Antokha ms personal life. “I presented people with something new and interesting” - interview with Antokha MS
Photo: Gosha Rubchinsky
For twenty-five years now, through the only window in Anton Kuznetsov’s room, tens of thousands of people have been looking at him, firmly stuck, like him, in the cubes of endless high-rise buildings in Moscow’s Zyablikovo district. But on the day I met him, the view behind the glass inspired something like hope: the clouds with their absence, the trees with their yellowness, the houses with their perfect rectangle. The typical landscape of mass housing puts Anton in a creative mood, although recently he had questions directly about the window itself - it, according to him, gets dirty and deteriorates in every possible way, and the most annoying thing is that it blows from it. However, Anton planned an upgrade. The foam rubber bought in the supermarket in the morning lies cut into thin orange strips, which will soon swell in the cracks of the fittings. Apartment renovations! Anton speaks about them willingly and without hesitation, as he does about any “business” - be it carpentry, skateboarding or the unification of humanity in a single productive impulse. What doesn't he consider "business"? Everything that, in his opinion, is unconstructive, negative and devoid of a bright goal. My questions, for example.
“Why don’t you like computers?” - I asked at our first meeting, leaning back in an aquamarine chair on wheels, assembled by Anton from the wreckage of old furniture. An old massive monitor, mysteriously nailed to a rough wooden board, looked at me with pity from the corner of the room. “On this occasion I would like to say the following. Have you ever met people who would come to visit you and say: “Hey, meet me, this is my favorite computer, Kesha?” - Anton said, betraying slight impatience with a sharp turn of his body.
Strictly speaking, yes, I had to.
It would be better to ask if I want to destroy all computers and phones on Earth. That would be interesting.
Do you want?
Anton fell silent, and I fidgeted, wondering how stupid my questions were. Before entering into a dialogue with him, it is important to know one detail - sometimes he pretends that you did not tell him anything. Is it irritation, shocking or absent-mindedness? Unknown. But at such moments, he serenely turns to the side, and you carefully examine his sunken cheeks, the partition of his triangular mustache, his slightly sly smile, and his simply cut brown hair. Then suddenly Anton will look at you with blue eyes with small perpendicular wrinkles in the corners and say something completely unrelated to the topic under discussion. Let's say he suggests doing gymnastics together. After all, charging is business.
But Anton's main business is music.
Antokha MS, dressed in blue construction clothing, deftly jumps onto a tiny table standing on the stage of “Chinese Pilot Zhao Da”. This is our second meeting with him, and it is taking place in a one-way mode - this is clearly more convenient for him. Under the cozy hip-hop rhythm, Antokha MC is enveloped by a motley crowd: a young artist from Los Angeles, a desperate fan from St. Petersburg who does not lower her video camera, a teenage androgyne with long eyelashes from Moscow, an overgrown teenager from Vidnoye. When Anton begins to dance, the limbs that are shackled in ordinary life acquire a strange freedom, turning into a gutta-percha cloud of gestures, from which sneakers and hands periodically fly out in different directions.
Photo: Gosha Rubchinsky
From the darkness of the hall, his girlfriend Marianna looks at Anton with gray eyes: blond hair barely covers her shoulders, on her broad face a complex set of emotional ingredients - warmth, irony, fatigue. “On stage he is freer than in life. In general, she never gets nervous before a performance,” she says. If you count the breaks, Marianna has been dating Anton for four years, actually from the beginning of his musical career, when he still performed in small Arbat clubs along with other Russian rappers and hung out with graffiti artists. Anton is also reluctant to discuss joint songs and friends from those times. No point, nonsense.
