Alexander Zaoopin and "Uvazhaemiy" in Yerevan. "Love and Respect." 15 March 2026

Alexander Zaloopin is a singer-personality, hiding his face, changing chanson. Appearing in the mid-noughties as a reaction to the dominance of prison music "chanson" and the dominance of blat culture, Zalupin humanized and carnivalized it, breaking the main taboos. Crossing chanson music with other musical styles and playing off the topics of prison culture ("Fate", "Mama", retribution in "Raki", etc.) proved to be a quick task - Zalupin got out of prison. In the following albums Zalupin mixed such styles as: post-punk, break beat, witch house, jungle, italo disco, disco, minimal wave, romance, saicobili, dub, IDM, shoogeiz, new skool hip-hop, trance, house, etc. Linguistic experiments continued, but began to unfold in everyday life and love tragedy situations.
and the situation of love tragicomedy. Zalupin's biography, experience and image, broadcasting (not without self-irony) now dignity and greatness endowed him with the possibility of a special point of view on any situation. Leaving behind his hoarse brutal voice the singer performs in a mask and brightly colored costumes. On the account of Alexander Zalupin 5
albums, many singles and video clips.
Fans who awarded the singer with the title "Maestro", repeatedly noted that his songs not only broadcast tolerance, but also help to cope with depression.

"Uvazhaemiy" is a solo experimental project by Berlin-based musician Vitaly Zimin, founder of the independent label Crunch Tapes, also knownfor the Pivnoy Cowboy project and a number of other musical ventures. This is music, in which sharp irony neighbors with extreme emotional frankness. The sound of the project is composed of distorted guitars, funky rhythms, minimalistic electronics and deliberately theatrical, absurdist vocals, freely changing masks and intonations. It sounds as if Kai Metov once found himself at an LCD Soundsystem rehearsal and decided to stay. Respected constantly plays on contrasts: between irony and sincerity, simplicity and tension, humor and slight discomfort. There are no genre boundaries here - the music easily slides from naive electropop to happy hardcore, without losing the main thing: live nerve and emotional charge.