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The leader of the Russian rock band “Semantic Hallucinations” Sergei Bobunets announced that 2016 will be the last year for the group, after which it will disband. The musicians gained wide popularity in the late 90s after two of the band’s songs appeared on the radio and on the soundtrack to the film “Brother-2”. Since then, “Semantic Hallucinations” have been active in studio and concert activities.

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The leader of the Russian rock group “Semantic Hallucinations” Sergei Babunets announced the breakup of the group. The vocalist made a statement on his blog on the YouTube video hosting site. The musician recorded his address to fans on the shore of Lake Shartash in Yekaterinburg. - Hello friends! First of all, I want to say that 2016 will be the last year of the “Meaning Hallucinations” group. You probably remember the cartoon about Captain Vrungel, where it is said that whatever you name the ship, that’s how it will sail.

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This was stated by the band's frontman Sergei Bobunets. A video message from the leader of “Semantic Hallucinations” to fans appeared on the popular video hosting site YouTube. The artist noted that the group is not planning a farewell tour, but is preparing a large concert trip with the “Our Space” program in honor of the 55th anniversary of the first manned flight into space. Sergei Bobunets announced, oddly enough, its name as the reason for the collapse of the team.

Sergei Bobunets, nicknamed Buba, is known as the lead singer of a rock band. The musician, producer and restaurateur is currently engaged in... solo work, living in his native Yekaterinburg.

Childhood and youth

Sergei Bobunets was born in Nizhny Tagil on September 1, 1973. His father was a military man, so after some time the family moved to Sverdlovsk, which today is called Yekaterinburg. Music has fascinated Sergei since childhood. First steps in creative direction he started doing it at age 11. As a teenager I tried to play the domra, keyboards and guitar.

Studying in music school in bass guitar class, the future musician did not forget about other interests. He also attended fencing classes, tried his hand at sailing and journalism, and was even a member of a ballroom dancing club.

Thinking about the future, the young man planned to become a military man and continue family tradition, but the passion for music turned out to be stronger. Also in school years Bobunets gathered friends in music group"Ajax". Later, as a worker at a bearing factory, Sergei participated in the activities of a musical group founded by his friend.

Sergey Bobunets graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of the Ural state university. He managed to work as a radio presenter in Yekaterinburg and as a journalist for a local newspaper. But in the end, his biography turned out to be connected with another area. In 1989, Bobunets created the group “Meaning Hallucinations”. The group quickly gained its first fans, and all their free time began to be spent on its development.

Music

The name of the group, of which Bobunets became the frontman, was born by chance. In a dialogue with one of his colleagues, instead of “auditory hallucinations,” he heard “ semantic hallucinations" One year later Music band became a member of the Sverdlovsk rock club. The group's first performances brought sympathy to the audience, and little by little people in their hometown began to take an interest in their work.

Progressively suspended movement creative crisis which the team managed to overcome. Updated lineup“Semantic Hallucinations” continued performing in 1995. The musicians released a record that attracted the attention of a wide public. The album was called "Separation Now".

Bobunets and his comrades went on tour in support of the disc. At the same time, work was underway on the second record. It became “Here and Now”. The band's real fame came from the recording of the song “Forever Young” for Alexey Balabanov’s film “Brother-2.” They started talking about “Meaning hallucinations”.

Song “Forever Young” by the group “Semantic Hallucinations”

Sergei deftly combined creative activity with hobbies. He appeared on the radio, gave interviews, and worked as a publicist. Bobunets paid great attention to supporting young groups in Yekaterinburg and did not forget about an active lifestyle.

Completion was announced in 2015 concert activities. “Meaning hallucinations” lasted 26 years. During this time, 8 albums and more than 10 videos were released. The rock band won 2 Golden Gramophone awards for the compositions “Why trample on my love” and “Reason will someday win.” In 2004, the team was nominated for the Ovation Award as a contender for the title " Best rock band».

Song “Rose Glasses” by the group “Semantic Hallucinations”

Soundtracks were recorded for the cinematography “Meaning Hallucinations”. The group’s hits are heard in the films “At the Game” and “Forbidden Reality”. Bobunets and his colleagues were regular guests of the “Invasion” festival. From the main rock stage of the country, musicians performed songs such as “Rose-colored Glasses”, “April”, “First Day of Autumn” and others.

