The Karmen group was one of the most popular Soviet, Russian musical groups in the early and mid-nineties. She became a cult trend in music and dance of that time. The group was created in 1989 by Sergey Lemokh and Bogdan Titomir. But a year later the team broke up. Titomir went into solo work. However, the musical project did not cease to exist. The soloist of the Carmen group and songwriter Lemoh continued his creative activity.
Start
Sergey was born on May 14, 1965 in the city of Serpukhov. The future stage idol studied at the Moscow Cooperative Institute and graduated in 1988 with a degree in merchandising. But he also has a musical education: 7 classes of a school and 4 years of a jazz studio. The future soloist of the Carmen band began his career in show business in 1981. He played
keyboards and sang in restaurants, worked as a DJ. A little later, he joined the musicians, first to Dmitry Malikov, and then to Vladimir Maltsev, for whom he wrote the song "Paris, Paris." Subsequently, it was with this composition that the history of the Karmen group began.
Nineties
The first album of the project turned out to be unusual: the songs told about different countries and cities. The name of the disc was given the appropriate - "Around the World." The next album - “Kar-Mania” - was released without the participation of Bogdan Titomir.
Since 1991, the climax of the project’s popularity began. The Karmen group won first places in various contests and won the Ovation Award. In the same year, Sergey Lemokh wrote several songs for Natalia Gulkina, which gained great popularity.
The third album "Carmen" was a collection of the best songs, consisting of remixes on old themes and several new compositions. In 1993, the group toured extensively throughout Russia. The soloist "Carmen" starred in several commercials, took part in the television game "Marathon-15", and also made the soundtrack to the domestic animated film "Captain Pronin."
The following year, the group released two discs at once: Russian Massive Sound Aggression and Live .... It is noteworthy that all the songs for them were written by Lemoh himself, and most of them occupied the top lines in the music charts. After that, the group experienced a creative lull.
The next album was released only in 1996. It consisted mainly of slow songs and was called "Your sexy little thing." In the same year, the group went on tour to Germany and the USA, and also took part in international festivals.
In 1997, the group performed on the television show “Surprise from Pugacheva”, presenting a remix of her composition “Robinson”. Also, this period of time is notable for the release of Lemokh's solo album - Polaris.
Then the group released an album with disco music - "King of the disc." And in 1999, an album was released containing remixes of the first hits, “Back to the Future”.
Two thousandth
In 2001, the group celebrated its 10th anniversary by going on tour in Russia and Germany, which lasted a whole year.
The project continues to live, new songs are played and concerts are held in night clubs. The soloist of the Carmen group keeps up to date, he releases fresh and fashionable material. Of course, there is no such popularity as before, but the audience is happy to meet him at concerts that take place several times a month.
In 2014, several hits of the group became soundtracks for the popular series “Fizruk”. Currently, Lemoh is involved in a new project. The young rock band SidHouse invited him to release a joint album.
Personal life
The soloist of the Carmen group was married twice. The first marriage ended in divorce. The fame that came to the artist, divided the spouses. But Lemokh and ex-wife Natalya maintained friendly relations. They have two children: Alice and Lyudmila. The musician is unable to pay due attention to his daughters due to the busy work schedule. Sergey’s second wife, Ekaterina, is a member of the Karmen group.