The end of the nineties of the past century was marked for the Russian music platform by the emergence of a large number of new youth popular groups. Hi-Fi, Virus, Play, Demo and others filled the vastness of radio stations and sounded at all discos. Among them was the St. Petersburg duet "Guests from the Future" that appeared in 1998 and was founded by Yuri Usachev. Who is he - invisible on stage and dominant behind the scenes?
Yuri Usachev ("Guests from the Future"): biography
The musician was born on April 19, 1974 in the Northern capital of Russia. Usachev Yuri Alekseevich was imbued with music as a child. Catching up in music school, he mastered playing the piano, guitar, cello, drums and clarinet. In addition, Yura was a member of the choir (consisting only of boys) of the Leningrad House of Radio.
Parallel to hobby instrumental music Usachev is mastering computer electronic music and is even an active participant in the Jungle movement (St. Petersburg).
"Cast Iron Walker"
Usachev's musical career starts with the birth of the Cast Iron Walker project in 1995, where he, together with his friend Anton Dmitrenko, creates a modern sound of electronic music inspired by the experience of the Beastie Boys and The Prodigy. Supplemented by absurd lyrics, it turns out daring, but different from everyone else's material, and the disc recording brings the guys the first thousand dollars they earned in their life. The songs were quite unusual, it can be seen even from their names ("Shamil Basayev", "Alla Pugacheva is dead"). But due to the fact that in the nineties there was very little music (and especially this kind), the project is becoming popular. "Pig-Iron Skorokhod" plays in clubs and discos, the group's songs are heard on independent radio stations.
Other projects
In parallel with the main group, Usachev creates the Active-Positive project, and also becomes a songwriter and arranger of the popular group Otpetye Scammers.
In 1997, Yuri and St. Petersburg musician Yevgeny Arsentiev formed a club project “Total Break-Beat”, later collaborating with the group “Russian Size”.
The beginning of a long journey
1998 - year of creation new group... When a young man saw the performance of some rap group on the stage of a St. Petersburg nightclub, he was attracted by the low voice and sad gray eyes of the backing vocalist. After the concert, he invited her to create a joint project. The girl in the photo below is Eva Polna, and the guy is Yuri Usachev.
"Visitors from the future"
The duet of the sweet-voiced vocalist and musician stood out against the general background with lyrical songs dressed in dance form... She sang and wrote lyrics, and he played electronic instruments, and also wrote music for songs - nothing more. Such minimalism did not prevent the group from becoming popular.
The date of the creation of the collective is March 8, 1998, when they first performed on stage. In the same year, the guys shot a video for the song "Run from Me", and it became a kind of visiting card of the duet.
In one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine, the eponymous album "Guests" is released, which brings the first success. The audience and music publications were captivated by the combination of ambiguous lyrics, romantic-progressive sound and sexy voice of Eva Polna. The composition "Run From Me" was in the rotation of all radio stations and sounded from every music booth.
In the same year, "Guests from the future with the song" Dislike "perform at the final concert" Songs of the Year ".
Continued success
In the two thousandth year, the collective publishes the album "Winter in the Heart", the song of the same name from which, as well as the track "Games", conquer the tops of radio charts.
In December 2000, "Guests" were marked by the release of their third disc, "This is stronger than me. Part 1 ”, in which they used live instruments during recording. This disc becomes commercially successful. The hits "So courageous", "To break the souls of your window", "This is stronger than me", like hot cakes, scattered on the air of radio stations, receiving unctuous reviews from music critics. As for the fans of the duo, their army grew with each new song.
In the same period, the discs "Time is Sand" and "Through Hundreds of Years" were released, which included previously unreleased songs of the duet. "Time is Sand" sounds in the styles of ace-jazz, drum and bass, and in the songs of the second album you can guess ambitious and lounge performance (pop direction, combined with light rock and electronic music).
In 2001 "Guests from the Future released The Best collection and a new track" Love me in French "as a bonus.
At the peak of fame
The touring life of "Guests from the Future" now consists of a busy schedule of concerts in cities of Russia, the CIS and far abroad. The duet becomes a regular guest of the New Wave competition for young performers in Jurmala.
The musicians associate 2002 with the release of the new album "Eva". It differs from the previous ones in that it is entirely recorded on a computer without the use of instruments, with the exception of a guitar.
03/08/2003 "Guests from the Future" celebrated their 5th anniversary with a big festive concert at the "Yubileiny" Sports Center (St. Petersburg). A little later the next album “This is stronger than me. Part 2". In addition to new songs, it includes cover versions of the hits "You are somewhere" and "Metko".
