Quest pistols band members. Quest Pistols soloist Mariam Turkmenbaeva - biography. The style of the band members and the style of music will change

30.06.2019

"Golden composition" of the group " Quest Pistols": Nikita Goryuk, Anton Savlepov and Konstantin Borovsky reunited to present to the public a new music project- group "Agon". Now young people work without a producer, so the group can safely be called an author’s project. IN exclusive interview for GEOMETRIA, the artists told what caused the appearance new group what they dream about and where they prefer to dine.

- Guys, our meeting is taking place at the vegetarian restaurant “Fresh”. What is the reason for this choice of establishment? Are you vegetarians?
N. In fact, Anton visited it many times, he likes it here. We trust his taste. Plus the restaurant is located not far from where we live now.
A. Yes, we are vegetarians, and whenever we visit some city, we try to find a cool place where we can dine on delicious, clean, healthy food. It always fills you with strength, energy and encourages you, because on tour your digestion works strangely and you have to feel sorry for it somehow.
K. This cafe is one of the good places we have already found.

- How long have you been vegetarian?
K. For a long time.
A. A long time ago.

- How did your fans react to the appearance of the Agon group? How did this idea come about?

K: It seems that our reunion came as a surprise to many. We knew about everything, communicated closely with each other for some time, prepared, and the fans remained completely in the dark. Judging by their strong reaction when we opened our social networks, our reunion became a real sensation. Fans started writing comments: “You brought back my 2007!”
N. It was in the comments of fans that a cool definition for us appeared - “golden composition”. We decided to bring back these golden years through our creativity. The permanent author of all our hits as part of the previous group, Sasha Chemerov, also stayed with us. Now he writes for the group “Agon”. Soon everyone will hear our first album. I hope everyone enjoys it.

- Why did you decide to create a new group, and not resume the work of “Quest Pistols”?
A. The Quest Pistols Show still exists. There are completely new people there, and this is a project of the production center “KRUZHEVA MUSIC”, to which the name belongs. There is already a lot associated with this name, and much of what is happening was not done by us. In recent years, “Quest Pistols Show” has been a specific production project. We want to bring a completely new mood, a fresh spirit to what we do. It’s the same us: the essence remains the same, but the wrapper has changed and has become even more relevant for us personally and for our listeners. They recognize tunes that they've always liked, but the content, the videos that we offer are completely different. The creative part is now entirely on our shoulders.
K. Even the content of our interviews has become a little different: we feel more relaxed, free, we are not bound by any conventions that were before. This is a new milestone. We are not affiliated with the Quest Pistols brand. To be honest, we always thought among ourselves that this was a rather stupid name. It appeared spontaneously, and we did a lot to “swing” it. The same thing is happening now: we have chosen a different name and will also make it very famous.

-Are you currently working without a producer?
K. We have a producer, Yuri Fedorov, but he entrusted the creative part to us. For example, Anton made a backstage video for our first video, “Let It Go.” And Yuri, in the interview that Anton took with him for this video, said that his task is simply to give us the opportunity to do what we are best at. This is cooperation: from us is the creative side, and from him is the organization and production.
N. We have finally begun to show qualities that we could not have shown a few years ago. Everyone's taste has developed with experience, and is now embodied in creative ideas and is implemented in a group. We started doing what we like, what we are ready to put our 100% effort into.

- Is it true that the premiere of the “Everyone for Himself” video will take place in early May?
A. The single “Everyone for Himself” appeared on iTunes on April 15 along with the song “Let Go,” the video for which you’ve probably already seen. This was our debut video. Now we are preparing for the shooting of the second video. The idea already exists, and we are working on its implementation. In the near future, we will completely devote ourselves and all our energy to “giving birth” to this new brainchild - video material for the song “Each for Himself.” The video will be released in May.

- How would you characterize the fans of “Agnya”? What kind of people are these?
K. Very different. We've always had a variety of fans.
N. Flaming.
K. I have a realtor friend who helped me buy an apartment. She's probably 40 years old. Her ringtone says “I’m tired.” And there are 13-year-old girls who are waiting for us at the entrance after the next broadcast. Or, for example, people who come up and say: “We are from Ashgabat, you will never come to us, it is a closed city, but we really like you.” That is, our creativity touches a variety of strings human souls and we are very happy about it. Sasha Chemerov writes meaningful tracks for us, we invest our full potential in them, and the result is a product for the widest range of audiences.

- Do you have any other independent projects that you are developing?
N. I have a project “ZVEROBOY”, which I started last summer, closer to autumn. The debut track “Drowning in Dreams” took place, and a video was to be shot. Subsequently, I broke all relations with the company “KRUZHEVA MUSIC”, so this project became completely mine. This is very difficult, in fact, because the whole project is only on my shoulders: I need to deal with PR, promotion and everything else that I would not like to do. I just want to do creativity, music, writing albums. But soon there will be an album, I think everyone will see it, hear it, and hopefully love it.

