Nike Borzov is a vocalist, composer and popular Russian rock musician, known for the hits "Horse", "Riding a Star", "About the Fool". Borzov collects full clubs, arranges concerts at popular venues in the capital and small towns.
Childhood and youth
Nike's unusual name seems to be a pseudonym. Some media claimed that the musician's name was Nikolai Barashko. In an interview, the musician repeatedly commented on the rumors, assuring that his data in the passport remained unchanged from the moment the document was received. The musician said that his parents did not give him a name until he was three years old. All this time the child was called "baby". By the age of three, the father decided to name his son Nike. Music critics suggest that the name was coined by analogy with or Nick Rock and Roll.
Nike Borzov was born on May 23, 1972 in the village of Vidnoye, Moscow Region, in the family of a well-known rock musician in narrow circles. The boy received creative inclinations at birth, and from childhood he set up a circle of friends in a certain way. My father instilled a taste for music.
The boy often came into confrontation with the family, showing love of freedom and perseverance. He never did anything he didn't like or seemed boring. So, study was related to activities that were not considered attractive. But creativity filled Borzov's life. Young Nike spent all his free time with friends, listening or playing music.
He was a difficult teenager and after another showdown with his parent, he simply left home. The son was found with a friend a few days later. The young man was overcome by a hangover. In order to avoid a repetition of the situation, Nike was given freedom, and the guy built a new system of priorities for himself, forgetting about school.
At the age of 14, he created the first rock band. "Infection" was a provocation and outrageous, defiant slogan of a rebel. The team lasted 4 years, after which Nike took up a solo career. Despite a short-term collaboration, the band's musicians released 2 albums, which gave them their first success. Borzov managed to serve in the army, work with various rock bands and change direction in music. After leaving punk, he switched to the genre of psychedelic rock.
Music
Nike Borzov had a small number of fans who had known him since the existence of Infection, so the musician could count on support while doing solo work. The first released album was a disc called "Immersion", released in 1992.
It was followed in 1994 by the album Closed. Nike's compositions were romantic and soulful, written in a melancholy style. In 1996, Borzov released an album in honor of the decade of "Infection", having done this without the band's musicians. Among other songs there was a composition called "Horse".
The song hit radio stations in 1997. A non-trivial plot, the use of the name of drugs and hidden background caused discussion among critics and listeners. By the little horse, Nike meant a man locked in a home-work partnership, ruled by commitment and a rare opportunity to find happiness.
Nike Borzov's song "Horse"After the song was banned from broadcast due to the use of the word "cocaine", the author made an adjustment. The song was allowed to air on radio stations. In 2000, Nike Borzov became the performer of the year according to the radio "Maximum" and the publication "Izvestia".
In 2001, the musician provided his composition "Quarrel" as a soundtrack to the film "Down House". Critics showed more and more affection for the composer. Borzov began to give solo concerts in the capital, collected large venues, and tickets for his performances quickly sold out.
Nike Borzov's song "Riding a Star"In 2002, the album "Splinter" was released, and, having stopped touring, the musician suspended his vigorous activity for some time. He played a role in the play "Nirvana", released the single "For the sake of love".
In 2004, Nike Borzov focused on producing the album of his wife Ruslana and collaborated with the Mutant Beavers musical group. 2005 was marked by the launch of the "One rythmical ritual" project, on which Borzov worked together with the artist Vadim Stashkevich and the theater-studio "Mohsira". In 2006, Nike released a collection of the best songs of the rock band Infection.
Nike Borzov's song "Player"Borzov's music inspired animators Svetlana Adrianov and Svetlana Elchaninova to create the animated project "Player", which Nike Borzov presented in 2007. He shot videos, recorded new songs, created the soundtrack for the Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas audiobook, which he voiced himself.
The performer decided to start reviving the Infection group, but the team quickly broke up, as it did not correspond to the venues of the proposed format. For small clubs, "Infection" made too high-quality music, and unsuitable for concert halls and stadiums.
Nike Borzov's song "About the Fool"In 2010, Borzov's new solo album "From the Inside" was released. Nike released the film "The Observer", in which he talked about what he had been doing for the past few years. At the moment, the musician continues his creative activity, performing at national rock concerts and organizing solo events. Being a fan, on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the idol Borzov, he recorded the song “This is not love” dedicated to him.
Personal life
Nike Borzov is a public figure. His biography is known to journalists, but the musician manages to hide his personal life. It is known about his marriage with Ruslana. In union with the vocalist, Borzov had a daughter, Victoria. The couple has no more joint children.