Today's concert by Antokha MC is more reminiscent of Christian gospel. “Higher, higher, raise your hands up!” With music, with music, you get a smile on your face, look how beautiful this world is,” he sings to different arrangements, in different ways. In his hands, a trumpet is his distinctive sign and his best musical companion. Sometimes he goes into the hall to dance with people to the beat, where he forgets himself so much that the promoter has to catch him: “You have two more songs.” Like a good stand-up comedian, he interacts with the audience and even brings fans on stage to dance with him. This is a carefully choreographed performance, not just a presentation of songs. A show that brilliantly plays on emotions, no worse than business trainings and speeches by Scientologists.
Good luck if you want to put the music of Antokha MC in a modern Russian or foreign musical context. He does not hide his love for Micah, but otherwise seems completely autonomous.
What modern music do you like?
From modern... We have a guitarist in the area, Semyon. He's a good musician.
An intricate smile seems to hide a trick. His concert is not only dancing on a stool, a trumpet and simple life-affirming truths. It's a funky sound, like the band Jungle, it's a dark, booming bass, like the latest Jamie xx album. But Antokha creates a hermetic world, where the source of the main knowledge is only he. And like any good preacher, he has his drama.
All his life Anton has lived in a ten-meter room in a large apartment. He has six brothers and sisters, but he tries to appear rarely in the common space: in his own room he not only sleeps, but also cooks, washes, and dries clothes. The cramped walls of the cell are meticulously hung with instruments: a green drill, two pipes, a yellow screwdriver, a synthesizer, a chisel, a black accordion, a file, a balalaika. All the books in the bookcase are turned upside down, hiding their titles from readers, so that, in Anton’s words, “they force you to pick them up.” The piano simultaneously plays the role of a ladder leading to a makeshift two-story bed, a cutting board for food, and a stand for a thick samovar. Everything here is subject to unusual instructions and a detailed schedule, which Anton carefully writes down on sheets of paper pinned to a citrus-colored stationery tablet. The main symbol of his isolationism is a white Styrofoam container for carrying perishable food into a communal refrigerator.
Anton prefers not to talk about relationships with loved ones. According to Marianna - it seems, Anton's only truly close person - his relatives do not approve of his professional choice. The last time Anton’s mother, Nadezhda Viktorovna, was at his concert was about a year ago. She was going to come to the last one to evaluate her son’s “progress,” but as a result she never showed up.
Nadezhda Viktorovna, like any mother, probably wanted her son to not drop out of the second year of the medical lyceum and receive a diploma. But Anton does not do what others want, since others do not always know what “business” is. Maybe that’s why after the release of the optimistic album “With all my heart,” Anton fell silent for three years. It was necessary to figure it out, structure the love and interest of the listeners, write everything down on a citrus tablet. The album “Everything Will Pass,” which appeared last spring, although it brings good things, like the first record, but with the recognition that life is still not at all easy.
Photo: Gosha Rubchinsky
A few days after the concert, Anton suggests taking a walk around the area. Before leaving, he puts candy and other treats in his pocket, from which he then feeds his interlocutor. Munching on tiny fish-shaped crackers, I continue to ask questions. About the matter so about the matter: “Why do you like workwear so much?” Anton replies absentmindedly: “She’s simple. It has many pockets. This sets you up for productivity and order. I think it would be great if everyone wore overalls.”
Then everyone will look the same, no? Isn't it cool to express yourself through clothes? Wear bright scarves and hats? Be eccentric?
We need to conduct an experiment, let everyone walk around a little in the same clothes, and then see. Then it will become clear. It is not yet very clear how all this eccentricity helped us.
Again awkwardness. How can a technophobe who plays a trumpet and calls the neighborhood around his home criticize otherness in 2015? Anton’s “locality” consists of an old school, a shabby football box, a park with ducks, a library and a bank where he regularly exchanges rubles for dollars. The main attraction is the monument to the Tatar poet Musa Jalil.
