The history of the creation of the group “Time Machine. The history of the rock group "Time Machine"

We bring to your attention some interesting facts about the famous group.

1. The group began to form within the walls of Moscow school No. 19 in 1968. Under the name The Kids, two guitarists - Andrei Makarevich, Mikhail Yashin and two vocalists - Larisa Kashperko, Nina Baranova performed at school amateur evenings with English folk songs. Some recordings have survived to this day and are included in the “Time Machine” collection “Unreleased.”

2. Once VIA “Atlanty” came to school No. 19, and during the break the leader of the ensemble allowed the members of The Kids to play several of their compositions on “professional” equipment and even played along on his bass guitar. The schoolchildren were greatly impressed by the performance and renewed the composition of the group. Andrey Makarevich (guitar, vocals), Igor Mazaev (bass guitar), Yuri Borzov (drums), Alexander Ivanov (rhythm guitar), Pavel Ruben (bass guitar) and Sergei Kawagoe (keyboards) performed under a new name - Time Machines .

3. Previously, Makarevich had only seen the bass guitar in photographs with McCartney and did not understand at all why it was needed. During the performance of “Atlante”, Makarevich heard the instrument live and was inspired by the idea of ​​mastering it, but in those years the bass guitar was a rarity, it was almost impossible to find it. The young man bought an ordinary acoustic one and transferred the strings from the cello to it. Then he found out that McCartney had once secretly taken bass guitar strings from the school piano.

4. After several concerts, Time Machines released their first magnetic album, which included 11 songs in English. The recording of the album took place in an ordinary apartment: in one of the rooms in the center there was a tape recorder with a microphone connected to it. The band members took turns going to the tape recorder and performing their parts.

5. The composition of the group was constantly updated in the early 70s. The only constant participants were Makarevich, Kutikov and Kawagoe. Once upon a time, one of the participants in the “Time Machine” was Alexey Romanov, the future founder of the “Resurrection” group. In the entire history of the group, this was the only “released vocalist”.

6. The first official mention of the group “Time Machine” appeared in 1973 on a vinyl disc with a recording of the vocal trio “Zodiac” accompanied by the group. In 1973, the name was changed to a single number - “Time Machine”, which remains so to this day.

7. In 1974, “machinists” were invited to the filming of Georgy Danelia’s film “Afonya”. The director wanted to show ordinary “street” musicians of that time. In the final version of the film, almost all footage of the band was cut out. “Time Machine” flashes in the frame for just a few seconds, performing the song “You or I.” The Araks group was filmed as a performing group on stage. For the filming, the “drivers” received their first official fee, which was 600 rubles. It was immediately spent on buying a tape recorder.

8. Having performed in 1976 at the Tallinn Youth Songs festival in Estonia and received first prize, “Time Machine” becomes popular.

9. A semi-legal recording of good quality of most of the group’s songs appeared in the summer of 1978. The recording of the record was carried out at night in the speech studio of GITIS. This recording marked the beginning of the band's creativity spreading throughout the country. The album with these songs officially appeared only in 1992 and was called “It was a long time ago...”.

10. The first official album of the Time Machine, In Good Hour, was released by Melodiya in 1986.

11. In the mid-eighties, the team went on a joint tour of Russia with the group “Nautilus Pompilius”. At one of the concerts, when Nautilus Pompilius performed “Chained by One Chain,” the members of “Time Machine” walked across the stage with a real rusty metal chain on their shoulders, posing as barge haulers. The Nau musicians stopped playing in amazement, and only Butusov continued to perform the song in complete silence (he had a habit of singing with his eyes closed). After some time, the incident was forgotten, and the Nautilus participants made a similar joke about the Time Machine. During the performance of the song “Caravan”, Bedouins suddenly appeared on stage. They scurried from one curtain to another, dancing and clapping in the Arab style. The Time Machine musicians were in amazement, and the audience believed that this was intended.

Group "Time Machine" year of creation – 1968. (Moscow city)

Brief biography:

It was organized in one of the Moscow schools. The founder is well-known Andrey Makarevich. He performed a year earlier in the vocal and guitar quartet “The Kids” at school evenings.

Often songs were sung in English. (Because of the desire to resemble the group “”).

To the initial composition " Time machines» included:

vocals, guitar - A. Makarevich;
guitar - Alexander Ivanov;
bass guitar - Pavel Rubin;
piano – Igor Mazaev;
drums - Yuri Borzov.

Due to the need to improve the professional sound, changes were soon made in the team: Rubin, Ivanov and Mazaev were replaced by:
Alexander Kutikov (vocals, bass) and Sergey Kawagoe (keyboards). And a little later in 1970
Y. Borzov was replaced by Maxim Kapitanovsky, a drummer (already famous in Moscow). But after 2 years he leaves. And not finding a worthy replacement for him, the group breaks up.

For about a year, the fate of the MV team was intertwined with the “Best Years” group.
Having survived the troubled times, in the fall of 1973 group Time Machine makes itself felt again, performing on dance floors and southern resorts of the country, constantly changing its lineup.
In 1975, Kutikov left the group.

By the beginning of 1975, the composition of MV had stabilized: Makarevich, Kawagoe - sat down at the drums and Evgeny Margulis (bass, vocals). They performed music of different genres: blues, country, rock and roll.

In March 1976, the MV group performed very successfully at the Tallinn Days of Popular Music and later gave several concerts in Leningrad, after which they became mega-popular.
They even managed to appear in the film “Afonya”, in which their hit “You or I” from the album “Sunny Island” was performed. The composition of the MV was periodically updated.

In 1978, their first magnetic album “Birthday” was released.

Summer 1979 Internal disagreements lead to the repeated disintegration of the MV team. But in the fall of the same year, Makarevich took to the stage with a new line-up: the returning A. Kutikov (bass, vocals); Peter Podgorodetsky (keyboards, vocals); Valeniy Efremov (drums). And with a new repertoire, in March 1980 they became a laureate of the All-Union Rock Festival Spring Rhythms. (Tbilisi-80).