The musician easily achieved the sympathy of the fair sex, and his character and love of freedom ran counter to his wife's perception of the ideals of family life. The Borzovs separated, but maintain friendly relations for the sake of their daughter.
Nike spends time with and takes care of the heiress. After the divorce, he managed to maintain a trusting and friendly relationship with his ex-wife. Now Ruslana is immersed in the management of her own vocal school in Moscow.
Nike Borzov now
Borzov of the 2018 format is very different from the musician who fought for the "Horse" with the censors of radio stations. Nike changed his image, hairstyle, and his compositions became more romantic and positive. The musician has his own account on the network "Instagram", through which users can communicate with the idol and follow his life. Borzov actively publishes photos, sharing his plans and ideas about new projects.
Outrageousness was replaced by elegance, and unbridled thoughtfulness. The singer is still not shy about expressing his own opinion in his usual manner. He adheres to the direction in music to which his soul lies, and delights fans with new compositions. Borzov has a daily schedule of tours and performances. Today he remains a sought-after rock musician and collaborates with various bands, including the Murakami group.
The height of the musician is 180 cm, weight 78 kg.
Discography
- 1992 - "Dive"
- 1994 - "Closed"
- 1997 - "Puzzle"
- 2000 - "Superman"
- 2002 - "Splinter"
- 2010 - "From the inside"
- 2014 - "Everywhere and Nowhere"
- 2014 - Nike Borzov. Favorites»
- 2015 - "Molecule"
- 2016 - "Molecule, Vol.2"
- 2018 - "Acid God"
Have you heard a funny song that sings "... I am a little horse, and my life is not easy ..."? Well, according to the plot, is she still delivering cocaine in a cart? She should be familiar to many, since in the 2000s she could be heard on any Russian radio. And he wrote a song with a sad overtones rock rebel Nike Borzov, who is a rather outstanding personality, however, like all his work. By the way, he is so "ancient" that he began his career back in the days of the "scoop".
Biography
The countdown of the life of Borzov Naik Vladimirovich began on May 23, 1972, in the city of Vidnoye (Moscow Region). Mother worked in a secret research institute, so the family received an apartment from this organization. But dad was a creative person - a musician, and it was thanks to him that Nike learned from the cradle what real rock and roll is.
His father often listened to such "rock dinosaurs" as the Beatles and Led Zeppelin, and the boy silently shook his mustache (which had not yet grown). In the life of Nike Borzov, music from childhood was of great importance, and dad could not get enough of this and supported his offspring in every possible way.
The musician got wonderful parents, with whom he had practically no conflict situations. They always respected their son as a person, so when Nike, as a teenager, did not appear at home for several days, they sounded the alarm, arranging a whole search event. After this incident, his parents concluded an agreement with him that no matter what he did and wherever he was, he should live only at home.
Alias Origin Theory
There is an opinion that at birth, the future rock star received a completely normal name Nikolai and a very funny Ukrainian surname - Barashko. And the pseudonym Nike was created by crossing the names of Mike Naumenko and Nick Rock and Roll. The surname Borzov was chosen by the musician himself, entering it in his passport. However, Nike assures everyone that the name is quite real, he received it from hippie parents. And he took the name Nikolai when his grandmother christened him in the Orthodox Church.
First musical experience
After listening to Nike's Unknown Pleasures album by Joy Division, he had the crazy idea to create something similar. Therefore, in 1984, when Borzov was only 14, he assembled the Infection punk band, which existed for nine years. During this time, the guys recorded only two studio albums:
- "Onanism" - 1990.
- "A hole for the navel" - 1992.
In addition, Nike Borzov could be seen in some other projects - these are Platonic Prostitution, Died, Boofeet, Special Nurses, Norman Bates Fan Club and others. In addition, he became famous for his work with a popular team with a very obscene name "forget it." By the way, many still consider him a permanent resident of the group.
Duty to the motherland and change of genre
Like all the guys, Nike Borzov was overtaken by military service, but he says that she taught him only to assemble and disassemble small arms and nothing more. Even the future rock star was not allowed to shoot. Like this!
However, repaying his debt to his homeland, the singer thought a lot about choosing a new suitable style of music and wrote the lyrics to the song "Horse". Nike Borzov decided to abandon punk, preferring psychedelic rock, which is more commercial in our country. "Infection" was destroyed, and a solo career as a musician began. However, on the 10th anniversary of the former group, the musician single-handedly recorded the last album, Take Your Bitch by the Hands, playing each of the instruments on his own. By the way, initially "Horse" appeared exactly there.
