Alexey Poddubny Django. Django: I'm a bracophobe. The gypsy craving for freedom lives within me. Why does he write songs

Django is a man who writes and performs sunny, warm, sandy-golden songs. Sometimes it rains, there are storms, sometimes there are separations. And Django, like a filter, passes through the life of many lives and simply sings about it. His first single, the song "Papagan", in the very first weeks of rotation on the air of "Our Radio" (Russia) entered the radio station's charts and occupied a confident position there for three months, after which the group received an invitation to participate in the Russian festival "Invasion" ". The song "Papagan" was also rotated on many radio stations in Ukraine, the video for it was aired on the music channel "M1". "Papagan" can already be heard in the collection "Invasion. Step Fifteen."

Django's next single "Cold Spring" became the key song of the new Russian blockbuster "Shadowboxing", which was released on wide screens in Russia and Ukraine on March 17.

Django (Alexey Poddubny) vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, accordion, harmonica, arrangement

Alexey German - keyboards, trumpet

Vladimir Pismenny - guitar

Alexander Okremov - drums

Sergey Gorai - bass

Django - now this name is already known thanks to the hits “Cold Spring”, “Papagan”, “Byla Nev Byla” - went through a long creative path before becoming a famous musician. In his life there was a search for his own style and place in music, testing his pen, tests of endurance and faith in his talent, disappointments and successes - everything that accompanies the emergence of bright, original artists. But Django found himself and was able to convey his worldview to the audience. Django's musical activity began in childhood; he graduated from a music school with a degree in guitar. Next came college and unforgettable years spent in the army, which added classical guitar, accordion, keyboards and horn to the list. It was in the army that Alexey Poddubny received his nickname from fans of Django Reinhardt’s work for his special love of playing the guitar after lights out. While serving in Moscow, Alexey joins a brass band. At this time he listens to Sting, Peter Gabriel, and finds himself at a Pink Floyd concert.

After the army, Alexey decides to devote himself entirely to music; he is actively searching for his own style, participating in many groups as a keyboard player and arranger. He takes part in the musical project Cool Before Drinking, organizes his team Jolly Jail, in which he acts as a songwriter, vocalist and arranger. During the same period, he began to write music for popular performers. Django understands that blindly following Western musicians does not justify itself and turns to Slavic melodicism. The next important event in the musician’s life was his acquaintance with the talented poet Sasha Obod. Together with him, Alexey writes several joint songs. Django begins to hear in music and poetry what he had previously guessed only intuitively: the way a song resonates with a person’s heart, gives rise to internal harmonies. It didn't take long for Django to start writing all the lyrics to his songs himself, because that's how you can truly believe what you're singing about. Together with his friend Maxim Podzin, Alexey creates the project The Plunge. The next attempt to realize my own creativity was working on the Django project. From the moment the first songs were written, a group of like-minded people formed, who began to jointly develop this project. In addition to Django himself, the group includes Max, as well as producer and drummer Sergei Stambovsky.

This trio makes up the main composition of the project, the date of birth of which can be considered November 2001. The first recording of Django was made at the studio of Radio Stolitsa. “The most important thing: I wanted to feel Love, and only by writing these songs did I feel it... The most inspired song was written in 15 minutes, then a small edit and that’s it. Many lines came to mind when crossing the street... These songs teach you to love. “I” had almost nothing to do with it, I just fell into the river and swam along it... These songs wanted to be born, I just helped them...” It was then that the songs “Cold Spring”, “Papagan”, “Come Back, Too Far” were recorded. (Subsequently, the final versions of these songs included only percussion, double bass, Rhodes and bass clarinet parts; everything else was rewritten at other studios). The parts of the string section of the symphony orchestra for some tracks were recorded at the studio of the Sound Recording House. All drum parts were recorded in the Krutz Records studio, and the bass was recorded in Oleg Shevchenko's studio. At his home studio, Django edited all the recorded material. Mixing tests were done in at least five studios. In the end, the choice of place for mixing settled on the RSPF studio. As a result, work on the album, which included ten songs, lasted about two years and was completed at the end of 2004.

