Time Machine - the story of the creation of the group. Detailed biography of the Time Machine group

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Biography

"Time Machine" Soviet and Russian rock band, one of the pioneers in rock music of the USSR, was founded by Andrei Makarevich in 1969. As part of the "Time Machine" in different years Such musicians as Alexander Kutikov, Evgeny Margulis, Pyotr Podgorodetsky and others became famous. Because of large quantity The group's genre of composers is eclectic and uses elements classic rock, rock n roll, blues, bard.

1970s: founding
A group called The Kids was created by Andrei Makarevich in 1968 from classmates. The ensemble gave its first performance when VIA Atlanta came to the school and gave the young musicians a short practice on their equipment. In 1969, the group began to be called Time Machines, and the songs were performed on English language. In 1973 the name was changed to singular“Time Machine”, which it still is.

In the first years, the composition remains unstable, and the team remains amateurish. At concerts the group performs cover versions of songs The Beatles and their songs in English, written in imitation. In the early 1970s, the group included: Andrei Makarevich (guitar, vocals), Alexander Kutikov (bass guitar), Sergei Kavagoe (drums), the remaining members are constantly changing. For some time, Alexey Romanov, the future founder of Resurrection, played in the Time Machine. In 1975, Kutikov left the Time Machine to join the Leap Summer group, but remained the sound engineer of the Time Machine. He is replaced by Evgeny Margulis, to whom Makarevich transfers the duties of bassist and from now on plays only lead guitar. Margulies also begins writing blues-influenced songs for the band.

Having performed in 1976 at the festival “Tallinn Youth Songs in ?’76” in Estonia and received first prize, Time Machine gained popularity for the first time. In 1978 the group recorded debut album It was so long ago... which was not released by an official label until 1992. In the same year, an audio tale was recorded A little prince based on the fairy tale by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, which was essentially an album of Time Machine songs with text interludes from the book. Musicians begin to perform frequently in the theater, playing songs embedded in performances, which helps circumvent the ban on private concerts.

1980s: line-up with Zaitsev
In 1979 major scandal, Related to financial matters, leads to the almost complete disintegration of the group. Margulis, Kavagoe and Alexey Romanov leave Makarevich and create the Resurrection group. Teaming up with Kutikov again, Makarevich recruits a new line-up, which includes keyboardist Pyotr Podgorodetsky and drummer Valery Efremov. Podgorodetsky wrote several songs for the group with a humorous slant, which he performed himself, but in 1982 he left the group, joining Joseph Kobzon’s troupe. His place is taken by Alexander Zaitsev, who, unlike Peter, was not the third vocalist.
Andrey Makarevich receives a certificate from Yuri Saulsky at the Tbilisi-80 festival

With the new lineup, the group makes a triumphant debut at the Tbilisi Rock Festival in 1980 and receives first prize for the songs Snow and Crystal City, ahead of Autograph and Aquarium. The popularity of the group emerges from the underground and turns into an all-Union one. The time machine is allowed on television (the “Musical Ring” program), radio, the songs Turn, Candle, Three Windows, written back in the 1970s, become popular. “Turn” tops the hit parade of Moskovsky Komsomolets’ “Sound Track” for 18 months. “Time Machine” takes part in the soundtrack to the film “Soul” and the animated series “Monkeys”.

Rosconcert signs an agreement with the group, giving the green light to legal concerts. In the early 1980s, the rock band actively toured the cities of the USSR, acquiring a significant army of fans. The most popular compositions of that period: “Horses”, “ Blue bird", "Puppets" are played in restaurants and at weddings. The group's underground magnetic albums sell in large quantities.

In 1982–1984, during the reign of Andropov and Chernenko, campaigns began in the USSR against amateur musical groups. During this, the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper published an article by Nikolai Krivomazov “Blue Bird Stew” (the title refers to the Time Machine song “Blue Bird”), where the group and its music were subjected to unconstructive criticism. The article was compiled based on the group’s initiative letter famous figures art it was signed by the writer Viktor Astafiev, main director Krasnoyarsk state theater opera and ballet Maximillian Vysotsky, soloist, winner of the competition. Glinka Evgeny Oleinikov, director of the Krasnoyarsk Philharmonic Leonid Samoilov, conductor Nikolai Silvestrov, poet and playwright Roman Solntsev.

Meanwhile, Andrei Makarevich starred in leading role in the film "Start Over" main character copied from himself. Several songs from “The Time Machine” are heard in the film. Only in 1986 was the first official album of “Time Machine” “In Good Hour” released, despite the fact that the material on unofficial magnetic albums amounts to several dozen songs. Following this, the album “Rivers and Bridges” is released. In 1987, “Time Machine” was again the winner of the “Sound Track” for the year. Andrey Makarevich is second only to Valery Leontiev in the rating of singers. The group makes its first tour abroad.