The group received recognition from many people, but in the spring of 1982, MV renewed its ranks again (thanks to countless artistic councils)
Makarevich himself appears in little-known films (together with the group). And in 1986, when the country’s cultural policy changed, MV again began to gain momentum and achieve creative success.
The most recognizable songs over all these years have been: “For those at sea”, “Turn”, “Blue Bird”, “Our Home”, “Puppets”.

In the 90s, 7 albums were released.
The most famous hits of that time and.
In 1993, MV celebrates its 25th anniversary with a concert on Red Square.
In January 1999, the group conducted the “XXX Years of the Time Machine” tour.

In 2000, MV toured with. And since the same year, she has been a regular participant in the Wings rock festival.
In 2007, MV played 2 free concerts, in Moscow and St. Petersburg. And in 2008 - a free concert in Ryazan.

Andrei Makarevich will celebrate his 55th anniversary with the release of a collection of songs “55”, which was prepared by his friend and colleague in the “Time Machine” group Alexander Kutikov.

The Soviet and Russian rock band from among the pioneers of rock music of the USSR "Time Machine" was founded by Andrei Makarevich in 1969.

Back in 1968, Andrei Makarevich created an ensemble with his classmates at Moscow special school No. 19, where he studied. The ensemble included two guitarists (Andrei Makarevich himself and Mikhail Yashin) and two vocalists (Larisa Kashperko and Nina Baranova). The ensemble performed Anglo-American folk songs. Then Yuri Borzov and Igor Mazaev came to the class in which Makarevich studied. They also became part of the ensemble.

Soon, based on the ensemble, a group was formed, called “The Kids”. It included Andrei Makarevich, Igor Mazaev, Yuri Borzov, Alexander Ivanov and Pavel Ruben. Another member of the group was Borzov’s childhood friend Sergei Kavagoe, at whose insistence the girls were expelled from “The Kids”. In 1969, the group began to be called "Time Machines", in 1973 the name of the group was changed to the singular - "Time Machine".

In 1971, Alexander Kutikov appeared in the group, under whose influence the group’s repertoire was replenished with the songs “Seller of Happiness”, “Soldier”, etc.

At the same time, the first concert of “Time Machine” took place on the stage of the Energetik House of Culture, the cradle of Moscow rock.

In the first years of the group's existence, the team was amateur, and its composition was unstable. In 1972, Igor Mazaev was drafted into the army, and soon Yuri Borzov, the drummer of Machina, left. Kutikov brought Max Kapitanovsky to the group, but soon he was drafted into the army. The drummer was Sergei Kavagoe. Later, Igor Saulsky joined the lineup, leaving the group several times and returning again.

In the spring of 1973, Kutikov left “Time Machine” for the “Leap Summer” group. A year later he returned, and until the summer of 1975 the group played as Makarevich - Kutikov - Kavagoe - Alexey Romanov. In 1975, Romanov left the group, and Kutikov went to the Tula State Philharmonic.

At the same time, Evgeny Margulis appeared in the group, and a little later, violinist Nikolai Larin. Over the course of a year and a half, at least 15 musicians passed through the group, including drummers Yuri Fokin and Mikhail Sokolov, guitarists Alex “White” Belov, Alexander Mikoyan and Igor Degtyaryuk, violinist Igor Saulsky and many others.

At the beginning of their concert activity, the group performed cover versions of The Beatles songs and their own songs in English, written in imitation.

The group gained wide popularity and official recognition in 1976 after performing at the Tallinn Youth Songs - 76 festival in Estonia, where they received the first prize.

In 1977, musicians playing wind instruments appeared in the group - Evgeny Legusov and Sergey Velitsky.

In 1978, the group recorded their debut album “It Was So Long Ago…” and the audio fairy tale “The Little Prince” based on the fairy tale by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

In the summer of 1979, "Time Machine" broke up: Kawagoe and Margulis, having gathered old friends, formed the group "Resurrection", and Makarevich in the fall of the same year brought a new composition of MV to the stage: Alexander Kutikov - bass, vocals; Valery Efremov - drums, Pyotr Podgorodetsky - keyboards, vocals. They prepared a new repertoire, went to work at the Moscow Regional Comedy Theater, and in March 1980 they became the main sensation and laureate of the All-Union Rock Festival “Spring Rhythms-80” in Tbilisi.

“Time Machine” gained all-Union fame, they began to invite her to television (the “Musical Ring” program), radio, and the songs “Turn”, “Candle”, “Three Windows”, written back in the 1970s, became popular.

The touring and concert association Rosconcert signed an agreement with the group, and in the early 1980s the rock band actively toured the cities of the USSR.

In the spring of 1982, a campaign was launched against the group, inspired by the article “Blue Bird Stew” in Komsomolskaya Pravda. The first album was never released on Melodiya; the MV program was corrected several times and revised by countless artistic councils. Pyotr Podgorodetsky left the Time Machine, joining Joseph Kobzon's troupe. Podgorodetsky's place was taken by Alexander Zaitsev.

In 1986, with a change in the country's entire cultural policy, the group was able to work normally. New programs “Rivers and Bridges” and “In the Circle of Light” were prepared, which served as the basis for records of the same name. A retrospective album, “10 Years Later,” was also released, on which Makarevich tried to restore the sound and repertoire of the group from the mid-1970s.

In 1987, "Time Machine" made its first tour abroad.

In the summer of 1989, Alexander Zaitsev left MV; Evgeny Margulis and Peter Podgorodetsky returned to the group. The MV repertoire again included songs from the “classical” repertoire of previous years.