Promotion

In 2004, the first single, the song “Papagan”, began to be played on Our Radio. In the fall of the same year, the group’s musical material reaches director Alexei Sidorov (“Brigade”), who at that time was finishing work on his new film “Shadowboxing.” As a result, Django's song "Cold Spring" almost entirely formed the final scenes of the film. In March 2005, the group performed for the first time in Moscow at events dedicated to the premiere of “Shadowboxing”. From this very moment, the triumphant procession of “Cold Spring” began on all leading Moscow radio stations - the song became a real hit. The group begins to regularly visit Moscow, and at the end of May, at the 16 Ton club, they present their debut album “Byla ne was not”... To be continued...

Discography

“It was not there” - World of Music, 05.24.2005.

Django about the song "Byla was not":
“It all started with the emergence of a musical form. One day I was sitting, playing the accordion and recording some pieces. And then, when I heard it all together, I thought – cool drawing! I threw drums in there, played along with something on bass, and played guitar. After 2 hours I already had a draft of the song ready. I had to write a melody - and it flowed by itself. And for some reason I had an association with the lyrics of the song with mountains, i.e. like a man playing an accordion in the mountains. The main idea of ​​the song is expressed in the second verse: “Soon the huge cities will steal our souls, the skies won’t let us listen to our familiar songs.”

Django about the song "Papagan":
“Papagan” is an action song. About adrenaline. I want to step over the gray everyday life and why not, for example, rob a train? So that there would be something real in life. I was also greatly impressed by the film “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.” Hence the phrase: it’s better to hug the ocean than forgotten love and a glass.” This is not an obsession with material things, but an opportunity to feel the thrill of life.”

Django about the song "Coat":
“The song “Paltetso” is, in general, such a story, something akin to the one that was expressed in the work of the Pink Floyd group, the album of 1979 called “The Wall”. There, for 90-odd minutes, the life of a person who is born, finds himself in the conditions of the so-called society, and how he copes with all this was described. How does it happen that a person, being born completely free, and being a descendant of God, suddenly finds himself in such schemes, frameworks - from the very birth he already owes something to someone. And this idea, in general, has always interested me and interests me, and I tried to express it in the song “Paltetso”. And I dedicated the song to military surgeons. If you listen carefully to the lyrics, you will understand why."
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Information from the official website of the group
http://jango.ru/

Musician Alexey Poddubny (Django), does not like publicity. He prefers hiking and martial arts to social outings and communicating with journalists. However, Django made an exception, speaking in an exclusive interview about his friendship with Ekaterina Guseva, vegetarianism, his girlfriend and raising future children, writes Viva!

Who is the person behind the nickname Django? Who is he, where does he live, what plans does he make, who does he love? Even the almighty Google doesn’t know the answers to these questions: when you search for “Django,” sites pop up where you can only download his songs. And who better can answer these and other questions that interest us than the original source? To the musician’s credit, Django did not pretend to be mysterious and play inaccessible - the conversation turned out to be frank and non-trivial.

- Let's get acquainted. As an artist, you are quite “closed”, so to speak, terra incognita.

Why is it closed?

- From the Internet, for example, you can get very little information about you.

I don’t know, I don’t do PR. To be honest, I don't care. I'm writing a new song now, and I'm more interested in what words I'll find.

You are right, for a creative person this is the most important thing. But still, do you think that an artist who does not advertise his personal life can be truly popular?

I've never asked myself that question. And what do you think?

- The interview is not with me, but with you.

I don't like to talk about such topics. I’m probably just an unformatted person for a mass audience.

- In order to write a good song, do you need some kind of external input?

Well, you can’t get it from social gatherings!

- And where?

For example, there are mountains. From time to time I travel to Crimea: I have a favorite place there in the mountains. I put up a tent and stay there for seven days. I'm sitting, thinking...

- One?

Yes. I once suggested it to my friends, but basically everyone just wants, and it doesn’t go further than “I want.”

Alexey, it seems that your passion for music began at the age of five with some funny story with a button accordion?

I was sent to kindergarten, there was an amateur art group, which I really wanted to get into, but they didn’t take me - they said I had no hearing. And dad, a man of principle, decided to prove to the teachers that they were wrong, and bought me a small children's button accordion. Every evening we practiced music: my father sang songs of the war years, which I have loved very much since then, and I selected the melody by ear. I can say that my dad, in fact, taught me music. I owe him everything I have achieved. I had his example before my eyes.

