"Be good!" - That was ironic and positive slogan was this Festival "Empty Hills 2011." Music is not music, barbecue skewers - but it should be pointed out, some of the sights of this wonderful piercing festival, considered by many the best in the country. This "mountain" was very lucky with the weather. Weather - this is very important for the open air. The year before, pouring rain, the festival is filled with liquid mud, and he turned a miracle (and courage Orgov). Last year it was dry, and in this, and there were no showers at all - was a little rain on the first day, and actually took a shower the day after the closing. "Empty Hills" are able to imitate while remaining itself. They adapt to this absurd Russian Valid without principles. Allow only a week before the "Empty Hills" local governor issued a decree on the absurd to anyone in the forest. That's all. Especially during the festival, he was forced to cancel the decree, but before the festival orgs had hard times - he was in the balance, and the fingers had to literally explain that people with tents to live in the woods one day, of course, know how to deal with the fire ... Traditionally, on the exact location of the festival, it was announced a few days before it starts (and asked all media, it does not terminate), but all the same growing pains come upon him. When in the fields near Yukhnov'll either 50000 or 80000 people - bound not only about where the thinking generators and equipment to get scenes. "Empty Hills" essentially done by volunteers - but the magnitude of the event does not imply a careful selection. To meet, to feed and guard the audience (essentially everyone admits free), please the musicians (basically acting zabesplatno) - we need hundreds of people working basically all about, nothing. Well, maybe for feeding. And in 2011 it was probably the most painful problem of this magical festival - do not have much intelligence-arrogant incompetent girl with bedzhikami, corruption at the entry of cars, tire failures to pay thousands of rubles a guarded parking ... The problems with volunteers can be provided but was not resolved at this time. Now it's a waiting game for the next year. There is no doubt that the organizers understand everything, and still lie ahead. However, back financial or other problems before the magic that creates a new generation of people fed, "Hollow Hills." These people are smiling when she should smile a completely free man. People on their lives and the lives of other bright and sunny - at least colorful clothing, even radiant positive outlook, at least ease, and total lack of aggression. This new generation 1 June meet in a clearing in Tsaritsyno, or at the festival "Jazz Estate" in Arkhangelsk. These people know how to throw trash in trash bags, no stress not only on the pitch, and even on your own to sort them on the plastic, paper and metal, when they asked about it. Sorting and garbage collection has also been done by volunteers, but where else but on the "hill", you can see this file. A volunteer girl examines debris up to her audience, and begins to help her way out the garbage, and they will be joined by friends, and now a huge pile of rubbish removed in bags, and the parties exchanged a smile of joy. This behavior is very free people, and it's worth ... about music, of course. The principles of selection of speakers for the main stage of the festival (this year they were called "Kitchen", "Porch", and "Bedroom" "Mind the step!") Is clear in advance: good musicians little known "doubly interesting. " For this reason, the festival is not and can not be headlining. There are favorites of the public, but they are pressed - and it does not cause confusion. For example, the most favorite of the public - and Roma reverse osmosis CDF - far refused this year in an engagement (CDF, away, on the last day set). It has not come yet to stop and talk because of the inherent democratic holmovskogo community more than once on the "non-core" scenes, and even a "free" ("porch"). The same fate awaited the infamous group "Dogs Katchalov," for example. And almost headlined "orgies righteous" in the "kitchen" was allowed to play, but just unplugged, and no metal. Umka gathered the entire field and unplanned seyshn not name the program this year also. Somewhat surprisingly, a lot of punk rock and caused all kinds of hard rock (assuming that the scene is more art café "garage" was where the stuff is sufficient). But the sunny reggae unexpectedly. In a terrible deficit, although there is much more in line with non-aggressive spirit of "The Hills" But in general, could be almost any fan of non-commercial music find something interesting - folk, avant-garde, jazz, blues and rock singer. Alexander Kostarev makes the scene Art Cafe, managed to find some interesting blues-rockers - do not let them easily in the crowd to find shkolyarskogo Heavy Rock. Fantastic selection of the most elite musicians showed world-class scene "Caution steps!" - Here and fine "devotees" and Jazzator in different forms, and the clear Gurzuf and thoughtful, melancholy elephant and avant-garde jazz and staff EXIT to return to the project (the Big ideologues drummer Vladimir Glushko had time even grandma singer Lukerya Kosheleva play) . Confused unless amateur dance-theater, not correspond to the level of the music, but oh well. Fine "devotees" (Petrozavodsk) Bard-rockers together on a pleasant scene "Attic" (DRfest and ProstoFest as landmarks and