1990s: with Margulis and Podgorodetsky
In 1989, “Time Machine” celebrated its 20th anniversary. Margulis and Podgorodetsky take part in the anniversary concert at the Luzhniki Sports Palace. Due to a personal conflict with Zaitsev, and also, according to the group members, because of his problems with alcohol and drugs, which led to the disruption of rehearsals, Makarevich was forced to refuse his services. As a result, Margulis and Podgorodetsky returned to the group. Thus, the group becomes four composers and vocalists out of five members at the same time. Next anniversary concert“Time Machines”, dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the group, takes place on Red Square with the participation of several invited groups, including “Aquarium”, “DDT”, “Black Obelisk”, “Chaif” and others. The performance, which lasted about six hours, was broadcast directly on Channel One Russian television, gathering a huge audience. About 300,000 people attended the concert itself.

Alexander Kutikov creates record company Sintez records and becomes the group's producer. Thanks to this, “Time Machine” no longer depends on the state monopolist company “Melodiya”. Finally, the double album “It Was So Long Ago” with material from the 1970s is being released. In the 1990s, the group released seven albums, the most popular of which were “Freelance Commander of the Earth,” “Breaking Off,” “Cardboard Wings of Love,” and “Clocks and Signs.” Among the most famous songs this period “One day the world will bend under us,” the video for which was broadcast on Russian television channels.

“Time Machine” received official recognition in post-perestroika Russia. In 1991, during the putsch of the State Emergency Committee, all five “machinists” took part in the defense of the White House, for which they were subsequently awarded medals “Defender” free Russia" In 1999, the musicians also received the “Order of Honor”, ​​and in 2003 “For Services to the Fatherland”, IV degree. In 1996, along with many other groups, "Machine" participated in the "Vote or Lose!" campaign. in support of the candidacy of Boris Yeltsin.

2000s: Modern period
In 1999, the group celebrates its 30th anniversary. Immediately after the end of the concert at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex (December 1999), Pyotr Podgorodetsky was fired from the group. Among possible reasons dismissals of the band's musicians and critics indicate Peter's problems with drugs (addiction to cocaine), absenteeism from rehearsals and others. His place is taken by Makarevich’s old acquaintance Andrei Derzhavin.

In 2000, “Time Machine” toured with the “Resurrection” group, where Margulis worked at the same time, as part of the “50 Years for Two” tour. The album “The Place Where the Light” is released, the song of the same name is included in the “Chart Dozen”, the video for it is broadcast on television. Since 2000, “Time Machine” has been a regular participant in the “Wings” rock festival.

In 2004, the album “Machinally” was released, two songs from it were included in the soundtrack to the television series “Dancer”. In 2007, the album “Time Machine” was released, recorded at Abbey Road Studios. The song “Fly Away” is included in the Chart’s Dozen. With financial and information support"Autoradio" group plays two free concerts: September 22, 2007 at the Tushino airfield in Moscow, where it attracts about 50,000 spectators, and on September 23 - at Palace Square in St. Petersburg, where the number of spectators exceeds 60,000. On June 8, 2008, with the support of TNK-BP, “Time Machine” plays a free concert in the city of Ryazan on Lenin Square, which attracts about 20,000 spectators.

1. The group began to form within the walls of Moscow school No. 19 in 1968. Under called The Kids at school amateur evenings with folk English songs Two guitarists performed - Andrei Makarevich, Mikhail Yashin and two vocalists - Larisa Kashperko, Nina Baranova. Some recordings have survived to this day and are included in the “Time Machine” collection “Unreleased.”

2. Once VIA “Atlanty” came to school No. 19, and during the break the director of the ensemble allowed members of The Kids played several of their compositions on “professional” equipment and even played along on their bass guitar. The schoolchildren were greatly impressed by the performance and renewed the composition of the group. Andrey Makarevich (guitar, vocals), Igor Mazaev (bass guitar), Yuri Borzov (drums), Alexander Ivanov (rhythm guitar), Pavel Ruben (bass guitar) and Sergei Kawagoe (keyboards) performed under a new name - Time Machines .

3. Previously, Makarevich had only seen the bass guitar in photographs with McCartney and did not understand at all why it was needed. During the performance of “Atlante”, Makarevich heard the instrument live and was inspired by the idea of ​​mastering it, but in those years the bass guitar was a rarity, it was almost impossible to find it. The young man bought an ordinary acoustic one and transferred the strings from the cello to it. Then he found out that McCartney had once secretly taken bass guitar strings from the school piano.

4. After several concerts, Time Machines released their first magnetic album, which included 11 songs in English. The recording of the album took place in an ordinary apartment: in one of the rooms in the center there was a tape recorder with a microphone connected to it. The band members took turns going to the tape recorder and performing their parts.

7. In 1974, “machinists” were invited to the filming of Georgy Danelia’s film “Afonya”. The director wanted to show ordinary “street” musicians of that time. In the final version of the film, almost all footage of the band was cut out. “Time Machine” flashes in the frame for just a few seconds, performing the song “You or I.” The Araks group was filmed as a performing group on stage. For the filming, the “drivers” received their first official fee, which was 600 rubles. It was immediately spent on buying a tape recorder.

