Александр «Чача» Иванов (Наив, RADIO ЧАЧА): про самоповторы, творчество и русский рок в Америке

Guitar music is going through difficult times. Listeners have long preferred trap rattles to distortion, and Auto-Tune to growls and splitting. But some are breathing new life into rock. Today, Soldoutmafia's guest is Alexander "Chacha" Ivanov, a legend of the Russian alternative scene and leader of the bands "NAIV" and "RADIO CHACHA." How do you keep a band together for 30 years? Is it embarrassing for punks to appear on "Evening Urgant"? Is there anything good in Russian rap? And what do cheap smartphones have to do with it? Find out the answers to these and many other questions in the new episode of our show! SOLDOUTMAFIA — a community of music industry professionals http://soldoutmafia.group/ 💡 Follow us on social media: ➡️ VKontakte — https://www.vk.com/soldoutmafia/ ➡️ Telegram — https://t.me/soldoutmafia_official ➡️ Katerina on VK — https://vk.com/ekaterina_pavlova We would like to thank the Mosproducer Center for the History of Contemporary Music (https://mosproducer.ru/) for the filming location (Telegram channel: @muzhistmpc). Bands and videos mentioned in the interview: Goodtimes ft. Alexander "Chacha" Ivanov - "It's Time to Accept"    • ГУДТАЙМС ft. Александр (ЧАЧА) Иванов - Пор...   The Voice of America https://vk.com/golosomeriki The Voice of America ft. Alexander "Chacha" Ivanov – "Conspiracy Theory"    • ГОЛОС ОМЕРИКИ & ЧАЧА — ТЕОРИЯ ЗАГОВОРА (Of...   0:00:00 – Teaser 0:00:31 – Intro 0:01:43 – Greeting 0:01:58 – Why Play Punk with an Orchestra: On Changes in Songwriting Habits 0:02:36 – Self-Repetition, Writing for Nothing, and the Striving for Meaning: Problems After 30+ Years in Punk 0:06:31 – Music and Money 0:08:10 – Composing for Years: On the Birth of "Troika" 0:15:19 – How "Symphopunk" Was Created 0:10:04 – "My Processor Is Formatted Differently": On the Difference in Generations 0:14:00 – On the Recent Sold Out in "Morse" 0:18:06 – "Like any adult, I'm moving towards the center" 0:19:11 – "ORT is working!": about performing on "Evening Urgant" 0:24:37 – About moving to the US and plans for St. Petersburg 0:28:40 – "We need to surprise": about collaborating with Goodtimes 0:31:32 – "There are essentially no Moscow bands": about "The Voice of America" 0:36:04 – About "Smekh" and "Monetochka" 0:39:15 – Does young music influence you? 0:40:29 – About parenting 0:42:31 – "The best day is today": about age 0:43:57 – How has NAIV changed in 30 years and why is "Radio CHACHA" needed? 0:47:24 – "We Overvalued Literature": On the Text-Centricity of Russian Music 0:53:24 – "I've Read Every Pelevin Novel Twice": On His Favorite Author 0:59:10 – On Modern America 1:00:46 – On Working in the Theater 1:04:02 – "All Russian Music Is Interesting for Russian-Speakers": On Concerts Abroad 1:09:02 – On the Role of Alternative Music Media in Russia 1:11:17 – "It Takes a Team to Launch a New Format" 1:13:19 – Attitudes to Death Subscribe to our newsletter and learn how to hit the streaming charts: https://soldoutmafia.club/subscribe​