"Car-man"- Soviet and Russian pop group, popular at the very beginning of the 1990s. The leader of the group is Sergei Lemokh.
The group was founded in 1989 by Bogdan Titomir and Sergei Lemokh, who were musicians for Dmitry Malikov. Then, working as a backup dancer for singer Vladimir Maltsev, they composed the song “Paris, Paris” for him, which they later decided to perform on their own.
Initially, the duo referred to themselves as an “exotic pop duo.” They took the name “Carmen” as the name. In 1990, the name changed to “Car-Man”. As the performers themselves comment, in this way they “meet the wishes of the listeners, obscuring the initial reminder of the insidious Spanish rival of today’s young seductresses.” The name can be translated as “man-car”. Performers prefer the synonym “traveler.” Therefore, the group’s first album, entitled “Around the World” (1990), had a unique concept: each song from which in one way or another talks about different cities and countries.
For the first time on TV, the group “lit up” in the spring of 1990, on the “2x2” TV channel, performing several songs (unknown source), then in the summer of the same year in the “Variety Vernissage” program, with the video “Paris”, and already at the end of the year, summed up in the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper, the duo became a leader in two categories: “Discovery of the Year” and “Group of the Year”.
In April 1991, Bogdan Titomir left the project, deciding to pursue a solo career. At the same time, “Kar-man” as a project does not cease to exist with his departure.
The group received a number of awards: “Hit-90” (1990), “50x50” (1991), “Starry Rain” (1991), “Ovation” (1991).
Sergei Lemokh takes part in third-party projects: he acts in commercials, records the soundtrack for the animated series “Captain Pronin”, writes musical intros for TV shows, etc.
In parallel with his work at Kar-man, Sergei Lemokh worked as a composer, writing several songs for other artists (Natalia Senchukova, Lada Dance, Natalia Gulkina, Igor Seliverstov).
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Before the album "Around the World", 3 songs were recorded in 1990: "Man of the year", "Night with you", "Singapore". It is also known that several songs on the album “Karmania” were recorded as a duet in 1991 (“A Guy from Africa”, “Robin Hood”), but after Bogdan Titomir left the group, Sergei Lemokh rewrote all the vocal parts. The only surviving song from this album (as a duet) is "The Guy from Africa".
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This wonderful group was founded by Sergei Lemokh and Bogdan Titomir, who met while working in the dance group of the artist Vladimir Maltsev, popular in the late eighties of the last century. Since both dreamed of creating their own project, it was decided to collaborate with each other.
Thus, in the fall of 1989, their duet “Kar-Man” appeared. The friends decided to work in the genre of popular music, quite heavily flavored with exotic elements. In particular, their first studio album was called “Around the World” and was stylized as a kind of musical journey around the world. The disc includes such hits as “London, Goodbye”, “Paris, Paris” and “Chio-Chio-San”.
The group very quickly became very popular and famous. They even started recording a second album, which it was decided to call “Car-Mania”. But it was at this peak of fame that one of the duo members - Bogdan Titomir - left the team to start solo career. And Sergei Lemokh remains alone.
Nevertheless, Sergei does not despair. The already recorded (and no less powerful than the group’s first work) album “Kar-Mania” is being released. Since all rights to use the name of the group remain with him, Lemokh recruits new talented musicians and dancers. And he begins to perform with them, remaining the team leader.
One of the best compositions of the second album is the track "Bad Russians". Moreover, a good video was even shot for it, which only increases the popularity of the group. In 1991, the team even became the owner of the very prestigious Ovation Award, and won a number of reputable competitions, such as Shlyager-90, 50x50 and Starry Rain. At the same time, Lemokh tried himself as a songwriter independent from the group. The first experience of cooperation was working with N. Gulkina, for whom he wrote a number of successful tracks: “China”, “You just have to dream”, “Ivanhoe”, “Farewell forever”...
Until 1993, the group did not write new records, but the team released a collection of the best songs. Among which are three new compositions - “Ciao, bambino”, “Is it love” and “Dancing in laser smoke”. Moreover, “Ciao, bambino” turns out to be a real hit, and soon an equally talented and bright video is shot for it. The group is at the very peak of its popularity, and at this time “Kar-man” tours a lot throughout Russia.
In addition to performing on stage, Sergei Lemokh began to devote a lot of energy to non-pop projects. In particular, he participated in the game "Marathon 15 - Start", recorded part of the soundtrack for the animated film "Captain Pronin" and even starred in advertising for such well-known companies like "Hitec" and "B.O.Y."