Alexander Kutikov, who created the recording company Sintez records, becomes the group’s producer, thanks to which the double album “It Was So Long Ago…” was released. In the 1990s, the group released seven albums, the most popular of which were “Freelance Commander of the Earth,” “Breaking Off,” “Cardboard Wings of Love,” and “Clocks and Signs.” Among the most famous songs of this period is “One Day the World Will Bend Under Us,” the video for which was broadcast on Russian television channels.

In 1999, “Time Machine” celebrated its 30th anniversary. The group was awarded the Order of Honor "for services to the development of musical art"; In December 1999, a triumphal concert of MV took place at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the group. The day after the concert, changes occurred in the group: keyboardist Pyotr Podgorodetsky was fired, and Andrei Derzhavin took his place.

In 2004, “Time Machine” celebrated its 35th anniversary. On May 30, the group held a concert on Red Square. In the fall of the same year, the Anthology “Time Machines” was released, which included 19 albums of the group over 35 years and a DVD collection of 22 videos; on November 25, 2004, the new album “Mechanically” was released.

In 2005, the groups “Time Machine” and “Resurrection” prepared and showed the program “50 for two”; in 2006, the two legendary Moscow groups returned to joint concerts and presented a new program “Handmade Music” at the State Kremlin Palace.

In 2007, the band's last album, Time Machine, was released, recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London.

The documentary films “Rock Cult”, “Rock and Fortune”, “Six Letters about Beat” are dedicated to the “Time Machine” group. The group itself took part in the soundtracks of many films, and in some the group members even starred themselves: “Soul” (1981), “Speed” (1983), “Start Over” (1986), “Dancer” (2004), “Day” elections" (2007), "Loser" (2007).

The modern composition of the group includes: Andrey Makarevich - author, vocals, guitars, Alexander Kutikov - author of music, producer, bass guitar, vocals (1971‑1974, since 1979), Evgeny Margulis - author, guitars, bass guitar (1975‑ 1979, since 1989), Valery Efremov - drums, percussion (since 1979), Andrey Derzhavin - author, keyboards, vocals (since 1999).

In 1969, on the initiative of Sergei Sirovich Kawagoe, a new musical group was created, performing songs in the then popular genres - rock, rock and roll and art songs. The final name of the group – “Time Machine” – replaced the original version “Time Machines”.

History of creation and composition

At the turn of the 1960-1970s of the 20th century, youth and student groups were gaining popularity in the USSR, imitating, as a rule, British and other legendary musicians in their work. Following this trend, in 1968 in Moscow, students from school No. 19 with in-depth study of the English language created a group that included four high school students: Andrei Makarevich, Mikhail Yashin, Larisa Kashperko and Nina Baranova. The girls sang, and the guys accompanied them on guitars.

The repertoire of young people who were fluent in English consisted of famous foreign songs, with which they performed in the capital’s schools and youth clubs under the name “The Kids.”

One day, at the school where the boys studied, there was a performance by VIA from Leningrad “Atlanta”. The group had at its disposal high-quality, high-quality equipment and a bass guitar, which was then a curiosity. During the break at Atlantov, Andrei Makarevich and his comrades performed several of their own musical works.

In 1969, the original composition of “Time Machine” was organized, which included Andrei Makarevich, Yuri Borzov, Igor Mazaev, Pavel Rubin, Alexander Ivanov and Sergei Kawagoe. The author of the name of the group, which then sounded “Time Machines”, was Yuri Ivanovich Borzov, and Sergei initiated the creation of an exclusively male group - so Andrei Makarevich turned out to be the permanent vocalist.

According to the guys, the appearance of Kawagoe in Time Machines helped them achieve success. Sergei, whose parents lived in Japan, had real electric guitars, which were considered scarce in those days in the Soviet Union, and even a small amplifier. This is how the sound of TimeMachines songs stood out from other musical groups.

Conflicts began to arise in the men's group regarding the choice of repertoire: Sergei and Yuri wanted to play the Beatles, but Makarevich insisted on choosing compositions by less famous authors. Andrey argued his position by saying that they still wouldn’t be able to sing better than the Fab Four, and “Time Machines” would have a “pale look.”

As a result of the dispute, the team split: Borzov, Kawagoe and Mazaev left Time Machines and began work under the name “Durapon Steam Engines”, but did not achieve success, and therefore returned to Time Machines.

After the release of the debut album, guitarists Pavel Rubin and Alexander Ivanov left the group. By that time, the guys had completed secondary education and were no longer seriously thinking about music, but about getting a higher education. Yuri and Andrey entered the architectural institute in Moscow, where they met Alexey Romanov (now performing at) and Alexander Kutikov.

The latter soon replaced Mazaev, who was drafted into the armed forces, as part of Time Machines, and Borzov went to the group of Alexei Romanov. The drummer was the screenwriter and writer Maxim Kapitanovsky, who a year later also left to serve in the armed forces of the USSR.

At the same time, Sergei Kawagoe began preparing for entrance exams at Moscow State University, which is why he regularly missed rehearsals and canceled performances, while Makarevich and Kutikov worked in the “Best Years” group. Having reunited in 1973, the guys changed the name to a more familiar one to the ears of Soviet people - “Time Machine”, and a year later Alexey Romanov became a vocalist together with Makarevich.

At the same time, Kutikov left the band and was replaced by Kutikov, who played the bass guitar. 5 years after the conflict related to the general concept, the composition of “Time Machine” changed again: Makarevich remained the vocalist, and Alexander Kutikov, Valery Efremov and Pyotr Podgorodetsky accompanied him. In 1999, Podgorodetsky was fired due to problems with drugs and violations of discipline, and was replaced by.

Music

The debut album of the group, then working under the name “TimeMachines”, was released in 1969 and bore a similar name. It included 11 English-language songs that were significantly reminiscent of the work of The Beatles. The record was recorded at home: vocalist Makarevich stood in the center of the room with a reel-to-reel tape recorder with a recording function and a microphone, and musicians were located around the perimeter of the room. The guys distributed the reel with the recorded songs among friends and acquaintances.