- Did your father have anything to do with music?

No, he worked as a newspaper editor, a journalist. During World War II, my dad was seriously injured and actually lost his arm; he was then 12-13 years old. And yet he still received a higher education and worked as a newspaper editor. Now the father is no longer alive.

- Lesha, the button accordion lessons were not in vain; as a result, you entered the Glier School.

Well, after the button accordion there were accordion classes, which I hated, then there was guitar. And then my school friend’s mother, who was a teacher at the Glier Music School, enrolled me in the music school at the school. I barely passed the exam at the school. They didn’t have much hope for me, and that’s why I was so interested in studying.

Yes, I served in the army there.

- Great distribution!

What does chic mean? It’s great to warm up somewhere at home with some pies!

“If they could find a young lady in Moscow, she would warm you up and feed you pies.”

Where? In the army?! Yes, I was fired three times in total! I didn't have many young ladies. I was more interested in music then.

- And now?

And now it’s the same: no more than music. (Laughs) After serving for six months, I accidentally ended up in a military orchestra; they had some kind of shortage there. In addition, my mother brought me a guitar. I found a tiny closet one and a half by one and a half meters and worked hard there. The authorities, fortunately, did not bother me. They probably thought: a soldier is sitting there, playing the guitar - at least he’s busy with something, and not some kind of bullshit. By the way, a funny story happened in my army. I read in the newspaper "Moskovsky Komsomolets" that the group "Bravo" is looking for a guitarist and drummer. I don’t know what I was thinking about then, but I asked for leave and, as I was, in my overcoat, I went to the audition.

- How did it all go?

- “Bravo” was at the peak of its popularity back then, so there was a huge line of people interested. We waited for them for two hours in the bitter cold (it was Moscow winter after all!) Finally they arrived. But when I heard the music that I had to play, I realized that it was not for me. He turned around and left.

- That is, you rejected Bravo. Have you returned to Kyiv?

Yes, I eventually returned to Kyiv and was already involved in music from time to time.

- What did you do?

The dashing 90s, you know, so history is silent about this. ( Laughs)

- Your breakthrough was the amazing soundtrack for the film “Shadowboxing”.

It is an accident. At that time I went to Moscow to make arrangements for other performers. There was even one oligarch who liked to perform chansons in his spare time. Thanks to him, I met the person who was responsible for the music for “Shadowboxing.” I saw that the film was good and offered him a few songs to choose from. I gave it away and forgot about it. And a few months later he calls and shouts into the phone: “We put your song in the final and were shocked at how great it went. Let’s take it!” It’s funny that after the film was released, they started playing it on all radio stations, although before that they said: “Yes, yes, this song is not bad, okay, let’s play it once.”

- How was it working with actress Katya Guseva? They say she has a difficult character...

That's what the envious people say. Excellent for me. The initiative came from her. They called and said: Katya would like to sing a song with you for the new film “Come Back”. She was already very popular then thanks to the Brigade. We met in Moscow in some office. The most wonderful person. We recorded a song and released a video. I was very surprised that she agreed to star in it.

- Why?

Because there were sex scenes, and I only had swimming trunks on. (Laughs)

- We can say that you were lucky: you starred in a bed scene with a famous actress, and even a beautiful woman.

Of course yes. But the fact is that I didn’t write the song “Come Back” about this at all, but it was driven into the prism of the relationship between a man and a woman. Of course, this can also be discussed, but separated by a comma, in the tenth paragraph. And then they took it and put this point in first place.

- In any case, the work turned out beautiful - a win-win love story. So what about Katya? Have you become friends?

Yes, I was pleased to meet Katya, we still keep in touch. I recently attended a performance with her participation at Katya’s invitation.

- They say that Pugacheva also greets you.

Well, not that much! I'm not Galkin. (Laughs) But we crossed paths several times at concerts, and we had a warm conversation. It turns out that Pugacheva likes my songs. I even got to participate in her “Christmas gatherings.”