In 1994, the group delighted its fans with new recordings. And not just one album, but two at once. This is how the records “Russian Massive Sound Aggression” and “Live...” hit the shelves. Such compositions as “Angel of love”, “Soyuz-Apollo”, and “This is Car-Man” quickly occupy leading positions in the leading charts in Russia. The song “Hotel California” is also very unusual and talented. The famous work of the Eagles team, presented as a dance remix, is received very warmly by the public...
After the release of the above albums, the Kar-Man team goes on a kind of vacation for a while. True, Lemokh still collaborates with a number of Russian pop stars, in particular with N. Senchukova, Lika, Lada Dance, S. Vladimirskaya, V. Nechitailo, and I. Siliverstov. But after, until 1996, it becomes difficult to get any information about the team. No concerts, no recordings...
True, by 1996 the team was finally emerging from hibernation. And he even presents fans with a new record called “Your Sexy Thing.” Distinctive feature album becomes a large number of slow compositions, which are quite different from early creativity groups. The group also resumes live performances, visiting such festivals as “Voice of Asia”, “Slavic Bazaar”, and “Tavrian Games”.
After successful tours in Germany and the USA, the group returns to Russia. Where he gets a chance to participate in a very interesting event"Surprise from Pugacheva." As part of this project, the team is rewriting Alla Borisovna's famous song called "Robinson". In particular, he creates a stunning remix of it in the “disco” style.
In 1997, Sergei Lemokh thought about a solo project, thereby founding the Polaris group. True, work continues on the “Kar-man” repertoire - already in 1999 a new record, “King of Disc,” was released. And soon another album appears, although it was coolly received by the fans, since it consists entirely of remixes of already known songs of the team.
After another period of calm, a kind of revival of the team took place only after 2001. In connection with the tenth anniversary of the Kar-Men group, its members decided to create an anniversary concert program from old and new hits. The first premiere of this festive project took place during a tour of Germany. But then Sergei Lemokh brought the program to Russia, where a very large-scale tour took place throughout the country under the banner of “Kar-Man - 10 Years”. Thus marking the musicians’ temporary return to “big” show business...
Formed in 1989, the exotic pop duo Car-Men instantly became popular. Foreign borders were not yet open to common man, so the first album in the “around the world” style was warmly received by listeners. Alas, within two years the outrageous Bogdan Titomir will leave the group.
In the mid-90s, many songs written by his ex-partner Sergei Lemokh won first positions in various charts, and video clips for his compositions enjoyed incredible success. Sergei also wrote songs for pop stars of that time.
Having been in a lull for a couple of years, in 1996 the group “Carmen” presented the music world with a new long-awaited album with beautiful melodic songs. And to coincide with their first anniversary - the fifth anniversary of Lemokh’s solo project - the group timed the release of the disc “Your Sexy Thing”.
Traveling to distant countries, the team participated in such famous festivals as “Tavria Games”, “Slavic Bazaar” and “Voice of Asia”. At one time, he was even awarded the Ovation Award as the best pop group.
Remaining a disco legend, Sergei Lemokh really brought something from the name of the group to his stage appearance. In the distant 90s, he was considered the sex symbol of the Union and enjoyed enormous popularity. And today the energetic “man-machine”, at almost 50, moves and jumps on stage as if he were a quarter of a century ago.
The Carmen group, having reached the peak of popularity and released one of the soloists, Bogdan Titomir, to freedom, oddly enough, still exists.
Now the Carmen group has three “drivers”: two Sergeys - Lemokh and Kolkov, and Katrin Kanaeva, Lemokh’s wife. The star trio is mainly invited to nightclubs, and albums from the group “Carmen” are released from time to time. To promote his creativity, Lemokh makes full use of modern technologies- World Wide Web Internet. The results of this policy are obvious: the Carmen group has up to 4 million downloads monthly.
Constant concerts in clubs indicate that it is possible to stay afloat even in an environment of incredible competition. The main thing is to feel what the viewer demands and expects from the performer. And the public still continues to be a fan of Car-Man’s performances.
Sergei Lemokh assures that the current songs of the Carmen group are radically different from the hits of “past days”: the material presented by the trio is fashionable, fresh, and in demand. This is confirmed by the group's solo albums.