Solo career
The yard was 92, which was the beginning of a new milestone in the development of creativity. Almost immediately, the first album "Immersion" was released, and the second - "Closed" was released already in the 94th.
In 1997, one of the radio stations received a cheerful and at the same time sad composition “Horse”, which drew attention to the songs of Nike Borzov. In it, the vocalist very positively narrates that the unfortunate animal carries cocaine and knows that he does not have long to live.
Accusations fell on the musician that he allegedly promotes this drug, although in reality it was just an analogy. According to Nike, he is not familiar with cocaine personally, but the word fit perfectly into the rhyme, bringing a special meaning to the song. In fact, it tells about the fact that every day a person pulls on himself his problems, sorrows and happiness.
Some radio stations have banned their DJs from broadcasting Horse. The program director of Nashe Radio also did not allow this song to be aired, but Dmitry Dibrov had the opposite opinion on this matter. In the same year, Borzov's third solo album, "Puzzle", was released.
In 2000, Nike presented the world with a new album, Superman, the songs from which brought the artist the coveted popularity. Clips for the songs "Three Words" and "Riding a Star" were released on TV, and the compositions themselves sounded on the waves of metropolitan radio stations. The musician received the status of a domestic rock star, and this was the highest award for the work done. Nike Borzov's song "Riding a Star" is special, if only because the recording contains the voice of the legendary Che.
Confession
According to the most significant print publications in Russia, including the Izvestia newspaper and the OM magazine, Nike Borzov became the best performer of 2001. Radio Maximum was in full solidarity with them.
In 2001, Roman Kachanov's sensational film "Down House" was released, in which Nike's song "Quarrel" sounded. And the video for this composition was filmed by Fyodor Bondarchuk himself, and in the film itself, by the way, he played a key role.
In general, in the late 90s and early 2000s, Nike Borzov was a significant figure in the world of domestic indie rock. This is a bright representative of Russian alternative music, and someone called him "our Pete Doherty", probably for the lyrics of "Infection". And the song "Three Words" became the reason for a long discussion in the State Duma, but Borzov (confirming his last name) invited the speaker to his own concert. Then everything calmed down, and they gave the go-ahead for the performance of the song.
The composition "She's Alone", filled with love experiences, quickly won a place in the hearts of fans, becoming one of the best hits of 2002. The video was directed by Gosha Taidze, the video was often played on MTV.
Acting activity
In 2003, he directed the play Nirvana, in which Nike Borzov played the great musician Kurt Cobain. It was a real sensation for Moscow theatergoers and diversified the cultural life of the capital. The performance gathered full houses, and the excitement did not subside for a whole year!
Our days
In recent years, Borzov has released albums: "From the Inside" (2010) and "Everywhere and Nowhere" (2014). A lot of songs and videos have been released, and young guys diligently learn the chords of Nike Borzov and sing his best hits: “She's Alone”, “Riding a Star” and “Horse”.
There is also a DVD-collection, which collected all the clips and the autobiographical film "The Observer".
Now Nike Borzov is preparing to give a concert together with Artem Kucher in Sochi, which will start at 15:00, and the entrance will be absolutely free. This is due to the fact that the concert is dedicated to the anniversary of the Imeretinsky Hotel. The event promises to be very fun, especially since there will be a fair of craftsmen, as well as a large selection of entertainment for kids. In addition, they promise a delicious treat from an eminent chef.
About personal
Nike Vladimirovich was once married to the singer Ruslana Eremeeva (Borzova), whom he produced for some time. She has her own vocal school.
In the marriage of Nike and Ruslana, a girl was born with the beautiful name Victoria. For some reason, family life did not work out, and the couple divorced, which does not prevent the musician from being a good dad. According to rumors, the musician's daughter is a rather creative girl - she sings, plays the piano and writes her own compositions. Dad is very proud of her and supports her in every possible way.
Nike Borzov collects all sorts of articles about himself in order to know what people “invent” about him. Spread about his personal life, like any normal person, the musician does not like. However, the flip side of popularity is that people constantly want to know what their idol is doing, where he goes and who he meets. Therefore, some information still seeps through.
rock cult: After recording the Zanoza album, you did not release solo works for 8 years. Did you experience new sensations when creating the album From the Inside?