Group "Time Machine"

The official release never took place, but now the guys occasionally perform a composition from Time Machines called “This Happened to Me.” It was also included in the album “Unreleased”, released in 1996.

By 1973, the structure of the group had undergone significant changes, and the name began to sound like “Time Machine,” but the musicians had to wait a long time for formal performances and people’s love. In 1973, the collection “Melody” was released, where “Time Machine” was included in the musical accompaniment.

"Time Machine" - "One day the world will bend under us"

The period 1973-1975 became the most difficult in the history of the group: there were practically no performances, the guys often sang for room and board, more than once they had to look for a new base for rehearsals, and the leader of the Time Machine was expelled from the university, and he got a job at Giprotheatr. At the same time, the guys were offered to play a number of compositions in the film “Afonya”, for which they received a decent fee. However, in the final version of the film, only one song remained, “You or I,” but their name appeared in the credits.

In 1974, “Time Machine” recorded the composition “Who is to Blame,” written by Alexei Romanov, which, unfortunately, was perceived by critics as dissident. Although, according to the author, the composition did not carry any hidden meaning, much less a political background.

"Time Machine" - "The Little Prince"

In 1976, the group performed at the Tallinn Youth Songs music festival, and soon their songs were sung in all corners of the Soviet Union. But 2 years later, a scandalous incident occurred: at a famous music festival, the group was called politically unreliable, and the guys were suspended from further concerts.

Since then, the musicians' performances have become illegal, but, according to Kawagoe, they brought in good income. However, Andrei Makarevich always sought to bring the group to the all-Russian stage from closed performances in semi-basements, which caused another conflict with Sergei Kawagoe.

"Time Machine" - "For those at sea"

Having changed the composition of the group, Makarevich, with the help of a specially appointed party curator, still managed to bring “The Time Machine” to the stage, and by the beginning of the 1980s the group was already performing fully officially. At the concerts, held in crowded halls, the hits “Turn”, “Candle” and others were played, which do not lose popularity today.

Soon, the group again received an unpleasant surprise from the USSR authorities: the musicians’ work was sharply criticized by officials, but, to everyone’s surprise, the fans defended the right of “Time Machine” to carry out further concert activities - 250 thousand letters from fans came to the editorial office of “Komsomolskaya Pravda” in support of musicians.

"Time Machine" - "The years fly by like an arrow"

With the beginning of the collapse of the USSR, political pressure on musicians weakened significantly; they performed freely at the capital’s concert venues, released new albums, no longer fearing political censorship. In 1986, the group's first foreign performance took place at a music festival in Japan.

In 1986, the “first real album” of “Time Machine” was released. As indicated on the band's official website, it was woven from concert soundtracks, and the musicians themselves did not take part in the recording. But even in this form, the presentation of the album “In Good Hour” became a big step forward for the team.

"Time Machine" - "Good Hour"

And already in 1988, “Time Machine” was recognized as the group of the year. In the early 1990s, the lineup underwent changes again: Zaitsev left the team due to problems with alcohol and drugs, but Margulis returned.

In 1991, on the initiative of Makarevich, the guys performed as part of a political action organized to support. The apogee of popularity was the 8-hour “Time Machine” concert on Red Square in Moscow, which attracted about 300 thousand fans. And in December 1999, the “Time Machine” concert was attended by such outstanding politicians as and also, who then held the position of prime minister.

"Time Machine" - "World Abandoned by God"

Already in the 2000s, “Time Machine” entered the top ten most popular Russian rock bands according to Komsomolskaya Pravda, and the composition “Bonfire” was included in the hundred best songs of Russian rock in the 20th century according to Nashe Radio. In 2010, the leader of the group became famous for his literary activities, publishing 3 books.

The Time Machine logo is a gear with a peace symbol inside. The symbolism was depicted on the cover of the album “Mechanically”. Today, T-shirts, baseball caps and scarves with the team’s logo are produced.

Logo of the group "Time Machine"

In the summer of 2012, Margulis, citing a desire to work on a solo project, left the Time Machine, nevertheless remaining on friendly terms with the musicians. And in February 2015, information appeared in the media about a new discord in the group related to the political situation in neighboring Ukraine. True, rumors that the team broke up were not confirmed. However, Andrei Derzhavin did not take part in the “Time Machine” tour of Ukraine.

The fuss arose because of Andrei Makarevich’s position regarding the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Makarevich took the side of the latter, thereby provoking persecution on an unprecedented scale, including a boycott and disruption of speeches, as well as a fake message about his death. The artist himself added fuel to the fire; in the summer of 2015 he recorded the track “My former brothers became worms.” At the same time, the musician categorically denies the political context of the composition.

"Andrey Makarevich" - "People are worms"

Despite this, in September 2015, group leader Andrei Makarevich told reporters that the group intended to unite again with the “golden” lineup to record a new album. But, unfortunately for the fans, this did not happen. After the ill-fated song, rumors appeared that Makarevich had a conflict with Margulis. But soon Evgeniy said that he had not quarreled with Andrei Vadimovich, but his work is so far from him that he is not ready to comment on it.

"Time Machine" now

2017 was marked not only by long tours, but also, again, by politically motivated scandals. So Andrei Derzhavin supported the official position of the Kremlin on Crimea, and therefore ended up on the list of artists who are prohibited from entering Ukraine. Makarevich himself considers the annexation of Crimea an annexation, which he has repeatedly expressed in his interviews.

In Ukraine, “Time Machine” toured with an incomplete lineup

At the same time, the musicians held a number of concerts in Ukrainian cities, and its leader Andrei Makarevich refused to comment on the difference in political views of the musicians. By the way, the group’s producer Vladimir Borisovich Sapunov also supported the position of the Russian Federation. However, judging by the questionnaires and photos on the Time Machine website, there were no personnel changes in connection with the political worldview at that time.