Until 2017, the band toured, saying goodbye to fans. Having completed his co-creation with his colleagues, the musician traveled, drawing inspiration for new hits, composing music, and working with representatives of the cinema. Sergei Bobunets began performing solo. He gave several charity concerts in the DPR and Syria.

Sergey Bobunets and the group “Sansara” perform the song “Clouds”

In the fall of 2017, the artist’s self-recorded mini-album, “While the Angels Dance,” was released. Fans greeted the record with interest, combining recognizable features of the music of “Meaning Hallucinations” and a new sound. The disc consisted of 3 songs. Already in the spring of 2018, Bobunets presented a full-length album, “Everything is Normal.”

The musician continues to collaborate with Russian rock bands. He has joint projects with the group "Sansara" and . Among Bobunets’ hits today are the songs “I Love”, “Smile”, “Nowhere to Run”.

Personal life

Sergei Bobunets lives with his family near Lake Shartash in Yekaterinburg. The musician's wife's name is Dilara. The future spouses met back in early years, living in neighboring yards. Dilara Bobunets is a designer and architect by profession. The family has a son, Nikita. The young man, like his father, plays music. They do not say whether the spouses have plans to have more children.

Sergey does not share details personal life, but from his personal online account "Instagram" fans can find out about the musician’s upcoming concerts and leisure activities. He regularly posts photos, notifying followers about his pastime and plans for upcoming events.

The artist prefers an active lifestyle, loves riding a motorcycle, car and ATV. As a versatile personality, he demonstrates the versatility of his nature, having many hobbies.

Sergey Bobunets now

Despite his public profession and interest in journalism, Sergei Bobunets is not a fan of public speaking. He admits to journalists that before each appearance on stage he has to gather his courage.

Buba continues to conduct concerts and tours, is working on recording new songs and remains a cult figure of the domestic rock Olympus.

Now Bobunets is realizing himself as a musician and entrepreneur. In Yekaterinburg he runs his own restaurant. The musician's name is included in the list famous people cities.

Discography

2017 - “While the angels dance”
2018 - “Everything is normal”

At the box office - “About Rock” by Evgeny Grigoriev - one of the best documentaries of the year. A funny and sad story about young Ekaterinburg musicians looks like a succinct statement about a “confused generation” stuck between the past and the future. The film won the Grand Prix of the documentary competition at the Omsk “Movement” and a special prize at the “Window to Europe” festival in Vyborg.

In 2011, director Evgeny Grigoriev decided to make a movie about the modern rock scene of Yekaterinburg, once one of the capitals of Russian rock. Was announced specially for the film open competition talent pool, designed to identify the most promising groups. The jury consisted entirely of rock music dinosaurs, including Vladimir Shakhrin (“Chaif”) and Sergei Bobunets (“Meaning Hallucinations”). But then everything didn’t go as planned. Actually, a disaster original plan and there is the main one story line film.

Sergei Bobunets: “The phrase that Russian rock is dying is just a cliché”

Despite his sore throat, the creator legendary group“Meaning hallucinations” Sergei Bobunets spoke at the Army 2017 forum. After the concert, the musician held an impromptu autograph session. People's love to the cultivator " eternal youth"so strong that fans began to treat Sergei. Inhalipt injections were made while saying sincere words: "Thanks bro!" The artist has not given interviews for a year now, but he made an exception for EAN.

- How did you end up among tanks and guns?

Accidentally. They just suggested. The musicians and I performed absolutely free, I just wanted to support our guys.

- Have you examined the equipment yourself? How do you like our army?

Russian army protects human values. I like this position. In Russia we have a soul, an ideological spirit. We maintain balance. We can be accused of anything, but someone must be like our army - shirtless guys who will stand up for the disadvantaged.

- Let's continue the topic. I know that you have friends in the famous group of military pilots “Swifts”. Will there be new songs about flying?

Last year I recorded a song with Yulia Chicherina called “You Can Fly.” It seemed to me that the image of pilots is like that of guitarists and musicians in the spirit of “Look at my Gibson.” I
I assumed that pilots had the same story as we do with guitars. That they are proud of their planes. What they fly on. And one pilot told me that he sent our song to all the girls he knew and they liked it. As they say, the song has arrived.

I can give others good examples. Our city has sponsored submarines, in particular, “Verkhoturye” and “Ekaterinburg”. This is our nuclear shield. We were there with the musicians. Absolutely incredible people serve there. They are all already third generation submariners. They don't just get there.

