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Long reads about Oblachny Kray: history, interviews, press and memories

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FROM THE HISTORY OF THE BAND 'OBLACHNY KRAY'. CHAPTER 19: BOGAEV FOREVER
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FROM THE HISTORY OF THE BAND 'OBLACHNY KRAY'. CHAPTER 19: BOGAEV FOREVER

Gena welcomed me warmly and commented on my appearance: my cheek was blazing red, resembling the tread mark of a winter tire. I told him about my fight, of course, and we decided t...
11 min read 1319 #Oblachny Kray #Gennady Bachinsky #Arkhangelsk #Leningrad #2000s #Studio #History #Band history
FROM THE HISTORY OF THE BAND 'OBLACHNY KRAY'. CHAPTER 18: MY COMPUTER
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FROM THE HISTORY OF THE BAND 'OBLACHNY KRAY'. CHAPTER 18: MY COMPUTER

The time has come for the final chapter in the story of the Arkhangelsk band Oblachny Krai — about the work that is currently nearing its logical conclusion. It's a good thing it i...
10 min read 1101 #Oblachny Kray #Arkhangelsk #2000s #Rock #Magnitizdat #Studio #History #Band history
FROM THE HISTORY OF THE BAND 'OBLACHNY KRAY'. CHAPTER 17: EXILE FROM PARADISE. THE MAYAKOVSKY TRIBUTE
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FROM THE HISTORY OF THE BAND 'OBLACHNY KRAY'. CHAPTER 17: EXILE FROM PARADISE. THE MAYAKOVSKY TRIBUTE

A month passed. My wife got bored and asked to come visit me with our daughter. I reached out to Andrey. Having secured financial support, I found a room right in the city center, ...
10 min read 1045 #Oblachny Kray #Andrey Tropillo #2000s #Studio #History #Cover #Band history
FROM THE HISTORY OF THE BAND 'OBLACHNY KRAY'. CHAPTER 16: EXILE FROM PARADISE. A GREBENSHCHIKOV TRIBUTE
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FROM THE HISTORY OF THE BAND 'OBLACHNY KRAY'. CHAPTER 16: EXILE FROM PARADISE. A GREBENSHCHIKOV TRIBUTE

To be completely honest, when recounting the story behind the creation of our last album, it is impossible to ignore my relationship with alcohol. I see it as an integral part of t...
9 min read 1011 #Oblachny Kray #Andrey Tropillo #Boris Grebenshchikov #Leningrad #2000s #Magnitizdat #Studio #History #Cover #Band history
FROM THE HISTORY OF THE BAND 'OBLACHNY KRAY'. CHAPTER 15: UNCLE MISHA IS ALIVE!
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FROM THE HISTORY OF THE BAND 'OBLACHNY KRAY'. CHAPTER 15: UNCLE MISHA IS ALIVE!

At the time, I was working as a staff sound engineer at ANtROP, and along with the other guys, I handled the bands that came in off the street. Tropillo would audition them sometim...
13 min read 959 #Oblachny Kray #Andrey Tropillo #Arkhangelsk #Leningrad #Studio #History #Band history
FROM THE HISTORY OF THE BAND 'OBLACHNY KRAY'. CHAPTER 14: WHY THE HELL DO WE NEED THE WEST
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FROM THE HISTORY OF THE BAND 'OBLACHNY KRAY'. CHAPTER 14: WHY THE HELL DO WE NEED THE WEST

The band Oblachny Krai – Aria of the Varangian Guests. Life in the studio is half positives and half negatives. It's good that in the studio you are always at your workplace; you c...
12 min read 931 #Oblachny Kray #Arkhangelsk #2000s #Studio #History #Band history
Chapter 13: SHEVCHUK, KINCHEV's wives, and Sergey KUREKHIN Popular
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Chapter 13: SHEVCHUK, KINCHEV's wives, and Sergey KUREKHIN

One day, Yury Shevchuk came up with the idea to organize the "Open the Windows" festival. The event was planned to be, I would say, broad in scope, featuring a multitude of musicia...
12 min read 5718 #Andrey Tropillo #Konstantin Kinchev #Yuri Shevchuk #Sergey Kurekhin #Concert #Festival #Studio #Band history
Chapter 12, Part 2: Seryoga's Birthday
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Chapter 12, Part 2: Seryoga's Birthday

In early June 1995, Olya really bailed me out, saving me from absolute stagnation. During those days, Tropillo was supposed to go to France and Germany for two weeks on some import...
19 min read 2521 #Andrey Tropillo #Olga Pershina #Arkhangelsk #1990s #Rock #Studio #Band history
Chapter 12, Part 1: Olga Pershina Popular
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Chapter 12, Part 1: Olga Pershina

In 1993, Olga Pershina began appearing at the studio more and more frequently. She was a legendary lady from the very heart of Leningrad's rock-n-roll scene, which by that time had...
16 min read 3485 #Andrey Tropillo #Boris Grebenshchikov #Olga Pershina #Leningrad #1980s #1990s #Rock #Concert #Soviet rock #Studio #Band history
Chapter 11, Part 2: “Novaya Zemlya”
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Chapter 11, Part 2: “Novaya Zemlya”

Many events have happened during this time, I have met many people, many secrets have been revealed, but I will proceed in order, since this narrative format has already been estab...
17 min read 2352 #Andrey Tropillo #Arkhangelsk #Leningrad #1990s #Studio #Band history
Chapter 11, Part 1: The Witch
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Chapter 11, Part 1: The Witch

After losing Andrey, I simply couldn't find my place. Any endeavor was in vain, any process led to a drinking session, turning my life into one massive, endless bender with no visi...
11 min read 2364 #Andrey Tropillo #Studio #Band history
Chapter 2: Childhood, Adolescence, and Youth of the Cloudy Land. Popular
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Chapter 2: Childhood, Adolescence, and Youth of the Cloudy Land.

From "Radio" Magazine to the Dead Ears
27 min read 3126 #Oblachny Kray #Arkhangelsk #Leningrad #Rock #Band history
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