Name: Zemfira (Zemfira Ramazanova)
Age: 39 years
Place of Birth: Ufa
Height: 173 cm
Weight: 58 kg
Activity: musician, singer, composer
Family status: Single
Zemfira - biography of the singer
Against the background of pop stars dressed up and pumped up with silicone, Zemfira Ramazanova seems like an inconspicuous sparrow. However, a non-standard image, difficult poems and music do not prevent her from collecting stadiums for many years now.
This singer does not depend on the tastes of the crowd, nor on the stupid rules of show business. For this, she is respected not only by pop stars, but also by serious musicians, and some producers are also afraid - they know that it is impossible to persuade or buy Zemfira.
Childhood, the beginning of the musical career of Zemfira Ramazanova
On the way to school, the girl angrily tugged at the bright bows that her mother carefully tied for her. If it were her will, she would change this brown dress for trousers. Do adults really not understand that it is much more convenient this way? Why was she born a girl? Zemfira was much more interested in chasing the ball with the neighboring guys. However, at school, despite her dislike of uniforms, she studied almost perfectly: she grasped everything on the fly.
The future popular singer Zemfira was born on August 26, 1976 in the capital of Bashkiria, Ufa.
Zemfira went to music school even earlier than usual. She was only four years old when she, the soloist of the children's choir, was shown on the local TV channel. Then she realized that more than anything in the world she loves to sing. No, she didn’t need the fame of the “girl from the TV”, she just wanted to compose songs herself. Alas, such kids were not taken to study, and she barely endured a year until she was allowed to come to class and sit down at the piano. And at the age of seven, Zemfira composed her first song and presented it to her beloved mother.
The Ramazanov family lived in a disadvantaged district of Ufa, but everyone around knew that it was better not to touch this little boy, because she has a brother, Ramil, who is ten years older. That is why after the lessons she turned into a real tomboy - she so wanted to be like her brother. Over time, musical preferences also changed: as a teenager, Zemfira listened to rock for hours - her brother's favorite bands Black Sabbath and Queen.
Then basketball entered her life. Relatively small growth was compensated by assertiveness and sports anger. At the age of 14, Ramazanova became the captain of the Russian youth team! But in the senior class I had to choose - sports or music. Outweighed the second.
Zemfira herself understood that the songs “Kino” and “Nautilus Pompilius”, which she sang on the streets of Ufa, are great, but it’s much better to perform something of her own, especially since she had something to say to this world. The girl was enrolled immediately in the second year of the vocal department of the local art school. But the breakthrough did not happen: she still sang not her own, however, she moved from the streets to restaurants.
In the mid-1990s, not the most decent audience gathered there, but even next to the bandits, Zemfira managed to behave with dignity. Once, in response to a refusal to “beat Murka,” a shot rang out. It is unlikely that someone had the intention to kill the singer, but then she was very scared, but she did not show her mind and did not begin to sing to order.
After college, Ramazanova worked at the Ufa "Europe Plus" as a sound engineer. Recording other people's videos was an excellent practice, besides, on state-owned equipment, she slowly mixed her first songs. In 1998, through acquaintances, she handed over the cassette to the producer of the Mumiy Troll group. Leonid Burlakov immediately contacted Zemfira and called to Moscow. Intuition never failed the master of show business.
Nobody expected an instant takeoff, even Zemfira herself. At the end of 1998, she selects songs for her debut album. By that time there were fifty of them, and only fifteen had to be chosen. In early 1999, the album was recorded and mixed in London. The main "Mumiy Troll" - Ilya Lagutenko, helped the novice star. He felt sympathy for Zemfira, because he himself was once a modest provincial, whose only advantage is unique, unlike anything music.
And it started - presentations, interviews, concerts ... From the very first press conference, Zemfira's relationship with journalists did not work out. They should ask with a smart look, she should talk nonsense with a smart look. That's what everyone does all the time. But Zemfira tried to answer questions honestly, but they did not understand her. But they accused her of being prickly, sharp, not recognizing halftones. Zemfira listened and shook her head.
If people feel more comfortable thinking that way, she's ready to play along! She began to dress in black and white. Let them say that the singer is woven from some contrasts and contradictions. In fact, Zemfira perfectly understands and knows how to express all shades of feelings. Her lyrics and music are the best proof of that.
Journalists, producers, studio owners and everyone who is somehow connected with Ramazanova at work assure that she is a tough person. But singing “I am choking with tenderness” without ever having experienced such a feeling is simply impossible. Only those closest to her know how sensitive and touching she can be with those she truly loves. And who does she love?
Zemfira Ramazanova - personal life of the singer
The only story that Zemfira shared with the press is the story of her first love.
She met saxophonist Vladik Kolchin at a music school. He said later that their feeling was more passion than tenderness. Sometimes they argued to the point of a fight, then just as fiercely reconciled to start swearing again. We argued about creativity. It would be something! The question is not worth a damn, but Zemfira did not want to let anyone into her music. It will be as only she hears and feels! Vlad went to St. Petersburg, she stayed in Ufa, and that was the end of the story.
Then there was talk of an office romance between Ramazanova and her boss, the head of Europe Plus, Sergei Anatsky. But Zemfira quickly realized that the relationship had no prospects either creatively or personally (Sergey had been married for a long time). Now she has left her beloved, leaving for Moscow.
The last "man of her personal life" was the musician from the group "Dancing Minus" Vyacheslav Petkun. At the end of 1999, they announced their engagement and even organized a photo shoot in wedding attire. And in March of next year, both announced that the wedding was postponed indefinitely. But everyone already understood that this story was just a fiction: both Zema and Slava were still jokers!
Now she was increasingly suspected of contacts with women. They wrote that Anastasia von Kalmanovich, the producer of Ramazanova, allegedly even divorced her husband, if only the “masculine principle” did not spoil their sensual relationship. It seems that not only men interfered with the ladies. In any case, Zemfira dedicated the lines "If you want, I'll kill the neighbors" to Nastya. Two years later, they broke up, and Anya Kruchinina, who served as a driver and security guard, became the closest person to Zemfira.
Finally, in 2005, Zemfira found a kindred spirit, the same intellectual who does not care about public opinion - Renata Litvinova. But she, too, is considered a person not of this world. The more they hid their communication, the more frantically the journalists tried to catch them in connection. Even surveillance was arranged to find out who spent the night where. It was easier to stop hiding. For almost ten years they have maintained friendly relations, considering it below their dignity to explain anything to the crowd.