This continued until the fall of 2017. Director and producer Vladimir Sapunov was fired from his post after 23 years of work in the team. He explained that they had a conversation with Andrei Makarevich, in which he told him: “We are no longer working with you.” At the same time, Sapunov noted that he was grateful to the team; working with him, he managed to forget about his illness and feel happy. At the same time, news appeared on the Internet that Makarevich also fired Derzhavin, but this information was not confirmed at that time.

On May 5, 2018, Sapunov died due to a long illness; the ex-director of the Time Machine was diagnosed with oncology.

At the beginning of 2018, it became known that Andrei Derzhavin had left the group, and since the topic had been discussed in the media for a long time, this news did not surprise fans. In an interview that the musician gave in March, he said that the reason for leaving was the intersection of tour schedules. The fact is that Derzhavin decided to revive his team - the legendary group of the 90s “Stalker”.

As a result, in 2018, three members remained in the “Time Machine” group - Makarevich, Kutikov and Efremov. One way or another, the musicians continue to tour. In 2018, the group will perform at the Khmelnov Fest music festival in Minsk. Also, for the first time in 5 years, they will visit Tyumen, where they will give the “Be Yourself” concert at the Philharmonic.

And in November 2018, their participation in the play “Quartet I” is planned. Previously, Andrei Makarevich took part in “Letters and Songs...” more than once, but solo. This time the entire cast will appear on the theater stage.

In 2019 the group turns 50 years old. In honor of the anniversary, the musicians decided to invite famous Russian directors to film the film almanac “The Machine [out of] Time.” It will consist of short stories-sketches, united by one theme: the song “Time Machines”.

Discography

• 1986 – “Good Hour”
• 1987 – “Ten Years Later”
• 1987 - “Rivers and Bridges”
• 1988 - “In the Circle of Light”
• 1991 - “Slow Good Music”
• 1992 - “It was so long ago...1978”
• 1993 - “Freelance commander of the Earth. Blues of El Mocambo"
• 1996 - “Cardboard Wings of Love”
• 1997 - “Breaking Away”
• 1999 - “Clocks and Signs”
• 2001 - “The Place Where the Light”
• 2004 - “Mechanically”
• 2007 - “TimeMachine”
• 2009 - “Do not park cars”
• 2016 - “YOU”

Clips

• 1983 - “In the Nikitsky Botanical Garden”
• 1986 - “Good Hour”
• 1988 - “Heroes of Yesterday”
• 1988 - “All I Can Say is Hello”
• 1989 - “Sea Law”
• 1991 - “She wants (Get out of the USSR)”
• 1993 - “My friend plays the blues better than anyone else”
• 1996 - “Turn”
• 1997 - “He was older than her”
• 1997 - “One day the world will bend under us”
• 1999 - “The era of great dislike”
• 2001 - “The Place Where the Light”
• 2012 - “Rats”
• 2016 - “Once Upon a Time”
• 2017 - “Sing”

The ensemble, which was destined to go down in history as “Time Machine,” had not been called anything at all before, and consisted of 2 guitars (Andrei Makarevich and Mikhail Yashin), and two girls (Larisa Kashperko and Nina Baranova), who sang in English. American folk songs.

It all really started in 1968, when Andrei Makarevich first heard the Beatles. Then two new kids came to their class: Yura Borzov and Igor Mazaev, who joined the newly-minted group “The Kids”. The first composition of the group "The Kids" was approximately as follows: Andrei Makarevich, Igor Mazaev, Yuri Borzov, Alexander Ivanov and Pavel Ruben. Another was Borzov’s childhood friend, Sergei Kavagoe, at whose insistence the singing girls were fired. After some time, the first album of the group "Time Machine" (originally planned as "Time Machines", i.e. in the plural) was recorded. The album consisted of eleven songs in English. The recording technique was not complicated - in the center of the room there was a tape recorder with a microphone, and in front of it were members of the group. Alas, this legendary recording is now lost.

1971 Alexander Kutikov appears in the group, who brought the spirit of major, cloudless rock and roll to the team. Under his influence, the group’s repertoire was replenished with joyful songs “Seller of Happiness”, “Soldier”, etc. At the same time, the first concert of “Time Machine” took place on the stage of the Energetik Palace of Culture, the cradle of Moscow rock.

1972 The first troubles begin. Igor Mazaev is drafted into the army, and soon Yura Borzov, who was a drummer in the group, leaves. The resilient Kutikov brings Max Kapitanovsky into the group, but soon he too is drafted into the army. And then Sergei Kavagoe sits down at the drums. Later, Igor Saulsky joins the lineup, who left the group and returned so many times

again, it is simply impossible to determine exactly when he was in the lineup and when he was not.

1973 Minor friction arises every now and then between Kawagoe and Kutikov. In the end, this leads to the fact that in the spring Kutikov leaves for the Leap Summer group.

1974 Sergei Kavagoe brings Igor Degtyaryuk into the group, who stayed in the lineup for about six months and then, it seems, left for Arsenal. Kutikov returned from Leap Summer, and for some time the group played as follows: Makarevich - Kutikov - Kavagoe - Alexey Romanov. This lasted until the summer of 1975.

1975 Romanov leaves the group, and in the summer Kutikov unexpectedly leaves, and not just anywhere, but to the Tula State Philharmonic. At the same time, Evgeny Margulis appeared in the group, and a little later, violinist Kolya Larin.

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1976 "Time Machine" is invited to Tallinn for the festival "Tallinn Youth Songs-76", where they perform brilliantly, and where they first meet Boris Grebenshchikov and the Aquarium group, which at that time was a cute acoustic quartet. Grebenshchikov invites them to St. Petersburg. Their concerts are wildly popular. Violinist Kolya Larin is no longer in the lineup, and his place is taken by someone Seryozha Ostashev, who also did not stay long. At the same time, Yura Ilyichenko, the lead singer of "Myths", joined the group.

