associations with dissonant in all respects, the word "court". - But still, it is a kind of agreement, such as passports, citizenship, you must obey. At least formally? - Yes, we all are forced to obey them. - And you are happy with these formalities? - President Putin once not inform me personally of the policy, so I do not know what he thinks about it. I often go to Russia. All the time in every city I talk to people who live there I ask: How did you get better, or worse, or what? And in most cases, they tell me that life is getting better, and I'm happy. But later, when asked journalists why the album "Aquarium" were fewer songs than before, Grebenshchikov that the Russian hinterland can still make music only on cheap cassettes, music on hold is much less expensive than compact can. - Are you interested in the latest developments in Ukraine? - Of course, I followed the developments in Ukraine - with great interest. - In your opinion, what really happened - the bourgeois revolution or coup. As seen from Russia? - As a musician, I see it this way: if a person was a good life, then it's good. While it is difficult to understand. But I have a great sense of Kiev forever, because it is quite a special city for two reasons, the second of which - the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. It is a city with a special power it is very quiet and peaceful that I love very much. - You're one of those who say that Russia, Ukraine and Belarus - a single cultural community, or those who now believe an entirely different state - A single cultural community is as large numbers of people who speak the same language, a culture gap. If Ukraine is to speak a completely different language, and it will have its own culture, and Russian culture is alien, then it is two different countries. Until we have the same culture, and we have the same culture, so that we - one unit. Maybe we have a little bit different accents, but that's normal. Why not? Further conversation was like a little play "cat and mouse" - uncomfortable or uninteresting ignored questions BG, friendly, but very briefly: "Nat", for some reason, with a focus Mosfilmovsky Joseph Dzhugashvili. To questions about their own religion and Buddhist inclinations rather confusing, "she repeated the words without any meaning, but without remorse", and then completely stopped, "Nat!" True view, fear and disappointment in the eyes of fans rushed to "fix", made it clear that only a joke, and said it to meditate sometimes. Hall was granted. The fact that a quarter of the. A century after the publication of such an event, such as a group "Aquarium", their leader, always, as usual, looks like a hostage of its own legends about themselves for the amusement of journalists But BG has not particularly Kiev press, which is considered not very interested in the new, but want to confirm the earlier myths heard a year ago, well written and forgotten Russian newspapers. For example, the question: "You said that you do not like Moscow, but often there," Grebenshikov clearly taken aback by the response. Perhaps this is invented "history" it a long time ago, in a hurry, now rusty and all the details. "Not that I do not like, I love her, I lied" - prefer BG immediately confess, is not lost completely. "But you do not, like Peter," - was not the journalist. "The same, even love" - BG was amused, but are not strengthened with a nickname "Baron Myunghauzen", lamented that, say, Peter not to provide for the good life. In fact, what you expect from a swingers, built by order and for administrative purposes? However, not much discomfort leader "Aquarium" do not feel as "Coming to leaf blades come." Rather - in rhyme.

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