And yet, in the personal life of Zemfira Ramazanova, the most beloved and closest man is her brother Ramil. Rather, he was: in 2010, he drowned in the river while spearfishing. He got caught on the branches of trees and could not free himself ... The singer hardly survived this loss. Adored nephews, the twins Arthur and Artem, are all she has left. So Zemfira is not at all callous, she knows how to love and be loved. We won't interfere with her.
She graduated from the pop vocal department of the Ufa College of Arts.
Since 1996, she worked as an operator at the Ufa branch of radio "Europe Plus". At the same time, she wrote her first songs: "Why", "Snow", "Forecaster".
In early 1998, she organized her own group "Zemfira". For the first time, the group performed on June 19 of the same year at a celebration dedicated to the birthday of the Silver Rain - Ufa radio.
The recording of the group came to Leonid Burlakov, the producer of the Mumiy Troll group, and he decided to record an album with the new group. Work on the debut album continued for several months, and in May 1999 the presentation of the Zemfira album took place. The album became very popular and quickly sold out in large numbers throughout Russia.
In September 1999, in Moscow, the singer began her first concert tour, which ended in early January 2000 in Riga.
In March 2000, the next album of the singer was presented, called "Forgive me, my love." In 2000, this album became the leader in sales in Russia, the circulation of the album exceeded one and a half million copies.
The first big solo concert of the singer was held with great success on April 1, 2000 in the capital's sports complex "Olympic".
In 2002, the third album "Fourteen Weeks of Silence" was released. The album includes 13 new songs. By this time, Zemfira completely changed the composition of the group. The tour in support of the new record started in Chelyabinsk in April.
In March 2004, she released the album "Vendetta" and in May began a new tour. In the same year, she was admitted to the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University, but during her studies she took academic leave to record the next album, after which she did not begin to recover at the university.
A significant event in Zemfira's life was the performance on October 16, 2004, together with the Queen group, with the song We Are The Champions at the MTV Russia Awards ceremony.
On June 13, 2006, the singer performed in St. Petersburg at the "Stop Counterfeit" festival together with the Scorpions.
In 2007, Zemfira continued to perform with concerts, held the Deja Vu tour, during which she performed songs from previously released albums. In the same year, she released a DVD with clips Zemfira.DVD, which also included a clip shot by Renata Litvinova.
In October 2007, the album "Thank you" was released with songs written in 2006-2007. After the release of the album, Zemfira held a tour that ended with a final concert on April 1, 2008 in Moscow at the Olimpiyskiy.
In the same period, a film was released on the screens, shot by director Renata Litvinova during a concert in the "Green Theater" of the park. Gorky June 8, 2007.
On March 21, 2009, an album of b-sides (songs not previously released on numbered albums) Z-Sides appeared on the Internet. The singer planned to release this album a few years ago, but postponed the release due to work on the albums "Vendetta" and "Thank you".
On January 1, 2010, on New Year's Eve, the second "live" album "Zemfira.Live2" appeared on the singer's website. The album includes 11 songs recorded during the "Thank you" tour.
On February 14, 2013, the sixth studio album "Live in your head" was released on the Yandex.Music service. Its official release took place on February 15, 2013. The income from the album sales for the first month amounted to two million rubles, which was a record for online sales of works by Russian artists.
In total, Zemfira has released six studio and two live albums (including an album of b-sides). Most often, she produces her albums herself.
Many of Zemfira's songs became very popular and topped the charts in Russia. Among them are such compositions as "Sky of London", "Arividerchi", "Do you want", "Daisies", "Infinity", "We are breaking", etc.
In 2008, Zemfira became the producer of the film "Green Theater in Zemfira", which was highly appreciated by critics.
In 2012, Zemfira and Renata Litvinova became the producers of the film "Rita's Last Tale". In addition, Zemfira wrote the musical score for this film. The picture took part in the Odessa and Moscow film festivals.
The singer began the Little Man tour. During a concert in Nizhny Novgorod, Zemfira said that this tour would be her last. The first part of the tour covered 20 cities in Russia and neighboring countries and ended with two concerts in Moscow on April 1 and 3, the second part will open on September 26 with the only concert in Russia in Yekaterinburg. After that, the singer will give concerts in Germany, the UK, the USA and Canada.
The singer is actively involved in charitable activities. She directs the funds from the concerts to financially support large families, orphans, and for the treatment of cancer patients.
In 2000, Zemfira was awarded the State Youth Prize of the Republic of Bashkortostan in the field of culture named after Shaikhzada Babich.
In 2003 she became the winner of the Russian youth award "Triumph" for outstanding achievements in the field of culture and art and the MUZ-TV award for the best album ("Fourteen Weeks of Silence").
In 2008, Zemfira received the prize of the annual music award in the field of rock and roll "Chartova Dozen. Top 13" in two categories: "soloist of the year" and "music" (for the song "We are breaking" from the album "Thank you").
In June 2008, the singer became twice the winner of the Stepnoy Volk alternative direction award, established by music critic Artemy Troitsky.
In 2010, she became a laureate of the honorary award "For contribution to the development of science, culture and art" of the Russian Authors' Society (RAO).
In 2013, Zemfira received the MTV Europe Music Awards in the category "Best Russian Performer".
The material was prepared on the basis of information from RIA Novosti and open sources
Now there is probably no such person in the country who would not hall the singer, composer and poetess Zemfira. Many are interested in her personal life.
Bold, daring, more like a guy than a feminine girl, she became the creator and personification of a new trend in music called "female rock". Her songs are similar to herself: free, bold and daring. Her life will be discussed in the article.
Zemfira Ramazanova is one of those people who hides their personal lives. Her biography began in 1976 in Ufa. The girl was born in a Tatar-Bashkir family. Her parents are intellectuals. My father taught history at school, and my mother was a therapeutic gymnastics coach. Zemfira had an older brother, with whom they were very friendly.
The girl began to study music early. At the age of five, she already attended a music school and was a soloist in a children's choir. Once she even appeared on local television.
At the age of seven, the future celebrity composed her first song. During her school years, the girl was fond of the work of Viktor Tsoi and Thom Yorke. This markedly influenced her further development as a musician.
The future singer learned to play the guitar and performed the songs of the Kino group right on the street.
Zemfira was fond of basketball in parallel with music. She was the leader of the team, despite the fact that her height was shorter than the rest of the girls. This passion for sports was so strong that after graduation, the girl chose her future path between music and sports. Music won!