- Where can you follow the news of the “ZVEROBOY” project?
N. On my social networks. If you're lucky, one of them record companies will sign a contract with me, and then he will hear my songs a large number of people from different countries.
K. Only Nikita has a solo musical project. Personally, in addition to participating in the Agon group, together with my wife I run a clothing brand called BRVSKI. I also do tattoos in a tattoo parlor. I plan to develop these areas.
N. Just recently, Kostya and I came up with 10 sketches that he would apply to my body, and we will try to highlight all of this on social networks. This will be an original PR move on our part.

- Do you have grandiose professional or personal dreams?
N. We would like to convey to everyone that there is no need to be offended or angry with each other.
A. It’s worth smiling and having fun.
N. Enjoy just communication and company. Because everyone is different, you need to accept that. If you don't accept people, then you don't accept yourself.
A. It seems to me that this is utopian idea. How can you use creativity to make all the people in the world not conflict?
N. I don’t want to force you. I just want to show it.
A. Well, how can you make this happen? This is unreal! Moreover, with the help of music and creativity.
N. Queen did a little bit well.
A. Yes, so what? Wars are still going on.
N. Well, trying is not torture.
A. I just want to say that your idea is very noble and sublime, but it is a failure. It will remain a big dream in your head.
N. Okay, I agree.
A. High five!
K. Personally, instead of a professional dream, I have a big joy and gratitude for the fact that many amazing events and interesting meetings are happening. As if by chance, everything comes together on its own so that our group develops as quickly and harmoniously as possible.
A. A great team is being assembled.
K. This is very pleasing, this has never happened before. A complete idyll, and for this I am grateful to fate.
A. It’s just that the group “Agon” is already a dream come true. Everything that happens to her - amazing adventure, which cannot but rejoice. It is very exciting and helps develop best qualities: both professional and creative.
N. “Agon” was the first instrument of progress. It all started with him: man obtained fire, warmth, light, protection.

- So, the name is partly connected with this?
A. Of course. It is associated with primitive human associations. A fire was needed to keep warm and cook food, and everything else would happen by itself and turn out fine.
K. And also fire and warmth inside. The sun that warms, universal warmth.
A. Just like in the fire that destroys the universe at the end, we burn everything that happened to us in the past. We kindle this fire in order to invite new people to warm themselves with us. Also, this is a slang word from the Internet - Agon - like super-class, in general! And this is our mood.

- Filming, new project, probably take up all your time. How do you recover and rest?
K. We had a great recovery today – we were lying in our hotel rooms. They lay there and lay there, and you can still turn over to the other side.
A. Well, then where do we go?
K. Let's go perform and give people smiles.
A. No, between these two wonderful things?
K. We'll go to the gym again.
A. The gym is also being restored.
K. And then we’ll have lunch. By the way, correct mode day is very important. People often go to bed very late and wake up very late too. Therefore, it is difficult for them to get anything done due to a lack of vital energy and accumulated fatigue. And if you get up early, do exercises, eat right, life will become qualitatively better.
A. Emotional recovery is also important. Emotional strength requires constant feeding. This requires positive impressions and productive communication. You need to pay attention to the kind of relationships you build with loved ones, so that in difficult moments this communication will help you stay afloat, when you just want to wrap yourself in a blanket like a little cat. This helps a lot. Well, cool magazines, video clips, etc.
N. And general cleaning of the apartment really helps me recover. This puts all thoughts in order and helps to push away something bad. Clean around, clean inside.

Album “#I Will Love You” on iTunes:
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Video clip “Everyone for himself”

Interviewed by Victoria Negara
Photographer Kiro Bolotov

Nikita Kuchukbaev

Today, the songs and composition of the Quest Pistols Show group are known to every person even slightly interested in modern domestic show business.

But in 2007, no one could have thought that the April Fool’s prank performance of three young and outrageous dancers with the composition “I’m tired” would develop into a mega project, - Quest group Pistols Show regularly changes its concept, but does not lose popularity.

Group Quest Pistols Show 2018. New line-up, relevant for today.

About all the members of the Quest Pistols Show group

The history of the group began in 2004. It was then that choreographers Anton Savlepov, Konstantin Borovsky and Nikita Goryuk founded dance group Quest Pistols. They defined their style as “aggressive-intelligent-pop”. The guys performed quite successfully in front of the Kyiv public, but there was no talk of real popularity yet. Then producer Yuri Bardash sent Anton and Nikita to vocal lessons, and Borovsky was assigned the role of rapper.

