"Hronop" - "Here and Now"

Nizhny Novgorod group with a book called "Hronop" became a legend of Russian rock. Immediately after his speech at the Podolsk Rock Festival in autumn 1987 The festival actually canonized all its members, it is not in vain as the Soviet Woodstock. Three years later the album "Stars and now." This is the first studio album "Hronopov", but not her first album ever. Were self-made "Aquarium" (1985) and "Grey Sheets" (1986). But it was recorded in February 1990 at the Cheboksary brothers Lutoshkinyh studio album "Here and Now" was published in 1991 at the Leningrad branch of the company "Melody", which at that time was similar to the legitimacy and recognition, along with the "aquarium" For example, "AIR". "Hronop" - "Here and Now" The reason for the review was to re-release the album on the label of the old "Union". What is almost the same - the same as on vinyl of "Melody". The sound is quite decent. Yet extremely excessive sound editing on vocals Vadim Demidov, but that there are reasons. The fact that it is very unusual for the album "Hronopa", as we now can say with certainty. Period of fascination with the "new wave" in writing Demidov turned into pure romantic songs, sung voice a la "Depeche Mode" (in Russian pronunciation inevitably reminded of the "Technology"). Musicians also desperate to play by the rules of the new wave live, just guitar and live drums. Therefore, the excess "hall" to the voice of Demidov, who does not now any computer. But the spirit of those years. The song "Here and Now" is almost devoid of the social, as evidenced by "Hronopu" in front, and later appeared from time to time. The melodic timeless pieces that right now you can put in your player. Sometimes it seems that they are much more modern of the songs that the "Hronop" doing now. The only hard song with political overtones "Time is Time" is very sensitive and poetic: learn inglish time, time to learn Yiddish, Stones in soft veins pulsating life. The best songs on the album - "While we (love one another)," "Flute sky", "Fire" - sung without excessive pathos, they are organic and honest. The time now is pointless, why "Hronop" quarrel replicated with this album, the whole country has not become such a popular band like "Cinema" or "DDT". But the album "Here and Now" is still one of the best parts of the Russian rock of the 90s. Score: 8 out of 10 points. Guru KEN, NEWSmusic.ru "Melody", 1991. "Studio of the Union", 2007 (reprint).