The Carmen group still remains the brainchild of Sergei Lemokh, while he manages to act in commercials and write screensavers for various television programs. In addition, he is excellent at film soundtracks: just remember the cartoon “Captain Pronin”.
And although it is now almost impossible to surprise fans of dance music, and creating something new is generally difficult, the Carmen group never tires of surprising its fans with various surprises. And in terms of experience and energy, it’s unlikely that anyone can compare with them...
In the early 90s, the group Carmen (a male exotic pop duo) made a splash by appearing on big TV with the song London Goodbye. Watch Video The guys released the album Around the World, melodic and romantic, it became a fresh spirit of distant countries, love and romance. Each song was dedicated to a city or country.
The Berlin Wall fell and ended cold war and now the borders were open. And they sang about distant countries and romantic relationships. Their songs were played from every car and every stall. They guessed what people needed.
Musical style. Carmen's music can be attributed to the disco style; it is danceable and lightly catchy.
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Technology, Depeche Mode, Lada Dance, Vikor Tsoi and Carmen defined the music of the 90s. Along with Western 2Unlimited, Dr. Alban, Ace of Base. Cassettes with pirated recordings sold out like hot cakes and were re-recorded on home tape recorders, and the guys traveled around the union making money on their popularity. They entertained, not burdened, giving joy in difficult times collapse of the Union.
These were ultra fashionable guys, fashionable music.
Clip Carmen - Ciao, bombina, signorina is crying
After leaving the Carmen group, Bogdan created the musical movement High Energy ( High Energy) and lit it in a solo album.
His songs High, Nonsense, Girl in Red are still interesting to listen to. Then under New Year, remember, there was a drug addict song about Hedgehogs - And I love hedgehogs, I’m obsessed with hedgehogs
Clip by Bogdan Titomir - Do as I do!
However, proclaimed at that time and supported by Bogdan sexual revolution and complete freedom and popularity played a cruel joke on him, for which he paid with his fate. He is also 47, but he is still alone, not married and plays the same games as 20 years ago - picks up chicks and sings bullshit. It seems that a person is frozen in his youth and does not come to his senses.
Titomir and the bachelor party group became symbols of their time, namely freedom and, as a consequence of the sex revolution, promiscuity. After the rise in popularity both in the group and even more solo, there were drugs, women... a trip to the States. Bogdan returned, the girls there were not to his taste.
Today he no longer indulges in the potion, but leads the same bohemian lifestyle.
The relationship between colleagues in the Karman group is strained. They don’t communicate and don’t want to do something together (watch the video)
Or groups " Ladybug" Most of the performers of famous hits have long disappeared from the Olympus of show business, but there are still those who are still releasing new products to this day. One of them is singer and composer Sergei Lemokh.
Sergey Ogurtsov ( real name singer) was born on May 14, 1965 in the city of Serpukhov (Moscow region).
Father Mikhail Vasilyevich was a military man, and mother Lyubov Petrovna worked as a history teacher. Lemokh also has brother Alexey, who is ten years older than the singer.
The future youth idol was interested in music from the age of five (4 years in a jazz studio) and by the end of school he realized what he wanted to devote his life to. Creative biography Lemokha began long before the Kar-Man team. The young man began to pave the way to show business back in 1981. When Sergei Lemokh studied at the Moscow Institute of Soviet Trade, he played keyboards in taverns in the evenings and worked as a DJ at the Kauchuk recreation center, and during the day he posed for the Knitting magazine, published by his mother.
At the same time, the ambitious young man attended a concert where the national pop star in Gorky Park for the first time performed the songs “Moonlight Dream” and “You’ll Never Be Mine” (text by David Samoilov). Sergei, inspired by Malikov’s work, decides to meet the popular performer at all costs.
Already in 1989, Dmitry presented a new composition “Until Tomorrow” in “New Year’s Light” (lyrics by Alexander Shaganov), but the artist does not work alone - for drum kit He plays, and Sergei Lemokh plays the keys. Later, together with Bogdan, he worked as a backup singer and backup dancer for Vladimir Maltsev, for whom Lemokh later wrote the song “Paris, Paris.”
Later, Maltsev became the producer of the Freestyle group and. He noticed promising guys then and “took them under his wing,” he brought the guys together the right people. The end of 1989 is considered the date of formation of the Carmen group.
Initially, the guys positioned themselves as an “exotic pop duo”, and took the name of the fatal beauty – Carmen – as their name. In 1990, the group "Carmen" transformed into "Kar-man". As the performers themselves comment, they “met the wishes of the listeners, obscuring the reminder of the rival of today’s seductresses.”
