Laskovyi Mai
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Background information | |
Also known as | Laskovyi Mai |
Origin | USSR |
Genres | Pop, rock, disco |
Years active | 1986–1992 2009–present |
Members | Andrei Razin Sergey Serkov Andrei Kucherov Sergei Lenyuk |
Past members | Sergei Kuznetsov Yuri Shatunov Vladimir Shurochkin |
Laskovyi Mai (may be spelled also as 'Laskovyy May', 'Laskovy May', 'Laskovy Mai', 'Laskoviy May'; Russian: Ласковый май) was a Soviet boy band from Moscow founded by Russian songwriter, composer and musician Sergei Kuznetsov. The group's best-known member was Yuri Shatunov, who has subsequently gone on to some solo success. The group disbanded in 1992. Laskovyi Mai once had been called "the legends of the 80–90s".[1]
The band has made a comeback since 2009 as a new Russian band under some changed membership of Andrei Razin, Sergey Serkov, Andrei Kucherov, and Sergei Lenyuk.
Career[]
Laskovyi Mai was formed in the middle of the 1980s when Sergei Kuznetsov decided to create a group of musicians with orphan children from an orphanage in Orenburg.[2] The group's first album became legendary in the history of the Soviet pop.[citation needed] The style of the group is a mix of Western disco pop music made on the synthesizer with plain lyrics and sung with a jazzy voice. The group Vesyolye Rebyata was a big rival, with their hit "Rozovye Rozy" (Pink Roses) being nearly as popular as Laskoviy May's "Belye Rozy" (White Roses).
Members[]
(Russian names in parenthesis)
1986–1992 period[]
- Vocalists
- Yuri Shatunov (Юрий Шатунов)
- Andrei Razin (Андрей Разин)
- Andrey Gurov (Андрей Гуров)
- Anton Tokarev (Антон Токарев)
- Viktor Kulikov (Виктор Куликов)
- Vlada Moscovskaya (Влада Московская) (died 2006)
- Oleg Krestovsky (Олег Крестовский)
- Konstantin Pakhomov (Константин Пахомов)
- Vladimir Shurochkin (Владимир Шурочкин)
- Rafael Isangulov (Рафаэль Исангулов) – also keyboardist
- Yuri Barabash (Юрий Барабаш) (died 1996)
- Yuri Gurov (Юрий Гуров) (died 2012)
- Key staff
- Sergei Kuznetsov (Сергей Кузнецов) — founder, lyricist, composer, arranger, keyboardist
- Vladimir Boyko (Владимир Бойко) – musical director, composer
- Alla Goltseva (Алла Гольцева) – lyricist (for Razin, Shatunov, Krestovskiy and other soloists)
- Rashid Dayrabaev (Рашид Дайрабаев) – band's first director (died 2013)
- Arkady Kudryashov (Аркадий Кудряшов) – band administrator
- Anatoly Meshaev (Анатолий Мешаев) composer, arranger
- Natalia Grozovskii (Наталья Грозовская) – vocal group "Белые розы" "Belye Rozi" (meaning "White Roses") – after a famous song by the band
- Eugene Zakulaev (Евгений Закулаев) – deputy general director of the orphanage
- Musicians
- Igor Anisimov (Игорь Анисимов) – main keyboardist of the first band (1986–1991)
- Alexei Burda (Алексей Бурда) – keyboards
- Alexander Priko (Александр Прико) – keyboards (died 2020)
- Evgeny Bychkov (Евгений Бычков) – keyboards
- Sergei Kulagin (Сергей Кулагин) – keyboards
- Arvid Yurgaytis (Арвид Юргайтис) – keyboards (died 2004)
- Mikhail Sukhomlinov (Михаил Сухомлинов) – keyboards (died 1993)
- Vyacheslav Ponomarev (Вячеслав Пономарёв) – bass guitar
- Igor Safiullin (Игорь Сафиуллин) – saxophone
- Igor Igoshin (Игорь Игошин) – drums, percussion engineer (died 1992)
- Sergei Lenyuk (Сергей Ленюк)- drums
- Technicians
- Oleg Andreev (Олег Андреев) – sound engineer
- Alexander Egunov (Александр Егунов) – sound engineer
- Vladimir Hozyaenko (Владимир Хозяенко) – sound engineer
- Pavel Tomov (Павел Томов) – sound engineer
2009 reformed band members[]
- Andrei Razin (Андрей Разин)
- Sergei Serkov (Сергей Серков)
- Andrei Kucherov (Андрей Кучеров)
- Sergei Lenyuk (Сергей Ленюк)
Feature film[]
In 2009, Russian film director Vladimir Vinogradov released his film titled Laskovyi Mai, a biographical drama film about this band's career.
- Cast
(in alphabetical order)
- Vyacheslav Manucharov as Andrei Razin
- Vasiliy Belokopytov as Nach. Okhrany
- Dmitriy Blokhin as Chairman of the Kolkhoz
- Danila Chvanov
- Ekaterina Fedulova as Lilya
- Raisa Konyukhova as Mariya Gorbacheva
- Maksim Kostromykin as Maksim
- Maksim Litovchenko as Sergei Kuznetsov
- Viktoriya Matveyeva as Mother of Viti
- Aleksandr Nekhoroshikh
- Marina Oryol as Katenka
- Sergei Romanovich
- Raisa Ryazanova as Direktrisa Detdoma
- Petr Skvortsov as Kolya
- Nikita Slepchenkov
- Vladimir Steklov
- Inga Strelkova-Oboldina
- Viktor Verzhbitsky
- Lyudmila Zajtseva as Grandmother Andrei Razin
References[]
- ^ Turdaliyeva, Muhayyo. "Takhir Sadikov and Yuri Shatunov: About the '90s (in Russian)". Ziyo Net. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
- ^ ""Ласковый Май" попал в кадр". Mk.ru. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
External links[]
- IMDb.com: Laskoviy Mai film page
- Laskovyi Mai discography at Discogs
- Soviet pop music groups
- Musical groups established in 1986
- 1986 establishments in the Soviet Union
- Russian boy bands