A spark is knocked out from the marble wheels laid out around the monument. Radically changing direction, Anton's skateboard uses a chainsaw to rip up the area diagonally. There is a slight suspicion in the eyes of a couple of teenagers, the owners of the board, who borrowed it for a few minutes. But, just like on stage during a concert, Anton’s joints are free from everyday rust. A few months ago, the aesthetics of his skating were not appreciated by a group of tipsy men. “They didn’t like him skating next to the monument. A conflict ensued, they threw his skateboard over the parapet,” recalls Marianna. When I ask Anton to tell me more about this incident, he gets angry for the first time since we met: “I won’t comment. This is a bad story. A good story should be unifying, about a cause. And you came to me and didn’t talk about the matter. Therefore, there is no understanding between us. We are not on the same wavelength and are not boiling in the same direction.”
What's the matter, Anton?
Give branches, grow fruits. It is necessary to formulate goals - noble, practical, accessible, desirable, possible. You need to live by the idea. Give an idea. But the idea is simple. If you jump, do not jump above your head, but clearly. If you jump, do not disturb your neighbor. If you jump, you generate energy and add energy to your neighbor. If you jump, do so together with your neighbor. If a neighbor steps on your head while jumping, then learn to gain benefits from this.
The track “Music” will probably tell you more about Antokh MC than any interview
Anton squinted past me, thinking about something important. “I’m tired,” and got up from the bench. “I want to go hang on the horizontal bar, if you don’t mind.” A fence from high-rise buildings of the I-700A series prevented the setting sun from fully illuminating the playground. A preacher from the hip-hop of residential areas swung like a pendulum on a shabby crossbar, gradually decreasing the amplitude, like a minute hand falling off a clock mechanism. Left-right, left-right, left-right, left-right, left-right. Finally, having lost to gravity, he jumped to the ground. "Try. It helps,” he said.
Antokha MS (28) is one of the most recognizable and unusual (in every sense of the word) performers in the country. He has six brothers and sisters, and they all play musical instruments: some play trombone, some play cello, and he plays trumpet. He performs with this trumpet - he sings and accompanies himself. “This is my golden key, club and sword,” he once said in an interview with Furfur. Yes, he even communicates in some kind of his own language and speaks about everything in this world with great love - about the pipe, about his wife. That's why we didn't change a word - we asked Anton 11 questions and received 11 very nice answers. And they wrote them down.
Suit, Eleventy; T-shirt and sneakers, Brunello Cuccinelli
The brothers and sisters are all adults now. They live with their own families, carry on the work rhythm, and run their households in different corners of each other, far from each other. We lived happily, side by side, and talked. The family loved to sit in the kitchen in the evenings over a large frying pan of roasted seeds and an endless series of discussions - what, where, when?
About the “musical” apartment
We had a small four-room apartment, organized according to the most primitive forms of life. Piano, chipboard cabinets, sofa in the living room, in which the main attraction is the stereo system. The neighbors did not react to the music, we followed the rules.
Suit, Boss; shirt, Strellson; watch, Fossil; shoes, Fratelli Rossetti, No One
I studied at the Chemistry and Biology Lyceum, which had a medical direction, which I ultimately did not pursue due to my low disposition to knowledge in this qualification.
About the creative pseudonym
I wrote down all the possible options and thought over the most suitable ones. What stuck, I kept.
Who gave you a chance in your career?
Music school, reporting exams. Misha the “cabinet maker” (member of the “Mahogany” group. – Prim. ed.) warming up before concerts. Eduard Shum (producer - Prim. edit.) with their experience and attitude towards music.
About your favorite music
In music I love light motives. I love real, strong performers. My favorite songs are inventive, interesting, and to the point. Favorite performers – classics of past years.
About concerts
The last concert I went to was at Stadium Live. I would like to attend Vanessa Paradis' concert.
Jacket, Boss; shirt, Strellson
About musical experiments
I either carefully interact with some samples, or I don’t interact with them at all. In my opinion, it is necessary to respect the roots of your endeavor and maintain the intensity.
About fans
I take pictures with fans at concerts. In a public social environment - transport, streets, shops - I refuse requests so as not to disrupt the surrounding order of actions. I communicate if the situation and time allow.