1977 Ilyichenko, homesick for his hometown, leaves for St. Petersburg, and the “Time Machine” stays with the three of them for a short time. And then it occurs to Andrey to introduce brass players into the group. So a brass section appears in the group: Evgeny Legusov and Sergey Velitsky.

1978 The composition is being replaced. Instead of Velitsky, Sergei Kuzminok joins the team. In the same year, the first studio recording of “Time Machine” took place. Kutikov, who by that time had played in Leap Summer, got a job at the educational speech studio of GITIS in order to use the studio for its intended purpose. Andrei Makarevich turns to him, Kutikov promises to arrange everything, and a few days later the recording begins, known to us as “It was so long ago...”. It lasted a whole week, and it included almost all (at that time) songs from “Time Machine”, with the exception of the first early ones. The recording turned out great, and within a month it was heard everywhere. It’s a pity that the original was lost, and what we are listening to today is a copy that accidentally ended up in the possession of one of Andrei’s acquaintances. In the fall, Mashina Vremeni parted ways with the pipes, and a synthesizer in the person of Sasha Voronov joined the group, although not for long.

1979 The group is falling apart. Sergei Kavagoe and Evgeniy Margulis are leaving for “Resurrection”. At the same time, Kutikov returns to the group, bringing Efremov with him, and a little later Petya Podgorodetsky joins the group. “Time Machine” begins rehearsing with a new lineup, and the group’s repertoire is replenished with such things as “Candle”, “Whom did you want to surprise”, “Crystal City”, “Turn”. In the same year, "Time Machine" became a group of the Moscow Touring Comedy Theater at Rosconcert.

1980 "Time Machine" is already very popular, and its name on the theater posters is a guarantee that tickets will be sold out. The theater's poster looked like this: very large at the top - "Ensemble "Time Machine", and then small, on the verge of legibility - "In the performance of the Moscow Comedy Theater "The Merry Wives of Windsor" based on the play by W. Shakespeare." The only problem is that the audience , going to the sign “Time Machine”, they could really see their favorite group, which sang completely unknown songs on the verge of intelligibility of sound. This was not exactly what the audience expected to see, but this was of little concern to the management of the theater, which received huge profits for a long time. could not. And then Rosconcert decided that it would be much more profitable to use “Machine” to the fullest. After a successful audition, “Machine of Time” became an independent professional rock band. At the same time, the famous festival “Spring Rhythms” took place in Tbilisi. 80." "Time Machine" shares first place with the group "Magnetic Band"

1981 A hit parade appears in the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper, and the song “Turn” is declared the song of the year. She stayed in first place for a total of 18 months. All this time the group did not have the right to perform it at concerts, because it was not filled in, and it was not filled in because Rosconcert did not send it to LIT, since it had doubts about what kind of turn it had in mind. The fact that “Turn” was played on Radio Moscow five times a day did not bother anyone.

1982 The Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper blasted the group with the article “Blue Bird Stew.” In response, the editors were overwhelmed with bags of letters under the general motto “Hands off “Mashina.” The newspaper, not expecting such a rebuff, had to reduce everything to a general toothless polemic - the matter, they say, is young, and opinions may be different. “Blue Stew birds" coincided with another split in the group. Petya Podgorodetsky leaves. After a while, Sergei Ryzhenko offers himself, and a little later Alexander Zaitsev joins the lineup.

1983 Sergei Ryzhenko, who had to play supporting roles, leaves, and “Time Machine” remains with four members.

In general, this time is characterized by Andrei Makarveich himself as a time of relative calm. Although, to say that the group did nothing at all would be untrue. Perhaps it was around this period that it began to take shape. as a professional, sustainable team.

1985 The magnetic album "Fish in a Jar" (mini-album) has been recorded, the group is working on recording music for the film "Speed" (dir. D. Svetozarov).

In the same year, "MV" takes part in the cultural program of the XII World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow.

The second magnetic album of acoustic songs by Andrei Makarevich has been recorded

The group is participating in the filming of the film “Start Over” (dir. A. Stefanovich) One point of clarification: indeed, the group, and not just Andrei Makarevich, starred in this film. Although. of course, AM played the main role.

The film "Start Over" is released on the wide screen. A new concert program “Rivers and Bridges” is being prepared, almost simultaneously the recording of the double album “Rivers and Bridges” is taking place at the Melodiya company. In the same year, positive changes began in relation to “MV” on television. The group participates in the television programs “Jolly Guys”, “Song-86” and “What, Where, When?” (performed: “Dedication to a Cow”, “Song That Doesn’t Exist” and “Music in the Snow”) The group also takes part in the popular music festival Rock Panorama-86 (Moscow), after which. quite promptly for those times, the giant disc “Rock Panorama-86” was released with the songs “Music under the Snow”, “In Good Hour” (“Melody”). On another giant disc, “Happy New Year!”, the song “Fish in a Jar” (“Melody”) appears. Participation in the filming of the film “I Return Your Portrait”. And finally, a disc-minion with two songs “Fish in a Jar” and “Two White Snows” (Yu. Saulsky, I. Zavalnyuk) is released. The last song was taken into the repertoire solely out of mutual sympathy between the musicians of “MV” and Yuri Saulsky (as you know, helped the group during the “difficult” years).