Nike Borzov: Not really. But I decided to try a new studio for myself, and I liked it. I recorded three records there: From within 2010 Everywhere And Nowhere 2014 and Molecule 2016. And the break was really big, because I had to understand what I want to do next and how I want to do it. Plus, I had many other things to do: my daughter was born, I played in the theater, voiced audio books.
In a word, it was an underground period. I created projects that did not fit into the mainstream space of the zero years with endless Star Factories and other trash. But as soon as I realized that nothing good is happening and no one makes good music, I decided to record an album From within, which, by and large, also became a cult.
rock cult: You were one of the few rock musicians in Russia who were shown on MTV. But then MTV became narrow-profile and began to show, as you put it earlier, thrash, then it ceased to be a music television at all and became a Friday channel. No nostalgia for the old days?
Nike: We are now using the example of the MTV channel to trace the history of our country: how over these 16 years we have come to eternal Friday. Everyone does not care about everything, if only to get tired and not think about anything. In our country, the people are shaken up so that seventy percent are ready to rush into battle at a run. Well, after they finish their beer, of course. And there is no nostalgia for MTV, however, there is a lack of music channels that would play normal music. But I don't watch TV and didn't watch it then. I remember once in the 80s and 90s I watched foreign MTV. There they put something beautiful. The whole night they played underground - Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine, and the next time they played black metal for the whole evening. There was a place for different music on the air. And now we get either silicone tits or sugary boys with some kind of meatball baubles. And that's it. Turn on any music channel - there are only n[homosexuals] sy.
rock cult: Maybe it's because now everything has turned into low-grade pop?
Nike: Well, I say - f[homosexual] sy.
rock cult: Some people like to remember that rock is protest music. Do you think that all rock musicians are destined to lead an adventurous lifestyle and shove anything into themselves - from pills to moonshine?
Nike: This is conditionally the same as that the child must unwind the karmic knots of his parents. That is, parents hang on their children everything that they could not realize in their lives, and the child does not live his own life. I think this is wrong. And rock today is absolutely toothless. Listening to this all the time, I came up with the idea to record a social rock album that I released this year with the band Infection. A disc about what is happening now in society and what we have come to due to our frivolity. Sharp, beautiful and musical - here you are, not toothless rock.
rock cult: If you perceive Infection as your first group, judging by your solo work, can we say that you have become much calmer?
Nike: Infection is not my first group. This is Wikipedia celebrating 30 years of my creative activity. You can trust her, I don't care. Before the Infection, I had one romantic-necrophilic story that lasted for God knows how many years. In '84 I made an acoustic album Dialogue with the wall. I even have recordings of my concerts before the Infection, but I have not posted them anywhere yet. However, the entries are very funny. It is possible that there are even hits among them.
rock cult: In some review it was also said that the same notorious Horse was composed in the Infection format, then rewritten and re-recorded for a solo project.
Nike: I just inserted it into the Infection album, and before that it had been in drafts for three years, and I didn’t even pay attention to it. This song was written somewhere in 1993, the first time it was released on the anniversary album in honor of the 10th anniversary of the Infection group. I recorded it alone, played all the instruments myself. The album is called Pick Up Your Bitch. And when Horse began to play in St. Petersburg on the radio, I realized that the song is cool. Many friends said that it was necessary to insert it into a solo album, and I was just recording an album Puzzle and decided to make a more acoustic version, which started playing on all the radio stations. And in 2000, I re-recorded it in the form in which the country knows it.
rock cult: And what provoked such creativity, which is presented in the Infection? Is this an attempt to be like your badass idols, or did you mean something?
Nike: I didn't want to say anything at all. It was always a joke. My mother loves literature very much, Pushkin is her favorite poet. And all his shameful lyrics were very well known to me since childhood. In my family, no one limited himself to such vocabulary, and at one point my friends and I were very carried away by this shameful lyrics. Sanya Laertsky with his Hairy Glass cursed, Letov and Civil Defense too. I thought it was cool. So we were on crooked guitars and wrote Infection albums on a tape recorder. Just like that, for nothing. We recorded an album, listened to it a couple of times, gave it to a couple of friends to listen to, and recorded the next one right on the same reel.
rock cult: Recently, the Russian underground scene has been gaining momentum. Do you associate yourself with them?