Fate constantly brings me together with completely transcendental people, for whom heroism exists as usual and does not have any aura. “If I’m lucky, I can still serve my Motherland,” they say. Inspiring them somehow with your songs is worth a lot.

- We have rockers who go to play concerts in Syria. Do you have this in your plans?

The musicians and I were in the DPR, and I think we’ll end up in Syria. I am in favor of playing a concert in this country. This is our memory and what the country will stand on in the future. It is a great honor to support those who are making our history today.

- How do you generally feel about the fact that our troops ended up there?

All our country's decisions may seem controversial. But from a political point of view, we always got involved for those whom no one else got involved with.

- You haven’t given an interview to anyone for a year. Why?

I didn't see the point. All the questions revolved around the same thing. They only asked about the “Meaning Hallucinations” group. Nothing was revealed in the journalists' questions that could be truly interesting. And by and large, I didn’t see that these communications worked in a positive way. Our conversation today is a different matter.

- You have a song “Sweet Cheerful Life”: “I made the word love a bargaining chip. I lied in the interview..."

It's sarcasm. People think that all musicians are cynical and have everything for sale. In fact, it's the opposite. You can't write a song to sell or write a hit on purpose. You just write songs. Just the way you do it. And it is a mistake to perceive creativity as something that is done for money.

- Was there a lot of speculation about the conflict in “Semantic Hallucinations”?

Yes. Exactly. Although at first the journalists said that the conversation would not be about this. But in the end it all came down to the situation around the group.

- You recently said that energy is the main thing and we need it to come out. How can young groups do this?

You need to be honest with yourself, bear internal responsibility for your every action. That is, truly understand what you are doing. Don't try to be opportunistic. Find your own path, have your own idea, your own goal. Your message, your life position and be one hundred percent honest.

We musicians deal with emotions, not sell goods. People either like it or don't like it. And only then is it monetized. And that's normal, by the way. But for this you need to be one hundred percent honest.

- There is an opinion that Russian rock is dying again. Recently, Kurara leader Oleg Yagodin told me this. Do you agree?

It's just a cliché. Although I think that soon everything will return to the bard's song. When a person with a guitar and nothing more is simply important. And technology allows us to make different arrangements now. And it will come out beautifully.

Everything will eventually return to the words: “A poet in Russia is more than a poet.” I am one of Vladislav Krapivin’s Caravelites...

- Do you communicate with a famous writer? Are you visiting?

Yes. True, very rarely. He's old now, and there's no need to burden him. That's why he remains a symbol for me. You know, Last year I live in Sevastopol. There I accidentally found a collection of Krapivin’s stories about Sevastopol. The Caravelians had an excellent oath: “I will fight injustice without waiting for anyone else to do it.”

- You are prohibited from entering Ukraine. When you found out about this, how did you feel?

The first thing I did was look to see who else was on this list. Can you imagine, mine was there? cousin. This list contains all his details. Even your home address, right down to your apartment. This excited me. As for myself, I’ll answer this way: I was surprised that they didn’t bring it in earlier.

- What are your plans? Are there any festivals you'll be appearing at soon?

I want to take a break now. Travel more, experience ordinary human joys. I need a reboot. I want to approach future creativity more conceptually. I've always liked this approach.
Wait for the time, don’t get overwhelmed and start creating with new ideas and plans.

The group “Semantic Hallucinations” has been consistently among the headliners of the domestic rock scene for many years, regularly rotating on radio stations and performing at major festivals.

In addition, the leader of the group, Sergei Bobunets, is promoting the unusual project “Rotoff,” which became famous on the Internet thanks to the song “Basque is not a goat.”

Now the musicians of “Meaning Hallucinations” are preparing to release a new album, intriguing fans with talk that the record is chamber and dark. The correspondent of “Show Business News NEWSmusic.ru” met with Sergei Bobunets in order to understand why the group became close to the motifs of darkness, and at the same time talk about the end of the world, modern show business and the Russian Cossacks.

“You can make music without money”

I’ll start with your new project “Rotoff”. You said that he has nothing to do with show business, but at the same time you are the producer of this project. Isn't the producer the one who makes the business?