1987 The group takes part in the New Year's "Blue Light -87" and the television program "Morning Mail" with the song "Where there will be a new day." "MV" was once again invited to the television program "Musical Ring" (Leningrad TV, presenter T. Maksimova), in which she played brilliantly. The program was then broadcast on Central Television. Concerts are held at the Druzhba State Cultural Center together with the group "Secret", shown on Central Television. Attention! This year, the Melodiya company is releasing the first giant disc of the Time Machine group, “In Good Hour.” The big minus of this disc is that, oddly enough, it was formed without the direct participation of the musicians, and for this reason it is considered insufficient for such a big name as Disc One. And yet, from a discographic point of view, it is so. Following this, the double album “Rivers and Bridges” (“Melody”), already fully processed and recorded by the musicians, is released, which is a complete, ordered piece of music. Along the way, as a retrospective of the film “Soul”, the songs “The Path”, “Bonfire” are recorded on the CD EP “Bonfire” together with S. Rotaru, (“Melody”)

1988 “MV” again delights TV viewers with its participation in the New Year’s “Blue Light -88” (song “Weathervane”) Work is underway on recording music for the films: “Without a Uniform” and “Bards”. The retro disc "Ten Years Later" ("Melody") is released. The group is preparing a new concert program, “In the Circle of Light,” which premiered in the summer at the Rossiya State Central Concert Hall. At the same time, a giant disk of this program is recorded. The compact cassette "Rivers and Bridges" is being released on Melodiya. There, on "Melody", the giant disk "Musical Teletype-3" is being released, which includes the song "MV" "She walks through life laughing", a compact cassette "Rock group "Time Machine" (together with the group Secret)" songs: Turning, Our House, You or Me and others

Foreign tours begin: this year Bulgaria, Canada, USA, Spain and Greece

The radio station “Yunost” (program “World of Hobbies”, hosted by T. Bodrova) broadcasts two radio programs about the work of “Machine”.

1989 The giant disc "In the Circle of Light" ("Melody") is released. Foreign tours in Africa, England.

This year is also marked by a six-hour anniversary concert dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the group (Small Sports Arena of the Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow). And on "Melody" single recordings of songs continue, such as: "Heroes of Yesterday" and "Let me Dream" (music by A. Kutikov, lyrics by M. Pushkina, performance by A. Kutikov) - disc giant "Radio Station Yunost. Hit Parade Alexander Gradsky", disc giant Radio Station Yunost. Hit parade of Alexander Gradsky. This year, Andrei Makarevich’s first solo album, the giant disc “Songs with a Guitar,” is recorded and released.

1990 It is becoming a good tradition to take part in the New Year's Blue Light. Now it’s a light -90 (song “New Year’s”). The year was marked by the return of Evgeny Margulis and Peter Podgorodetsky to the group. Work at Synthesis Records on the giant disc “Slow Good Music” is in full swing. The Melodiya company releases the compact cassette "Andrei Makarevich. Songs with a guitar", and the Senitez releases "In the Circle of Light".

In addition to musical events, the Exhibition "Graphics of Andrei Makarevich" is taking place and the film "Rock and Fortune. 20 years of the Time Machine" (dir. N. Orlov) is being released.

1991 "MV" takes part in the International Festival "Musicians of the World for Children of Chernobyl" (Minsk), as well as in the Charity Action of Solidarity with the "Vzglyad" program (USZ Druzhba, initiative of Andrey Makarevich). Political moment: Andrei Makarevich’s speech at the barricades on August 19-22 in front of the defenders of the White House during the days of the coup d’etat. Musical moments: release of a double album and compact cassette "The Time Machine is 20 years old!" ("Melody"), the release of the giant disc and CD "Slow Good Music", the recording and release of Andrei Makarevich's giant disc "At the Pawnshop" ("Synthesis Records"). Presentation at the State Central Conservatory of Russia.

An exhibition of graphic works by Andrei Makarevich is taking place in Italy

1992 Participation of Andrei Makarevich in the filming of the film “Crazy Love” in the role of Doctor Barkov (dir. A. Kvirikashvili). Andrei Makarevich’s book “Everything is very simple” (Stories from the life of the Time Machine group) is published at the Synthesis Records studio recording of the giant disc "Freelance Commander of the Earth"

1993 As usual - participation in the New Year's Blue Light -93 ("Christmas Song") The double album "Time Machine. It Was So Long Ago" is released on "Synthesis Records". (Recorded in 1978), the giant disc "Freelance Commander of the Earth", retro discs "Time Machine. Best Songs. 1979-1985" (2 records), compact discs (CD) "Freelance Commander of the Earth" and "The Best" are being released ". The company "Russian Disk" is releasing a compact cassette "Slow Good Music", and this year Andrei Makarevich turns 40! On this occasion, a wonderful benefit performance was organized at the Rossiya State Central Concert Hall - a concert with the participation of a large number of good musicians and friends of A.M.

1994 The year began with participation in the New Year's Blue Light -94 (the song "This Eternal Blues") The presentation of the disc "Freelance Commander of the Earth" is taking place at the Moscow Youth Palace. Solo concerts of Andrei Makarevich in Moscow (k/t "October", Great Hall of the Olympic Village). In addition, A.M.’s solo disc is being released. "I'm drawing you." Former drummer of the group and sound engineer Maxim Kapitanovsky wrote the book “Everything is very difficult” This year “Time Machine” turns 25 years old! Which was marked by a grandiose festive concert on Red Square in Moscow.

1995 The disc “Whom Did You Want to Surprise” is released - a collection of well-known songs for a long time.

1996 Release of the album "Cardboard Wings of Love". In December, joint concerts of Andrei Makarevich and Boris Grebenshchikov are held at the Rossiya State Central Concert Hall, + the disc "Twenty Years Later" will be released

1997 The release of the disc “Breaking Away”, a presentation of the album took place at the Gorbunov House of Culture.

1998 In May, the presentation of Andrei Makarevich’s solo disc “Women’s Album” took place at the Oktyabr Concert Hall. In December, a press conference was held at the Rhythm Blues Cafe, at which the start of a world tour dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the group was officially announced. At the same press conference, the imminent appearance of “Clocks and Signs” was announced.