The breakthrough occurred on April 1, 2007, on the “Chance” project, broadcast by the Inter TV channel, when a cover of “Long and Lonesome Road” by the Dutch group “ Shocking Blue" The performance instantly received 60 thousand messages of support, and the composition “I’m tired” occupied the first positions of the main domestic charts for a long time.

In September of the same year in Belgium, the “Pistols” performed the “Dance Against Poison” program in support of healthy image life. Many people don’t believe it, but “quests” do not drink alcohol or nicotine, and actively promote vegetarianism. They also don't listen club music and do not visit sleazy establishments.

The success of the guys from Quest Pistols was stunning. They did not have time to give interviews, and their photos constantly flashed in Russian and Ukrainian glossy tabloids. In 2011, fans were alarmed by the unpleasant news that Anton Savlepov was leaving the team, but this information was soon refuted. Around the same time, Konstantin Borovsky announced a change of status and transition from soloists to curators, and another participant joined the guys - Daniel Joy (Daniil Matseychuk).

In 2013, Kostya Borovsky and Matseychuk left QP to create the boy band KBDM. Despite the fact that critics have spoken about creative crisis, “Fast Pistols” continued to tour together, and soon they were joined by an incognito masked participant.

Originally conceived as a trio, the group grew to five members in 2014. Washington Salles, as well as Ivan Krishtoforenko and Mariam Turkmenbaeva joined the team. Soon Daniil Matseychuk returned to the team. But the main laurels still belonged to the three founders: Goryuk, Savlepov and Borovsky, and the newcomers remained behind the scenes for some time. And only when the updated title appeared and the group received a new name Quest Pistols Show, information began to appear about a change in concept and sound.

Today the team prioritizes quality visual picture, vivid images and choreography honed to perfection. The opposing images of the participants create the impression of a dance battle, but despite the unusual format, the new tracks turn out to be very harmonious and memorable.

To date, Quest Pistols has three full-length albums in its baggage.

In 2007 - “For You”;
In 2009 - “Superklass”,
In 2017 - “Favorite”.

The team is the winner of the Golden Gramophone and MTV Europe Music Awards. QP have applied to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest several times: once from Russia and twice from Ukraine. In 2009, it was not possible to pass the selection due to the fact that the composition “White Dragonfly of Love”, in violation of the rules, was already being broadcast on radio and TV. In 2010, the group applied to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo with the song “I am your drug”, but the guys failed to make it to the list of finalists. In 2011, another unsuccessful attempt was made.

Composition of the Quest group Pistols show 2007-2011:

Nikita Goryuk;
Anton Savlepov;
Kostya Borovsky.

Nikita Goryuk (stage name - Bumper)

The young man was born in a small border town Far East September 23, 1985. As a child, he was fond of figure skating and dreamed of winning the world title. Graduated from the Faculty of Economics. Having moved to Kyiv, he focused his attention on dancing, thanks to which he was able to meet the ideological inspirer and producer of the Quest Pistols, Yuri Bardash.

Outside the stage, friends describe Nikita as a talented, kind and sympathetic guy. He loves his mother very much. Loves to cook vegetarian dishes. There is a daughter, Marisa, who was born when the singer was only 15 years old.

Konstantin Borovsky (Crutch)

Konstantin was born in Chernigov on February 14, 1981. Before moving to Kyiv at the age of 16, he was engaged in ballroom and folk dancing, but in the capital he was captured by such a popular movement as break dancing. Actually, thanks to this hobby, his vocal career in the Quest Pistols began.

Konstantin has a degree in philology, knows several languages, but does not regret at all that he devoted his life to dancing. In addition to his passion for choreography, Kostya also discovered his talents as a designer and stylist. At Quest Pistols, it was he who designed the sets and costumes for the soloists and ballet, and choreographed the dances. The official website of the group is also his creation.

In the fall of 2011, Borovsky announced his decision to leave his career as a vocalist and completely focus on his work as a stage director. But after some time, the young man left the team, together with Daniil Matseychuk, launching a new project “KBDM”.

On this moment Konstantin is promoting his brand BRVSKI, plans to act as an expert in the popular reality show “Super Model in Ukrainian” and performs together with the group “Agon”, which united the founders of “QP”.

Anton Savlepov

Anton was the youngest member of the first cast of the Quest Pistols Show. He was born in 1988 on June 14 in the small village of Kovsharovka near Kharkov. As a teenager, he loved Michael Jackson very much, and in order to be like his idol, he even grew his hair the same long.

At school, Anton was an excellent student, so his family predicted a serious academic career for him. But the young man became seriously interested in dancing and met Nikita Goryuk at a breakdancing festival. At the same time he entered National University culture and art of Kiev to the choreography department, but due to the creative breakthrough of “Fast Pistols”, classes and sessions had to be put on hold.