In 2003 the duo received national award in the field of dance music "Movement", as well as a diploma from the magazine "Hit-Parade". In 2006, the first solo albums of the group called "More than Songs" took place in Moscow. A rich program with the participation of jazz musicians, a string quartet, dance numbers, video mixes from Yuri Usachev ensured full houses.
The record "More than Songs" was released in the summer of 2005, and its main hit - "The Best in You" - has been on television and radio for more than six months.
In total, "Guests from the Future" recorded eleven albums (2 of them are remixes) and 2 collections, released a dozen video clips. But after almost 10 years of joint work, Eva Polna and Yuri Usachev announced the breakup of the group. This decision was made on the initiative of Yuri, who became cramped and uninteresting within the framework of the project, which, however, did not prevent him from working as a sound producer and arranger for the group for some time.
Career after "Guests"
As a creative person, Yuri Usachev strives to develop comprehensively and is fond of the production business. In 2002, he was the general producer of one of the largest Russian recording companies, Gramophone Records. Working as a producer, Usachev strives to produce a high-quality musical product: highly professional, unique, but created according to the classical canons.
In 2006, Yuri Usachev makes another attempt to realize himself as an electronic musician and DJ and creates the Art-House group with the participation of DJ Tisha (Andrey Timoshenko) and AlexYlёch (Alexey Ulrich). The guys are working on creating music in the style of electro and progressive, and for good reason. The received material is highly appreciated by famous Russian and world DJs. The record company of Armin van Buuren (Armada Music) even came up with a proposal to release the music.
In the summer of 2009, Yuri Usachev (pictured above) composed the music for the next MTV-Russia film awards ceremony.
Today the musician tours as a DJ and plays both his own material and compositions of other authors. In addition, he has been successfully working as a sound producer with such performers as Alsou, Katya Lel, and the Vintage group.
My-Ti and Yuri Usachev
The musician's biography is marked by the tutelage of another project - My-Ti (2008), in which a girl with a unique voice - Tina Kuznetsova sings. Being a multiple laureate of song competitions, she successfully gathers admirers of high-quality electronic music at performances in Russian cities and the former Soviet Union... European clubs also include house compositions My-Ti in their programs.
In parallel, Tina works in the Zventa Sventana team, with which Yuri Usachev also actively cooperates. Another girl, Alena Romanova, is involved in the project, and his main idea is with the help of such different directions music, like jazz and Russian folklore, to show and convey to the listener the soul, aspirations and hopes of a modern person.
Family
Yuri Usachev, whose personal life has never been paraded, is still a family man. Contrary to rumors about his homosexuality (which the musician himself spread as a PR move), Yuri has a wife and children.
Wife - Kristina Kuznetsova - like her husband, studied music since childhood and graduated from the Gnesinsky Music College in pop-jazz vocals. She took part in the Russian show "The Voice", currently works in the projects My-Ti and Zventa Sventana. In two thousand and ten, the couple had a son, Gabriel. In addition, the musician has a thirteen-year-old daughter, Emilia.
Usachev, Yuri Alekseevich
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Steps to the futureWITH early childhood started making music. He studied at a music school and sang in the boys' choir of the Leningrad House of Radio. At the music school, he learned to play drums, clarinet, piano, cello and guitar. In addition to developing as an instrumentalist, Yuri begins to engage in computer electronic music, takes an active part in the St. Petersburg movement "Jungle". AchievementsIn the collection of the collective there are many awards, including: "Golden Gramophone", "Stopudovy Hit", "Bomb of the Year", "Movement". Constant rotation on television and radio, numerous tours, widespread attention of the press, top lines of various charts - all this is evidence that "Guests from the Future" were one of the most successful pop groups of the late 1990s - 2000s. in the post-Soviet space. Not just a guestThe future is coming todayWanting to realize himself as an electronic musician and DJ, Yuri Usachev creates a project "Art-House"... It includes the famous St. Petersburg DJ Andrey Timoshenko (dj Tisha) and Alexei Ulrikh (Alex Ylёch). Work begins with music of current styles of electro and progressive. The material was highly appreciated by leading Russian and world DJs. "Armada records" by Armin van Buuren showed their readiness to publish music.
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Yuri Usachev was born on April 19, 1974 in Leningrad (St. Petersburg, Russia). From early childhood he began to study music. He studied at a music school and sang in the boys' choir of the Leningrad House of Radio.
At the music school, he learned to play drums, clarinet, piano, cello and guitar. In addition to developing as an instrumentalist, Yuri began to study computer electronic music, took an active part in the St. Petersburg Jungle movement.