Zemfira entered the music school at the pop-jazz department. She was accepted immediately into the second course. During her studies, the girl began to earn extra money by singing songs in restaurants in Ufa. She was accompanied by a classmate on the saxophone.
The beginning of a creative career
After receiving a red diploma from the School of Arts, Zemfira went to work as a sound engineer at the Europa Plus radio station. At the same time, she sings in the Spectrum Ace group as the second vocalist.
At night, Zemfira composed her songs and recorded them on a computer. According to her personal words, she went to a friend in Moscow and captured her songs recorded on CDR. Here, for the first time in her life, she showed her songs.
In the capital, she got to the Fili recording studio. But she was refused, saying that they only accept cassettes. Zemfira left, but she left the notes to her friend. A few days later, her friend showed the recordings to the producer of the Mumiy Troll group. He liked Zemfira's songs so much that he called her in Ufa. I had to go back to Moscow.
The singer arrived in the capital with her new band. How she collected it is another story. They rehearsed in the building of a teenage club (Zemfira persuaded the director). The only thing missing from the band was a lead guitarist. They became Yuri Tsaler from Mumiy Troll.
Producer Leonid Burlakov gives the young talented singer to record her first disc, which was called Zemfira.
In her personal words: “There is so much music in my head that there is nowhere to go!” The release of the singer's first disc in the life took place in the 99th year. This album did not include only the song "Do not let go!". She will be on the second album.
It was a real success in the creative biography of the singer! Video clips were filmed for many songs.
Rise of popularity
Shortly after this, a tour of the newly minted group took place. The concerts were full house! Zemfira was simply covered by a wave of sudden popularity.
On March 24, 1999, the singer gave a press conference in a Moscow club. Moreover, she answered questions only in Bashkir. The audience immediately fell in love with the unusual, strange star.
In May, the presentation of the group's album took place. Grass was scattered across the stage. The singer herself wove a chamomile into her hair and during the song "Daisies" she guessed on it. It was unexpected and amazing!
In December of the same year, the group began to prepare for the recording of the second disc. The singer admitted that song titles have always been difficult for her. It's like naming a child!
At the beginning of the new year, stunning news swept through the country. Zemfira and her group won in the OM magazine nominations: "Best Performer of the Year", "Brawler of the Year", "Breakthrough of the Year" and "Album of the Year".
In March, the premiere of the group's second album entitled "Forgive me, my love" took place. He had even more success. The singer gave a big solo concert, which was also sold out. Her song "Looking for" sounded in the new film "Brother 2". But popularity tired the singer more than pleased. Therefore, she took a short vacation, taking part in only one project dedicated to Viktor Tsoi. There she sang his song "Cuckoo".
Glory was not without victims and sad incidents. During one of her concerts, a tragic incident occurred. People suffered as a result of a stampede at the stadium where the singer performed. The authorities and the police blamed Zemfira, but she did not understand what her fault was if more tickets were sold than the stadium could accommodate people.
This tragedy greatly upset the singer. She said that fame prevents her from working normally. She would like to abolish her popularity, that she should not be made into a guru or an idol. This prevents her from working.
Creativity of the singer
The creative style of the singer can be called rock or pop-rock. Some have dubbed it "female rock". In this style, there are recognizable different currents that existed at different times in music. This is Choi, and Susan Vega, and Alanis Morissette, and Bjork. Her singing is close to Aguzaros vocals. Sometimes you get the feeling when listening to her songs that they were recorded in the 80s.
The singer owns many musical instruments, which makes it possible to diversify her performances.
As for the lyrics of her songs - this is a separate issue. It raises topical issues of the time. Therefore, they are relevant and find a wide response in the hearts of listeners. For example, sometimes the problems of teenagers are visible in the songs (lack of money, desire for love and self-realization, etc.). Then the singer raises the topic of the terrible scourge of time - AIDS. The conclusion suggests itself as follows - sometimes you have to pay for love with illness and death.
Unusualness, brightness, creativity, courage, audacity - these are, in a few words, a characteristic of the creative direction created by the singer. It cannot be said that no one sang like that before her. But something in it catches, leads to ecstasy, makes you think.
Zemfira is not only one of the most successful Russian singers, but also a real person. Her work does not leave men and women indifferent, and songs have long ceased to be ordinary melodies. A huge number of admirers of the girl's talent try not to miss a single concert. The halls filled to capacity testify to the real talent of Zemfira Ramazanova. The woman does not like social events, and also does not strive to tell reporters all the details of her personal life. However, loyal fans want to know as much information about their favorite as possible.
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Biography of Zemfira
The singer was born in one of the Ufa maternity hospitals at the end of August 1976. Almost all of her relatives are representatives of Bashkiria. The woman herself said in an interview that her family speaks the Bashkir language. The performer understands local speech well, but rarely uses it in communication.
2. First appearance on television.
Zemfira showed a very great interest in music in early childhood. She began attending music school at the age of five. Within the walls of this institution, the future celebrity learned to play the piano and sang in the choir. The girl's talent was noted by representatives of local television, and they also invited her to sing a children's song about a worm as part of one of the TV programs.
3. Debut song of his own composition.
Zemfira began to demonstrate extraordinary talent and wrote her first song very early. The text of the composition was dedicated to the Black Sabbath group. Thus, the girl wanted to win the favor of her older brother, who could give her money for ice cream. This became the motive for writing the song. The original version of the text could not be saved.
4. "A talented person is talented in everything."
During her school years, Zemfira paid attention not only to her studies, but also to creativity. The girl simultaneously visited 7 different sections. Particularly successful could be considered classes at a music school, which the future singer graduated with excellent marks. Also, the future rock star played basketball well and showed great promise. Despite the low height for this sport (namely 172 cm), Zemfira was a very promising player. In the team, she played the role of point guard and often went to the basketball court with a captain's armband. In 1991, the athlete received a gold medal for winning the national youth championship.
5. Favorite TV program.
Zemfira constantly follows the news that is happening in the world. But she watches sports programs especially zealously and tries not to miss a single important event on TV. And it doesn't matter what kind of sport they show. A woman can easily name almost all Olympic Champions this year.
6. Professional musical education.
Zemfira learned to play the guitar at a young age, and then often played popular songs on the street. Immediately after school, the vocalist entered the second year of the Ufa School of Arts. A few years later (namely, in 1997), she graduated from an educational institution with a red diploma. As the main occupation, the future rock star worked part time in local cafes and restaurants.
