Today we’ll talk about the work of the Aquarium group. The discography of the team will be described below. This is one of the earliest rock bands in Russia. She has been over forty years old.
About the team
Aquarium is a group that has repeatedly changed its composition during its activities. Only the ideological mastermind and vocalist are unchanged. These qualities were combined by Boris Grebenshchikov. He has been a member of the team since 1972, that is, from the day it was founded. The members of the group were at different periods: Edmund Shklyarsky, Boris Rubekin, Oleg Sakmarov,
Sergey Kuryokhin, Mike Naumenko, Vsevolod Gakkel.
"The Temptation of the Holy Aquarium"
That is what the "prehistoric" work of the Aquarium group was called. The discography of the team began with her. The album was recorded in 1974. He was long considered lost. However, it was found in 1997. Aquarium is the group that re-released this album in 2001 on CD. He entered a special collection. Its name is "Prehistoric Aquarium". On the date when the recording was made, there is no consensus today. Temptation is still of interest in the music world today, as it is perhaps the first experience in creating a conceptual work in Soviet Russia.
"The Parables of the Count of Diffuser"
This was followed by another magneto-album, which was released by the group "Aquarium". The discography of the collective continued with work recorded in 1975. This album was born in difficult times. Boris Grebenshchikov in early 1975 lost his father. As a result, the leader of the group was struck by a disease that did not leave him for a month and a half. After recovering, he made a life choice in favor of Aquarium and music. He decided to create a full-fledged music album.
"On the other side of the mirror glass"
In this case, we are talking about the solo magnetic album of Boris Grebenshchikov. The name is taken from a poem by Arseny Tarkovsky. The album was re-released in 2001 on CD. The recording was made in the home studio of Jacob Pevzner. In this work, the author finds his own style. It was almost impossible to record songs at that time, bypassing the circle of secret classified enthusiasts. Fortunately, a man met who came into resonance with the works of Grebenshchikov. The song "The Stranger" was created under the influence of Jethro Tull and Okudzhava.
Ballads
"Carefree Russian Tramp" - the album of the group, which was published in 2006. It is distinguished by a variety of genres. There are ballads written on the basis of Celtic folklore, and dance tunes, as well as electronic music and trance. The album includes 19 tracks. Outside musicians were invited for this work. In particular, among them were Tim Hodgkinson and Henry Kaiser, as well as Indian performers Pandit Bhawani Shankar Katak and Chaurasia. The work took about two years.
Other albums
"All Brothers are Sisters" is a joint work of Mike Naumenko and BG. It was released as a magneto-album. It was recorded in the summer of 1978 on the Neva. The equipment was a Mayak-202 tape recorder. In 1980, the live album "Mike and Aquarium" was released. He became the fruit of the joint performance of these musicians.
"Century Will End Soon" is a compilation album. It was published by Manchester Files as part of a project called the Russian Rock and Roll Archive. It included records made at the Bolshoi Puppet Theater of the city of Leningrad. They were published in 1996. In the specified theater, the Aquarium group recorded acoustic versions of their own songs. At the same time, the official position of Mike Naumenko was used.
The owner of the phonograms is I. Sverdlov. He was recording all compositions except the last. At that time, the Zoo team created their works in parallel with the Aquarium group. "Blue Album" is considered the first "natural" work. It was released in 1981. This album is called natural, since previous records in terms of composition were unstable and unstable.
"Triangle" - a plate that differs significantly from the previous ones. There are no reggae songs in the album. All texts relate to the style of absurdism. Many of them were written by Anatoly "George" Gunitsky. Next came out a concert album, "Electricity."
“Acoustics” is a collection-anthology of the “Aquarium” collective. Boris Grebenshchikov notes that the person who heard this album can be sure that he knows the group well. According to the author, the album is good, first of all, because everything sounds in it without special additional processing, exactly as it should, in the real way, as the musicians actually played.
"Arox and Shtor" - concert album. Recorded in the Lunacharsky Palace of Culture in Moscow in 1982. The concert is organized by the Rockwell Kent Club. Taboo is another "natural" album. Recorded in 1982. Work on the album took place in the studio of Andrei Tropillo. As a technique, a two-channel tape recorder Studer was used. It was taken into use from the company "Melody".
Radio Africa is a 14-song "natural" album, excluding bonuses. Aquarium Plus is a studio album released in 2013. It included both songs recorded at the same time, and songs created earlier, but not previously published.
"Salt" is Boris Grebenshchikov's studio solo album. It was released in 2014. The disc was recorded in studios in Los Angeles, London and St. Petersburg. Work on the creation of the collection began in the fall of 2013 and continued until 2014. Artemy Troitsky is a music critic who called this album one of the best in the work of the group.
Now you know more about the work of the Aquarium group. The discography of the collective contains much more work, but we settled on the main albums.