Nike: Yes, I do not associate myself with anyone. I don't like subcultures, and I don't take part in them. But I like to watch it. It's cool that a neo-psychedelic wave is emerging and that these guys are into modern music, which I also like. There, of course, while everything is ripped off from other artists and there is nothing of their own, but I am sure that even from those groups that we called hipsters, something interesting and original will appear. For example, Blur's first album is recorded in a typical Manchester wave style. But their next work changed history. Album 13 I consider the culmination of Blur, for example. In the West, this is a common occurrence, but in our country this is a rarity. But I am sure that sooner or later something original and unique will grow out of our underground, standing on its own planet.
rock cult: Philosophical question: our solar system moves in an infinite universe, but what will happen if it reaches the edge of reality at full speed? Will the solar system ricochet, or be destroyed?
Nike: Yes, in a collision, everything will end, so it's pointless to think about it at all. It, of course, can bounce like a ball according to some laws of physics, but the laws of physics that we know only work within our planet. As soon as we fly into the atmosphere, immediately time slows down. It loses all meaning and ceases to be linear. We perceive only a tiny part of reality, and it is more multidimensional than what our ten percent of the brain allows us to realize.
rock cult: If you follow this logic, then in order to know the whole of reality, you should not judge by your own standards and consider yourself the center of the universe?
Nike: And everyone is satisfied with this model of behavior.
rock cult: How do you feel in a society where such a model of behavior is considered the norm and everyone judges themselves by their own worldview?
Nike: Critical attacks in my direction are very funny. But lately they haven’t accused me of anything, because I chewed everything for everyone a long time ago and put it in my mouth. I can say that I went against myself and began to explain my texts, which I have never done and will not do in the future. Explaining the meaning of the lyrics of the song is stupid - anyway, everyone perceives it to the extent of their depravity. Everyone perceives this world as it is. But in principle, there is no peace, but there is chaos. And the main task of man is to organize chaos in his own galaxy. If you look at it, then each person is his own universe, god and devil, and no one is to blame for anything. It is impossible to achieve order in chaos, you can only dissolve in it. Becoming a part of chaos, you subjugate it to yourself, and that's it. Although, it's hard to even comprehend.
rock cult: Do you remember the moment when you first started writing songs?
Nike: I've been doing art since I couldn't speak yet. I just sang, because I love music very much, and it has always been. As a child, I was very fond of The Beatles, Jefferson Airplane, Velvet Underground - by the way, one of my favorite bands so far. When I began to speak, I gave out some phrases in verse. And when he learned to write, he began to write texts. So I don't remember exactly when I started making music. But Infection is already youthful madness and maximalism, given that all our songs were about sex, boobs, violence, women in a drunken state. I took any fantasy, brought it to the point of absurdity, and it became the song of the group Infection. This is still happening, by the way. In solo work, everything is different, there is a different concept, texts are built differently and experienced differently.
rock cult: Infection is not a particularly deep and spiritually meaningful material?
Nike: It's as if I came to visit, and everyone is dying there, and I fit into the team. But I know that this will end, I will go home, where my solo work is already. Infection is a hell of a party where people get burned to death. This is such a breather. As soon as the material accumulates, we record an album. This may happen once every ten years, or maybe once every two years.
rock cult: Is it some kind of psychotherapy?
Nike: There are songs that cannot be reflected in my solo work. But in order not to kill them, but to give them life, I do all sorts of projects.
rock cult: And what inspired your solo work?
Nike: Definitely not by society and not by social upheavals. Rather, it is about my experiences and things less real than what Infection sings about. I don't like life writing.
rock cult: Looking back, do you feel a change in yourself?
Nike: Yes and no. In some ways I have remained the same, and nothing has changed at all, but in some ways I have really changed my views. But I don't want to go into details. It is important to keep what was with you from the very beginning and not to lose, but to transform the accumulated experience into practical knowledge for yourself modern. When you forget your roots, you have no future.
Nike Borzov (Moscow, genre: pop-rock)
The author of the unforgettable "Horse" began his musical career in such semi-mythical teams as "Buffet", "Platonic Prostitution", "Died" and, of course, "H. Zabey", in which he recorded about ten albums. Having played enough of an underground rocker, in the late 90s Borzov released the super-successful "Superman" and was honorably accepted into the ranks of the new heroes of Russian rock and roll.
To date, the singer has six solo albums, participation in many side projects and even producing experience.
