“Make it into shawarma”: Gipsy regulars remember kids, fights and love. Creative director of Gipsy Slava Glushkov about the revival of the club Work schedule and music program

Winter stubbornly defends its rights, but the summer party season has already begun. And last Friday, the grand opening of the Gipsy club took place, which all of Moscow was eagerly awaiting. Many people still wonder what caused this long break? PEOPLETALK decided to look into the very heart of nightlife and find out all the secrets of the most stylish club in the capital. Creative director Vyacheslav Glushkov (26) spoke about what awaits us this season, how to go through face control and why there will never be roses at the Gipsy club.

From the very beginning I was on the team of people who opened the club. This was 4 years ago in June. Over the entire period of work, our team has become very united, and I, of course, do not consider myself its leader, but still an integral part of it. Officially, I hold the position of creative director. Everything that guests see and feel is the work of me and my colleague Anton.

ABOUT CHANGE

I think our regular guests won't be surprised by the changes, since we haven't really changed anything. For three years in a row, every season we radically changed something, built new structures, regrouped the site. This time we decided to rebuild nothing, we just updated the already boring elements: we had slatted boards throughout the club, they had already outlived their usefulness, we removed them and replaced them with other materials. We changed the graffiti on the walls, some of the signage and our classic shawarma stand that everyone loves so much. That is, just a few touches, but overall the space has been refreshed. The concept has not changed and the music policy remains the same.

ABOUT CLOSING

There are many reasons why we closed. Firstly, the winter traffic of people is noticeably lower. If in the summer 6-8 thousand people pass through the night, then in the winter this figure drops to 3 thousand simply because everyone is too lazy to walk away from the Udarnik in the cold. Accordingly, the site is losing its atmosphere, which is far from good for us. We didn’t understand what we should do here in winter. Many clubs organize corporate events and survive on this, but our concept does not include organizing such events here.

But in the end it turned out to be a cool marketing ploy, because everyone was bored, and initially we didn’t lie - we immediately warned that we were closing for a while, that we would open on April 17, and this information was on the website. By the way, in December there was a crisis that bypassed us because the club was not working, and as a result we were in a big plus.

Maybe we won't close next winter, it's hard to say. We have already planned summer season, we understood in which direction we will work, and for the winter there are a couple of ideas, but they need to be discussed closer to winter. In the first month of the season, we decided not to do a show with imported artists, simply because yesterday we were sitting on sun loungers, and today it is raining, today there are a lot of people, tomorrow there will be no one. But we will already be holding summer parties with artists.

Fridays and Saturdays remain as they are. We will dilute the understandable and relevant music with some interesting moves, unusual presentation and orientation towards the Western scene. I work a lot in America and understand what they listen to there. I project this onto our audience through the prism of Moscow musical taste. They expect mass-market music from us, but we somehow keep to ourselves, trying to present something new every week. Plus, on the internal dance floor we make music for a narrower circle of people. We don’t strictly define the format, but it’s always around disco, nu disco, deep house.

This year, stand-out techno-resurrections will surprise you more than ever. The guys from Techno Gipsy, who are the ideologists of techno resurrections, have prepared an excellent lineup, the names of which I cannot divulge. But it is built in an extremely correct way - these are both sensational popular names and artists from a more underground scene, but with no less interesting music. Thus, we try to show guests different sides of this industry.

ABOUT THE DJS

At the arena everyone is the same: DJ Tonique, DJ 909, DJ Junior K, DJ Ice-D, DJ Mos, including me - DJ Slava GEE. This is a composition of residents that has been formed over the years. But we often invite guys who are not residents. We are trying to develop, so we attract new performers. For me personally, it is important that a person be a character. The DJ doesn't just play music, he creates the mood. He can stand like a pillar, and it will be cool, or he can dance, yell and jump, but it will look ridiculous. But I want a DJ to be a complete person, he must live in his own style. It’s a little hard to get to us from the outside, but it’s possible.

ABOUT REPUTATION

We were considered a very uncommunicative club, but I always respond to adequate suggestions on Facebook and in private messages. That is, if they offer me to sell roses in a club, of course, I will not answer such people. We don’t want to look like standard polished clubs, this is not our story, we want authenticity and an interesting presentation of information. We are super communicative with those who are on our wavelength. We are weaning ourselves off the mass market, and there are not many people who understand us in terms of building a business. But they have always been and will be - it’s nice.

