Biography
In the late 1990s group "Hands up!" Gave fans of youth hits one by one. Two charming guys quickly won the hearts of the Russian audience. By the number of speeches, the team walked even "Affectionate May". Now the ex-participant of the group Alexei Potekin continues to write music and produces compositions oriented on both former fans and for modern youth.Childhood and youth
Pothein Alexey was born on April 15, 1972 in Novokuibyshevsk (Samara region), on the sign of the zodiac Aries. Father worked as an engineer, and his mother was the head of the personnel department. The music constantly sounded in the house. Dad preferred to listen to pop melodies, and mom is a symphonic work. Andrei Pothein's elder brother deproved Alexey Love for heavy rock, in particular to such foreign artists, as LED Zeppelin, AC / DC, The Cult, Metallica.
As a child, Pothein earned a reputation for hooligan. He brought school teachers to nervous disruptions and often cheered over classmates. It also did not differ in exemplary studies.
To put the Son, parents gave it to the basketball section. There, the young man not only assured the love of sports, but also taught to discipline. Also, Alexey attended an art school, where he learned to draw nicely. This skill came in handy in a secondary school. The teachers put it the final estimates mainly for making the wall newspaper.
After graduating from school, Alexey went to study in Samara, where he entered the river college. He recalls learning with warmth. In the educational institution worked young interesting teachers. There seemed to have many friends. At the same time, he began to get involved in the game on the guitar, worked as a DJ on the disco.
Having received a diploma technique in 1991, the guy continued to nibble the granite of science already at the Samara Technical University. He graduated in 1996 in the specialty "Engineer System Equipment". But, as time has shown, "Techinar" from Alexey did not come out.
Personal life
In the program "Popular True" (2011) Potekin said that in his biography there was a situation where he and the best friend Sergey Zhukov fell in love with one girl. At that time, the guys in the priority were friendship and creativity, and not one or the second did not think about the device. Comrades agreed that no one of them will take care of the beauty. This story was based on the student's clip.It is reliably known that Pothein was married twice. With the first wife Irina Tomilova, he met within the framework of the team "Hands up!". The girl worked in a group of dancer and a back vocalist. Charismatic Ira conquered the heart of Romance, and in April 2002, young people legalized the relationship.
Over the past two years, the couple has tried unsuccessfully to have a child. It was rumored that in marriage with Alexey, Irina had miscarriage. After that, doctors reported that she could no longer have children. Pothein and Tomilov denied this information. At some point, the couple went on time to different apartments. They explained this by the fact that they need a short rest from each other. But the pause was delayed, and in 2004, the spouses broke up.
September 12, 2009 Pothein married a second time. Alexey became elected. Elena. The girl has no relation to the show business. Before exploring the singer, she worked as a veterinarian. Despite the fact that the couple was not going to hide her wedding, in the press this event was not covered. On the day of marriage, Alexei and Elena also married Evgeny Plushenko and Yana Rudkovskaya. Therefore, the attention of all the media was riveted to the union of the famous figure and musical producer.
In March 2010, the artist shared with fans the news that he became dad. Wife gave birth to the daughter of Maria Frekhin. During the childbirth, the musician was in Moscow and delivered his wife to the hospital himself.
Despite the fact that Elena left a career of a veterinarian for the sake of the family, she does not sit without a matter. The woman mastered the profession of makeup artist and often takes part in professional photo shoots.
In May 2020, a second child was born in the Freakny family. About this, Alexey reported on his page in "Instagram". He posted two photos, but they did not comment on them and did not inform the gender. The color of the envelope in which the child is wrapped, you can assume that it is a girl. The couple was going to fly for childbirth to America, but the plans changed COVID-19.
"Hands up!"
In 1993, Sergey Zhukov and Alexey Potekin, together worked on the Europe Plus radio station (Samara). The first led Music show "Hit-hour", and the second - humorous program "Fees from Frekhin".
The glory of the radio officials did not satisfy the ambitions of young people. Then they decided to enter a new level - moved to Togliatti and created the group "Uncle Ray and the company" in honor of the soloist 2 unlimited. The duet preferred a rap direction and even acquired some popularity among the narrow circles of fans.
In 1994, a rap festival in Moscow, where guys were accidentally, their performance was recognized as the best, but from a commercial point of view, the project was unsuccessful. Fame came to musicians, only when they moved to the capital in 1995.
To rise to the tops of the Music Olympus Zhukov and Potekhin helped worked earlier with Mikhail Muromov, "Technology" and "Wang-Moo" groups, producer Andrei Malikov. The guys got acquainted with him in 1996 at the Studio "Pavian Records". The first thing Malikov recommended the guys to change the long and incomprehensible name on the capacious and sonorous "hands up!". He convinced a sound recording company J.S.P. Invest in the shooting of the first clips and the release of the debut album of the team.
