Mikhail Kucherenko's articles very often mention my name and the fact that our company often starts the Pink Floyd group at exhibitions. These articles are quite interesting, I have nothing against it. I don't know if it's criticism or not, anyway, it's always nice that our company is celebrated. But I'm sure he doesn't know our history...
And that's the story.
in 1978, when i came from the army, i continued my studies and got on samotka. i was living in the remains, and i had to take bus 24 to the gravity drain. one day, after leaving one stop near the soviet army theatre, i walked to the gravity drain square. there's a square fenced in by a cast-iron fence. suddenly, i saw a huge roaring crowd running at me, jumping over this huge fence, it was gravity drain. the police were driving an oasis in the middle of the square, dispersing everyone in different directions. there i met people who exchange records on saturdays. first.
I remember buying the "Wall" CD. It was a double, and we were all looking forward to its release. It was a holiday! I bought it for 75 rubles from the Marikov brothers, who were the kings of Samoteki at the time. Whoever was there remembers them - two big guys in their twenties. I rewrote the CD and earned, selling it next week for 85 rubles, although it was a little scratched.
We were constantly being chased. All those Pink Floyd and Ice Zepelin were so hard on us that I still love them and can listen to them endlessly.
So why Pink Floyd? Because my comrade in the army was sent a romantic tape recorder with a Meddle record. When we were washing the floor in the barracks, we always listened to this record - I remembered it for life. I met Lev Ilyich Torbochkin, who had a Van Der Graaf Generator CD on Samotek. It cost 70 or 75 roubles, and I really wanted to buy it. We bargained for a long time, but Lev and his company didn't give in. But then I bought it, knowing that I couldn't sell it for that money. I really liked the music of this band, and I was glad that Lev and I were friends.
That time was a time of experimentation and discovery. I remember there was a time when I bought a Genesis "...And Then There Were Three..." 1978. I was on a bus and the goosebumps were running over my body, so I wanted to get home to listen.
It wasn't by chance that I fell in love with rock music. I heard the band Slade at 15. In Park Ostankino, a band from the TV center was playing on the veranda at the dance. Through rock, I came to classics and jazz. I would be very happy if young people in the modern world would come from Pink Floyd to jazz and classics, because I've come all this way myself.
The gravity flow was broken up. All this so-called jolt moved to GUM, where I met Igor Bybin, he had a King Crimson record. The music of this band interested me, too. I remember when we came to his dormitory. He was a master of sports in sambo, a kimono was drying in the middle of the room, there was a player in the corner, we listened to different music. The combination of kimono, dormitory and rock music - it was something amazing! There was nothing like that in everyday life!
Thanks to our friendship the company Techno-M was formed. We all work together, we are still best friends and listen to Pink Floyd with great pleasure.
Alexander Ekonomov
Techno-M
History. Alexander Economov. Why I love Pink Floyd. Part 2. Hunchback.
History. Why I love Pink Floyd. Part 3. Whoever attacks us, we're from Russia.