My role is precisely to strictly adhere to the boundaries of the genre and not go beyond the limits of accessible art. This applies to both budget and arrangements. On the one hand, everything should be done extremely simply, and on the other, with technical excellence. The idea must be expressed in simple, understandable language, which is why the style that Kolya came up with is called “pop underground”: pop because it’s accessible, and underground because Kolya is a master of taking a song off the air with one word.

This project is being done without the hope that it will have any ethereal life. That is, we decided to go on an experiment and show people, using the example of the Rotoff project, that you can make music without money. Over the past year, Kolya had one song on the soundtrack of the film “Love in the City 2”, he performed at almost all summer festivals, and it was clear how people fell in love with this man. Kolya is a very bright showman.

Well, “Rotoff” has a serious support in the form of “Semantic Hallucinations,” but do you think that young groups that do not have this support can really achieve something without money and connections?

Yes, here we, of course, make a little use of the opportunity that we have and help Kolya with his tours. It is clear that the song with which he shot, “Basque is not a goat,” was also so successful because Gorshok participated in its recording, who did not even suspect that everything would turn out this way. We ourselves had no idea. We were just joking at that moment. But, nevertheless, basically Kolya is perceived as a separate project from the “Meaning Hallucinations” group, as a project of a completely different pole. Now it has become clear that it’s time to separate our pages, Kolya needs to start his own blogs, his own accounts in in social networks. We were able to allow ourselves to record a very dark album, and we gave all the positivity to Kolya. It happened by accident, but it turned out very well. It’s always a pleasure to go on stage after Kolya, because the audience is completely warmed up.

As for young bands, I think they can achieve something without money. And there are many examples of this: for example, Peter Nalich. We want to show that you don’t have to spend money on expensive studios, expensive clips. The point is in the idea. Nowadays, the number of views of amateur videos is much greater than the views of professional videos. People are more interested in watching what people like them do, in watching what they could do themselves.

Now there is an opinion that there are too many young bands and guitars should be sold like weapons, under license. Do you agree?

Good wording. This happens not only in our country, thanks to the fact that the Internet has made information accessible. Previously, you could tell what came out this week and what was good and what was not. Nowadays, even professionals who only engage in getting acquainted with new musical releases admit that they do not have time to listen to everything. Therefore no big heroes And bright characters. They are simply difficult to notice. The volume of information is so great that every musician now lives in his own small garden. But I think this is just a phase, and soon everything will be fine again.

"Our new album will help many"

Your new album turns out to be dark. I read that it was written by candlelight. So you prefer live lighting to electric?

This is due to the fact that I worked mainly at night, and it was more comfortable for me to do it by candlelight. In general, I like to have a lot of them in the house. When friends come to visit me, dozens of candles burn. They give off real warmth. And this atmosphere that was in my office (and everything is very laconic there and there are only three colors - white, black and red) was transmitted to the songs. We tried to maintain the feeling of a small room and a person left alone with himself. This is an album for individual listening. The album is not gloomy, but dark. It is about a person who is in a crisis situation, on the verge of death: somewhere he understands that death is inevitable and tries to treat this with humor; somewhere he goes towards it consciously; somewhere he simply accepts it and tries to save not himself, but his loved ones.

- So you think that in the dark a person can take off all his masks and be himself?

Great wording! I think it would be interesting to do a survey on who does what in the dark. Yes, this idea about masks is correct. This explains that the album is very laconic, there is nothing superfluous in it, there are no unnecessary topics. It happens that people write on our website that such and such a song saved a life, helped in a difficult moment. And I think this album will help a lot of people too.

- We already have one group that also loves darkness, candles... I’m talking about “Kukryniksy”.

They have a completely different story. For us, these are simply sensations that a person actually experiences without putting on a black robe. This is human darkness. This can be compared to the feeling when you watch some kind of arthouse film, in which there is no action, no dinosaurs, but there is an extremely simple picture, and it is this that incredibly hooks you.

- Was there any thought then to make the album acoustic?

And it’s practically acoustic anyway. There is very little electricity in it in the form in which we are accustomed to perceive it. This is a chamber album.

- Did you have to rethink many themes and ideas while working on the new album?

About the Khimki forest, you mean? (laughs). I rethought my whole life. Every person has a moment when he looks back, compares his present self with his past self and realizes how much wiser and more experienced he has become. This happened to me too.

“We are shocked by the picture in the new video”

you took off new clip, in which they showed very beautiful earth on her last day...

Yes, very beautiful. We were shocked by the picture. In some places it is reminiscent of the film House of Flying Daggers.