Carier start
In 1995, together with Anton Newmark, he created the electronic project The Pig-Iron Runner. In the same year, he created the Active-Positive team. Yuri acted as a composer for the pop group Otpetye Scammers, for them he made arrangements and remixes.
In 1997, Yuri and St. Petersburg musician Yevgeny Arsentiev created the Total Break-beat club project. In addition, Usachev worked with the Russian size.
Finest hour
In 1997, Yuri Usachev, together with Yevgeny Arsentiev, created a group called Guests from the Future. The first song of the group was Time sand... However, such music was not understood by a wide Russian audience. The group changed its creative direction and in 1998 Evgeny Arsentiev separated from the group. In 1999 the disc was released Run away from me.
In 1999 the group "Guests from the Future" moved to Moscow. The collective toured numerous cities of the CIS on tour. The group also frequently visited Europe and the United States.
The Gosti from the Future group has released 7 full-length albums and 4 remix albums. 15 video clips were released, four of them Yuri Usachev directed himself.
In 2002, Yuri Usachev became the general producer of the Gramophone records record company.
Wishing to realize himself as an electronic musician and DJ, Yuri Usachev created the Art-House project in 2006. It included the St. Petersburg DJs Andrey Timoshenko (dj Tisha) and Ulrich (Alex Ylёch).
In 2008, Yuri Usachev created another project. My-Ti is a singer Tina Kuznetsova with unique voice data. She is a multiple laureate of vocal competitions. Her performances were regularly held in the cities of Russia and the CIS, gathering high-class electronic music lovers. House compositions of the project were played in European clubs.
In the same year, Yuri Usachev wrote the music for the upcoming MTV-Russia Film Awards ceremony.
In the spring of 2009, Yuri Usachev stopped performing as a musician for the "Guests from the Future" group, nevertheless, he remained the band's arranger and sound producer.
Popular Russian performers constantly turn to Yuri Usachev with a request to make a remix or an arrangement of their song. He successfully collaborates as a sound producer with the stars of Russian show business Alsou,. One of last works song Eve group vintage.
Personal life
In the late 90s, Yuri announced his homosexual orientation. He later admitted that it was just a PR stunt. Yuri Usachev became a father on September 24, 2010. His wife Khristina Kuznetsova gave birth to a son to the musician.
Awards
- Golden gramophone (with Guests from the future)
- Stopudovy hit (as part of Guests from the future)
- Bomb of the Year (with Guests from the Future)
- Movement (consisting of Guests from the future)
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Career outside the group
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Yuri Usachev: “I believe that there is a club culture in Russia, and it is on the rise! There are some good interesting records written by Russians. They are often played by world giants - is this not an indicator of development? At the same time, I would like to say that the club culture of the regions of Russia is sometimes higher than that of the capital! And that's great! "
Awards and achievements
As part of the "Guests from the Future" group, he won several awards, including: "Golden Gramophone", "Stopud Hit", "Bomb of the Year", "Movement".
Personal life
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- Yuri Usachev became a father on September 24, 2010. His wife Tina Kuznetsova gave birth to a son to the musician.
He also has a daughter, Emilia, who was born on March 5, 2003. She lived in England and then returned to Russia. Now she is 13 years old, she is in 8th grade and in the future she plans to follow in her father's footsteps.
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- So, what - you will just calmly observe how the best are destroyed?! .. But this is also your world, Sever! How can you just leave him to perish? The easiest thing is to pick up and leave. Or just WAIT. But won't you be haunted by such a betrayal for the rest of your long life? This is scary. The world will never be the same if we don't help it now! Please help me Sever ...I was ready to kneel if it could help anything. But, I saw that nothing would change from this ... These people lived in their own Truth, very isolated and alien. I could not understand how they were not ashamed to remain on the sidelines, when the best and most talented children of the earth burned in thousands, cursing their gift and dying in terrible agony ... My hands dropped - I could not fight alone. He was right - I didn't have enough strength.
- How can you accept this, Sever! .. How can we allow the "black" to seize our beautiful Earth? .. Do not your Great Teachers see what is happening? After all, how can you believe in something bright, Sever?! ..
- The earth will suffer for a very long time and will suffer terribly, Isidora ... Until it comes to the very edge of destruction. And only the best will always die for it. And then the time of choice will come ... And only people themselves will be able to decide whether they have enough strength to withstand. We will only show the way.
- Are you sure what will happen, to whom to indicate, Sever? Perhaps those who remain will no longer care ...
