44100Hz People — August 2007

44100Hz presents the winners of the "Person of the Month" feature. In August, the most votes went to Ira and Ilya for their touching photos from Yu-Cafe and from the closing of the club Mix. We met with the winners and asked them the questions that concern every clubber to one degree or another...

Ilya: Since this is a site about music, I'd be glad to talk about the wonderful Exit festival in Serbia. Which, despite its six-year history, almost no one in our country knows about.
Ira: About myself, of course!

Ilya: You know, I have a very firm opinion on this matter: a club card can't be asked for, can't be sold, can't be bought. Only the club's management should decide whether a given person is worthy of being a member. I had only one club card, I think, but I never carried it with me. I still remember the number even now…
Ira: I don't have a wallet, and all my cards are at home.

Ilya: The recipe is simple — the less money you have in your wallet, the harder you'll get drunk. Accordingly, more of a blast... and go devour the enemies of Russian metal.
Ira: For me it doesn't work out on minimal money.

Ilya: Sleep and eat. Watching the show "Dialogues About Fishing" and football helps a lot.
Ira: Sleep more and drink freshly squeezed juices.

Ilya: New rave, probably, God forgive me. It's hard to pick just three when I like so much. But these I'm ready to listen to in any mood:
INXS — Never Tear Us Apart
Sandra — Everlasting Love
Elvis Presley — My Way
But in general I love heavy metal, especially in the mornings!
Ira: I like:
Trentemøller — Moan
Underworld — Born Slippy
Car-Man — London Goodbye.

Ilya: Duren or Dur, maybe. I don't know. A silly question.
Ira: Estakada.

Ilya: It's very simple. Just smile, open your mouth and try to string a couple of words together. As for everything else, you'll have to make an effort.
Ira: I don't approach anyone; usually everyone approaches me.

Ilya: For me the best club was and remains my, you could say, first club — Ptuch. With which I went, as they say, through fire and water. Both the best times and all possible renovations, resuscitations, house bars and so on. Since then there have of course been pleasant places, clubs with good sound and music, but I never did find a better one. It's very good, by the way, that none of this happened to Mix. I mean all those closings and openings, attempts to bring back the old days. Right now I like almost everything about Solyanka, except, of course, that I keep crawling out of it.
Ira: Solyanka and Krysha Mira.

Ilya: Yes, that happens all the time. You want to go home but you can't leave, and the blame periodically falls on Kubikov, or Zorkin, or Meshkov, or Helga, or Spider, or Volodya. What can you say — they're the best!
Ira: Chizh!

Ilya: As practice shows, anywhere with good friends, good music and cold vodka. As for the pre-party, that's individual to everyone. Some have call girls, but that's optional.
Ira: These days many people go to J.A.B. And the ideal place for a pre-party is at Shanti.

Ilya: Yes.
Ira: Of course you can! But I won't say exactly how… it wouldn't pass the censors.