The first album "Around the World" was dedicated to life in various cities and countries. Video clips were subsequently recorded for the hits “London, Goodbye”, “Paris, Paris”, “Chio-Chio-San”. After work on the project was completed, a discord occurred in the team: Sergei was tired of entering into eternal confrontation with Bogdan Titomir and fighting for leadership in the group. The man did not understand why his colleague was trying to “jump in over his head” and take all the glory for himself when he had nothing to do with the lyrics or arrangements. The next album, “Kar-Mania,” was recorded without Bogdan’s participation.
In 1991, the group reached the apogee of popularity: “Kar-man” won first places in various competitions, won the “Ovation” award, and the permanent leader of the group wrote a couple of songs and.
The third album “Kar-man” was a collection of the best songs, consisting of remixes of old compositions. In 1993, the group toured Russia. Sergei starred in several commercials, took part in the television game “Marathon-15”, and also wrote the soundtrack for the cartoon “Captain Pronin”.
The following year, the group released two discs at once: “Russian Massive Sound Aggression” and “Live...”. It is noteworthy that the songs occupied exclusively top positions in the music charts. After this, the group experienced a creative lull.
The next album was released only in 1996. It consisted of slow tracks and was called “Your Sexy Thing.” In the same year, the group went on tour to Germany and the USA, and also took part in international festivals.
In 1997, the group performed on the television show “Surprise from Pugacheva,” presenting a remix of her composition “Robinson” to the national stage. At the same time, Lemokh’s solo album “Polaris” was released. Next comes “King of the Disc.” And in 1999, the album “Back to the Future” contained remixes of the group’s first hits.
The project remains relevant to this day. “Car-Man” is remembered and loved by both ordinary people and show business stars. So, in 2016, on the stage of the project “Exactly”, the ex-soloist of the group “Yin-Yang” in the image of Sergei Lemokh performed the song “London, Goodbye”.
Sergei does not like to talk about personal life, but it is reliably known that Lemokh was married twice.
The artist met his first wife Natalya when he was a young, unknown singer. As often happens, the marriage did not stand the test of fame.
Due to a series of endless tours in the 90s, Sergei did not have time to “stop and take a break,” let alone establish a family structure. Natalya quickly realized that she and her husband had different priorities: she wanted children and a quiet life, but he dreamed of creating, constantly “being on the move” and being not only heard by everyone, but also visible. The young people divorced without scandals, division of property or claims. During the family idyll, the wife gave the artist two daughters - Lyudmila and Alisa.
Lemokh did not consider himself a model father. The singer did not attend school meetings, did not read moral lectures, and rarely spent weekends with the children. Despite this, Alisa maintains a warm relationship with Sergei and even goes to his concerts. But Lyudmila believes that her father devotes little time to her.
Both young ladies have a musical education. The eldest daughter tried herself as a DJ, but quickly burned out, now the girl is “searching for herself.”
Having become a father early, the singer also became a grandfather early. The artist has two granddaughters.
The singer’s second wife was his bandmate, Ekaterina Kanaeva. The woman managed to build strong, respectful relationships with the artist’s adult daughters, but she never interfered in their upbringing. The wise young lady did not want to take on the role of an “all-knowing parent” and be too intrusive.
Ekaterina and Sergei do not have common children, but, according to the singer, they are working on it.
In September 2018, the artist’s daughter Lyudmila became the heroine of the “Let Them Talk” program. The girl fell into bad company, started drinking and now risks losing her rights to her child, Lemokh’s granddaughter. Lyudmila’s grandmother said that the artist’s ex-wife, Natalya, died of cancer back in 2014. According to the woman, Lemokh was never interested in the life of his eldest daughter, did not show love for her, just like his mother, and after the divorce did not take part in her life at all.
At the moment, the performer gives all of himself to music. The artist releases fresh singles, makes mixes of everyone’s favorite hits, and plans to finish work on a new album in the near future. Despite the fact that the performer is not on Instagram, his photos from concerts and vacations regularly appear online.
The man, who never loses his agility, plans to further expand target audience fans of his work, so he is actively studying the Internet market. The artist wants to release projects that will be interesting to people. So, in 2017, on the official website of the group, the singer presented the “Double Jazzy” project.
Among other things, Lemokh continues to perform as part of the group “Kar-man” both in Russia and in Europe.