He’s just starting his journey in the musical space, but this person definitely has a lot of thoughts, ideas, and most importantly, talent. And although the music portal Eatmusic rarely introduces its readers to domestic hip-hop and r’n’b performers, Antokha MC came to our attention. We don’t know how this artist will develop, but in his work Antokha MS has already managed to show new facets of those genres that in Russia for some reason are reduced to either the American model of presentation (when everything is very rich, beautiful and at the same time empty, in essence) , or acquire a too rough and simple style (from the content of the material to its presentation). Tactfully avoiding personal questions, Antokha MS, in his own manner, told us about his plans for the near future, the influence of certain substances and formations on his work, and also left a great wish to everyone around him.
EM: Hello, Anton! You have a style and sound that is quite atypical for Russian mass listeners. How did your musical vision develop?
: Society is the main designer of forms, models, goals and types - from small to large. The answer to the question is social order, structure.
: TV – defeat from the “ointment”. Non-cadre persons are citizens outside the official labor registration, both domestic and overseas education.
This is how Antokha MS feels the stage. Live performance of the track “This is Jazz”:
EM: Is it difficult to sing in Russian in a soul and r’n’b manner (for which, by the way, you have great respect)? After all, many vocalists face certain difficulties in mastering the melody of Russian and English?
: It’s easier to move where there is apparently a tunnel - in such a case, the compass is a blue screen for everyone. To speak Russian in Russian, you also need to know how to sing.
EM: Which Western artists inspire you? There is a clear influence of old school hip-hop in your music.
: School inspired me. Excellent grades, diaries and failures. “Old School Hip Hop” is one of the successors.
EM: Very soon, after the Moscow concert, you will go to Ukhta. An unexpected place to perform! How did you manage to organize a concert there?
: There are several components. First: the great desire of the assembled company of comrades to interest people - residents of the city of Ukhta - in their musical preference. Second: to acquire or transfer your piece of creative and cultural approval. The main guys are the signalmen - an asset of the city - those who are active and who want to implement ideas.
EM: Everyday question: what do you need to accomplish before the end of the year? Besides, to go to your concert.
: Have time to put things in order (in the house) in order to celebrate the New Year and, if so, perhaps support and revive anyone. And recharge yourself with what you have lived, glow with the present, and calmly lead the future.
EM: Wish something for Eatmusic readers and your listeners!
: My name is Anton Kuznetsov. I play the trumpet. I live in a 22-story apartment building. The apartment I live in has a window. The window consists of a wooden frame, a window sill (external and external), glass and fun. – connecting fittings. The window wears out, breaks, gets dirty, deteriorates. I wish you, no matter what happens, to be together in strength and in yourself.
One of the traditional Fridays of big and noisy Kyiv should be held in a special way. On September 30, we invite you to go to Atlas. After a couple of circles around the hall, having said hello to colleagues, friends, former classmates, you will find yourself in a crowd of like-minded people. A simple guy with a trumpet in his hands will appear on stage - Antokha MC. We decided to tell you first who Antokha MC is, giving 10 reasons why you should listen to him:
- Together since 8 years
In such a musical family, it was difficult not to join in the beauty: the brother plays the trombone, the older sister sings and commands the cello. Watching his talented relatives, Antokha himself decided to take up a musical instrument - the trumpet. Fortunately, this became not an infantile hobby, but the work of a lifetime.
- Shirt guy
Antokha prefers to go on stage in simple work clothes. This is another proof of its spontaneity and simplicity. He adheres to the same principles in the lyrics of his songs.
Antokha MS: who is he and why is it worth listening to?
- Courage in the hall
Often Antokha becomes immersed in musical excitement, goes down to the crowd and forgets himself so much that the promoter has to catch him. Look in the crowd during a concert!
- All clear
Antokha adheres to another important principle - to sing only in Russian. He believes that English-language texts are easier to perform. But when the listener hears and understands all the shades of the text - this is aerobatics.