In 2013, Savlepov, under the pseudonym Zorko, released a solo disc of the same name. He performed in the Quest Pistols Show group until the beginning of 2016. Then the leading soloists, one after another, began to leave the team, and newcomers began to take their place.

Anton was invited many times to various television shows, including the popular program “Big Difference.” In 2016, together with Konstantin Meladze, Andrey Danilko and Yulia Sanina, Savlepov took on the role of a jury member of the 7th season of the talent show “X-Factor”. He also managed to star in the humorous musical “Like the Cossacks” and the romantic comedy “Exchange Wedding.”

Like all members of the first QP lineup, Anton is interested in vegetarianism, tattoos and drawing. The guy also likes rare stories, yoga and Indian culture.

After leaving the Quest Pistols show, Savlepov, Borovsky and Goryuk teamed up again, founding the pop group "Agon" and recreating the beloved first line-up "QP". The talented guys have already recorded several new compositions, including “Everyone for Himself” and “Let Go.”

Composition for 2011-2013:

Nikita Goryuk;
Anton Savlepov;
Daniil Matseychuk.

DANIEL MATSEICHUK

Daniil Matseychuk replaced Konstantin Borovsky, who left the group. The young man was born in Kyiv in 1988 on September 20. Before joining the team, he worked as a dancer and model.

Daniil had known the guys from Quest Pistols Show for a long time. They were friends, and for some time Artem Savlepov even lived with Matseychuk. Therefore, when the team needed a new injection, the trio, without hesitation, called the old one good friend. Moreover, like all the participants, the young man was a supporter of vegetarianism and a healthy lifestyle.

Daniil stayed with the group for several years. In 2013, together with Konstantin Borovsky, he created creative association"KBDM", which includes not only music group, but also his own clothing brand, and the club project KBDM DJ’s. Matseychuk does not like to talk about his personal life. For a long time he hid his beloved girl, but recently it became known that the couple was living together.

Segment for 2013-2015:

June 2013-April 2014 Quest Pistols, with only two soloists - Nikita Goryuk and Anton Savlepov. They were soon joined by a mysterious masked participant. And in the spring of 2014, three more new members joined the group, and its composition began to look like this:

Anton Savlepov;
Nikita Goryuk;
Washington Salles;
Ivan Krishtoforenko;
Mariam Turkmenbaeva.

IVAN KRISHTOFORENKO

Ivan was born on November 12, 1989 in Khimki (Moscow region). He started dancing at the age of 4, when his parents enrolled him in a club. folk dances. But already at the age of eight he realized that his calling was hip-hop.

From 1999 to 2005, Ivan mastered dance skills in the Vanilla Ice group. Graduated from culinary college. Then he entered the University of Culture to major in choreography. At the age of 17, he began participating in various dance battles.

He is a 7-time Champion of Moscow and 3-time Champion of Russia in hip-hop, won the Union Street Dance and Russian Dancing Awards 2009. Finalist of the World Cup (in the hip-hop category) and winner dance show“Battle for Respect-2” on Muz-TV.

At the age of 21, he became the host of the “Dancing for Children” program, taught at the Moscow dance school Model-357. Now has its own dance studio(Studio 26) and leads dance program on the channel "Live".

Ivan’s career in Quest Pistols began as a backup dancer, but after changing the concept and renaming it Quest Pistols Show, he became a full-fledged member of the team.

MARIAM (MARY) TURKMENBAYEVA

The girl was born on April 12, 1990 in Sevastopol. Her parents were professional athletes. It was from them that she inherited endurance and flexibility. At the age of 10, Maria joined the Sevastopol dance group “We”. At the age of 16 she came to the Olympus club.

Later she moved to Kyiv and became a member of the Quest Pistols show ballet under the direction of Yuri Bardash. She took part in several seasons of the show “Everybody Dance”, where in 2008 she took 3rd place, and in 2012, together with Evgeny Kot, she became a gold medalist. studied for 4 years dance art in the United States.

As part of the group, she first took the position of chief choreographer (clips “Heat” and “Wet”), and a little later became a vocalist.

WASHINGTON SALLES

Washington Salles was born on August 11, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). She has been dancing since she was 14 years old. At the moment he is one of the top choreographers and dancers not only in Russia, but also in Europe. The main styles I chose were: House, Jerkin, Hip-Hop and break dance.

In 2005, he lived in France and worked on the play Zona Branca (White Zone) at the Chateauvallon Theater. With this production he traveled to many cities in the Netherlands, Brazil and Tunisia. In 2006, he was busy as a choreographer in the Brazilian play Geracao Hip-Hop.