8. Having performed in 1976 at the Tallinn Youth Songs festival in Estonia and received first prize, “Time Machine” becomes popular.

9. Semi-legal recording good quality Most of the group's songs appeared in the summer of 1978. The recording of the record was carried out at night in the speech studio of GITIS. This recording marked the beginning of the band's creativity spreading throughout the country. The album with these songs officially appeared only in 1992 and was called “It was a long time ago...”.

Several times in my life I had the same dream. Its essence was that I had to get somewhere where they were waiting for me. Along the way, various everyday difficulties arose, I was delayed here and there and as a result I was late, but somehow very much late - say, for the whole day - and I arrived when no one was there, the lights were dimmed, the chairs were overturned and the cleaning lady washes the floor. I don't know why, but more acute feeling I never experienced loss again.
A.V. Makarevich.

The ensemble, which was destined to go down in history as “Time Machine,” had not been called anything at all before, and consisted of 2 guitars (Andrei Makarevich and Mikhail Yashin), and two girls (Larisa Kashperko and Nina Baranova), who sang in English. American folk songs.

It all really started in 1968, when Andrei Makarevich first heard the Beatles. Then two new kids came to their class: Yura Borzov and Igor Mazaev, who joined the newly-minted group “The Kids”. The first composition of the group "The Kids" was approximately as follows: Andrei Makarevich, Igor Mazaev, Yuri Borzov, Alexander Ivanov and Pavel Ruben. Another was Borzov’s childhood friend, Sergei Kavagoe, at whose insistence the singing girls were fired. After some time, the first album of the group “Time Machine” was recorded (originally planned as “Time Machines”, i.e. plural). The album consisted of eleven songs in English. The recording technique was not complicated - in the center of the room there was a tape recorder with a microphone, and in front of it were members of the group. Alas, this legendary recording is now lost.

1983 Sergei Ryzhenko, who had to play supporting roles, leaves, and “Time Machine” remains with four members.

In general, this time is characterized by Andrei Makarveich himself as a time of relative calm. Although, to say that the group did nothing at all would be untrue. Perhaps it was around this period that it began to take shape. as a professional, sustainable team.

1985 The magnetic album "Fish in a Jar" (mini-album) has been recorded, the group is working on recording music for the film "Speed" (dir. D. Svetozarov).

In the same year, "MV" takes part in cultural program XII World Festival youth and students in Moscow.

The second magnetic album of acoustic songs by Andrei Makarevich has been recorded

The group is participating in the filming of the film “Start Over” (dir. A. Stefanovich) One point of clarification: indeed, the group, and not just Andrei Makarevich, starred in this film. Although. of course, AM played the main role.

The film "Start Over" is released on wide screen. A new concert program “Rivers and Bridges” is being prepared, almost simultaneously the recording of the double album “Rivers and Bridges” is taking place at the Melodiya company. In the same year, positive changes began in relation to “MV” on television. The group participates in the television programs “Jolly Guys”, “Song-86” and “What, Where, When?” (performed: “Dedication to a Cow”, “Song That Doesn’t Exist” and “Music in the Snow”) The group also takes part in the festival popular music Rock Panorama-86 (Moscow), after which. quite promptly for those times, the giant disc “Rock Panorama-86” was released with the songs “Music under the Snow”, “In Good Hour” (“Melody”). On another giant disc, “Happy New Year!”, the song “Fish in a Jar” (“Melody”) appears. Participation in the filming of the film “I Return Your Portrait”. And finally, a disc minion with two songs “Fish in a Jar” and “Two White Snows” (Yu. Saulsky, I. Zavalnyuk) is released. The last song was taken into the repertoire solely out of mutual sympathy between the musicians of “MV” and Yuri Saulsky (as is known, who helped the group during the “difficult” years).

1987 The group takes part in the New Year's Eve Blue light-87" and the television program "Morning Mail" with the song "Where there will be a new day." "MV" was once again invited to the television program "Musical Ring" (Leningrad TV, presenter T. Maksimova), in which she played brilliantly. The program was then broadcast and on Central Television.. Concerts are held at the Druzhba University together with the group "Secret", shown on Central Television. Attention! This year the first giant disc of the group "Time Machine" "In Good Hour" is being released by the Melodiya company The big disadvantage of this disc is that, oddly enough, it was formed without the direct participation of the musicians, and for this reason it is considered insufficient for such a high-profile title as Disc 1. And yet, from a discographic point of view, it is so Following this, the double album “Rivers and Bridges” (“Melody”), already fully processed and recorded by the musicians, is released, which represents a holistic, ordered musical composition. Along the way, as a retrospective of the film “Soul”, the songs “The Path”, “Bonfire” are recorded on the CD EP “Bonfire” together with S. Rotaru, (“Melody”)