Biography of Nike Borzov:
Nikolai's father was a musician and from childhood instilled in him a good taste in music: The Beatles, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Led Zeppelin. Even in his youth, Kolya organized the punk band "Infection", which existed until 1992 and recorded several albums with them, of which only two have survived to this day: Masturbation and the Hole for the navel. In parallel with this, he took an active part in various kinds of projects, both his own and those of others (“Mesopotamia”, “Platonic Prostitution”, “Buufeyet”, “Died”, “Special Nurses”, “Norman Bates Fan Club”, etc. ), and also performed with the famous team "X .. forget it." He served two years in the army: “I didn’t learn anything during this time, I didn’t even shoot from a machine gun, although I went with him to the outfit, he knew how to assemble and disassemble.”
It became really popular after the departure from the activities of "Infection", changing the style from punk to classic Russian rock. At the same time, he officially changed his first and last name in his passport from Nikolai Barashko to Nike Borzov. Nikolai explained the choice of such a pseudonym by a synthesis from the names of the musicians whom he was a fan of: Mike Naumenko and Nick Rock and Roll. Later, in an interview, Nike repeatedly stated that his parents named him Nike at birth, and Borzov was his real name, and as evidence he showed reporters his new passport. In 1997, simultaneously with the release of the album Puzzle, thanks to the production of Oleg Nesterov, the song "Horse" got into the rotation of radio stations, which aroused the expected interest of the public and heated discussions. According to the plot of the composition, a small horse transports cocaine. The producer staked on the outrageousness and scandalousness of the taboo drug theme. This production move worked more than effectively, Nike began to gain popularity, since before that songs about drugs and on behalf of a drug addict had not been heard in the media, accusations of promoting drugs added to Nike's popularity. In his own comments, the musician explains the meaning of the song in a different way: “A person drives himself into certain limits, invents a certain order of things for himself, which he is unable to change later. He has responsibilities: a family that needs to be supported, a job that you need to go to to support your family, a dacha that needs to be spudded on a weekly basis, a car that needs to be picked in order to go to this very dacha, etc. It turns out a man - a workhorse, a man-horse carrying a cart with his happiness, a horse carrying cocaine. After several bans on the air, the word "cocaine" was replaced by various sounds and other words, such as plasticine, niakok (cocaine vice versa), which was again a win-win producer's move, as it attracted even more unhealthy public interest in the "forbidden" and now encrypted topics.
In 2000, the fourth studio album of the musician, Superman, saw the light. The songs "Riding a Star" and "Three Words" were filmed and, in addition to radio stations, they also began to be broadcast by major TV channels, Nike Borzov became a star on an all-Russian scale. The maxi-single "Lowadka" soon followed, composed of various remixes of the artist's most popular song, as well as the fifth Superman album, which is essentially a collection of old compositions rewritten in a new sound.
After a fairly successful album Zanoza, released in 2002, the singer fell silent for several years, devoting himself to his family and various side projects. For example, in 2003 he played the main role in the play "Nirvana" by Yuri Grymov, where he played Kurt Cobain. At the same time, the single "For the sake of love" was launched on Maximum radio, where after some time it took first place in the "Hit parade of two capitals". On December 29, on the MTV Russia channel in the Expresso program, the premiere of the clip "Accurate Horse" took place, in which Borzov's famous composition is mixed with the song "Metko" by the pop duet "Guests from the Future". The clip, composed of various concert footage, was created by the channel's producer Alexei Muravyov and electronic musician DJ Groove. In 2004, Nike produced an album by his wife Ruslana Borzova, and also worked on a project called "Mutant Beavers", defining the group's genre as "neo-punk with trance elements."
In January 2008, the musician presented the song "Wind" to the public, a fast melodic composition with a gloomy romantic text, for which a video clip was immediately shot by Mikhail Abanin. The video got into the rotation of the A-One TV channel, the Internet version of the clip soon appeared on the website of the Afisha magazine. In November 2008, he finished recording the original soundtrack for Hunter Thompson's audiobook Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which he himself voiced in tandem with Arkhip Akhmeleev. At the same time, he took part in the creation of Nau Boom, a tribute to the group "Nautilus Pompilius", where he performed the song "Who else" from the album Wings. At the beginning of 2009, Borzov unfrozen the Infection project, in February he shot a video for the song Black Hole with Barbie Punk Rock in the lead roles, and in July he presented their new and last album Horror and Bow.