- Oh no, Isidora! Man is extraordinarily strong in his survival. You can't even imagine how strong he is! AND real man never gives up ... Even if he is alone. It has always been that way. And it will always be that way. The power of Love and the power of Struggle are very strong on Earth, even if people do not yet understand this. And there will always be someone who will lead the rest. The main thing is that this Leader does not turn out to be "black" ... From his very birth, a person is looking for a goal. And it depends only on him whether he finds it himself or turns out to be the one to whom this goal will be given. People must learn to think, Isidora. In the meantime, unfortunately, many are satisfied with what others think for them. And as long as this continues, the Earth will still lose its best sons and daughters, who will pay for the ignorance of all the "led". That is why I will not help you, Isidora. And none of us will. The time has not yet come for everything to be at stake. If we die now, fighting for a handful of Enlightened Ones, even if it’s time for them to KNOW, then after that, there will be no one else to “know” ... I see, I didn’t convince you, ”a slight smile touched Sever's lips. - Yes, you wouldn't be yourself if you had convinced ... But I ask you only one thing - go away, Isidora! This is not your time, and this is not your world!
I felt wildly sad ... I realized that I had lost here too. Now everything depended only on my conscience - whether I agreed to leave, or whether I would fight, knowing that there was no hope of victory ...
- Well, Sever, I will stay ... Even if I am not as wise as you and your Great ancestors ... but I think if they really were such "Great" - you would help us, and they would forgive you. Well, if not, then perhaps they are not so “great”! ..
Bitterness spoke through my lips, not allowing me to think soberly ... I could not admit the thought that there was no one to wait for help ... Well, right here there were people who were able to help, just stretching out their hand. But they didn't want to. They "defended themselves" with lofty goals, refusing to interfere ... They were WISE ... Well, I was just listening to my heart. I wanted to save my loved ones, I wanted to help others not to lose people dear to them. I wanted to destroy the Evil ... Perhaps, in the “wise” sense, I was just a “child”. Perhaps - not mature enough. But even if I had lived for a thousand years, I would never have been able to watch calmly as an innocent, beautiful person dies from someone's brutal hand! ..
- Do you want to see the real Meteora, Isidora? Most likely, you will never have such an opportunity again, ”Sever said sadly.
- May I ask what the word - meteora means?
- Oh, that was a long time ago, when he was named ... Now it doesn't matter anymore. And once it sounded a little different. This meant - WE-TE-U-RA, which meant - close to the light and knowledge, keeping them and living by them. But then too many "ignorant" people began to look for us. And the name has changed. Many did not hear its sound, and many did not care at all. They did not understand that even stepping here, they were already in contact with FAITH. That she met them already at the very doorstep, starting with the name and understanding it ... I know, this is not your speech, and you probably find it difficult to understand it, Isidora. Although your name is also one of those ... It is significant.
- You have forgotten that language is not important to me, Sever. I can feel and see him - I smiled.
- Forgive me, knowing ... I forgot who you are. Do you wish to see what is given only to those who know, Isidora? You will not have another opportunity, you will not come back here again.
I just nodded, trying to keep the angry, bitter tears ready to pour down my cheeks. The hope to be with them, to receive their strong, friendly support was dying, not even having time to wake up properly. I was left alone. Never having learned something very important for me ... And almost defenseless, against a strong and scary person, with a formidable name - Karaffa ...
But the decision was made, and I was not going to retreat. Otherwise, what was our Life worth if we had to live betraying ourselves? Suddenly, I completely calmed down - everything finally fell into place, there was nothing more to hope for. I could only count on myself. And it was from this that it was worth starting. And what will be the end - I forced myself not to think about it anymore.
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Usachev Yuri Vladimirovich (1957-)
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Cosmonaut of Russia:№77;
Cosmonaut of the world:№305;
Number of flights: 4;
Spacewalks: 7;
Duration: 552 days 23 hours 3 minutes 64 seconds;
Yuri Usachev- 77th Russian cosmonaut and Hero of Russia: biography, photo, personal life, space, first flight, flight engineer at Mir station, Soyuz, ISS commander.
77 cosmonaut of Russia and 305 cosmonaut of the world.
Yuri Vladimirovich Usachev, the future pilot-cosmonaut, was born on October 9, 1957. Five minutes earlier, his twin sister Natalya was born. The Usachevs' eldest son, Gennady, was growing up. The family lived in Donetsk, a small town in the Rostov region, and did not stand out in any way. Parents were engaged in working professions. Yuri's father, Vladimir Andreevich, was an electrical fitter and worked at the mine. Mom - Usacheva Anna Grigorievna worked as a technician at a factory.