1988 “MV” again delights TV viewers with its participation in the New Year’s “Blue Light -88” (song “Weathervane”) Work is underway on recording music for the films: “Without a Uniform” and “Bards”. The retro disc "Ten Years Later" ("Melody") is released. The group is preparing a new concert program"IN circle of light", which premiered in the summer at the State Central Concert Hall "Russia". At the same time, a giant disk of this program is being recorded. The compact cassette "Rivers and Bridges" is being released on "Melodiya". There, on "Melodiya", the giant disk "Musical Teletype" is being released -3", which included the song "MV" "She goes through life laughing", a compact cassette "Rock group "Time Machine" (together with the group Secret)" songs: Turning, Our House, You or Me and others

Foreign tours begin: this year Bulgaria, Canada, USA, Spain and Greece

The radio station “Yunost” (program “World of Hobbies”, hosted by T. Bodrova) broadcasts two radio programs about the work of “Machine”.

1989 The giant disc "In the Circle of Light" ("Melody") is released. Foreign tours in Africa, England.

This year is also marked by a six-hour anniversary concert dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the group (Small Sports Arena of the Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow). And on "Melody" single recordings of songs continue, such as: "Heroes of Yesterday" and "Let me Dream" (music by A. Kutikov, lyrics by M. Pushkina, performance by A. Kutikov) - disc giant "Radio Station Yunost. Hit Parade Alexander Gradsky", disc giant Radio Station Yunost. Hit parade of Alexander Gradsky. The first one is being recorded and published this year. solo album Andrey Makarevich, disc giant "Songs with Guitar"

1990 It is becoming a good tradition to take part in the New Year's Blue Light. Now it’s a light -90 (song “New Year’s”). The year was marked by the return of Evgeny Margulis and Peter Podgorodetsky to the group. Work is in full swing at Synthesis Records on the giant disc "Slow good music". The Melodiya company releases the compact cassette "Andrey Makarevich. Songs with a guitar”, and on “Senitese” “In the circle of light”.

In addition to musical events, the Exhibition "Graphics of Andrei Makarevich" is taking place and the film "Rock and Fortune. 20 years of the Time Machine" (dir. N. Orlov) is being released.

1991 "MV" takes part in International festival“Musicians of the world for children of Chernobyl” (Minsk), as well as in the Charity event of solidarity with the “Vzglyad” program (USZ Druzhba, initiative of Andrei Makarevich). Political moment: Andrei Makarevich’s speech at the barricades on August 19-22 in front of the defenders of the White House during the days of the coup d’etat. Musical moments: release of a double album and compact cassette "The Time Machine is 20 years old!" ("Melody"), the release of the giant disc and CD "Slow Good Music", the recording and release of Andrei Makarevich's giant disc "At the Pawnshop" ("Synthesis Records"). Presentation at the State Central Conservatory of Russia.

An exhibition of graphic works by Andrei Makarevich is taking place in Italy

1992 Participation of Andrei Makarevich in the filming of the film “Crazy Love” in the role of Doctor Barkov (dir. A. Kvirikashvili). Andrei Makarevich’s book “Everything is very simple” (Stories from the life of the Time Machine group) is published at the Synthesis Records studio recording of the giant disc "Freelance Commander of the Earth"

1993 As usual - participation in the New Year's Blue Light -93 ("Christmas Song") The double album "Time Machine. It Was So Long Ago" is released on "Synthesis Records". (Recorded in 1978), giant disc “Freelance Commander of the Earth”, retro discs “Time Machine. Best songs. 1979-1985" (2 records), compact discs (CD) "Freelance Commander of the Earth" and "The Best" are released. The company "Russian Disk" releases the compact cassette "Slow Good Music", and this year marks 40 years To Andrei Makarevich! On this occasion, a wonderful benefit performance was organized at the Rossiya State Central Concert Hall - a concert with the participation of a large number of good musicians and friends of A.M.

1994 The year began with participation in the New Year's Blue Light -94 (the song "This Eternal Blues") A presentation of the disc "Freelance Commander of the Earth" is taking place at the Moscow Youth Palace. Solo concerts Andrei Makarevich in Moscow (film "October", Great Hall of the Olympic Village). In addition, A.M.’s solo disc is being released. "I'm drawing you." Former drummer of the group and sound engineer Maxim Kapitanovsky wrote the book “Everything is very difficult” This year “Time Machine” turns 25 years old! What was marked by grandiose festive concert on Red Square in Moscow.

1995 The disc “Whom Did You Want to Surprise” is released - a collection of well-known songs for a long time.

1996 Release of the album "Cardboard Wings of Love". In December, joint concerts of Andrei Makarevich and Boris Grebenshchikov are held at the Rossiya State Central Concert Hall, + the disc "Twenty Years Later" will be released

1997 The release of the disc “Breaking Away”, a presentation of the album took place at the Gorbunov House of Culture.

1998 In May, the presentation of Andrei Makarevich’s solo disc “Women’s Album” took place at the Oktyabr Concert Hall. In December, a press conference was held at the Rhythm Blues Cafe, at which the start of a world tour dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the group was officially announced. At the same press conference, the imminent appearance of “Clocks and Signs” was announced.