For 2010, Nike has planned an album from the inside, the first solo disc after an eight-year hiatus. The release of the album was preceded by a limited gift single "Rejoice", the song was already on the air of several stations in February, in particular, it got into the Hit Parade of Two Capitals of Radio Maximum, where it stayed for fifteen weeks, ten of which were in first place. On April 23, his official presentation took place in the Moscow club "Ikra", and the premiere screening of the first part of the film "Observer" was held, which is a record taken by an amateur camera, where the musician tells the viewer about what he has been doing for the past eight years. In August, the song "Shadows and Flickers" was launched on radio stations, TV channels and on the Internet, immediately hit the charts of Our Radio and rose to third place in it. The video for the song, which was directed by himself, received high praise from fans and critics. The album itself was released in October in the form of a CD + DVD edition and was accompanied by a concert in the same Ikra club. The performance consisted of two sections, in the first one 13 new tracks were performed, in the second one old hits from past releases sounded. A Rolling Stone reviewer described the songs on the disc as "surprisingly light and romantic", noting about the sublime romanticism that "such a theme in pop or pop rock sins with unbearable falsity, and in the case of Nike it sounds completely organic and natural"
Nike Vladimirovich Borzov. Born on May 23, 1972 in Vidnoe, Moscow Region. Soviet and Russian rock musician, poet, singer.
His mother worked at a secret institute, from which the family was given an apartment in Vidnoe.
According to some reports, his real name and surname, received at birth, is Nikolai Barashko. And he took his creative pseudonym Nike, crossing the names of famous Soviet rock musicians Nick Rock and Roll and Mike Naumenko. And then he took the name Borzov, changing the data in the passport. The musician himself claims that he is Nike from birth: "Nike is not a pseudonym, it is an Indian name. My parents called me that, they were fans of the Vedic culture, hippans who hung out and hung out. And my grandmother baptized me with Nikolai."
According to Naik, the idea of creating his own rock band came to him in 1984, when he heard the album "Unknown Pleasures" by Joy Division. And at the age of 14, he realized his idea - he organized a punk band "Infection" which lasted until 1992. During the existence of the group, two full-fledged studio albums were recorded: Onanism in 1990 and Navel Hole in 1992.
At the same time, he participated in other projects, his own and others' - "Mesopotamia", "Platonic Prostitution", "Buufeyet", "Died", "Special Nurses", "Norman Bates Fan Club" and others. He performed with a famous team ". .. do not mind it".
Passed military service. “I didn’t learn anything during this time, I didn’t even shoot from a machine gun, although I went with him to the outfit, I knew how to assemble and disassemble,” he recalled.
It became widely popular after the departure from the activities of "Infection", changing the style from punk to psychedelic rock.
In 1992, Nike Borzov's solo career begins and his first album, Immersion, is released. And in 1994 - the second album called "Closed".
In 1996, when the Infection group turned ten years old, already without musicians, Nike recorded the Infection album Take Your Bitch in Your Arms in two days, in which he plays all the instruments himself. The composition of the tracks of this album for the first time included the song "Horse".
In 1997, simultaneously with the release of the album "Puzzle", the song "Horse" got into the rotation of radio stations, which aroused the expected interest of the public and heated discussions. According to the plot of the composition, a small horse transports cocaine. Nike himself claimed that he never tried cocaine: “I just used a word that I liked. You could use any other "ins" in the song, but, in my opinion, cocaine fits better.
In 2000, the fourth studio album of the musician, Superman, saw the light. The songs "Riding a Star" and "Three Words" were filmed and, in addition to radio stations, major TV channels also began to broadcast, Nike Borzov became a star on an all-Russian scale. The maxi-single "Lowadka" soon followed, made up of various remixes of the artist's most popular song, as well as the fifth Superman album - an alternative re-release of the Superman album.
In 2001, the song "Quarrel" was included in the soundtrack to the scandalous film by Roman Kachanov "Down House". The video for it was shot, which played a major role in this film.
At the turn of the 1990s and early 2000s, Nike Borzov was considered one of the most prominent representatives of indie rock in Russia, and after the success of the albums "Puzzle", "Superman" and "Splinter" was a prominent performer in pop music. He is considered a cult figure in the Russian alternative genre. In the press, he was called "Russian Pete Doherty", in particular, because of the lyrics of the songs of the group "Infection", which also became a cult in the history of Russian punk.
In 2001, deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation discussed his scandalous song “Three Words” for two hours at a plenary session. In response, Nike personally invited the speaker of the State Duma to his concert. Shortly after the concert, Snegiri released a VHS titled Naik Borzov. SupermenEND. Concert in "Gorbushka".
In the fall of 2002, his song “One She” entered the rank of “major hits of the year”, and the video filmed for it by director Gosha Taidze was in rotation on MTV-Russia.