Zemfira's career
7. The beginning of the journey.
Almost immediately after graduating from college, the girl began working at a radio station. She also took part in the recording of several songs of the Spectrum Ace group as a backing vocalist. After some time, the young woman had the idea to create her own rock band. At the studio, the singer met sound engineer Arkady Mukhtarov. The man helped record the first demo disc. Also, the singer begins to search for musicians who are destined to become members of her group. Guitarist Rinat Akhmadiev and drummer Sergei Sozinov became the first members of the band. Initially, rehearsals were held at the local small club "Orange".
8. Birthday concert.
In 2000 (when the girl turned 24), the singer first performed on the main square of her native city. Approximately 40 thousand people came to listen to the promising resident of Ufa. The concert has become a real cult.
9. Strong character.
Incidents occurred at Zemfira's concerts. Once she was asked to perform "Murka" for a rich visitor. The girl refused to do this, since she never speaks on orders. At the beginning of her career, the rock star always had a drink before going on stage. Now the girl always acts on a sober head. An interesting situation happened in Novosibirsk. During the concert at the Ice Palace, the singer was very cold, but she completed the program to the end. As a result of the incident, the girl received severe hypothermia.
10. Popular songs.
Rock star for his creative career has become the author of many hits. The song "Do you want?" Was born in 2000. This composition was once covered by Lyudmila Gurchenko. The artist always spoke positively about Zemfira. The composition "London Sky" was also a real breakthrough. The young performer was surprised at such a success, she considered this song ownerless.
Zemfira's personal life
11. Secretive personality.
The singer does not like to appear often at public events. She rarely appears in her own music videos and rarely gives interviews. It is not at all strange that there are a lot of rumors around her person. Journalists very actively promoted her affair with the oligarch Roman Abramovich in the media. Some men and women suggest that Zemfira is gay. She was often credited with a relationship with Renata Litvinova. The girl does not strive to let media representatives into her life. At the moment, Zemfira is not married, she has no children of her own.
12. Opinion about Pugacheva.
The rock star has always spoken negatively about the country's official pop culture. The woman argued that in such creativity there is nothing individual. The most famous, according to the singer, is of no cultural interest. Her songs are not catchy, such creativity should be completely ignored. The conflict began with the fact that Zemfira did not want to participate in the popular "Christmas Meetings".
Version 1
Real name: Ramazanova Zemfira Talgatovna.
Zemfira was born in Ufa. Her mother is a doctor, her father is a history teacher. From the age of five, she began studying piano at a music school. Under the influence of her older brother, she became interested in rock music, already at preschool age listening to Black Sabbath and Queen. She composed her first composition at the age of seven. At school, she managed to study in seven circles and sections at once, focusing on music and basketball. Possessing a purposeful character and sports anger, Zemfira achieves considerable success and in the 90th year becomes the captain of the Russian girls' team. By the same time, her passion for rock music acquires an "applied" character. Right on the street, she performs the songs "Cinema", "Aquarium", "Nautilus" with the guitar. She sings not only in Ufa, but also in St. Petersburg, where she often goes to visit friends.
Soon Zemfira faces a choice: rock music or basketball. Zemfira chooses music, having entered the Ufa School of Arts, which she graduates with a red diploma in the specialty "pop vocalist". At the same time, she is fond of jazz, folk and blues.
Since 96, Zemfira has been working as an operator at the Ufa radio station Europe Plus, and at night she records her first real songs in the studio: Snow, Weatherman, Rockets. At the same time, she acts as a keyboardist (in a duet with a saxophonist) in small nightclubs, playing soul, blues, reggae and "quality pop music".
At the end of 1997, she organized the 3emfira group, with which she performed in front of an audience of thousands at the City Day celebration in Ufa. The composition is stabilizing; Zemfira (vocals, guitar, percussion), Alexei Mirolyubov (keyboards), Vadim Solovyov (guitar), Rinat Akhmadiev (bass), Sergey Sozinov (drums). In the summer, the group records a promotional cassette of 15 songs, which several Moscow producers are interested in at once. One of the cassettes goes to Ilya Lagutenko and Leonid Burlakov, who help Zemfira record her first record. This session of the group "Zemfira" of the group takes place in October 1998 at Mosfilm. Sound engineer - Vladimir Ovchinnikov, art producer - Ilya Lagutenko, metaphysical producer - Leonid Burlakov". Invited musicians: Oleg Pungin (Drums), Yuri Tsaler (guitar, double bass in the song "Zemfira").
The album of the same name "Zemfira" is brought to "mind" in London in the winter of 1999. The final sound makeup is carried out within the walls of Beethoven Street Studio by sound engineer Chris Bendy, who recorded all the albums of the Mumiy Troll band. The radio single for the song "Speed" instantly becomes one of the main hits of the season, causing a storm of conflicting emotions among the listeners. The debut album "Zemfira" was released on May 10, 1999 by "Decade Music International" with the support of "Real Records". In the Moscow club "16 tons" his presentation was held, which was attended by almost all the sharks of the domestic show business. On the same day, the premiere of the video clip for the song "Arivederchi" took place.
During the summer, "Zemfira, who became the main discovery of the season, as they say, kept a pause. She ignored all the largest rock promotions and festivals, performing only once in her native Ufa. It was during this concert that the shooting of the third video "Why", which will be released aired in August.
In the summer, Zemfira concentrated all her attention on the preparation of the second album. “More than half of the forty compositions had to be left behind,” the singer admits. “And this problem of choice oppressed me and put pressure on my consciousness.” In September, Zemfira, together with the musicians of her Ufa group, goes on a solo tour of the cities of Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic states and Belarus. Will an impulsive girl smash guitars at concerts, smash cameras, pour water on the audience and tear her T-shirt On the eve of the tour, the 23-year-old singer is determined - though not without an admixture of self-irony: fame, let's withdraw into ourselves ... During these performances there will be no slides or any pyrotechnic excesses used. I must turn on the audience myself - warm up, burn and leave. "
Creation
Zemfira is one of those few representatives of the fair sex on the modern pop scene that "made themselves." It is clear that now a team of image makers is working on her, bringing her appearance closer to "European standards"; that "mixing" and "mastering" the group travels to London, where the best sound specialists work. But with regard to the original - music, emotional depth, energy - Zemfira did not need special "promotion", only support. And for this self-sufficiency, she is appreciated and loved by many thousands of fans across the country. "Zemfira, you proved that it is not necessary to have legs from the ears and sleep with a daddy in order to achieve something." Many of those girls who saw her on the first April day on the stage of the Olimpiysky Sports Complex, who sang her songs with her, danced to her music - many, perhaps without realizing it, identified themselves with their idol. A native of the "city on a mountain" sung by Y. Shevchuk, a graduate of the Ufa Musical College, Zemfira Ramazanova left her native "harbour" and, moving the arrows exactly two hours ago, began to conquer space. The space of our hearts.