Antokha MS: who is he and why is it worth listening to?
- All by myself
The musician is faithful to his own melodies and lyrics. He writes all the music himself, plays along with himself on the trumpet and raps over his own beats.
- Always download your skills
When the day passes and Antokha has not played the trumpet, he does not complain: “Oh, God! How upset I am, I miss her!” - No. He just says to himself: “Toha, you didn’t pump yourself up today, this is a joint.” You must always be on your toes, the musician believes.
- "Relatives"
Antokha’s new album “Kinfolk” blew up the Internet. It is dedicated to issues of family, health, society and work. These questions run through all the tracks as a running theme. Important things need to be heard.
Antokha MS: who is he and why is it worth listening to?
- Dance talent
His movements are as extraordinary as his lyrics. This is another way for an artist to express himself. Antokha’s arms and legs seem to dance separately from himself, but are always an integral part of the musical performance.
Antokha MS: who is he and why is it worth listening to?
- Sunsay and Ivan Dorn recommend
The Kiev public has already managed to check out the tracks of this cyber-Tsoi during the Atlas Weekend festival, and the video of the joint improvisation of the Russian musician and Andrei Zaporozhets (Sunsay) and Ivan Dorn, who joined him, simply blew up on social networks.
Given that fresh ideas and names are in constant short supply in Russian music (although things are getting better), even truly special and talented guys can remain unnoticed. This happened with the young Muscovite Anton Kuznetsov, who releases music under the name Antokh MS. Almost a year ago, his first album “With all my heart” was released, the title of which characterizes Antokha’s entire work better than any comparison. This is a sincere, frank and very kind antidepressant record, the kind that makes you shake your head on the escalator in the subway and helps you wake up and do push-ups even on the gloomiest morning.
Anton writes all the music himself, plays along with himself on the trumpet, writes lyrics in Russian, sings and reads over his own beats. His lyrics, imbued with the romance of the yard, evoke not a feeling of discomfort or sadness, but a smile, pride in a compatriot and nostalgia for the years spent in the yard: “I’m on the street at home on the box of the microdistrict.” Unlike domestic rappers, Antokha MC prefers to read about the pleasant, positive moments of life: as he himself sings in one of the tracks, “why sing about the fact that everything will be fine, everything is fine anyway.” At the same time, the Russian language begins to sound completely new, so that any arguments for the local tradition of singing in English are destroyed.
For several days, the FURFUR editorial team could work exclusively to the music of Antokha MC. During this time, we had so many questions that we immediately got in touch with him and invited him to our office. After taking a sip of aged pu-erh, Antokha spoke about himself, the Russian language and comparisons with Micah. It all ended with a trumpet solo performed in front of the amazed editors of The Village and the young Look At Me interns (video attached).
Tell me, when did you start making music?
Quite a long time ago, from childhood - at about eight years old - I began to play the trumpet. My whole family was musical - my brother played the trombone, my older sister sang and played the cello. I watched them and started playing myself.
Have you formed some kind of ensemble?
Unfortunately no. I don’t know whether the parents should have contributed to this or the children themselves, but our huge band, unfortunately, never got together. Now none of them are involved in musical activities anymore. No matter how you look at it, it’s difficult to pick up an instrument and start studying it. This is a separate science that is still not understood by a large number of people, even those who call themselves specialists.
Do you sample a lot or do you try to get better at it?
No, I avoid sampling, I mostly play it myself. Maybe I'm wrong, but a sample cannot convey the theme that you are observing, turn the melody of the soul into a real picture. The melody touches me more, I enjoy it.
Is there a character in your tracks or are you being sincere? There is, for example, this box from the song
(song of the same name from the first album. - Ed.)
?
The box, of course, exists. It happens, of course, when you observe a human picture and then present it. But, in principle, most of the songs were written purely by my own mental image and soul.