ideology). Then Atmoravi, Julia Teunikova, Alex Vdovin, Kirill Komarov, Dmitry Maksimachev, Michael Bashakov, Belkania band "Neboslov" and played other known in narrow circles of personality. Folklore and ethnographic studio Candlemas (Omsk) Folk ruled almost all of the scenes, but most of all - on a separate stage "Cenis". Here and this oven for baking loaves built and led dances and sang Russian songs and master classes on learning the folk songs and dances. To collect a world star Ina Zhelannaya, Anna Pingina, security and magic unexpectedly provocative Polish Village collective whole field in front of the main stage "Kitchen". Not about the "Celts" forgotten - the blind boys in skirts Mervent Harper and set the heat to the "sleeping" and "porch". And it still worked every day completely separate "harmonica scene" ... During the drilled hole "Iva Nova," suddenly without electricity on stage happens every repaired quickly - and how the girls had the audience on the hot box! Bar progressive rock maestro asked Kostarev his Kostarev Group, and uncompromising spirit of Jazz Dave Brubeck has played in a variety of configurations, a wonderful pianist Natalia Skvortsov, and everything in the world beat in unpredictable cocktails excellent saxophonist Nicholas Rubanov. Probably the best on a sound set in its history, played the legendary "The daughter of Monroe and Kennedy." Proved to be underestimated and the other legend of Russian rock "The best option". Imagine in its place some "Mummy Troll" is almost impossible - but everything in its place. But not a single music. It is a tradition that many visitors do not go to the festival concerts. This year the organizers are literally sad with violence forced them to listen to music - scenes were arranged in a circle, so that the sound went straight to camp lennye. Plus launch of the very real FM radio "how great" where are somehow swirling even "Metropolis" and "Aquarium", but an operational warning system for the concert (and then move and transfer due to congestion at the entrance) so far failed. But it was a huge amount of master classes in almost all affairs of the universe, and they could not complain about the low turnout. That's a fraction of the "traditional clay toys Kaluga region", "Working with the skin (embossed)", "Chess Tournament (chess for three)", "Sahaja Yoga", "painting gingerbread", "Lecture on felting", " emancipation of the individual through the song, "" Why and how to live in environmentally friendly "," Voylokovalyanie "," Modern Japanese Butoh dance "," Shooting on vintage large format camera portrait on Plener "etc. etc. Perhaps this is the inevitable bias in cognitive bias and Entertainment - Music is no longer a unifying factor. But the way of life, in every sense - much more readable and accessible form of communication and cognition. Therefore both kinostseny were always fills - there were occasional festivals cartoons and documentaries, often directly with comments by the authors. Sand and show gathered many spectators. The paradox is that almost all the events on the "hill" is a completely self-sufficient is a spectacle worthy of a larger audience. But with regard to the organization does not receive more than a hundred spectators. It is not clear what to do with it - the master classes throughout the coming to the festival all the more - but look at all that we want, not everyone can. Including volunteers and orgs. One can not complain even violent artlessness hippie creative improvisers of the festival - in other words, beginner drummers, rockers, fire jugglers and bards poyami. This is beautiful, it is already part of the folklore festival - in this hour knocking tamtamschiki inappropriate. And they listen! You are no longer spectators, she accomplices of this miracle called "Empty Hills" - and that is the basic idea of the secret of the festival. Make the audience - participants! And the result is the same. Exotic clothed or unclothed nude characters "hill" - is just the name of the character in this drama. Chattering, whistling varganyaschie, dancing, meditation, fire-breathing and glowing audience to participate - a 'theater of Jerzy Grotowski, without which (by the way) does not do any a "hill". It is clear that it will end, sooner or later. Options for the survival of this unique living organism as "Empty Hills" is not so little. Move further away from Moscow. Cut back on music programs. Monopolize trade. Make friends in unimportant moments with sponsors. Something. Everything has its pros and cons. You can even, as it is, and do purely administrative gaps (their oh-so-much). And all will benefit. But most importantly, these people - Denis Hurley and his team - have already created. The freest and best festival of the country. And that free and fair amount, a whole generation, "Hollow Hills." For more modest contribution to our strange Kafkaesque land titles and medals awarded. But it is difficult to imagine that to think these wonderful people in general Sun They decorate the edge of the forest in the depths of Russia, delivered musician issues related to land lease to solve, and bring food and beer, to help the sick, you take time off the generators, control panels, think about admission, in an interview with the officials, is almost asleep. They make this incredible festival in our real life. Against all economic theories and civil hipsterstvu. It - fantastic. Guru KEN
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