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Zeppelin Pro Speaks

Интервью · 13.12.2005

By 44100Hz

Very soon the celebrations marking the 6th anniversary of one of Moscow's most famous clubs - Zeppelin - will take place. In the run-up to the festivities, Masha Tyumeneva and Georgy Petrushin answer questions from 44100Hz visitors. They judged the questions from ron_tarasenko and kalyan to be the best. The winners will attend Zeppelin's sixth-anniversary party - for free.

I'd like to know whether the management of Zeppelin Production is planning to open a Zeppelin club as such? And also, is there a plan to hold large-scale, European-level rave festivals such as Sensation, Mysteryland, Global Gathering, Gatecrasher? After all, the experience of putting on events of that scale is there!!! Thank you.
[tifosi]

Of course we plan and dream of opening a Zeppelin club, but for now we'll wait a little. We plan and hold large-scale events, we're in talks with Sensation, and at the moment we've begun a collaboration with the international dance music festival Godskitchen.

What treats does Zeppelin Pro have in store in the near future? And what even is Zeppelin Pro? )))
[be_simple]

Very soon, on 16 December, we invite everyone to the Godskitchen festival and to the celebration of the Zeppelin club's birthday; we're bringing over Ferry Corsten, which should delight connoisseurs of his work and of quality music in general. The party will take place in the mansion on Savvinskaya Embankment, the same place where Halloween was held. We're also preparing for New Year's - we'll have a very beautiful and luxurious venue, the Pierre Smirnoff mansion on Tverskoy Boulevard; it'll be great fun, with lots of gifts and surprises. And the next year, 2006, we'll kick off with a Valentine's Day celebration. In general, keep a close eye on the news at www.44100.com and you'll be the first to find out about everything. Zeppelin Pro is event marketing and the creation of global brands. We deliberately separated Zeppelin club and Zeppelin Production, though at the same time it's all one single brand. By the way, at the moment Zeppelin Pro has already been around for about 9 years.

What kind of events will Zeppelin focus on? On raves "for everyone", à la Fantastika, or semi-private parties "for the select few"? Question three - does the wonderful Fortdance project have a future?
[ErmoL]

We try to keep a balance between events; we do both large-scale raves and semi-private, so to speak private, parties. They're all good and interesting in their own way, and as organisers we find it very interesting to make parties of different orientations. The FortDance project existed successfully, with our direct help, for 6 years; its further fate we'll leave without comment.

For how much can Zeppelin be bought out?
[peterson]

If you're talking about the brand, then for a few million dollars. :-)

Recently on the official "Zeppelin" site I looked into the DJs section and saw that several new residents had appeared all at once. I know Portnov from "Fantastika" and "Extravaganza" at Gaudi, but Vlada, Quazar and Sibirtsev have shown up only recently. On the question "Why?" I've formed two points of view. Either "Zeppelin Production" parties will be held more often, or the club's veterans will soon be leaving: Ivan Rudyk (in terms of professional mastery I consider him one of the best, and in terms of the repertoire he mixes - my favourite DJ!!!) and Katrin Vesna. Every one of their appearances only ever graces "Zeppelin" parties. Please explain what the deal is here?
[ron_tarasenko]

Zeppelin Pro is expanding, and recently we created a booking department that handles arranging DJ appearances all over Russia and beyond. We fully manage all our residents' affairs, look after the quality of the parties they play at, make their work with us as comfortable as possible, and provide them with PR support. We're not parting ways with any of our DJs, nor do we intend to.

Recently Ivan Rudyk (my favourite DJ, by the way) together with Red Max wrote several themed tracks (for Miller, Fortdance, Halloween). Have you commissioned him to create an "anthem" for the Zeppelin label itself? Because the official Zeppelin Production site is simply in need of a powerful soundtrack.
[TheOne]

Thank you for the idea; we'll definitely have a word with Vanya about creating an official anthem for the Zeppelin club.

How can a girl who loves and is forever devoted to Zeppelin, with refined taste and a sensitive soul, join the orderly ranks of the face-control team, so that complete justice and the reign of beauty may prevail, unshakeable by anything (even by chance)?
[tinck]

We're always glad of new collaborations, so send your résumé to [email protected] and we'll consider your candidacy; if we're interested, we'll meet and have a chat with you.

I have to travel a lot around the country, where I go to clubs. Question: tell me, wouldn't Zeppelin like to expand, to open clubs in other cities under its own label?
[edvard]

We're looking into the possibility of selling a franchise and opening clubs under our label in other Russian cities.

Zeppelin - it sounds like some brand of club culture and is very memorable; where does this word come from, what is it connected with, and who first came up with it?
[kalyan]

The word Zeppelin (in the sense of the club's name) appeared in '97, when we were choosing a name for the club. I came up with it, Zhora Petrushin, because I was always impressed by the sheer power of airships.

Maybe you could bring over Jeff Mills? Eh?
[ramil1]

We'll definitely bring over lots more interesting DJs, hopefully Jeff Mills too. Everyone come to our birthday party!!!

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