Were you born in Moscow?
Yeah.
Do you still live in the area where you grew up?
In general, yes, but lately I have come to the conclusion that it is necessary for a person not to have a home, but to always be in some kind of space. Perhaps from the point of view of our time it will look somewhat stupid, but it seems to me that you should be such a humane person that you can find a place for yourself anywhere. And to become such a person, you need to study. Here you see (points to the case with the pipe), in this box I have a golden key, my magic wand, my weapon and my baton. This tool should be fully responsible for me.
You released an album a year ago. Was there an exhaust?
Nope, it wasn't. Many people told me: “Tokha, it’s your jamb that you released a good record in itself, but it completely blew it,” - no big deal. I had some kind of goal, I wanted some kind of record, my own promotion - and now I have it. Unfortunately, we are currently out of disks and need to print new ones. There were five hundred pieces, and I gave them all away, just think. I would give it to you.
Discs?
Yeah. I won’t advertise the name of the person who helped me with this, but respect to him. I hope that one day I can also benefit him.
Do you have a favorite track from the first album?
That probably cannot be said. For me, all my tracks are a blast. Sometimes you’re sitting listening to the player, and then “The Box” or “Summer Reception” comes across, and you’re like: “Woah!” To be honest, sometimes I myself am surprised at what comes out of me.
How important is exhaust to you?
I'll tell you this: after recording the record, I was blown away. This is the case everywhere - you work on a record or a diploma, and in the end you have to give out all your powers perfectly. And I took it and said: “Woah, it’s gone!”, I treated it negligently. Now I'm writing a new record, and what worries me the most is working on the mistakes I made back then. I believe that this is the most important and coolest process in all of life.
Why do you think they sing in Russian so rarely in Russia?
Yes, it's difficult.
You play an instrument, write music in programs, write lyrics, and sing yourself. Which of these is most important?
What are you talking about, this is one whole thing! The voice is also an instrument that needs to be worked on, and while working on it (points to the pipe), I'm working on my voice, on my head, on my computer, on "Frutiloops" and "Ableton". Everything should be in the concept. Any activity should lead you to expand your field of vision. This is the most important guarantee, you know, the most thrill. Each person is given some kind of field of activity, no matter what - mathematics, chemistry, biology or music. And thanks to this parsley, this activity, a person expands his horizons. This is how I experience life and learn through music.
To write good texts, they say, you need to read a lot of literature. Do you read a lot?
I try as much as possible: because literature is super. But I read not only fiction, but also methodological and educational literature. Now I have a book with me in English, I’m trying to read it, there’s one on psychology, on memory development. And I believe that you need to be interested in everything.
And how do you actually write lyrics?
Some process in life just happens: it’s boiling or the weather is like this, and your body feels the mood, your soul feels it. And it’s cool that I have the opportunity to reproduce everything musically. But then you recorded the music and you think: “I need to say something.” And here you use either an instrument - a trumpet, which is one of the most important sound transmitters of thought - or a human word and try to somehow express it.
Who do you think is good at writing in our language?
To be honest, among Russian musical activities I am only interested in what is happening in hip-hop. And there is Russian stuff, which I like, the way it is presented, but, unfortunately, the idea that they convey to the person, to the listener, is so black that it’s not cool at all. Or there are no specifics. You listen to music and a specific mood - sadness, joy does not come. Everything is so, you know, indistinct, cloudy. It’s cool when you listen to music, and a person has put real thought into it. Yes, I can say respect to many of our performers, but, in principle, musical activity and culture in Russia have lost their flow.
Flow? Let's go into more detail. For example, what problem of our culture seems to you to be the main one now?