- And what prevented it?

Don't know. I only have an assumption: there are some formats... If you listen to my songs, you may understand that what I sing is not at all about what pop music advocates. She exploits the theme of elementary sexual energy, I am not speculating on this. I'm trying to get a little above the waist, into the area of ​​the heart.

- Lesha, who is in your social circle?

I try to communicate with creative people, mostly men.

- That is, women are not worthy to be called creative people?

No, it’s just that there is no erotic subtext in communicating with men, but with women this can get in the way. If we are talking about creativity, of course.

- Tell us about the prosaic side of life, about everyday life. You live outside the city, right?

I lived there for several years, but the place had run its course, and getting there was inconvenient. People move to gain new experiences, because sitting in one place seems to slow you down. It is generally recommended to change your place of residence every month, but I don’t want to make unnecessary fuss. Now I live in the center, but you write that in Darnitsa.

- Why? Are you afraid that fans will start keeping watch at the entrance?

This may happen. ( Laughs)

- How is your life organized? Bachelor style?

Life is like life. There is no TV, I didn’t even have Internet access. There is everything you need: a sofa, a refrigerator and a stove.

- Do you cook for yourself?

I cook sometimes.

- Scrambled eggs?

No, because now I don’t eat meat, fish, or eggs.

- This is an eternal topic - a man and a car. Is it about you?

I was once a car owner. I sold my last car and bought a musical instrument with that money. Since then I have been “horseless” for ten years.

- But a car gives you a certain freedom! No matter how you deny it, you are a public person...

When I had money, I started taking a taxi. Before that, I freely traveled on the subway and minibuses. True, now it’s already uncomfortable to travel on public transport. And it’s not even about autographs and fans, I just don’t want to “keep my face” all the time...

- Another good topic is men and sports.

I don’t do sports in the usual, competitive sense. Neither football, nor boxing... I never had a desire for medals and victories. But for four years now I have been practicing martial arts with a teacher for the purpose of self-defense.

- Have you ever had to put the acquired knowledge into practice?

No, I didn't have to.

- Did you want to?

And I didn’t even want to. As Vysotsky sang: “I really don’t like hitting a person in the face.” This is the philosophy of our school. But if hooligans bother you, call.

- Lesha, how do you feel about fishing, hunting, and extreme sports?

Shooting a living creature for fun is complete callousness. It’s strange sometimes to observe: a person who seems to be thinking goes to church, lights candles, prays, asks God for something for himself, and then goes out, gets into a jeep and goes with his friends to shoot at animals, taking other people’s lives.

- Which woman will you pay attention to?

This question needs to be answered by a person who has a girlfriend.

- So tell me about your girlfriend.

She's beautiful… ( Pause)

- Smart?

Smart... Although she doesn’t know, for example, how to derive formulas. So it would be more correct to say that she is smart.

- How's the dog?

Why doggy? ( Laughs)

- It’s just that when they say “smart” about a person, I associate it with a dog.

I don’t know, women are generally mysterious creatures. They can react quite strangely to what is said. For example, when you tell them that men and women are different, they immediately take a pose: why do you think that you are better than us? But I’m just saying that they are different and that’s all.
By the way, about the female mind. There are smart women who understand that they are representatives of the weaker sex, not draft horses, and should not take on male functions. I am sure that if you try to crush a man under you, it will end badly in any case: either he will eventually cease to be a man, or he will resist all the time until he leaves.

- A man should support his woman?

I am for a woman to take care of the house and family, and even if she worked, it would be for pleasure, out of vocation, and not because of the need to earn money. If she likes, for example, writing articles, then why not? A man must be responsible for everything, provide financially, and also explain to his woman what is good and what is bad. And a woman’s duty is to listen.

- Alexey, what signs of attention does your beloved girl receive from you?

Sometimes I give her flowers, I love white roses and potted plants. Sometimes I give perfume. But mostly I talk. I try, as far as possible with my work, to pay attention to it, to spend more time with it. I can cook something for her for dinner.

- How do you feel about marriage? Is the stamp in your passport important?

The stamp in my passport is my biggest phobia. I can be said to be a marriage phobe. I have a real gypsy craving for freedom.