Came to Russia in 2007. Participated and became a finalist in the MTV project "Dance Floor Star 3". Then he worked in the show ballet Street Jazz. He collaborated with many show business stars (Vlad Topalov, Yulia Nachalova, Yulia Beretta, Irakli, the Serebro group). He combined his activities as a dancer and choreographer with modeling, representing brands such as Zolla, Adidas, Vladofootwear Jerkin.

He has repeatedly taken part and won in famous dance battles and competitions, such as Freemotion, Version, M357 Battlezone, Street Energy, M.I.R., Juste Debout.

About the composition of the group2016-2017:

Nikita Goryuk and Anton Savlepov were the constant leaders of “Quest Pistols”, and later with the “Show” prefix, for more than eight years, but in 2015-2016, with a difference of several months, they left the team. In September 2015, Daniil Matseychuk returned to the group. Now Quest Pistols Show performs with an updated line-up:

Daniil Matseychuk;
Ivan Krishtoforenko;
Mariam Turkmenbaeva;
Washington Salles.

The public liked the new look of versatile, virtuoso dancers, and the video “Santa Lucia” instantly took the top positions of popular domestic and foreign charts. Today, the team has entered the next round of popularity, and many critics believe that a complete change in composition has become the very necessary breath of air for the Quest Pistols. With their enchanting return, “KP” proved that they are a real phenomenon of the domestic pop industry. The quartet has grandiose plans. The guys have prepared large-scale show for Russian cities, and then they plan to conquer sites in America and Asia.

The composition of the Quest Pistols show group for 2018 consists of:

Daniil Matseychuk
Ivan Krishtoforenko
Mariam Turkmenbaeva
Washington Salles

Hits of the group Quest Pistols

The next hit after the sensational cover “I’m tired” was the composition “White Dragonfly of Love”, which collected a record number of views on the Youtube video hosting site. It's interesting that at the very beginning creative path The pop trio's repertoire consisted of only 3-4 songs, and this was clearly not enough for full concerts. The guys found a simple way out: first, the “Pistols” rocked the hall with their dance numbers, and then performed the songs available.

By 2007, the repertoire expanded, and the debut album “For You” was released. Almost all texts were written by the leader musical group“Dymna Sumish” by Alexander Chemerov under the pseudonym of Isolde Chethi. The only composition from the period 2007-2012 written by another author is “White Dragonfly of Love” by aspiring musician Nikolai Voronov. Works more later years belong to the pen of the group’s lead singer Nikita Goryuk.

The list of other famous hits of the Quest Pistols Show group includes the compositions “Days of Glamor”, “Cage”, “He’s Nearby”, “Revolution”, “I’m Your Drug” and “You’re So Beautiful”. Thanks to them, the album “For You” received gold status in Ukraine.

In 2011, the first line-up change took place and Borovsky was replaced by Daniil Matseychuk, who took part in the recording of such video works as “Different”, “Romeo”, Let’s Forget Everything” and “You’ve Lost Weight” (with Lolita Milyavskaya). Around the same moment, Anton Savlepov wanted to leave the team, but after the release of the video “You are so beautiful,” he changed his mind.

At the beginning of 2014, popular tabloids increasingly began to write that the team was in a creative crisis. At the same time, Nikita Goryuk released his solo track “White Bride”. Many predicted that the group would cease to exist. But Goryuk and Savlepov continued to tour together, presenting the public with the new single “Baby boy”. And a little later they appeared to the public in a completely new role and introduced new participants. The presentation of the new line-up was marked by the release of a cover of Igor Siliverstov’s 1992 composition “Santa Lucia”.

On November 15, 2014, the band went on a world tour with the premiere of the Quest Pistols Show. The concept of the show became the basis of the group’s new philosophy, which later led the Quest Pistols group to the format of a show project performing dance, club house music.

On November 13, the premiere of the video with solo performance Mariam Turkmenbaeva “Alien”, and on December 31, the returning Daniil Matseychuk (Daniel Joy) presented the video “We Know for sure”.

In April 2016, at the premiere of the “Dissimilar” video, fans saw the group in the format in which it performs to this day. Released September 1st new clip“Coolest of all,” and in October the band performed at a large-scale solo “Different Concert” and presented their first album “Lyubimka” with the updated lineup.

The audience enthusiastically accepted the new compositions of the Quest Pistols show, which focus on the quality of choreography. And despite the fact that the vocal component does not yet reach the level of the “pistols” of the first line-up, the participants promise fans to maintain the same provocative and slightly vulgar style and to do concert performances no less bright than before.

Today, the songs and composition of the Quest Pistols Show group are known to every person even slightly interested in modern domestic show business.