Should the musicians play in the videos? Or should the musician sing, and all the dramaturgy should be given to professional actors?

In our latest video there are actors, but they are not visible: they are wearing gas masks and chemical protective suits. In general, music videos are small films, and filming them is hard work. To make the clip catchy, you need to do a lot beyond human capabilities. In the video “Reason Will Someday Win,” the actress had to be watered ice water. Or rather, according to the plot it was gasoline, but our director limited himself to water. She was wearing only a nightgown, and it was incredibly cold. We stood wrapped in jackets, our teeth chattering from the cold, and she had to not only endure, but also play with different emotions. And there are many such examples. Our first feat was on the set of the “Stars 3000” video. We then decided to jump with a parachute, after which we thought that such things should be trusted to professionals. In our last video, the actors had to run a lot. Can you imagine what it’s like to run around in gas masks? It's incredibly difficult.

In our latest video there are actors, but they are not visible: they are wearing gas masks and chemical protection suits

Is this desire to show the beautiful death of the earth your attitude towards death in general? So you believe that death can be beautiful?

In the video we're talking about about the last two people on earth who also die. It's just a story with a sad ending.

-Have you ever thought about what you could do today if you knew for sure that tomorrow was the end of the world?

I lived with this feeling for a long time. Lived for today. But I think that all this talk about the end of the world, preparation for it, is so that a person begins to at least think that it is time to spend more time with his family, looking away from the TV; thinking about calling mom, having time to do something really important...

You became famous thanks to your participation in the recording of the soundtrack to the film “Brother”. Are you currently following what is happening in modern cinema?

Of course, I watch movies, I love movies, but I’ve stopped going to cinemas now. However, my son recently bet with me that I would have to go with him to some movie.

“Show business needs fresh air”

In one of your interviews you said that at the beginning of your creative path show business was fairer and better because it was built on friendships, and now that's gone. But didn't this help people become more professional?

Yes, maybe it helped... But it used to be that, for example, the entire manufacturing company went with Yulia Chicherina to buy clothes, or to a stylist, or to decide family problems. When Misha Kozyrev worked on Our Radio, even if the group did not have 100% hit, he still sat down, listened to the entire album and eventually chose a song. He was sure that the group’s on-air life should continue, even if something didn’t work out this time. There was some kind of personal interest, many of the producers constantly hung out at the concerts of young bands. It was good form. It seems to me that now everything is returning to this again, because it is impossible to stew in the same thing for ten years and everyone understands that fresh names and fresh air are needed.

- So you are ready to work in conditions where there are few professionals, but there are many friends?

I am sure that if a person wants to learn, he will learn everything. Here's an example: we have a friend who lives in Egypt, and he wrote a musical, humorous. We tell him: this is a cartoon series. He thought: “Yes? And who will draw it? We answered: “There is no one but you.” A man sat down and for six months simply studied special computer programs and was able to master it all. For me, the most important quality in people is flexibility and communication skills. If you feel that you can always come to an agreement with a person, then you will be comfortable working with him.

At the “20 Years Without Cinema” festival, just like ten years ago, you covered the song “Mom, we are all seriously ill.” Why is this song so dear to you?

Ten years ago we took part in the recording of a tribute to “Kinoproba”, but we were removed from the concert itself due to a conflict with Real Records, so we were not able to play it then. We are now performing this song at concerts, with the blessing of Georgy Kasparyan. It is felt by us, we are confident in every note. At “20 Years Without Cinema” it was painful for us to listen to some covers at this concert.

- You were accepted into the Cossacks not so long ago. Tell us how it happened.

This is what news turns out to hook people. For some reason they always react more vividly to them than to news about the album. We performed in the city of Timashevsk in Krasnodar region, and we were greeted there very nicely. The administration gave us a basket full of food as a symbol of well-being. There were fruits, bread, sausages, cheese, wine, vodka. The mayor of Timashevsk came out and handed me a cloak, a hat, and a mace. I was very moved. When I brought everything to the airport to pack, the man who works there packed it with indescribable tenderness and love. It is clear that people treat this symbol with trepidation.

- It seems to me that the Cossack ideology is somehow close to fate: courage, freedom, rebellion.

Yes, but the question is, is all this present in the current Cossacks, and even in the current fate? I would send an SMS to many rockers with the word “courage” so that it would at least just sound in them.