She burst into our lives, and we were all stunned. The songs from her first self-titled album were played everywhere a human could set foot. They are spinning now. She left no one indifferent - even those who see her as another "caliph for an hour" with immensely inflated popularity. Teenagers and their parents, rock musicians and ordinary listeners of both sexes and various professions - everyone you ask has their own opinion about her. From the stigmatizing "impudent" and "hooligan" to the jubilant: "Zemfira, you are the best!". Journalists are unanimous: "Yes, this is a talent of extraordinary strength and significance." Published dozens of interviews and articles. There are a growing number of websites dedicated to her on the Internet. All the details about the life of the star have already become the property of the media. The details of her life in Ufa, her breakthrough to the big stage with the help of Leonid Burlakov and Ilya Lagutenko, her friendship with Slava Petkun from Dances Minus, her illness associated with hearing loss, her often provocative behavior on the stage and in everyday life are known .. The public is interested in everything.
Today Zemfira is an idol. We have not had a cultural leader of this magnitude for a long time. Perhaps, from the moment the "old guard" of rockers began to retire. The status of Zemfira is somewhat close to the status of Viktor Tsoi, behind whom the East also stood with its special mentality. Of course, you need to be careful in comparisons, and Zemfira can hardly be called a rock star, although in essence she is a real rock and roll girl. But the role of leader, voluntarily or involuntarily, she took over. Her audience is mostly younger than herself, and the greater the responsibility of the artist. They see in her not just a singer, but something more, which makes, forgetting about herself, to display the Latin Z (“sign-symbol” of Zemfira) on notebooks, fences and cheeks. Write poetry. Strive for a concert at the "Olympic", which did not gather such a mass of people even at the venerable Depeche Mode. Almost praying for this "sign-symbol" flashing in a huge circle hanging over the stage. Go through life with her songs, measure yourself by them.
Songs are the main thing. Undoubtedly strong voice, at first glance, not without the influence of Zh. Aguzarova and D. O "Riordan, with a wide range, rich in nuances. Her signature vocal "baubles" coming from an open, "fatal" type of intonation. In the manner of her writing one can feel a good school, traditions laid down by academic education.These traditions do not lie on the surface, but are implicitly caught in everything: in the subtle use of classical and jazz harmony, which so strikingly distinguishes Zemfira from the modern "youth stage" with its notorious "three chords"; in compositional finds that allow avoiding annoying repetition of phrases and depressing "squareness. " In a variety of arrangements, in an unexpected mixture of stylistic components, covering the most diverse layers of musical culture: from bossa nova to grunge, from romance to new wave.
The first impression of listening to her songs was - freshness. Like a spring wind. And at the same time - familiarity, as if you had already heard this melody somewhere inside yourself. And the verses seemed to be floating in the air, they seemed to be taken from ordinary life, with all its buzzwords (remember the same "comebacks" that were released into circulation with the light hand of Zemfira). But I so wanted to listen and listen to these phrases with broken endings, these lines, playing with phonemes, rhythms and meanings. Get to the bottom of the matter. Everyone has her own.
School school, restaurant school, sports school - Zemfira is a professional in everything, and not a self-taught genius. Zemfira amazingly owns her voice, and in "Olympic" she showed it in all its glory: in more than two hours, not only not a single wrong, shrunken note, but also not a shadow of fatigue. At this concert, the audience got their full. All songs from both albums - old and new - plus some unreleased songs were performed. "Rockets" - twice. The performance consisted of three parts; during breaks, psychedelic "walkers" were broadcast into the hall from huge screens. Zemfira rushed around the stage, ran up to the drum kit to desperately beat the cymbal in "Snow", with a practiced movement she took an acoustic guitar from the hands of a concentrated technician, sang lying on the floor, changed into a dress, then into a heavy leather coat, then into a blouse with big yellow daisies... One hundred percent "live" performance turned on the listeners. The musicians of the group showed themselves on their own, playing two virtuoso instrumental compositions. The audience's delight knew no bounds when, at the very end, a real piano and a string quartet appeared to its eyes, to the accompaniment of which Zemfira sang the dreamy "London".
Zemfira knows how to save, take care of himself. In fact, she learned it too. Because with the release of the first album, her burning was so strong that it became scary. There are many sad examples of how such an irrevocable burning of oneself ended, such an opening of the soul, when every emotion seemed to be torn out of the heart by the roots in order to give it to the listener. “Time, you see, I’m burning,” Zemfira sang in Arivederchi, and everyone understood this. But, thank God, it's over. It seems to have passed.
Perhaps from the first listening to the album "Forgive me, my love" is disappointing. Not the quality of the music, not the level of performance. It seems that something important and special has been lost, which made Zemfira a symbol of the current young generation, gave her songs a sacred meaning. What made her a girl-scandal, in a year turned into a girl who has matured. Zemfira became more mature, wiser, experienced difficult relationships. Loved and hated, searched and proved. And having proved, she seemed to be calmer. But, having lost in something external, Zemfira gained in the internal. In that it is not read immediately.
After long comparisons, you come to the conclusion that the debut album with its freshness, brightness, spontaneity, with all its daisies, T-shirts, whys and chants, rhumbs "neglect and tramp", was still in many ways the work of a "child", a little naive. Now - another step. Zemfira seemed to "mature", she had a new, more stable attitude. She firmly stands on the ground, without stopping the flight.
The singer's voice sounded softer and more lyrical. The grunge-punk layer almost disappeared from the sound, which was replaced by detail, even the sophistication of arrangements with an emphasis on keyboards of different timbres, with a more clearly drawn retro bias (including a la Doors in "Zero"), with a special load on instrumental parts (guitar "telling" in "Do you want?"). Although, although ... Other melodies instead of "expected" seem too familiar. The structure of compositions has become simpler, clearer. The lyrics sometimes break into cute girlish pop platitudes a little bit. But at the same time, poetry and living air do not disappear from what Zemfira creates.