1999 January 29, first concert of the anniversary tour - concert in Tel Aviv, Israel. June 27. Official birthday of "Time Machine", 30 years. The rock group was awarded "For services to development musical art"President Boris Yeltsin with the Order of Honor. The presentation of the awards took place on June 24 with a live broadcast on TV. In November, a press conference "MV" was held at the Central Department Store dedicated to the release of the album "Clocks and Signs." On December 8 at the Olympic Sports Complex in Moscow The grand final concert of the anniversary tour of the 30th anniversary of "MV" took place. After the concert, the next day there were changes in the composition of the group: the keyboard player, Peter Podgorodetsky, was fired, and Andrei Derzhavin was taken in his place

year 2000. In January, the group's first concert took place in the Olympic Village in Moscow with a new keyboard player - Andrei Derzhavin, a former pop musician who had previously helped Kutikov in the recording of his "Dancing on the Roof" (1989) and Margulis in "7+1" (1997).

In February, a joint tour with the group “Resurrection” began, called “50 for two”. It took place in Moscow in March. It continued as “50 for two based on requests from listeners” in a number of cities in Russia and abroad. On June 17, “Time Machine” plays at the “Wings” rock festival in Tushino.

September 2 at New York Andrey Makarevich took part in a 7-hour rock marathon. In addition to him, the following took part: Resurrection, Chaif, G. Sukachev and others. Since August, Makarevich has been working with Arthur Pilyavin, head of the Kvartal group, on the “Time for Rent” project.

In mid-October, a maxi-single by Andrei Makarevich and Arthur Pilyavin was released with three old songs from “Time Machine”.

On December 9, the final concert of the MV and Resurrection tour “50 years for two” took place at the Moscow Central Concert Hall. A television version, slightly truncated, was shown on the TVC channel. On the New Year's broadcast of the TV-6 channel, the premiere of the film "Showcase" took place, in which the songs of Andrei Makarevich were performed, accompanied by "Kvartal".

year 2001. On February 27, a presentation of the new Time Machine Web project “Strange Mechanics” took place. It was stated that this new official website will be the only place where one can get reliable and up-to-date information about the group and its musicians.

On May 18, a double concert album went on sale, the songs of which were recorded during the tour together with the Resurrection group.

On August 1, the single “Stars Don’t Take the Subway” was released with four songs from the album “The Place Where the Light” is.

The publishing house "Zakharov" published Andrei Makarevich's book "The Sheep Himself", consisting of three parts: "The Sheep Himself", a previously published history of the group "Everything is very simple" and last section"House".

On October 31, the album “The Place Where the Light” was released, which was received very warmly by the public. A lot of revelations and excellent sound did their job. According to a listener survey, the new keyboard player A. Derzhavin on this disc fit into the sound of the group.

2002 On May 9, A. Makarevich performed on Red Square in a concert for Victory Day, performing “The Bonfire” and “There is More to Life than Death” with a guitar.

In October, Sintez Records releases two compilation albums "The Best" by A. Kutikov and E. Margulis, consisting of songs performed by them as part of the group. Throughout 2002, the group actively performs with concerts in Moscow clubs, in the Olympic Village, not forgetting about road tours.

On October 29, A. Makarevich, with a concert at the Moscow Operetta Theater, presented to the public his new solo album “Etc.”, recorded with musicians of the newly created “Creole Tango Orchestra”.

Since December, “MV” has been performing with the “Simply Machine” program, consisting, as stated, best songs over the 33 years of the group's existence.

On March 19, the first concert "Russian Rock in Classic" was held at the Kremlin Palace, where it was performed by symphony orchestra The theme of "MV" "You or I" was played.

2003. In May, the Kultura TV channel showed a film dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the composer Isaac Schwartz, for whom Makarevich recorded the song “The Cavalry Guard’s Age is Not Long” based on the verses of B. Okudzhava.

On October 15, Andrei Makarevich presented on the stage of the Moscow Art Theater the program “A Subtle Scar on My Favorite Butt” with songs by Mark Freidkin and the participation of Max Leonidov, Evgeny Margulis, Alena Sviridova, Tatyana Lazareva and the Creole Tango Orchestra. On the same day, the album of the same name went on sale.

On December 5, "Sintez records" releases a gift disc for AM's anniversary " Andrey's Favorites Makarevich", on 6 CDs with bonuses: unreleased songs "I have been inclined to change places since childhood" and "It happened in the dens of San Francisco" (previously recorded for the cinema and the album "Pioneer criminal songs"), as well as several song dedications to friends .

December 9 Andrey Makarevich awarded the order"For services to the Fatherland" IV degree.

December 11, 2003 - 50th anniversary of Andrei Makarevich. A holiday concert was organized for the hero of the day and his friends at the Rossiya State Concert Hall.