She has lost her value. She is not appreciated as much as she is important. I believe that culture is a reflection of the level of a country. And I can say that not a single contemporary musical figure of ours has influenced another country with any word or action. I could be wrong, but it seems to me that this is so. And hip-hop at this stage is acquiring the overtones of foreign performance, but we must strive to ensure that the Russian word, Russian sound production acquires its own form and voice. But at the same time, it must be universal in terms of hearing, so that other countries can hear and say: “Yo-mayo, it’s funny how the Russians dance there.” Culture depends heavily on what people sing about. I can't say that Russian songs of the current generation They invigorate me greatly or lift my spirits, or make me smile and enjoy life. But what is most important and beautiful in any activity is that it should promote movement. So you looked at Picasso’s painting and said: “Oh my, the guy is handsome, I need to chop something too.” I heard someone’s music and said: “Listen, this is cool, I also want to do something.” But to chop down some of your own movement. And at the same time, you must understand that all these are not easy things, and you must take them more seriously.
So this culture once existed?
Yes there was something - “Tree of Life”, Bad Balance. Now the equipment, music programs are all from abroad. I believe that we need to ensure that some Russian microphones and computers appear. I have heard the idea that foreign compressors and microphones are more aimed at the sonorous sounds of English, but it does not correspond to Russian at all. Even this has some kind of trick.
How the interview with Antokha MS ends: with the words “so that you have a good day, I had a good day and the whole next week was great,” Antokha took the trumpet and began to play.
But you yourself remembered Bad Balance. You probably know that Micah was in the early lineup. Of course, comparisons with him arise. Did he influence you at all?
Great question, I really want to answer it. Many people say that my voice is similar to him: “Antokha, you are Micah.” Cool, of course, I’m very happy about this, because their tandem then created a great collaboration and hit the people well. I used to listen to them a lot and respect both Micah and his voice. But there was no such thing that I listened five times to the moment at which Micah sings: yeah, here it is like this, and here like that. It just looks the same.
You recorded your first album when everything around was calm, but now everyone is discussing the protests. Do new songs come out with the same mood?
I can say that the new album will be just as full of mood as “With all my heart.” And there won’t be just one “wow, how cool everything is,” there will be both yin and yang. The main thing is that everything that happens to you leads to the best and good.
As for the new album, how fast is it going?
Listen, I strive for everything to be like this - I told you: “The new album will be released by such and such a period.” And so that it really comes to such a period, the staff wrote it down, and immediately the cook. And not so that you poke and poke, ask this, that, to help, to tell how, what to do. I can only say that the picture is already clear, and everything is already visible. The main thing is that people see some new level on the new album. That would be cool.
Have the tracks themselves already been written?
For the most part, yes. The musical and textual mood has already been formed, the focus on the tracks - which ones, how many - is already there. So I wish myself to make a record as soon as possible, but without rushing.
Are you going to some kind of rehearsal now?
Nope.
Why do you need a pipe with you then?
Well, I’m going to go visit you now and play, I thought that now I’ll come to you and play too. This is necessary so that time does not pass completely in vain. I cannot, of course, call our communication empty, but the first thing I do is play an instrument, and this is the most important point. When a day goes by and I haven't played the trumpet, I don't say, “Oh my God! I’m so upset, I miss him!” - No. I just tell myself: “Toha, you didn’t pump yourself up today, this is a joint.” Tone, you need to always be in good shape.
So you won't do anything unrelated to music or creativity?
Nevermind! On the contrary - a couple of months ago I worked as a waiter in a restaurant. Honestly, I had a blast. You need to engage in this kind of activity and that kind. Routine is cool, there is beauty in it. You have to juggle, push yourself as hard as possible. And these techniques that you acquired in a musical activity, for example, can be implemented in another. You took and laid out all these skills - take your time, analyze - and did a home renovation, and you got a good result. My goal is to act as much as possible and move forward. But at the same time, in addition to it, I want to be an active unit of our large community, to be useful. I was driving here with a friend and discussing that I wanted to be useful to Look At Me, so that there would be some kind of swing, an impulse. So that a person reads the article, listens to the album and says to himself: “E! I’m not alone in this world!”