The first hits of the group "Hands up!" Steel "Kid" and "Student". They "blew up" the radio ester and entered the top ten charts of the Russian Radio. The compositions were removed clips that regularly broadcast the TV channels. Songs quickly won popularity and became the favorite hits of discos. In 1997, inspired by his own success, the creative team released the debut album "Breathe uniformly".
The group began a tour of the cities of Russia. Tickets for concerts were bought long before the team's arrival, and the performances each time passed with anchlage.
In 1999, "Hands up!" released the second album "without brakes". He also had a dizzying success among the public. The number of concerts grew, the fees increased, but Zhukov and Pothein were practically seen. Most of the money settled in the pockets of the producer.
When the project began to bring serious revenues, Zhukov and Pothein left Malikova. In 2000, they created their own producer "Daishebling men" (B-Funky Productions), where they were engaged in the promotion of the teams of the "Turbomoda", "Revalrs", "Shark". Long-term conflict between J.S.P., Andrei Malikov and the participants of the "Hands up!" For the rights to the name of the group and created by Zhukov and Flowchin Songs. So failed to defend their interests, Malikov tried to unwind other artists. In 2002, he created with a little-known Gregory Lepsus, the sensational "rat-jealousy", but repeat the success of the group "Hands up!" Already could not.
The team recorded several more albums, and in 2006 collapsed. This news revealed fans "Hands up!" in shock Fans worried about why Alexey Pothene was left of the group. The official cause of the collapse is increasing competition with other popular artists and the lack of mutual understanding in the team. Once best friends no longer harmoniously exist in one project. Their views on the manufactured musical product began to disperse.
Zhukov was tired of being the hostage of the image of the "Guy, singing about Aleshka". He wanted to develop further and conquer new heights, but alone.
Each of the participants went its own way. Pothein left the scene and began to produce young performers, and Sergey took a solo career, continuing in his work to use the promoted name of the group and the musical style fans.
According to Zhukov, a treaty was concluded with fun, according to which the rights to "hands up!", Previously belonged to both participants of the group, were transferred to the sole ownership of Zhukov. In an interview, Alexey argued that he became a victim of deception: he signed documents without looking and even planned to sue the former colleague, but did not come to lawsuits and noisy proceedings.
During the existence, the team "Hands up!" released 14 official albums. Every new song of the group became a hit. "My baby", "he kisses you", "Ataman", "18 I already", "Aleshka", "Territory", "drip tears" - this is not a complete list of tracks that still know the fans.
Also, the group was repeatedly becoming a winner and laureate of prestigious music festivals, hit parades and premiums: "Album of the Year", "Golden Gramophone", "Song of the Year", "Russian Radiohite".
Solo career
After the collapse of "Hands up!" Alexey Potekin released three collection of Potexinstyle dance music. They included hits of the groups of "Turbomoda", "Demo", "Planck", as well as songs of young artists.The man created the project "Track & Blues", which was invited by the ex-vocalist "Turbomods" Vladimir Beznikov and the former participant in the team "Own" Ruslan Achchetze. In 2007, Alessandro Matezzzo was called in the team to the team of the teleproekt "Dom-2". Together they toured in the summer of 2008 to the south of Russia. But, despite the soulfulness, the group "Track & Blues" did not raise popularity among young people. She did not succeed and cooperation with the scandalous member of the Realistic Show "Dom-2".
In 2010, the group "Hands up!" It appeared in his former composition in the program Andrei Malakhov "Let them talk." It was the benefit of the team. But, contrary to the expectations of fans, the reunification of the duet did not take place.
In 2013, Alexey Pothein, together with his wife, presented a new track "Summer-Winter". The event took place within the framework of the Russian Internet Television project. A year later, at the club Arena Moscow, a presentation of the debut solo album of the singer called "I can't otherwise" was held.
Alexey Pothenen for a couple with another Sergey Bogdanov founded the group "Raise Hands up" (the second name is "Pothein Bend").
In 2017, Alexey began to cooperate with the company engaged in the production of textile products. On his page "VKontakte", the artist informed fans the news that now everyone can order a T-shirt with his image.
Alexey Pothene now
Now Alexey continues to tour with the group "Raise your hands up." The artist performs songs from the fresh repertoire and hits "Hands up!". Also, the legend of the 90s is working on a new material.
A man as a guest guest speaking at all sorts of festivals and shows.
Discography
- 2011 - "Lion - Scorpio"
- 2014 - "I can't otherwise"
- 2019 - "Enter!"