2004 Anniversary year.

On May 30, “Time Machine” celebrates its 35th anniversary on Red Square. The concert took place as part of the “Future without AIDS” campaign. “Time Machine” joined the movement to fight AIDS along with Elton John, Queen musicians, Mstislav Rastropovich and Galina Vishnevskaya. This project was continued in St. Petersburg and other largest cities countries.

On July 5, Channel One premiered the detective story “Dancer,” filmed a year ago by Dmitry Svetozarov. Andrei Makarevich and Andrei Derzhavin took part in the creation of the soundtrack for "Dancer". A. Makarevich was not only a composer and poet, but also the general producer and initiator of filming.

This fall there are two more significant events. Release of the "Time Machine" Anthology, which includes 19 albums of the group over 35 years, a DVD collection of 22 videos and a lot of nice souvenirs for fans of the musicians' work (circulation 1200 copies).

And on November 25, 2004, the new album “Mechanically” was released (for the first time in the history of the group, a competition for best name album among fans).

Group "Time Machine" year of creation – 1968. (Moscow city)

Brief biography:

It was organized in one of the Moscow schools. Founder to everyone famous Andrey Makarevich. He performed a year earlier in the vocal and guitar quartet “The Kids” at school evenings.

Often songs were sung in English. (Because of the desire to resemble the group “”).

To the initial composition " Time machines» included:

vocals, guitar - A. Makarevich;
guitar – Alexander Ivanov;
bass guitar - Pavel Rubin;
piano – Igor Mazaev;
drums - Yuri Borzov.

Due to the need to improve the professional sound, changes were soon made in the team: Rubin, Ivanov and Mazaev were replaced by:
Alexander Kutikov (vocals, bass) and Sergey Kawagoe (keyboards). And a little later in 1970
Y. Borzov was replaced by Maxim Kapitanovsky, a drummer (already famous in Moscow). But after 2 years he leaves. And not finding a worthy replacement for him, the group breaks up.

For about a year, the fate of the MV team was intertwined with the “Best Years” group.
Having survived Time of Troubles, autumn 1973 Time Machine group makes itself felt again, performing on dance floors and southern resorts of the country, constantly changing its lineup.
In 1975, Kutikov left the group.

By the beginning of 1975, the composition of MV had stabilized: Makarevich, Kawagoe - sat down at the drums and Evgeny Margulis (bass, vocals). Performed music different directions: blues, country, rock and roll.

In March 1976, the MV group performed very successfully at the Tallinn Days of Popular Music and later gave several concerts in Leningrad, after which they became mega-popular.
They even managed to appear in the film “Afonya”, in which their hit “You or I” from the album “Sunny Island” was performed. The composition of the MV was periodically updated.

In 1978, their first magnetic album “Birthday” was released.

Summer 1979 Internal disagreements lead to the repeated disintegration of the MV team. But in the fall of the same year, Makarevich took to the stage with a new line-up: the returning A. Kutikov (bass, vocals); Peter Podgorodetsky (keyboards, vocals); Valeniy Efremov (drums). And with a new repertoire, in March 1980 they became a laureate of the All-Union Rock Festival Spring Rhythms. (Tbilisi-80).

The group received recognition from many people, but in the spring of 1982, MV renewed its ranks again (thanks to countless artistic councils)
Makarevich himself appears in little-known films (together with the group). And in 1986, when the country’s cultural policy changed, MV again began to gain momentum and achieve creative success.
The most recognizable songs over all these years have been: “For those at sea”, “Turn”, “Blue Bird”, “Our Home”, “Puppets”.

In the 90s, 7 albums were released.
Most famous hits that time and
In 1993, MV celebrates its 25th anniversary with a concert on Red Square.
In January 1999, the group conducted the “XXX Years of the Time Machine” tour.

In 2000, MV toured with. And from the same year, she regular participant rock festival "Wings"
In 2007, MV played 2 free concerts, in Moscow and St. Petersburg. And in 2008 - a free concert in Ryazan.

December 11, 2009 - the group celebrated its 40th anniversary at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex (Moscow).

In 2010 – MV participant of two major rock festivals Russia: “Invasion” and “Rock over the Volga”

The current composition of the team " Time Machine":