- Are you ready for fatherhood yet?

I think yes. The most important thing is that I think about raising children, boys, of course. It’s easier with girls, they just need to explain some moral principles, teach them neatness, respect for elders, for their future husband. It’s more difficult with men; they need to be given an understanding of many important things: justice, responsibility, nobility...

And I’m also now concerned about the situation in modern cities, because products - God knows what, a young organism is being raised on this, on all these GMOs. The information field is an ass! How to raise a healthy child in such conditions?!

- Well, the rest somehow get out of the situation...

I think we need to move from here and settle somewhere in the Altai Mountains and raise and raise a child there for 5-6 years, so that when he goes to school, he already has a core of life. What is school like now: teachers are not respected, if dad is cool, that means he can build any teacher. I don’t know what they manage to teach there. I only know that I spent 10 years of my life in vain, and I did not receive the knowledge that would definitely be useful to me.

- What kind of knowledge is this?

I was supposed to be taught the same martial arts. They had to teach at least the basic rules of etiquette: how to use a fork and knife, how to behave in society, how to give a lady a coat. They didn’t teach me this, but they forced me to learn some valence values ​​and integrals, which in the end I don’t use.

- You can hire a governess for this...

This, firstly, is expensive, and secondly, as one of my friends correctly said: “It will grow like in a greenhouse.” I believe that ideal education is in the East. I like the approach when a boy at the age of 7 is sent to a monastery, where there are many children like him. And there they are taught the basics of human existence: about Zen, about life, about God. After all, for example, few people think that a boy from 7 to 17 years old does not need to communicate with girls; during these 10 years he just matures. And this time is better spent on education, learning languages.

“I hope you will be able to raise your future children this way.”

I hope so too.

Django is a man who writes and performs sunny, warm, sandy-golden songs. Sometimes it rains, there are storms, sometimes there are separations. And Django, like a filter, passes through the life of many lives and simply sings about it. His first single, the song “Papagan”, entered the radio station’s charts in the very first weeks of rotation on the air of “Our Radio” (Russia) and occupied a confident position there... Read all

Django is a man who writes and performs sunny, warm, sandy-golden songs. Sometimes it rains, there are storms, sometimes there are separations. And Django, like a filter, passes through the life of many lives and simply sings about it. His first single, the song “Papagan”, entered the radio station’s charts in the very first weeks of rotation on the air of “Our Radio” (Russia) and occupied a confident position there for three months, after which the group received an invitation to participate in the Russian festival “Invasion” " The song “Papagan” was also rotated on many radio stations in Ukraine, the video for it was aired on the music channel “M1”. “Papagan” can already be heard in the collection “Invasion. Step fifteen."

Django’s next single “Cold Spring” became the key song of the new Russian blockbuster “Shadowboxing”, which was released on wide screens in Russia and Ukraine on March 17.

Django (Alexey Poddubny) vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, accordion, harmonica, arrangement

Alexey German - keyboards, trumpet

Vladimir Pismenny - guitar

Alexander Okremov - drums

Sergey Gorai - bass
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Taken from the unofficial Django site

Django - now this name is already known thanks to the hits “Cold Spring”, “Papagan”, “Byla Nev Byla” - went through a long creative path before becoming a famous musician. In his life there was a search for his own style and place in music, testing his pen, tests of endurance and faith in his talent, disappointments and successes - everything that accompanies the emergence of bright, original artists. But Django found himself and was able to convey his worldview to the audience. Django's musical activity began in childhood; he graduated from a music school with a degree in guitar. Next came college and unforgettable years spent in the army, which added classical guitar, accordion, keyboards and horn to the list. It was in the army that Alexey Poddubny received his nickname from fans of Django Reinhardt’s work for his special love of playing the guitar after lights out. While serving in Moscow, Alexey joins a brass band. At this time he listens to Sting, Peter Gabriel, and finds himself at a Pink Floyd concert.