But in 2007, no one could have thought that the April Fool’s prank performance of three young and outrageous dancers with the composition “I’m tired” would develop into a mega project - the Quest Pistols Show group regularly changes its concept, but does not lose popularity.

Group Quest Pistols Show 2018. New composition, relevant for today.

About all the members of the Quest Pistols Show group

The history of the group began in 2004. It was then that choreographers Anton Savlepov, Konstantin Borovsky and Nikita Goryuk founded the dance group Quest Pistols. They defined their style as “aggressive-intelligent-pop”. The guys performed quite successfully in front of the Kyiv public, but there was no talk of real popularity yet. Then producer Yuri Bardash sent Anton and Nikita to vocal lessons, and Borovsky was assigned the role of rapper.

The breakthrough occurred on April 1, 2007, on the “Chance” project, broadcast by the Inter TV channel, when a cover of “Long and Lonesome Road” by the Dutch group “Shocking Blue” was performed. The performance instantly received 60 thousand messages of support, and the composition “I’m tired” occupied the first positions of the main domestic charts for a long time.

In September of the same year, in Belgium, the Pistols performed the “Dance Against Poison” program in support of a healthy lifestyle. Many people don’t believe it, but “quests” do not drink alcohol or nicotine, and actively promote vegetarianism. They also do not listen to club music and do not visit bars.

In 2013, Kostya Borovsky and Matseychuk left QP to create the boy band KBDM. Despite the fact that critics started talking about a creative crisis, “Fast Pistols” continued to tour together, and soon they were joined by an incognito participant in a mask.

Today the team prioritizes high-quality visual images, vivid images and choreography honed to perfection. The opposing images of the participants create the impression of a dance battle, but despite the unusual format, the new tracks turn out to be very harmonious and memorable.

To date, Quest Pistols has three full-length albums in its baggage.

In 2007 - “For You”;
In 2009 - “Superklass”,
In 2017 - “Favorite”.

Composition of the group Quest Pistols show 2007-2011:

Nikita Goryuk;
Anton Savlepov;
Kostya Borovsky.

Nikita Goryuk (stage name - Bumper)

The young man was born in a small border town in the Far East on September 23, 1985. As a child, he was fond of figure skating and dreamed of winning the world title. Graduated from the Faculty of Economics. Having moved to Kyiv, he focused his attention on dancing, thanks to which he was able to meet the ideological inspirer and producer of the Quest Pistols, Yuri Bardash.

Konstantin Borovsky (Crutch)

At the moment, Konstantin is promoting his brand BRVSKI, plans to act as an expert in the popular reality show “Super Model in Ukrainian” and performs together with the group “Agon”, which united the founders of “QP”.

Anton Savlepov

At school, Anton was an excellent student, so his family predicted a serious academic career for him. But the young man became seriously interested in dancing and met Nikita Goryuk at a breakdancing festival. At the same time, he entered the National University of Culture and Art in Kiev at the choreography department, but due to the creative breakthrough of “Fast Pistols,” classes and sessions had to be put on hold.

Like all members of the first QP lineup, Anton is interested in vegetarianism, tattoos and drawing. The guy also likes rare stories, yoga and Indian culture.

Composition for 2011-2013:

Nikita Goryuk;
Anton Savlepov;
Daniil Matseychuk.

DANIEL MATSEICHUK

Daniil Matseychuk replaced Konstantin Borovsky, who left the group. The young man was born in Kyiv in 1988 on September 20. Before joining the team, he worked as a dancer and model.

Daniil had known the guys from Quest Pistols Show for a long time. They were friends, and for some time Artem Savlepov even lived with Matseychuk. Therefore, when the team needed a new injection, the trio, without hesitation, called a good old friend. Moreover, like all the participants, the young man was a supporter of vegetarianism and a healthy lifestyle.

Daniil stayed with the group for several years. In 2013, he, together with Konstantin Borovsky, created the creative association “KBDM”, which includes not only a music group, but also his own clothing brand, and the club project KBDM DJ’s. Matseychuk does not like to talk about his personal life. For a long time he hid his beloved girl, but recently it became known that the couple was living together.

Segment for 2013-2015:

Anton Savlepov;
Nikita Goryuk;
Washington Salles;
Ivan Krishtoforenko;
Mariam Turkmenbaeva.

IVAN KRISHTOFORENKO

Ivan was born on November 12, 1989 in Khimki (Moscow region). He started dancing at the age of 4, when his parents enrolled him in a folk dance club. But already at the age of eight he realized that his calling was hip-hop.

At the age of 21, he became the host of the “Dancing for Children” program and taught at the Moscow dance school Model-357. Now he has his own dance studio (Studio 26) and hosts a dance program on the “Live” channel.

