Mashina Vremeni

Mashina Vremeni

Mashina Vremeni meets Russian president Dmitri Medvedev. L-R: Medvedev, Yefremov, Margulis, Makarevich
Background information
Origin Moscow, Soviet Union
Genres Blues rock, Rock and roll, Progressive rock (early years)
Years active 1969–present
Website www.mashina.ru
Members Andrey Makarevich
Alexander Kutikov
Andrey Derzhavin
Valeriy Efremov
Past members Evgeny Margulis
Sergey Kavagoe †
Petr Podgorodetsky
Alexander Zaicev †
Sergey Rizenko
Yuri Borzov
Maxim Kapitanovsky
Yuri Foskin

Mashina Vremeni (Russian: Машина времени, Russian for Time Machine) is a Russian rock band founded in 1969. Mashina Vremeni was a pioneer of Soviet rock music, and remains one of the oldest still active rock bands in Russia. The band's music incorporates elements of classic rock, blues, and Russian folk music. Mashina Vremeni's best known members are Andrei Makarevich - the founder, principal singer-songwriter and the band's public persona, Alexander Kutikov - the bass player and producer/sound engineer, and guitarist/songwriter Evgeny Margulis.

History

Andrei Makarevich
Alexander Kutikov
Evgeny Margulis
Mashina Vremeni performing at the band's 40th anniversary concert

Andrei Makarevich's musical career can be traced to a school band called The Kids that was made up of two male guitarists and two female vocalists. The group sang mostly English-language folk songs and performed primarily at talent shows put on in Moscow schools. According to Makarevich, the momentous event in his musical career came when the Soviet group VIA Atlanty (Russian: ВИА «Атланты») visited his school and allowed him to play a couple of songs on their equipment during a break in the performance. On the heels of this experience, Makarevich joined with other musically talented students from his school and another school to form Mashiny Vremeni (Time Machines - in plural form imitating The Beatles, Rolling Stones etc.) The most significant founders included Sergey Kavagoe and Andrey Makarevich. The band's repertoire consisted of eleven songs in English, now lost.

Musical style

Mashina Vremeni's sound is eclectic and incorporates multiple different genres. Contributions to song composition have been made by almost every band member, and often reflect each member's particular stylistic preferences. Makarevich is a renowned fan of The Beatles, and many of his songs reflect the Beatles' influence. He is also influenced by blues music and Soviet singers-songwriters, the so-called "bards". Kutikov is a quintessential rocker, he composes guitar-oriented hard rock. Margulis is one of the Russia's best known bluesmen, and his songs are usually blues rock ballads.

All the band's lyrics are written by Makarevich. They were often metaphorical fables that made allegorical puns relating to life in the Soviet and Post-Soviet eras.

Albums

Year Russian Translit English Notes
1978 Это было так давно Eto bylo tak davno It was so long ago Self-released tape album. Released by an official label only in 1992
1979 Маленький принц Malenkiy printz The Little Prince live album with inter-song quotations from the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry book
1986 В добрый час V dobriy chas Good luck
1987 Реки и мосты Reki i mosty Rivers and bridges
1989 В круге света V kruge sveta In a circle of light
1991 Медленная хорошая музыка Medlennaya khoroshaya muzyka Slow good music
1993 Внештатный командиръ Земли Vneshtatniy komandir Zemli Part-time commander of Earth
1994 Кого ты хотел удивить? Kogo ty khotel udivit Whom did you want to surprise? (Who did you expect to impress) Unpublished song compilation
1994 Unplugged Live acoustic album
1996 Megamix Electronic remixes of selected songs
1996 Картонные крылья любви Kartonniye kryliya lubvi Cardboard wings of love
1996 Неизданное Neizdannoe Unpublished Rare songs from the early 70s
1997 Отрываясь Otryvayas Breaking away
1999 ХХХ лет МВ 30 years of Mashina Vremeni XXX anniversary concert Live album
1999 Часы и Знаки Chasy i znaki Clocks and signs
2000 50 на двоих 50 na dvoikh 50 for two Joint concert of Mashina Vremeni and Voskresenie
2001 Место где свет Mesto gde svet A lighted place
2004 Машинально Mashinalno Mechanically
2005 Kremlin Rocks! A concert of Mashina Vremeni with the Kremlin chamber orchestra
2007 Time machine
2009 Машины не парковать Mashiny ne parkovat Do not park the cars (Parking forbidden)

Mashina Vremeni is one of the best selling artists in Russia.

Current line-up

Current line-up

Touring musicians

Former members

Involvement in public debate

During the 2013–15 Ukrainian Crisis frontman Andrey Makarevich denounced Russian military intervention in Crimea and eastern Ukraine. Other people associated with the band kept a low profile in the matter through 2014, but in 2015 it became known that at least Kutikov was against Russian policy in Ukraine, while Derzhavin and director/manager Vladimir Sapunov sided with President Vladimir Putin's policies. As a result, in early 2015, the group faced a break-up.[3]

Related

References

  1. Filimonov, Mikhail (2004). Искусство жить по Стефановичу. Express gazeta (in Russian) № 50. Retrieved 2008-12-27.
  2. Машина времени гастроли (in Russian). Retrieved 2010-01-19.
  3. В "Машине времени" случился раскол из-за Украины (in Russian). vesti-ukr.com. Retrieved 2015-02-06.

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