Nike Borzov - One she
In 2003, he played the main role in the play "Nirvana" by Yuri Grymov, where he played Kurt Cobain. In the same year, the single "For the sake of love" was launched on Maximum radio and after some time took first place in the "Hit parade of two capitals".
In 2004, Nike produced an album for his then-wife Ruslana Borzova, and also worked on a project called "Mutant Beavers", defining the group's genre as "neo-punk with trance elements."
November 18, 2005 in the Moscow club "Molodaya Gvardiya" there was a performance of the group "One rythmical ritual" - a joint project of the artist Vadim Stashkevich, musician and composer Nike Borzov and the theater-studio "Mohsira". A theatrical and ritual performance of "The Mysteries of Sagaalgan" was shown.
Wrote the soundtrack for the romantic film story “Kostyanik. Summer Time (2006). The soundtrack to the film included Nike Borzov's song "Dreams".
At the end of 2006, Borzov unfrozen the project "Infection", in February he shot a video for the song "Black Hole" with Barbie Punk Rock in the lead roles.
In April 2007, at a concert in Orange, Nike Borzov presented the animated film "The Player", which was filmed for the song "Et". And on December 1, 2007, the Gorbushkin Dvor shopping center hosted a presentation of Ruslana Borzova's debut album Magic, on which Nike worked as a music producer.
In January 2008, the musician presented the song "Wind" to the public, a fast melodic composition with a gloomy romantic text, for which a video clip was immediately shot by Mikhail Abanin. In November 2008, the original soundtrack to Hunter Thompson's audiobook Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was released, which Nike himself voiced in tandem with Arkhip Akhmeleev.
He took part in the creation of Nau Boom - a tribute to the group "Nautilus Pompilius", where he performed the song "Who Else" from the album "Wings".
Further, the Infection group presented a new album, Horror and Bow. The album contained both new songs as well as several re-recorded tracks from the early period. After that, the group announces its breakup.
In June 2011, a video was released for the song "Chelnaper" - an atmospheric animated work directed by Pavel Egorov. In October of the same year, a video was released for the song "Fresh Blood", created in the style of "thrash glam", where the primary symbols of rock-n-roll music are combined.
In April 2014, Bozov released the album Everywhere and Nowhere, after which he began recording a collection of the best songs, which was released on December 12, 2014.
In 2015 and 2016, the albums "Molecule" and the album of the "Infection" group "Zombitrans" were released.
According to the singer himself, he has a unique voice: “I don’t have any duets either. Such a timbre and voice that not everyone fits into a duet with me. Either a weak voice, or a less dynamic one - they will lose compared to mine, in any way. Which is what happens when I’m all I'm trying to make a duet with some softly singing performer.Cognitive dissonance immediately arises.Why do I need a performer then, when I myself can sing with female voices and basses.I have a wide range.I sing all the backing vocals myself - and for women, and for men.
Nike Borzov - concert-interview
Nike Borzov height: 181 centimeters.
Personal life of Nike Borzov:
He was married to Ruslan Eremeeva, a singer, she runs her own vocal school. The couple had a daughter, Victoria. After the divorce, he takes part in the upbringing of his daughter.
Discography of Nike Borzov:
1992 - Dive
1994 - Closed
1997 - Puzzle
2000 - Superman
2002 - Splinter
2010 - From the inside
2014 - Everywhere and nowhere
2014 - Nike Borzov. Favorites
2015 - Molecule
2016 - Molecule, Vol.2
Singles by Nike Borzov:
2000 - LOWADKA
2001 - NUS in Am
2010 - Rejoice
2013 - Biomatter
Quotes and aphorisms from Nike Borzov:
"Man is a lazy animal, and this is his biggest problem."
"We don't want to fly into space, but for some reason we are building more and more churches."
"Religion, money, television, the pop industry, fashion, club life - these are all drugs, illusions. This is the desire of some people to captivate others with something, so that later they can sell something. Only what a person creates himself is not illusory."
"It's foolish to be afraid of what could happen at any moment."
"I don't starve. I just don't eat."
"We are all alone, despite the fact that we are surrounded by a bunch of relatives and friends. We are born and die alone."
"I don't generally believe in fairy tales. I believe in dragons, aliens and the other world, but I don't believe in fairy tales."
“I’m waiting for people to clone. I want to play drums, guitars, keyboards, sing along to myself. young woman".
"I will become a director if one-time actors appear. If I can take a one-time actor, pay him a lot of money and, for example, kill him on the set, then he will perceive this role as the main one in his life."