Ivan’s career in Quest Pistols began as a backup dancer, but after changing the concept and renaming it Quest Pistols Show, he became a full-fledged member of the team.

MARIAM (MARY) TURKMENBAYEVA

Later she moved to Kyiv and became a member of the Quest Pistols show ballet under the direction of Yuri Bardash. She took part in several seasons of the show “Everybody Dance”, where in 2008 she took 3rd place, and in 2012, together with Evgeny Kot, she became a gold medalist. She studied dance art in the United States for 4 years.

As part of the group, she first took the position of chief choreographer (clips “Heat” and “Wet”), and a little later became a vocalist.

WASHINGTON SALLES

He has repeatedly taken part and won in famous dance battles and competitions, such as Freemotion, Version, M357 Battlezone, Street Energy, M.I.R., Juste Debout.

About the composition of the group2016-2017:

Daniil Matseychuk;
Ivan Krishtoforenko;
Mariam Turkmenbaeva;
Washington Salles.

The public liked the new look of versatile, virtuoso dancers, and the video “Santa Lucia” instantly took the top positions of popular domestic and foreign charts. Today, the team has entered the next round of popularity, and many critics believe that a complete change in composition has become the very necessary breath of air for the Quest Pistols. With their enchanting return, “KP” proved that they are a real phenomenon of the domestic pop industry. The quartet has grandiose plans. The guys have prepared a large-scale show for Russian cities, and then they plan to conquer venues in America and Asia.

The composition of the Quest Pistols show group for 2018 consists of:

Daniil Matseychuk
Ivan Krishtoforenko
Mariam Turkmenbaeva
Washington Salles

Hits of the group Quest Pistols

The next hit after the sensational cover “I’m tired” was the composition “White Dragonfly of Love”, which collected a record number of views on the Youtube video hosting site. It’s interesting that at the very beginning of their creative career, the pop trio’s repertoire consisted of only 3-4 songs, and this was clearly not enough for full-fledged concerts. The guys found a simple way out: first, “Pistols” rocked the hall with their dance routines for about half an hour, and then performed the songs they had in stock.

By 2007, the repertoire expanded, and the debut album “For You” was released. Almost all the texts were written by the leader of the musical group “Dymna Sumish” Alexander Chemerov under the pseudonym of Izolda Chekhi. The only composition from the period 2007-2012 written by another author is “White Dragonfly of Love” by aspiring musician Nikolai Voronov. Works of later years were written by the group’s lead singer Nikita Goryuk.

On November 13, the premiere of a video with Mariam Turkmenbayeva’s solo performance “Alien” took place, and on December 31, the returning Daniil Matseychuk (Daniel Joy) presented the video “We Know for sure.”

In April 2016, at the premiere of the “Dissimilar” video, fans saw the group in the format in which it performs to this day. On September 1, a new video “Coolest of all” was released, and in October the band performed at a large-scale solo “Different Concert” and presented their first album “Lyubimka” with the updated lineup.

The audience enthusiastically accepted the new compositions of the Quest Pistols show, which focus on the quality of choreography. And despite the fact that the vocal component does not yet reach the level of the “pistols” of the first line-up, the participants promise fans to maintain the same provocative and slightly vulgar style and make concert performances no less vibrant than before.

How did it all begin?

The Quest Pistols Show takes its origins from the Quest ballet. They were noticed on the “Chance” project from the “Inter” TV channel, when they, a little immodestly, presented to the viewer not just a song, but a real April Fool’s performance prank. It was a cover (reinterpretation) of a song by the Dutch band Shocking Blue called Long and Lonesome Road. They have already defined their style: it is “aggressive-intelligent-pop”.

And away we go... The composition “I'm tired” instantly appeared on the first steps of the music charts, photos of musicians in glossy magazines, interviews between rehearsals, creation debut album... And then there was stunning news: the collapse of the team. To be or not to be? To be, only in a completely different role: now they are not a group, but a show.

And the lineup is no longer the same: they were joined by the charismatic Brazilian Washington Salles from Rio (Brazil), who repeatedly won dance battles and competitions (Version Freemotion, Juste Debout.etc.), the “alien” girl Mariam and a very young Ivan Krishtoforenko.

"I let go of the old to create the new"

This is what frontman Anton Savlepov said in his video message to his fans. One by one, new projects began to be born, namely: the boy band “KBDM” and the project group “Agon”, a new “round in life”, “a book from the very top shelf of the library of domestic pop music”.

Nikita Goryuk creates solo project"Zveroboy". He believes that the Quest Pistols Show gave a good training (it’s not for nothing that the group’s name has the word “quest”), and this word will be key in his project, because the Quest Pistols group has come a long way. Judge for yourself. She has 3 full-length albums to her credit:

“For You” (2007);

"Superclass" (2009);

“Favorite” (brand new, 2017).