Of course, the second album in many ways continues what the first one started: there are also strong emotions, elements of shocking (“I hate”, “I was looking for”), and acute social problems (this time we are talking about drugs - “Sensors are scaled”), and biting banter ( "Mature"), and the theme of love-death ("Do you want?"). New - the image of the family, home, homeland. “Mom is reading Nabokov in the subway / I am sitting around / Tied with a rope / Proved to my mother / The most important thing” (“Proved”) - such autobiographical details say a lot about the character of the artist herself. And still cuts loneliness: "If I could paste portraits deeper into my heart / I'll leave my cigarettes as a keepsake ..." ("Cigarettes"). For a cigarette, as you know, is a man's best friend, comrade and brother. And the hope for happiness is still strong, for simple female happiness within the framework of a single Universe ("Forgive me, my love", "Don't let go").
Now Zemfira has gone on a large-scale tour in support of the new album. On August 26, on her birthday, the singer plans to give a concert in her native Ufa. Of course, new trends in Zemfira's work are able to attract a new audience to her - more mature, with traditional tastes. Zemfira has approached the establishment, and therefore you can be calm about the future of the national stage. It is in good hands. The artist still has a long way to go: having such data, she will not become a "hero of yesterday." The Z sign will not turn into zero. The general excitement reigning around her name will subside a little, from which the people are already tired. And then Zemfira is waiting for a spacewalk. Perhaps it will be the space of Big Jazz. Perhaps - international recognition, which is now increasingly being awarded to stars from the East.
Source: magazine "Salon Audio Video".
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History: 1976 - 1996
On August 26, 1976, Zemfira Ramazanova was born in Ufa (in a family of teachers).
Sings almost from birth. The first song written for ice cream was dedicated to Black Sabbath.
Ufa. Early 80s. Little Zemfira turned 5 years old, mother Florida Khakievna decided that it was time for her daughter to take up music, and sent her to a music school. At this time, the first television debut of the future star took place - Zemfira sang on Bashkir television. They recorded the program, after which the whole group in the kindergarten where Zemfira was brought up watched it on TV. Zemfira soloed:
“There lived a worm in the world, a lazy worm
He lay down to sleep on a barrel ... ”(... unfortunately, Zemfira does not remember further words).
“Some kind of stupid song,” Zemfira laughs, hardly imagining a barrel of a worm.
By the age of 10, along with music, Zemfira also had another hobby - basketball. The coach for this sport called Zemfira a computer because she managed to coordinate the entire site and quickly respond to difficult situations in the game.
In 1989, the young basketball player Zemfira was recognized as the best point guard among juniors, and then became the captain of the Russian national team among girls.
Despite the load (in addition to basketball, Zemfira attended about seven more sections and circles), Zemfira graduated from music school with honors. By this time, she was already writing some songs, although she did not take them seriously: she wrote songs for ice cream, at the request of her mother (for some evenings), etc. I wrote at the age of 14, when adolescence began. Then Zemfira played in the transition, thereby earning herself for fruits and cigarettes, as well as for a trip to St. Petersburg - to the cemetery to Viktor Tsoi (there, of course, something was born, but two years later Zemfira laughed terribly at those songs) .
The first song written by Zemfira at a conscious age was the song "Snow".
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History: 1997
Zemfira: a city that always has a couple of stars in any style, a lot of ambition, curiosity and free time. Of course Europe is to blame for everything +. a place where we spent all our and other people's time. still not enough) I remember the feeling of my very first recorded song. I was torn apart - it seemed to me: I can, even more than I suppose. in a word, if I didn't like the first experience so much, maybe I wouldn't have enough reasons to do it further. I got into the computer with my feet, the Internet was absolutely uninteresting to me then; music software - for this I and 10 other people spent all the money, nerves and any free minute. principled fight for a place on the propeller. 5 groups and a 1 GiG screw.
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History: 1998
Zemfira: Rena and I sat on the computer all winter, then spring, learned cakewalk by heart and recorded 20-30 songs. in the summer we decided to collect the necessary living minimum and play at the holidays, which Europe + often arranged then. Rena brought in a drummer and the three of us started rehearsing. I played the keyboard, but then there was not enough guitar. I tried to play the guitar - it turned out even worse. Peacemaker appeared very timely and unobtrusively. I don't even remember if anyone asked anyone for anything. a month later, at the next European holiday, Vadik heard our performance. so we got a guitarist and the first thoughts about big concerts, travel and future profession. the story with the group stimulated me, I constantly wrote, the guys - f*cked and believed me unconditionally. soon I made a desperate act - I borrowed money for the group’s trip to Moscow, saying that big people were waiting for us (how did they believe me?)) In Moscow, I claimed that the group was gathering full houses in my hometown (how did these people believe?)) bluff and luck we were assigned a time and place to record the first album. of course Burlakov and Lagutenko. I almost went crazy, the guys, in my opinion, went off) we left to write an album, having absolutely no idea what we were getting into. © www.zemfira.ru
History: 1999
Zemfira: my first trip abroad, immediately to London, which many dream of. and the first experience of mixing a record. I didn’t know a damn thing and didn’t understand much. stuck in the studio from morning to evening. after 2 weeks, by the end of the mix, I had a definition of the concept of "sound". in May, the first disc was released, which by that time was known to all young journalists and journalists; Lenya just sold demo tapes to everyone. I remember the summer of 1999 as a stupid hype, to which I nervously reacted, waiting for a dirty trick. Then Lenya drew a diagram for me:
“The fact that they are now writing and talking about you well does not mean anything, except that they will soon begin to write and speak badly, but don’t be upset, then they will start well again, and then again badly.” maybe that's not the case. in July-August we recorded the second album. at the same Mosfilm studio. On September 1, they played the first concert in front of a huge crowd in Moscow, on the street, in honor of the magazine's birthday. We played very badly, we didn’t know how to play at that time. and went on tour until the end of the year. yes, I also found a week to mix the second record, but it didn’t turn out the way I wanted.
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Despite the fact that the release of the album took place in May 1999, the Zemfira group announced the start of the concert tour only on September 1, 1999. In the summer of 1999, Zemfira refrained from performing and gave only one concert - in Ufa, during which the video for the song "Why?" was filmed. The tour started on September 1 as part of a large group concert, in honor of the birthday of Yes! magazine. On this day, the group "Zemfira" acted as a headliner. It was the first appearance of the musicians in front of such a large audience and only the fifth concert in their lives. After Moscow, the group went on a long and intense tour, which covered many cities of the country and neighboring countries and lasted until January 2000. About the first concerts of the group, held in Eastern Siberia and the Far East, Zemfira says this: “We just tried to: a) get along with each other; b) play the right notes in the right places; c) do not be shy, in the end, people (understand that the stage is the usual place where you need to work).