Became, in fact, the first star domestic rock music and which largely predetermined its transition to Russian-language creativity, “TIME MACHINE” was organized in one of the Moscow schools, although its creator and since then permanent leader Andrei Makarevich began his journey into music a year earlier. In 1968, he heard “BEATLES” for the first time and, influenced by the general fashion, assembled the vocal and guitar quartet “THE KIDS” from his classmates and classmates, which played English-language numbers at school amateur performances with varying degrees of success. Her acquaintance with A. Sikorsky and K. Nikolsky’s “ATLANTS”, who were already singing in Russian at that time, prompted her to form a “real” group and start composing songs on her own.
The first, very short-lived, composition of “TIME MACHINE” included: Andrey Makarevich - guitar, vocals; Alexander Ivanov - guitar; Pavel Rubin - bass; Igor Mazaev - piano; Yuri Borzov - drums. The need to achieve a minimally professional sound soon caused changes: one after another, Ivanov, Rubin and Mazaev left. They were replaced by Alexander Kutikov - bass, vocals and Sergei Kawagoe - keyboards. Little by little, the group began to perform, gaining popularity in the surrounding schools.
In 1970, the last of the “veterans” - Yu. Borzov - was replaced by drummer Maxim Kapitanovsky, quite famous in Moscow. “TIME MACHINE” now has its own apparatus and a fairly extensive repertoire. Two years later, however, Kapitanovsky leaves to subsequently disappear into the restaurant-philharmonic carousel, and the group, not finding a worthy replacement for him, breaks up. For the next 12 months or a little more, the fate of the participants in “TIME MACHINE” turned out to be connected with the fairly well-known pop group in Moscow “BEST YEARS” by R. Zobnin. Shortly before this, “THE BEST YEARS” radically changed its composition and one of the new recruits was Makarevich’s fellow student Architectural Institute Sergei Grachev, who brought Makarevich, Kutikov and Kawagoe after him.
In 1973, "THE BEST YEARS" almost in full force went on the professional stage and “TIME MACHINE” was brought back to life. From the fall of 1973 to the beginning of 1975, the group went through troubled times, performing on dance floors and sessions, playing “for board and shelter” in southern resorts, constantly changing the lineup. During these one and a half years, at least 15 musicians passed through the group, among whom were drummers Yuri Fokin and Mikhail Sokolov, guitarists Alexey “White” Belov, Alexander Mikoyan and Igor Degtyaryuk, violinist Sergei Ostashev, keyboardist Igor Saulsky and many others. Unable to withstand this whirlwind, Kutikov eventually went to “LEAP SUMMER”, Saulsky later played with Alexei Kozlov’s “ARSENAL”.
By the spring of 1975, the composition of “TIME MACHINE” had stabilized: Makarevich, Kawagoe (as a result of all these movements, he ended up behind the drums) and bassist, vocalist Evgeniy Margulis; acquired recognizable features and style of the group, which was determined by the numerous interests and passions of its members: from bard songs to blues and from country to rock and roll. Plus Makarevich’s characteristic texts: slightly ironic, sometimes a little pathetic, in the form of a parable or fable, they touched on a wide range of problems characteristic of the youth of that time.
In March 1976, “TIME MACHINE” triumphantly performed at the Tallinn “Days of Popular Music”, after which, at the invitation of “MYTHS” and “AQUARIUM”, it gave several concerts in Leningrad, which became the beginning of a massive “machine mania” that lasted 5 years. six months later, Leningrad bluesman Yuri Ilchenko (ex-“MYTHS”) joined the group. “TIME MACHINE” makes shuttle flights to Leningrad every 2-3 months, giving several concerts, causing confusion in the ranks of local rock fans, and then disappears again.
The growth of the group’s popularity was also facilitated by its participation in G. Danelia’s film “Afonya”, in which its then hit “You or I” (“Sunny Island”) was heard. Experiments with the composition continued. After Ilchenko’s departure, violinist Nikolai Larin, trumpeter Sergei Kuzminok, clarinetist Evgeniy Legusov, keyboardists Igor Saulsky (secondary) and Alexander Voronov (ex-VICTORIA) appeared in “TIME MACHINE”. In 1978, Leningrad sound engineer Andrei Tropillo released the first magnetic album “TIME MACHINE “Birthday”. On next year the group prepared a monumental program “The Little Prince” with extensive instrumental solos, poetry readings and the beginnings of directing (it was also recorded on film).
Summer 1979 internal contradictions, which had been accumulating in the group for a long time, found their resolution. “TIME MACHINE” broke up again: Kawagoe and Margulis, having gathered old friends, formed “RESECURRENCY”, Voronov reorganized “VICTORIA”, and Makarevich in the fall of the same year brought the new composition of “MACHINE” to the stage TIME": Alexander Kutikov - bass, vocals; Valery Efremov - drums; Petr Podgorodetsky - keyboards, vocals. They prepared a new repertoire, went to work at the Moscow Regional comedy theater, and in March 1980 they became the main sensation and laureate of the All-Union rock festival “Spring Rhythms. Tbilisi-80". The group finally came out of hiding and received recognition from millions of listeners. However, the thaw did not last long. In the spring of 1982, a campaign was launched against rock music, inspired by the article “Blue Bird Stew” in Komsomolskaya Pravda. The first album was never released on Melodiya, the TIME MACHINE program was corrected and revised many times by countless artistic councils. Podgorodetsky left the group and was replaced by violinist Sergei Ryzhenko and keyboard player Alexander Zaitsev. Ryzhenko, unfortunately, leaves a year later.
The forced decline in the activity of “TIME MACHINE” prompted Makarevich to look for himself in other genres. He performed solo (with an acoustic repertoire), acted in films (together with the group): in two not very interesting feature films by A. Stefanovich - “Soul” (1982) and “Start Over” (1986), wrote music for the films “Speed” and “Breakthrough.”
Only in 1986, with a change in the entire cultural policy countries "TIME MACHINE" was able to operate normally. New, rather strong programs “Rivers and Bridges” and “In the Circle of Light” were prepared, which served as the basis for records of the same name. A retrospective record “10 years later” was also released, on which Makarevich tried to restore the sound and repertoire of “THE TIME MACHINE” of the mid-70s x years. The group visited several foreign rock festivals and worked on an album in the USA, where, by the way, their “pirated” record was released back in 1981.
The fate of “TIME MACHINES in one form or another is dedicated documentaries“Rock Cult”, “Rock and Fortune”, “Six Letters about Beat”. For a long time“TIME MACHINE” did not attach importance to defining the names of its albums and did not date them over the years. In the discography we present the most important and interesting examples of sound recordings of the group, which, by the way, also had a great many “pirated concert” albums.
In the summer of 1990, before a tour in Kuibyshev, Alexander Zaitsev left THE TIME MACHINE. Evgeny Margulis, who now plays guitar, and Peter Podgorodetsky return to the group. The repertoire of “TIME MACHINE” again contains many songs from the “classical” repertoire of past years.
A year later, the group participates in the International Festival “Musicians of the World - Children of Chernobyl” in Minsk, “Action of Solidarity with the “Vzglyad” Program.” The group tours a lot, records discs, Alexander Kutikov publishes old recordings of the group, Andrei Makarevich writes a book, and an exhibition of graphic works is being held in Italy. Solo projects of group members are recorded and published.
1999 is an anniversary year! Preparations for the tour are underway. The rock group was awarded "For services to the development of musical art" by President Boris Yeltsin with the Order of Honor. The awards ceremony took place on June 24 with a live broadcast on TV. In November, a press conference and autograph session “TIME MACHINES” was held at GUM, dedicated to the release of the album “Clocks and Signs”. On December 19, the grand final concert of the anniversary tour of the 30th anniversary of “THE TIME MACHINE” took place at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex in Moscow. After the concert, the next day there were changes in the composition of the group: the keyboard player, Pyotr Podgorodetsky, was fired, and Andrei Derzhavin was taken in his place. Half a year later, a double CD and a video cassette with a recording of the anniversary concert are released.
Coming new Age and millennium. In 2001, the album “The Place Where the Light” was released. The group is actively touring and actively celebrating their next date. On May 30, 2004, “TIME MACHINE” celebrates its 35th anniversary on Red Square. The concert took place as part of the “Future without AIDS” campaign. The group joined the movement to fight AIDS along with Elton John, musicians of the group “QUEEN”, Mstislav Rastropovich and Galina Vishnevskaya. This project was continued in St. Petersburg and other major cities of the country. In 2005, a new album, “Mechanically,” was released. In 2006, the musicians set off to record a new disc in legendary studio ABBEY ROAD in London. The presentation of the album “Time Machine” took place in March 2007 at the Olimpiysky.