After the army, Alexey decides to devote himself entirely to music; he is actively searching for his own style, participating in many groups as a keyboard player and arranger. He takes part in the musical project Cool Before Drinking, organizes his team Jolly Jail, in which he acts as a songwriter, vocalist and arranger. During the same period, he began to write music for popular performers. Django understands that blindly following Western musicians does not justify itself and turns to Slavic melodicism. The next important event in the musician’s life was his acquaintance with the talented poet Sasha Obod. Together with him, Alexey writes several joint songs. Django begins to hear in music and poetry what he had previously guessed only intuitively: the way a song resonates with a person’s heart, gives rise to internal harmonies. It didn't take long for Django to start writing all the lyrics to his songs himself, because that's how you can truly believe what you're singing about. Together with his friend Maxim Podzin, Alexey creates the project The Plunge. The next attempt to realize my own creativity was working on the Django project. From the moment the first songs were written, a group of like-minded people formed, who began to jointly develop this project. In addition to Django himself, the group includes Max, as well as producer and drummer Sergei Stambovsky.

This trio makes up the main composition of the project, the date of birth of which can be considered November 2001. The first recording of Django was made at the studio of Radio Stolitsa. “The most important thing: I wanted to feel Love, and only by writing these songs did I feel it... The most inspired song was written in 15 minutes, then a small edit and that’s it. Many lines came to mind when crossing the street... These songs teach you to love. “I” had almost nothing to do with it, I just fell into the river and swam along it... These songs wanted to be born, I just helped them...” It was then that the songs “Cold Spring”, “Papagan”, “Come Back, Too Far” were recorded. (Subsequently, the final versions of these songs included only percussion, double bass, Rhodes and bass clarinet parts; everything else was rewritten at other studios). The parts of the string section of the symphony orchestra for some tracks were recorded at the studio of the Sound Recording House. All drum parts were recorded in the Krutz Records studio, and the bass was recorded in Oleg Shevchenko's studio. At his home studio, Django edited all the recorded material. Mixing tests were done in at least five studios. In the end, the choice of place for mixing settled on the RSPF studio. As a result, work on the album, which included ten songs, lasted about two years and was completed at the end of 2004.

Promotion

In 2004, the first single, the song “Papagan”, began to be played on Our Radio. In the fall of the same year, the group’s musical material reaches director Alexei Sidorov (“Brigade”), who at that time was finishing work on his new film “Shadowboxing.” As a result, Django's song "Cold Spring" almost entirely formed the final scenes of the film. In March 2005, the group performed for the first time in Moscow at events dedicated to the premiere of “Shadowboxing”. From this very moment, the triumphant procession of “Cold Spring” began on all leading Moscow radio stations - the song became a real hit. The group begins to regularly visit Moscow, and at the end of May, at the 16 Ton club, they present their debut album “Byla ne was not”... To be continued...

Discography

“It was not there” - World of Music, 05/24/2005.

Django about the song “There was no”:
“It all started with the emergence of a musical form. One day I was sitting, playing the accordion and recording some pieces. And then, when I heard it all together, I thought – cool drawing! I threw drums in there, played along with something on bass, and played guitar. After 2 hours I already had a draft of the song ready. I had to write a melody - and it flowed by itself. And for some reason I had an association with the lyrics of the song with mountains, i.e. like a man playing an accordion in the mountains. The main idea of ​​the song is expressed in the second verse: “Soon the huge cities will steal our souls, the skies won’t let us listen to our familiar songs.”

Django about the song “Papagan”:
“Papagan” is an action song. About adrenaline. I want to step over the gray everyday life and why not, for example, rob a train? So that there would be something real in life. I was also greatly impressed by the film “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.” Hence the phrase: it’s better to hug the ocean than forgotten love and a glass.” This is not an obsession with material things, but an opportunity to feel the thrill of life.”

Django about the song “Coat”:
“The song “Paltetso” is, in general, such a story, something akin to the one that was expressed in the work of the Pink Floyd group, the album of 1979 called “The Wall.” There, for 90-odd minutes, the life of a person who is born, finds himself in the conditions of the so-called society, and how he copes with all this was described. How does it happen that a person, being born completely free, and being a descendant of God, suddenly finds himself in such schemes, frameworks - from the very birth he already owes something to someone. And this idea, in general, has always interested me and interests me, and I tried to express it in the song “Paltetso”. And I dedicated the song to military surgeons. If you listen carefully to the lyrics, you will understand why."
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Information from the official website of the group

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Birthday January 08, 1969

Ukrainian multi-instrumentalist musician, vocalist, arranger, songwriter

Biography

Alexey Poddubny's parents instilled a love of music in him - from early childhood he listened to Chopin, Beethoven, and Bach. His father taught Alexey to play the accordion, then Alexey graduated from music school with a degree in guitar, played keyboards in an amateur group, and played the horn in a brass band in the army.

