Biography
Alexander Titov - Soviet and Russian rock musician, who has fame as part of popular teams. Although he never sought to become a star, and in the late years of his biography, according to his own words, "consciously became poor." But now the bassist was in the spotlight of the public, thanks to Reunion of the Movie Group.Childhood and youth
Alexander Valentinovich Titov was born on July 18, 1957 in Leningrad. In childhood, he shook the song Sunny Afternoon band The Kinks, in his youth rocker listened to Jimi Hendricks, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, David Bowie and other legends of classic rock, but himself Music career did not think right away.
Music
For the first time, the young man took a tool in 1978 and after a year began to play in the "Earthlings" group, which was able to connect elements of heavy rock and pop song, which provided them with a stable existence on the official scene. Alexander Valentinovich came to stadiums, where it sometimes had to work out 5 concerts per day. It was an interesting experience, but soon the musician realized that such a life was not for him.At the invitation of Boris Grebenshchikov Titov in 1983 switched to Aquarium. This period he considered the most productive in the history of the collective. Sergey Kurekhin led to concerts of jazz musicians, such as Vladimir Chekasin, Valentin Ponomarev, Andrei Okdskin, Alexander Kondrashkin, which made every speech in unique and memorable.
"Aquarium" recorded albums at the studio Andrei Tropillo, where the "Cinema" group was working in parallel, and tits with Grebenchikov helped young colleagues. Viktor Tsoi was impressed with the skills of Alexander Valentinovich and offered to enter the composition after the departure of Alexei Rybin. He agreed, because he loved the song "Tranquilizer".
Together they began to record the record "Chief of Kamchatka", despite the absence of a drummer. Oleg Valinsky, who started with Tsoem in the group "Garin and hyperboloids," left the music to make a career, and years later became the vice-president of Russian Railways. And Georgy Guryanov came a little later. At the drums alternately played Tsoi, guitarist Yuri Kasparyan and Vsevolod Gakkel.
After a plate "Night" appeared, in which the influence of the musical fashion has already felt, the work went slowly and painfully, because the studio tropillo for such a material was not suitable. Album "This is not love" Titov liked more, he born quickly and easily.
In 1986, the "cinema" and "aquarium" became popular, and Alexander Valentinovich realized that it could no longer combine work in two groups. He announced the departure of the wife of Tsoi Marianne, but in return he had offered Igor Tikhomirov.
In 1996, the musician moved to the UK, where he worked with the GJ Hustomer blues group, then in Texas Thunder and Kindle Trails teams, and later founded Red Book Music recording company.
In 1997, Alexander Valentinovich created a solo project Rina Green, named after the Soviet actress Rina Green, with whom the legendary Sound Producer Jerry Boyz and Drummer Liam Bradley, who worked with Vanya Morrison was collaborated. In 2015, Universe 25 album was released on the experiments of the John Calhun etologist.
In July 2019, the "Instagram" appeared fresh joint photos of Titov, Tikhomirov and Kasparyan. In October, it became known that the "cinema" reunited and go to the tour with the record of the digitized voice of Viktor Tsoi, produced the project of the son of Vocalist Alexander. But the coronavirus pandemic detained the implementation of these plans.
Personal life
The first wife of Titova was a woman named Irina, the son of Mark and daughter Vasilisa appeared in the family. According to the memories of Alexander Valentinovich, his personal life in the 80s prevented the lack of free time.
In 1989, the spouse went to Boris Greeschikov, subsequently it turned out that the novel rose much earlier when the second wife of the Aquarium leader Lyudmila Shurygin was pregnant. The treason lasted for several years, then the musician went to America, and when he returned, showed her joint photos with Irina. Lyudmila ordered her husband to leave.
The second wife of Titov is the name of Alena, the Rina Green project was founded on its song material. Three children appeared in the family.
Alexander Valentinovich painfully perceived the death of Tsoi, because shortly before that he himself fell into a car accident, in which his mother died. The musician was tormented by a sense of guilt for many years, since his mistake on the road was worth his life near a person.
Alexander Titov now
In March 2021, a video with a concert of the updated "Cinema" appeared on Yutiub-Channel Titov in the cultural and business space "Sevkabel Port". Old hits "We want to dance", "Cuckoo", "Electric", "Music Waves" and many others.On May 11, 2021, Alexander Titov, Yuri Kasparyan, Igor Tikhomirov and Alexander Tsoi Dali Interviews in the Evening Urgant program. The musicians talked about the nearest concerts in Moscow and St. Petersburg, and also admitted that the reunion was very emotional, at first rehearsals they had tears in their eyes.
Discography
With a group "Cinema":
- 1984 - "Head of Kamchatka"
- 1985 - "This is not love"
- 1986 - "Night"
- 1992 - "Unknown Songs"
With a group "Aquarium":
- 1983 - Radio Africa
- 1984 - "Silver Day"
- 1986 - "Children of December"
- 1986 - "Ten arrows"
- 1987 - "Equinox"
- 1988 - "Our life from the point of view of trees"
- 1989 - Radio Silence
- 1993 - "Favorite songs of Ramsesiv"
- 1994 - "St. Petersburg Sands"
- 1994 - "Kostroma MON AMOR"
- 1995 - "Navigator"
- 1996 - "Snow Lion"
- 1999 - "Psi"
- 2005 - Zoom Zoom Zoom
- 2008 - "White Horse"
- 2009 - "Pushkinskaya, 10"
- 2011 - "Arkhangelsk"