10 classes high school Yuri graduated in 1975. After receiving his education, he got a job and continued to study. Before being drafted into the army, the young man manages to work at a local factory (works as a turner apprentice), enroll in DOSAAF courses and obtain a 3rd class driver's license. In 1976, Usachev was taken to serve. He undergoes military training abroad - in Germany, in the ranks of the chemical defense troops.
After completing the service and returning home, Yuri decides to link his life with space aviation. He submits documents to the Moscow Aviation Institute (Moscow Aviation Institute), finishes preparatory courses, and in 1979 becomes a student at the Moscow university. In 1985, Usachev left the walls of the institution as a certified specialist after almost 6 years of study at the Faculty of Cosmonautics and Aircraft. Combining two things, Yuri studies and works as a laboratory assistant at the institute, during the practice period he serves as a sailor for a couple of months.
After graduating from MAI, Usachev changes his job. He gets a job as an engineer in a department of the Scientific and Production Association "Energia". This enterprise was the first in the development of space technology, the history of space aviation was written here. Mechanical engineer Yuri Usachev worked in the association for three years. Among other projects, he worked on the Energia carrier rocket, dealt with the technical issues of spacewalk. Time will show that this knowledge will become irreplaceable for him.
As the astronaut himself will later tell, the dream to touch the mysteries of the Universe originated in childhood. And boys in the era of the development of astronautics could not dream of something else. Launching toy spaceships in the courtyards, many of them wanted to be in an elite squad of pioneers.
After three years in science, Yuri Vladimirovich Usachev takes a step towards practice. He submits documents for admission to the cosmonaut corps. He had to pass an interview and many tests. And most importantly - the strictest medical board. After all, the astronaut was supposed to be in perfect health. All these "tests" Yuri passed. The medical board recognized him as suitable and allowed him to undergo special training. Young man enrolled in the space squad, and he received the post of candidate test cosmonaut.
From that moment to the first start, it took about five years. For a long time, Usachev remained on the sidelines and trained as a flight engineer for the second crew. This concerned the 13th and 14th major expeditions. Lucky on the 15th. Yuri Usachev began his preparations for the EO-15 as part of the first crew in August 1993. And the first flight went on January 8, 1994. On that day, 3 people boarded the spacecraft. The crew commander Viktor Afanasyev, cosmonaut-researcher Valery Polyakov, and Yuri Vladimirovich Usachev himself, a flight engineer with the call sign "Derbent-2". Thus, he became the 77th cosmonaut of Russia and the 305th cosmonaut of the World. The first flight for Yuri lasted 182 days. For him he received the title of Hero Russian Federation and the qualification "Test cosmonaut of the 3rd class".
Usachev succeeds in getting closer to the stars again two years later - in 1996. This time it will start with Yuri Onufrienko, the crew commander, and Shannon Lucid, the # 2 flight engineer. The "highlight" of the second flight was the spacewalk for the cosmonaut. And not alone. During his 193 days in orbit, Usachev went outside the spacecraft 6 times. As he would later say in many interviews, the first exit into an airless space was the most surprising and memorable for him.
Usachev did his next flight not as a flight engineer, but as a flight specialist. The third entry into orbit was short-lived for the astronaut. Only 9 days and 20 hours (from May 19 to May 29, 2000). This time he was in command with the American astronauts and flew on the Atlantis shuttle.
The fourth and final expedition took place a year later, in 2001. It was the second longest for Usachev. He stayed in space for 167 days. The astronaut went into space as the commander of the second expedition to the International Space Station. Having departed from Earth on March 8, the "traveler" returned almost six months later - on August 22. During this time, he once left the spaceship - went into space to prepare a docking site for the Russian space shuttle. But this exit was the shortest - only 19 minutes.
If you count the time that Yuri Usachev spent in four of his space odyssey, you get an impressive period. One and a half years or 553 days. In airless space, he was more than 30 hours, on account of his 7 spacewalks.
The fourth flight was the final one for Usachev. After a while, the pilot decides to leave his post as instructor-test cosmonaut. Now he is not an active astronaut, but continues to work in the space industry. Since 2007, Yuri Usachev has been a mentor to the younger generation and commander of the cosmonaut corps of the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation.
Yuri Vladimirovich is fond of photography and writes books. So far, there are two of them. He wrote one for adults. It is called "The Cosmonaut's Diary" and was published in 2004. The second work was published 10 years later - in 2014. The book "One Day in Space" is addressed to the children of the younger school age... In it, the writer shares some cosmic secrets. Describes how life is arranged on a ship. How to sleep and eat in zero gravity, is it easy to get a haircut and brush your teeth.
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