On December 11, 1999, the Zemfira group became the headliner of the grandiose two-day music festival "Invasion", which was timed by the Nashe Radio station to coincide with its first birthday.
In December 1999, the group independently began producing and financing a new record. Shortly before the New Year, on December 26, the gift single "Sneg" was released in a five thousandth edition, which, in addition to the remix for this song, included a live version of the composition "London" as a bonus track. On December 26 and 27, Zemfira musicians handed out Snow to the visitors of four major music stores in the capital. The publication of the single was conceived as an anti-piracy action: it was not on sale, and its appearance on the music shelves can only indicate the active activity of pirates.
History: 2000
Zemfira: the year consisted of full houses, awards, filming, endless rumors. there were claims to each other and a new drummer - Javad. in the summer my dream came true - we played in Ufa, on the main square, on my birthday. on the same day they released the maxi-single "goodbye", with Salavat Yulaev on the cover, and actually said goodbye to the city. Later, I only came to visit. By the end of 2000, few people thought. Having played 150 concerts in less than a year and a half, waiting for vacation and silence.. there was also a New Year's gift for the beginning of 2000 - a single with london and a remix for snow.
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On January 5, 2000, the Zemfira group gave a concert in Riga, the last of the tour and the first in the new millennium. It was there that they managed to hold the first real show of the group, film the first high-quality version of the concert on video, using complex techniques and effects.
Upon returning from Riga, Moscow met the group with a pleasant surprise. The song "London" captured all the radio airs during the New Year's week. A beautiful and touching composition with a fairly simple arrangement turned out to be competitive among newfangled rhythms, becoming the leader of all kinds of charts. Zemfira herself was sincerely touched by the penetration of her listeners and admitted that she did not expect such a breakthrough in this song. For this reason, it was decided to include the composition "London" in the collector's edition of the new record as a bonus track, recording a chamber version of the song.
During January, the leading media published the results of 1999 in the field of music. Zemfira Ramazanova and the group "Zemfira" won in four nominations of the magazine "OM": "Performer of the Year", "Brawler of the Year", "Breakthrough of the Year" and "Album of the Year". On April 8, 2000, the Zemfira group was awarded the FUZZ magazine award based on the results of 1999 in two categories: Best Group and Best Album - Zemfira.
On February 9, 2000, in the tunnel of the Moscow region of Severnoe Chertanovo, the shooting of the video for the song "Iskala" took place. The video was directed by Roman Prygunov, cameraman - Max Osadchiy. At the time of filming, the tunnel was blocked, because, according to the director of the video, 40 cars were involved in them. Having carried out the main preparatory work for the release of the album, Zemfira began to improve her health. On February 15, she underwent an operation, and the doctors had a month and a half for the rehabilitation period. But already in early March, the rehearsal period of preparation for the second round began, which started on March 24 in Minsk.
And on March 28, with the support of Real Records, the second disc of the Zemfira group, Forgive Me My Love, was released. The disc includes 12 songs: "Scaling Sensors", "Zero", "Mature", "Want", "Dawns", "City", "I Hate", "Cigarettes", "Proven", "P.M.M .L", "I was looking for", "Don't let go". The disc was released in two editions: standard and collector's. The collector's edition is distinguished by the presence of the bonus track "London" and a sixteen-page booklet illustrated with a photo sequence for each song. The idea of the design of the booklet is the same as in case with the first disc, belongs to Zemfira.
As part of the tour, on April 1, 2000, the group gave their first solo concert in Moscow, at the Olimpiysky sports complex, where about 20 thousand people were present. 27 songs of the first and second albums were performed on the Olimpiyskiy stage. Subsequently, the press suggested that the performance of the Zemfira group at the Olimpiyskiy would be the brightest event of 2000.
On May 20, 2000, the Zemfira group closed the Maksidrome festival. From the newcomer of "Maxidrome-99", on which she managed to sing only half a verse from "Arivederchi", Zemfira moved into the category of headliners of "Maxidrome-2000".
Five days after the performance at Maksidrome, the shooting of a new clip by Zemfira for the song “Do you want?”, Which had been in heavy rotation on radio stations for a long time, took place. The clip was directed by Pavel Vladimirsky (Vilks Filma studio), cameraman - Vlad Opelyants. Filming took two days: on May 24, the film crew spent in the courtyards of old houses in Moscow, and on the 25th - in the pavilions of Mosfilm.
On August 20, 2000, Zemfira again performed at the closing, but now of the Invasion festival, which was held in Ramenskoye. The team already included a new drummer of the group - Igor Javad-Zade. At the concert, Zemfira performed two new songs included in the single, which was released on August 25, 2000 with the support of Real Records: Splashes and Goodbye.
On the day of Zemfira's twenty-fourth birthday, August 26, 2000, in the House of the Government of the Republic of Bashkiria, Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Ishmuratov presented her with the State Youth Prize in the field of culture. Shaikhzada Babich. Zemfira received an order with the image of Babich and a cash prize of 14 thousand rubles. The official award ceremony was attended by high-ranking officials from the government and administration, representatives of the Bashkir media, the staff of the Zemfira group, relatives and friends of Zemfira. As a birthday present, Zemfira received a Rus snowmobile from the authorities.
In the evening, at 21:00, the group gave a free concert (the idea of the concert belonged to Zemfira, who had long dreamed of giving a gift to her countrymen) on the square named after. Lenin in Ufa, where about 100 thousand spectators were present. 25 songs were performed, including "Splashes" and "Goodbye", which Zemfira dedicated to her native city. At the end of the concert, the group presented Ufa with a five-minute fireworks display.
In November 2000, Zemfira took part in film screenings, performing in Moscow, at the Olimpiisky Sports Complex and in St. Petersburg, at the Ice Palace. At both concerts, the group performed two songs by Viktor Tsoi - Cuckoo and Every Night. By the way, the song "Kukushka" performed by "Zemfira" was also included in the single "Goodbye". The end of December 2000 was marked by the end of the concert tour in support of the album "P.M.M.L.". The last three performances took place: 23 December, in the "DK Gorbunova", where Pavel Vladimirsky made the second high-quality video filming of the concert; December 24 in St. Petersburg and December 28 - in Vilnius.