1999 January 29, first concert of the anniversary tour - concert in Tel Aviv, Israel. June 27. Official birthday of "Time Machine", 30 years. The rock group was awarded "For services to the development of musical art" by President Boris Yeltsin with the Order of Honor. The awards ceremony took place on June 24 with a live broadcast on TV. In November, a press conference "MV" was held at TSUM, dedicated to the release of the album "Clocks and Signs". On December 8, the grand final concert of the anniversary tour of the 30th anniversary of “MV” took place at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex in Moscow. After the concert, the next day there were changes in the composition of the group: the keyboard player, Pyotr Podgorodetsky, was fired, and Andrei Derzhavin was taken in his place

year 2000. In January, the group's first concert took place in the Olympic Village in Moscow with a new keyboard player - Andrei Derzhavin, a former pop musician who had previously helped Kutikov in the recording of his "Dancing on the Roof" (1989) and Margulis in "7+1" (1997).

In February, a joint tour with the group “Resurrection” began, called “50 for two”. It took place in Moscow in March. It continued as “50 for two based on requests from listeners” in a number of cities in Russia and abroad. On June 17, “Time Machine” plays at the “Wings” rock festival in Tushino.

On September 2 in New York, Andrei Makarevich took part in a 7-hour rock marathon. In addition to him, the following took part: Resurrection, Chaif, G. Sukachev and others. Since August, Makarevich has been working with Arthur Pilyavin, head of the Kvartal group, on the “Time for Rent” project.

In mid-October, a maxi-single by Andrei Makarevich and Arthur Pilyavin was released with three old songs from “Time Machine”.

On December 9, the final concert of the MV and Resurrection tour “50 years for two” took place at the Moscow Central Concert Hall. A television version, slightly truncated, was shown on the TVC channel. On the New Year's broadcast of the TV-6 channel, the premiere of the film "Showcase" took place, in which the songs of Andrei Makarevich were performed, accompanied by "Kvartal".

year 2001. On February 27, a presentation of the new Time Machine Web project “Strange Mechanics” took place. It was stated that this new official website will be the only place where one can get reliable and up-to-date information about the group and its musicians.

On May 18, a double concert album went on sale, the songs of which were recorded during the tour together with the Resurrection group.

On August 1, the single “Stars Don’t Take the Subway” was released with four songs from the album “The Place Where the Light” is.

The publishing house "Zakharov" published Andrei Makarevich's book "The Sheep Himself", consisting of three parts: "The Sheep Himself", the previously published history of the group "Everything is very simple" and the last section "Home".

On October 31, the album “The Place Where the Light” was released, which was received very warmly by the public. A lot of revelations and excellent sound did their job. According to a listener survey, the new keyboard player A. Derzhavin on this disc fit into the sound of the group.

2002 On May 9, A. Makarevich performed on Red Square in a concert for Victory Day, performing “The Bonfire” and “There is More to Life than Death” with a guitar.

In October, Sintez Records releases two compilation albums "The Best" by A. Kutikov and E. Margulis, consisting of songs performed by them as part of the group. Throughout 2002, the group actively performs with concerts in Moscow clubs, in the Olympic Village, not forgetting about road tours.

On October 29, A. Makarevich, with a concert at the Moscow Operetta Theater, presented to the public his new solo album “Etc.”, recorded with musicians of the newly created “Creole Tango Orchestra”.

Since December, "MV" has been performing with the program "Simply a Machine", which, as stated, consists of the best songs over the 33 years of the group's existence.

On March 19, the first concert “Russian Rock in Classic” was held at the Kremlin Palace, where the MV theme “You or I” was performed by a symphony orchestra.

2003. In May, the Kultura TV channel showed a film dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the composer Isaac Schwartz, for whom Makarevich recorded the song “The Cavalry Guard’s Age is Not Long” based on the verses of B. Okudzhava.

On October 15, Andrei Makarevich presented on the stage of the Moscow Art Theater the program “A Subtle Scar on My Favorite Butt” with songs by Mark Freidkin and the participation of Max Leonidov, Evgeny Margulis, Alena Sviridova, Tatyana Lazareva and the Creole Tango Orchestra. On the same day, the album of the same name went on sale.

On December 5, "Sintez records" for the anniversary of AM releases a gift disc "Favorites of Andrei Makarevich", on 6 CDs with bonuses: unreleased songs "I have been inclined to change places since childhood" and "It was in the brothels of San Francisco" (previously recorded for the cinema and the album "Pioneer Criminal Songs"), as well as several song dedications to friends.

December 11, 2003 - 50th anniversary of Andrei Makarevich. A holiday concert was organized for the hero of the day and his friends at the Rossiya State Concert Hall.

2004 Anniversary year.

On May 30, “Time Machine” celebrates its 35th anniversary on Red Square. The concert took place as part of the “Future without AIDS” campaign. “Time Machine” joined the movement to fight AIDS along with Elton John, Queen musicians, Mstislav Rastropovich and Galina Vishnevskaya. This project was continued in St. Petersburg and other major cities of the country.

On July 5, Channel One premiered the detective story “Dancer,” filmed a year ago by Dmitry Svetozarov. Andrei Makarevich and Andrei Derzhavin took part in the creation of the soundtrack for "Dancer". A. Makarevich was not only a composer and poet, but also the general producer and initiator of filming.

This fall, two more significant events are taking place. Release of the "Time Machine" Anthology, which includes 19 albums of the group over 35 years, a DVD collection of 22 videos and a lot of nice souvenirs for fans of the musicians' work (circulation 1200 copies).

And on November 25, 2004, the new album “Mechanically” was released (for the first time in the history of the group, a competition for the best album title was announced among fans).

Cavalry guards, life is not long
Valery 29.10.2006 09:16:36

Interesting and educational. But there is a bug that hurts the eye. Bulat Okudzhava’s poem is called “Cavalry guards, the life is not long” and not “The cavalry guard is not long”, as in this text. Which changes the meaning significantly. Otherwise, I liked it. I learned something unknown to myself about the group “Time Machine”. Sorry for the meticulousness, but I just saw something else. On this page in the line “Return to the Time Machine page...” there is a typo in the second word.