He began writing lyrics and music as a child. At first I gave preference to English-language texts, then switched to Russian-language ones.

Alexey took the pseudonym “Django” in the late 1980s, while serving in the army, because of his love for playing the guitar, including pieces by the famous European guitarist Django Reinhardt.

He played in the groups “Cool Before Drinking”, “Jolly Jail”, “The Plunge”. The project “The Plunge”, created together with Maxim Podzin, was in English, and the musicians tried to promote it in Europe.

Since 2004, the name Django has also united a group of like-minded musicians performing compositions by their creative leader. These are Alexey German (keyboards, trumpet), Vladimir Pismenny (guitar), Sergey Gorai (bass guitar) and Alexander Okremov (drums).

Today Django is well known in Ukraine and Russia. His songs are heard on the radio, he is a frequent guest on television, a participant in the Russian and Ukrainian festivals “Invasion”, “Ours in the City”, “Tavria Games”, “Nest”. In July 2005, the Django group was the only Ukrainian representative at the festival in support of third world countries “Live 8” (Moscow, Red Square), held in eighteen cities around the world with the participation of A-list stars.

Style

Django interprets his own stylistic niche as “romantic rock”, while stipulating the possibility of considering his works as pop music - “in the good sense of the word.”

Beautiful, harmoniously rich melodies of songs, outwardly simple but deep lyrics in which everyone can discover a concrete, metaphorical or metaphysical meaning “on their own”, a prepossessing manner of singing that evokes trust and empathy - this is Django. As actress Ekaterina Guseva said, “Lesha attracts with her music and talent. He is a one-man band, bringing together the light and kindness that his songs reflect.” Django's symbol is the image of the Sun, a source of light, life, energy, warmth and unification.

In subsequent years, his search for his place in the world of modern music resulted in collaboration with several groups as a musician and arranger, the creation of his own English-language projects, and writing songs for popular Ukrainian and Russian performers. Then, both in music and in poetry, now in Russian, something unique appeared, which makes Django’s voice stand out today in the huge choir of rock and pop music performers.

Discography

The breakthrough of Django’s work to the mass listener was the release in March 2005 of the sensational Russian blockbuster “Shadowboxing”, the final song of which was “Cold Spring” - the only one in the group’s repertoire, the text of which was not written by Alexei Poddubny himself, but in collaboration with the Kyiv poet Alexander Rim. At the same time, in March-April 2005, Django’s debut album, “Byla Ne Byla”, consisting of ten songs, was released in Ukraine and Russia. It was re-released in both countries in 2007 with three new songs (“Walk the Thunderstorm,” “The Road Is Silver,” “Goodbye, London”) and two bonus tracks.

Studio albums

• 2005 - Was not there
• 2007 - Wasn’t there (Reissue)

Singles

• 2008 - You love me just like that
• 2009 - Summer on Seventeenth Alley
• 2010 - Barefoot Autumn
• 2011 - When April Comes

Video

Over the four years of the group’s work, seven videos have been released:

• Papagan (director Ivan Tsyupka),
• Cold Spring (director Valery Makushchenko),
• Hungarian (director Alexander Shapiro),
• There was no (director Alexander Solokha),
• Come back, you're too far away (director Vladimir Yakimenko),
• Walk the Thunderstorm (director Viktor Priduvalov),
• Come back, you are too far away with Ekaterina Guseva (director Viktor Priduvalov).
• When April Comes (director - Stepan Sibiryakov)

Django's music in cinema

Four of Django's songs have been featured on soundtracks:

• Papagan - series “Soldiers”,
• Cold Spring - film "Shadowboxing"
• Come back, you're too far away - the film "Runaways"
• Hungarian - film "The Last Reproduction".