History: 2001
Zemfira: nothing happened until May, everyone was busy with themselves and their problems. spontaneously edited a video of the concert in the humpback (23.12.00), the second in a row (the first was the Riga concert a year earlier). they wanted to release it - they ran into legal problems, they spat, gave it to MTV and forgot. in May the band returned to Moscow to rehearse and work on new songs. we didn't succeed. I accused them of lack of desire, they accused me of lack of trust. without thinking twice, they decided to leave, the musicians left for Ufa. For some time I was in weightlessness. I recorded new songs with excellent musicians, but strangers to me. I tried new ones, but I didn’t imagine myself with them on stage at all. the situation was saved by Mirolub, who again appeared very timely. we hired a professional rhythm section, completed the third record and left once again for London to mix.
On November 11, the single "Traffic" is released
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History: 2002
Zemfira: the year was much brighter compared to the previous one. in April, the record was released and the concerts began. after a 15 month break. we got a lighting engineer, a monitor engineer, a permanent concert apparatus. changed arrangements, stopped playing some songs, provoked hundreds of pink balloons, gave thousands of autographs and took thousands of photos. concerts are generally a strange thing) a lot of them - you die, no - you also die. all spring and summer I was happy. the best concerts of the group. parted ways with the rhythm section at the end of the year. However, less is better.
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History: 2003
Zemfira gave several concerts, performance at the "Invasion" 3.08.2003.
History: 2004
On his official website, Zemfira presents a cover version of the song "How to be" gr. "Bravo", after which he performs in St. Petersburg (November 21) and in Moscow (November 26-27) at the group's anniversary concerts.
Zemfira's new song "Nebomoreoblaka" appears on her official website, and after that on all CIS radio stations. "Sky-seaclouds" is only one song from the upcoming album, which you already want to listen to. After all, there is every reason to believe that the rest of the songs will be made at the same high level.
Zemfira is working with the famous St. Petersburg electronic musician Igor Vdovin on his new album. Their first joint work is the hit song "Love is like an accidental death", which became the soundtrack to Renata Litvinova's film "Goddess: How I fell in love."
Zemfira enters the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University.
An enchanting performance at the "Maxidrome" and the performance of the song "Medveditsa" in a duet with gr. "Mumiy Troll" undoubtedly becomes the main event of the festival. This performance does not leave the press indifferent, which is not surprising: Zemfira did not appear on stage for a long time.
On December 13, a video for the song "Walk" appears on the singer's official website, on December 15 the video is presented on MTV, and the song breaks into all radio stations and music channels.
The performance of the song "Walk" at the festival "Megahouse" closes Zemfira's show activities this year.
The release date of the album is announced: 01/21/2005.
History: 2005
Numerous interviews in anticipation of the release of the new album. Afisha magazine states that the album will be called Oil. All in anticipation, mass intrigue.
Postponed release to March 1st.
At the last moment it was decided that the album would be called "Vendetta".
The day before the release of "Vendetta" Zemfira announces the track list of the album in his official chat.
1.03.2005 - the long-awaited release of the new album "Vendetta". The magnificent song "Blues" appears on the official website and a no less wonderful video for it, shot by Renata Litvinova.
A new album appears on store shelves, and its presentation is taking place in one of the capital's clubs. Nobody expected such a stir around Zemfira and her new album. All press, radio and TV are actively discussing the album. Three days later it became clear that "Vendetta" has undoubtedly become the main event of the year. Zemfira gives very successful concerts. The super-set at "Maxidrome" does not leave the audience indifferent.
In Kyiv, presents a new video, filmed by Renata Litvinova, for a live version of the song "Airplane".
Zemfira performs at the "Wings" festival, congratulates Lyudmila Gurchenko on her anniversary by singing the song "London".
The concert schedule ends with an enchanting concert in Moscow at the Gorbunov Palace of Culture. This concert will be talked about for a long time...
History: 2006
For personal reasons, Zemfira dissolves the team and cancels previously announced concerts. The official site of the singer is closed for "reconstruction" on April 8.
On August 9, the official website opens after reconstruction.
The release of the album "Zemfra.LIVE" is scheduled for October
On October 16, the album "Zemfra.LIVE" is released
December 14 performance in Moscow, in the club "Apelsin", at the birthday party of zvuki.ru and presents a new team and a new song.
December 31 gives an unforgettable gift clip "Itogi" and reports that the new album is ready.
27 September 2007
Presentation of Zemfira's new album "Thank you". "THANK YOU" - twelve absolutely new songs by Zemfira, composed and recorded within one year, from autumn 2006 to autumn 2007. The recording of the album took place in London, mixing - in Moscow at Mosfilm.
Zemfira - about the new album: “This album is a reflection of me today. I turned thirty, as a result of some internal storms, I understood a lot. Yes, the album is very positive! If Vendetta was restless, I was looking for something, then here I found it. The relationship between these albums is like the Queen albums "A Day At The Races" and "A Night At The Opera". The period of misunderstanding is the period of understanding.
The album "Thank you" is a clean, lively sound without any synthetics. All the main parts were recorded by the current line-up of the singer: Zemfira Ramazanova (voice), Dmitry Shurov (piano), Konstantin Kulikov (trumpet), Dan Marinkin (drums), Alexei Belyaev (bass), Yuri Topchiy (guitar). Yury Tsaler (Mumiy Troll band) acted as a guest guitarist. The Cinematography Orchestra under the direction of Sergei Skripka also took part in the recording. The release of the album was preceded by the appearance of the radio single "Boy" and the video for the song "We are breaking", shot by Renata Litvinova and became the top topic of the Russian media.
The release of the album "Thank you" is an unprecedented action for the Russian show business. The album goes beyond the spheres of influence of any record companies and production centers. It was released by the Kommersant Publishing House and will be on sale from October 1 along with the first issue of the new Citizen K magazine - a publication about fashion, music, and style. Zemfira will appear on its cover. Inside - maximum information about the singer and the new album, including her big interview, a photo shoot made in Paris, baby photos and much more.
On October 5, the album "Thank you" on an exclusive basis will appear in the Euroset stores. On October 20, Zemfira's tour in support of the new disc will begin in Khabarovsk, which will end with a concert at the Olimpiysky sports complex on April 1, 2008. During the tour, Zemfira organizes special autograph sessions in Euroset salons. A special maxi-single "10 Boys" will be sold at the concerts, which includes 10 remakes of the song "Boy", sent to the singer during the competition held on the Internet. In the same period, Zemfira intends to release on the screens a film shot by Renata Litvinova during a concert at the Green Theater in the Park. Gorky June 8, 2007. Then the singer will start preparing the next release - a collection of b-sides, which will be released under a contract with Real Records.