Evgeny Margulis leaves the group on June 25, 2012, a month after the 43rd anniversary of “TIME MACHINE,” says a message posted on the group’s official website. The reasons for the guitarist's departure are not stated. At the same time, some media outlets suggested that Margulis was leaving the group to record a solo album.
This is not the first time Margulis says goodbye to TIME MACHINE. In 1979 he left for another popular group- “”, however, after 11 years he still returned to Andrei Makarevich’s team. In addition, the guitarist performed in such groups as "", "AEROBUS" and "
Guitarist Igor KHOMICH is brought into the group as a session musician in the studio and a special guest at concerts.

On December 20, 2017, keyboardist Andrei Derzhavin left the group after 17 years of collaboration.
In November 2017, the team went on tour without Derzhavin, and his place at the keys was taken by former musician group "NUANCE" Alexander Levochkin. Many attributed this to political reasons: because of Derzhavin’s opinion on Crimea, he was not allowed into Ukraine.
Andrei Makarevich denied the rumors: “This is an absolutely temporary coincidence. This could have happened and would have happened at any other time, one way or another.
We work all the time, now there was a Ukrainian tour, and before that there was a tour in Germany, which ended with a concert in London. It so happened that the time to part fell during a pause between these tours.”
Andrey Derzhavin appeared in the group in 2000, leaving own group"STALKER". As part of MACHINE, he played the keys and was also a vocalist and co-author of many songs. The unexpected change of role and the musician’s future plans were revealed by his now former colleague Andrei Makarevich:
“We liked this strangeness then. It seemed to me that this looked extremely unexpected, because no one expected from him the kind of music that we play, but he - please, you. But everything has passed. He revives STALKER. I don’t blame him, he’s his brainchild.”
“TIME MACHINE” will begin the new calendar year with a concert in Tallinn, and in February 2018 it will perform at the Chart’s Dozen Award Ceremony.

Materials used:
A. Alekseev, A. Burlaka, A. Sidorov "Who is who in Soviet rock", publishing house MP "Ostankino", 1991.