The answer to the question why Quest Pistols broke up has been received. I wonder what other metamorphoses await the unpredictable ex-QP group? Wait and see. But one thing will remain constant: their formula for success. Inspiration multiplied by responsibility + constant search and charisma of each musician without exception will result in popularity for many more years.

Why Danila Kozlovsky did not star in We from the Future 2

This fantastic film about the journey of heroes through time will not repeat, and certainly not surpass, the success of the first. Andrei Malyukov, director of the first film, refused to shoot the second. Many people are interested in the question of why Danila Kozlovsky did not star in “We are from the Future 2.”

Why did Borodina and Kurban separate?

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Why is Sergei not participating in Improvisation in the Red Room?

The comedy show “Improvisation,” which was rapidly gaining popularity, consists of guest stars performing humorous miniatures without a prepared script. When asked why Sergei Matvienko does not participate in “Improvisation” in the Red Room, there are many versions.

Why doesn't Katya Klap post videos?

If adults live in a dimension where cinema, theater, and books rule the world, then young people live exclusively on the Internet. She is interested in many things from the life of video bloggers: Why Katya Klap doesn’t post videos, how many celebrities were interviewed by the oldfag video blogger of Russia Yuri Dud, how Maryana Ro is doing, etc.

With this team, which immodestly burst into show business in 2007, blowing up crowded halls and jumping to the top of the radio charts with their hits, serious metamorphoses suddenly began to occur already in 2014. Its participants said: “Now we are not a group, but a show.” The team included the charismatic Brazilian Washington, the alien-looking girl Mariam and the young man Ivan. A little later, the favorite of most fans, Nikita Goryuk, left the project, and now he decided to please them in a new capacity, creating former colleagues by Quest Pistols new group “Agon”.

In addition to him, the team included two other QP founders, Anton Savlepov, who left his “alma mater” after Nikita, and Konstantin Borovsky, who was the first to leave the popular team several years ago. Having announced the day before about their new birth, today the guys presented debut single“Let It Go” immediately fit into radio rotation.

The words and music for the first work were written by Sasha Chemerov, the creator of all the epic hits “Quest Pistols”, for which fans at one time fell in love with the team. The result is a light, stylish, unobtrusive composition, which is pleasant to listen to in the background on the way to work or vice versa - after a difficult day. working day. Whether “Agon” will work the same way as QP, time will tell, but judging by the comments of listeners on the Internet, part of the old fan guard of Nikita, Anton and Konstantin are expecting new emotions and opuses from their idols. And the artists themselves are more than determined, full, despite mature age and great stage experience, pure, downright youthful enthusiasm and are especially pleased with the name that was chosen for the new project:

“By restoring the original flame composition, we intend to open fire and attack your senses.” Our “Agon” is another round in life. This is our first experience independent work on a project of this level. We are very inspired and, despite the increased responsibility, we are determined to develop a new group so that our creative fire flares up with even greater force. Without a doubt, “Agon” is a book from the very top shelf of the library of Russian pop music. Once you open it, you will see for yourself.”

Why did you decide to reunite with the old lineup?

The idea was on the surface and the events recent years, the departure of all the original participants, brought the situation to its implementation and, in fact, the reunion itself.

How long have you been preparing for your return?

The preparation actually took quite a long time. It is not a spontaneous step taken as a result of a few accidents, but a sequence of movements.

Why the name of the new group “Agon”? Did you come up with it together?

The name came out quite spontaneously. As you probably want when you come up with a name. To be honest, on a whim. That was the moment when it was decided that yes, we all want to do this and we will do it no matter what. The next question was the question of a name for the group. Some of us said that the main thing is that the name should be “just agony” or something like that, in the end, despite other options, it turned out that this was the very name. AGONY is the creative force, the creative element, passion and motivation, without which there is no creative process.

Will anything change in the band’s work?

Everything will change, because we have matured and gained a lot of experience since the founding of the group, but at the same time, something will remain unchanged, our trinity and the songs of Sasha Chemerov. If we tell you exactly what it is, you will become bored watching us.

Will the style of the band members and the style of music change?

Our style changes all the time, it's the rhythm of life, but the style of the band itself will be more organic and sophisticated than it was before. Now this is not a project in which we are somehow involved, this is our conscious initiative, honest joint creativity, our ideas and our vision. This is how everything is determined from appearance and behavior to the meaning of songs and video clips.

When do you plan to start filming a video for a new song?

As soon as we finish filming the video for the first single “Let Go,” which is already in the works. Now the material has been filmed in Los Angeles and there are still scenes that we will film here. Don't worry, we won't test your patience for too long and the next video won't be long in coming either.

Are there any new hits on the way?