Zakhar May is the hero of our time

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Among the songs of Zakhar May, "God is not a fraer" is especially popular. It contains a lot of obscene language, political statements and dissatisfaction with the police. In the rotation of "Our Radio", the first to flash was a composition called "Na" ("It's all gone …"), which was written back in 1995.

Biography

May Zakhar Borisovich was born on June 25, 1969 in the city of Kharkov (Ukraine). My father worked as a civil engineer, but later retrained as a programmer. And my mother successfully graduated from the Faculty of Matlinguistics, but she preferred to work as a producer. As a child, Zakhar sang in the Skvorushka choir in the city palace of pioneers. After graduating from high school, he entered the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Tartu, for which he had to go to Estonia. However, due to moving to the States, he never finished his studies there.

Moving and starting a career

When Zakhar May was 19 years old, the family emigrated to North America. Between 1988 and 2002, he managed to live in Chicago, San Francisco, B altimore and New York. The guy earned breadprogramming, and in his spare time he was engaged in creativity - that is, writing songs. In 2002, Zakhar returned to his hometown and took up music in earnest.

Interesting facts

1. The musician's father maintains a blog on the Internet, in which he posts poems of his own composition.
2. According to Zakhar, it is difficult to work in a low-paid job and not steal.
3. Parents support their son in everything.
4. The name Zakhar came to him from a deceased relative. This is an old Jewish tradition. And his family belongs to this ethnic group.
5. Zakhar May supports the US government's policy on Iraq.
6. I visited Moscow with a concert in January 2018.

Creativity

The first well-known composition composed by May was the song "The Refrigerator is Empty", written before emigrating in 1987. It sounded shortly after the creation of an author's song called "Eskhar" at the festival.

Being in the USA, Zakhar May became interested in ethnic music, performed hits by Soviet pop stars and recorded three of his own albums. In addition, the guy repeatedly gave apartment concerts for emigrants like him.

Shiva

When Zakhar moved to St. Petersburg, he created his own group, which included such famous musicians as Pavel Borisov, Andrey Vasilyev, Andrey Muratov, Sergey Chigrakov and Igor Dotsenko. In this composition, in 2003, the album "Black Helicopters" was recorded, songs from whichwere performed as part of the Wings and Invasion festivals.

In an interview, Zakhar Mai said that the Shiva group as such never existed. There was only him - and accompaniment from the best domestic rock musicians who, being free, helped him with performances. Zakhar, together with his friends, specifically gave the group a name so as not to “light up” his own in front of the yellow press. After 2003, the musician began to perform solo and managed to travel around some CIS countries, Israel, the USA and Germany.

Internet project

In 1994, Zakhar Mai and his comrades created a site called baza.com, where there were links for downloading songs, as well as news, reviews and notes. Some sections (for example, "How did your hamster die?") became the leaders of discussions and were popular for a long time. In 2002, the page got into the "ROTOR ++" contest and won the honorable first place as the "Music Site of the Year". The domain baza.com is currently for sale.

Politics

If you carefully read the lyrics of Zakhar May, it becomes obvious his negative attitude towards modern Russian politics and support for the Ukrainian government. What are the words in the cover version of the Kipelov group: “Under the cold whisper of the stars, we blew up the Crimean bridge”? However, all this does not prevent the musician from going on tour to Russia and giving concerts. But let's be tolerant: a musician is a free bird, political squabbles should not affect the attitude of fans towards him.

Differences between the Russian public and"Foreign"

In his interview, Zakhar admitted that in America the situation with the development and diversity of music is better than in the Russian Federation. In addition, the "overseas" residents love to dance at concerts and vividly express their emotions. It was there that May came to understand the full depth of Russian folk music, as nostalgia tormented him daily. According to the artist, its essence is that a person's legs themselves start dancing (as his emigrant fans have repeatedly done).

How not to offend anyone

If you believe this statement on the page of the singer and blogger Zakhar May, it turns out that the main principle of his life is a peaceful existence in society. But at the same time, he constantly “trolls” famous Russian musicians. Mai believes that if they were offended, they would express it to his face. Pop singer Maxim seems to like it, since she gave May a DVD with her compositions. But Yuri Loza for the cover "I'm taking food to the cat on a small raft" was noticeably offended and does not recommend attending the musician's concerts.

Characteristic

Zakhar May's songs are something specific and unpleasant for many people. However, he has his own circle of fans who adore the combination of Russian profanity and drug addict slang. Some terms are borrowed from such writers as the Strugatsky brothers, Kir Bulychev and Novella Matveeva. Literary quotes and swear words, of course, are a nuclear mixture that causes heated discussions on social networks.

Unknown for whatlooks like

Zakhar May's style of music is difficult to attribute to any one genre, as it combines such directions as reggae, dance, rock. Gypsy and Russian melodies are also heard. Zakhar May's chords are quite simple - usually they are E, Am and G. They are easy to pick up by ear.

This artist is famous for his harsh lyrics accompanied by an acoustic guitar. Zakhar's style of playing is very popular - after all, songs can be "shouted" to the delight of neighbors after a stormy feast! Fans say he writes well, but very little.