ABOUT FACE CONTROL

We have quite serious face control, firstly, because the club cannot physically accommodate everyone. For example, at closing, we restricted entry too late, and it was simply impossible to get inside. Even the bartenders could not get the dishes, and the waiters could not take the order. To be allowed in, you need to be yourself. We'd like to see neat-looking people, even though we don't have a dress code, but we don't really want to see girls in sequins and heels here. It just so happens that this is not our audience. Just like guys in tuxedos, although those come too. You just need to be yourself, be who you are. If a person approaches the face kindly, does not lie about his age, and certainly does not call someone else’s name from the list (this is how we generally close the entrance forever), then he can almost always pass. Of course, except for days of complete rush, then we give priority to our regular guests.

ADVICE FROM A CLUB REGULAR:

Guys, keep it simple, don’t pretend to be someone you’re not. Be nicer, kinder and more open, and everything will be great. We don't look at looks, we are very happy with sneakers, torn jeans, unusual clothes. The problem is that many people perceive going to a club as some kind of cultural event for which they need to prepare. It’s strange for me when people choose outfits and do their hair before going to the club. Take it easy! This doesn't mean you don't need to look good, it's just that going to a club is a way to have a great time, dance and be in pleasant atmosphere. And if you want to show off, there are plenty of other places to do it. We are waiting for those who understand what we are about and why we are here.

There is an establishment on Red October where on the night from Saturday to Sunday you can meet everyone: a simple student, the son of Kristina Orbakaite (44), and the most eligible bachelor in the city. This is a club GIPSY, located on Bolotnaya embankment, 3/4, building 2.
PEOPLETALK today he will tell you how to easily pass for a local partygoer in this club.

It's difficult to say what you need to look like to pass face control in GIPSY because inside among people in Yeezy Boost and Jordans, there will definitely be women in shiny nylon tights. In general, we admit that a person’s taste preferences at the entrance are unclear to us. Follow the universal rule of any party: simple and tasteful.

I doubt you don't already know the song by heart and Hotline bling, but if suddenly... In short, do it urgently! And don’t forget about the dance from Drake’s video! Call me on my cellphone plays at every party.

In any other club you can go deaf by the speakers, but in GIPSY everything works differently. It looks like magic, but it is the speakers that will make you feel quite comfortable.

If many metropolitan establishments can be called places where it is easy to make a “profitable” acquaintance, then GIPSY this does not apply. The fact is that here you cannot be 100% sure that the person you meet is, roughly speaking, in himself.

If you read our interview with Sasha Strizhenova(15), then you probably remember her story about the scandal when the daughter of famous TV presenters was accused of being “ got drunk in GIPSY in company Denis Baysarova (18) " So, you can’t meet someone popular in this place also because a lot of people are closely following this someone, and there is no guarantee that after the end of the evening your reputation will be clear. Evil tongues and registered in GIPSY Gossip girls will take care of this, believe me.

If you order a drink at the bar, try to track the preparation process and immediately take it straight from the bartender's hands, because there are quite a lot of shady people in GIPSY who can pour something prohibited into your glass. Yes, such cases are known, and they did not end well.

I sincerely and with all my heart do not recommend taking pictures in a pool with balls. This venture rarely works out good photo…

Avid Party People GIPSY they know that if you stay there until the morning, you can admire the sunrise from one of the most beautiful verandas in the capital.

The club's veranda is filled with leopard-print sunbeds that you just want to lie down on. For God's sake, lie down as long as you want, the main thing is not to fall asleep! Not only will you sleep through the entire party, but you also risk being left without personal belongings!

I note that for dancing on weekends better place, how GIPSY, you won't find it. This is because the most famous hits from all over the world are played there, to the sounds of which your legs are eager to dance.

And during the day GIPSY operates as a restaurant, so after a stormy night of partying, smoothly flowing into the early morning, you can easily stay a little longer and have lunch right on the spot.

Belonging to the Luxury class, which can simultaneously evoke several completely different conclusions and antagonistic opinions, this is the Gipsy nightclub.

Establishment address

The nightclub, which is located at Bolotnaya embankment, 3, can serve as an example of a wonderful combination of such seemingly opposite concepts as comfort and modesty, splendor and accessibility. Club "Gypsy" (Moscow) embodied all the best features from the arsenal of club aesthetics.

How to get there?

A guide to finding the Gipsy club can be the Red October Factory and the Gallery of Collectible Photographs named after. On the territory of the famous historical enterprise, in the same building as the Gallery, a nightclub with a view has found refuge

Since it is difficult to get there by personal vehicle, it is better to get off at the Kropotkinskaya metro station and go straight across the bridge to your cherished goal, more precisely, to the nightclub on the embankment. Even if you still don’t want to get there public transport, you will have to leave the car at or near the Udarnik cinema, and from there, spending at least five minutes, get there on foot. Night club "Gipsy" (Moscow) is a special style and design.

What makes the club successful?

Judging by the name of this site - “Gypsy”, an association involuntarily arises with the national traditions of the Roma, dating back hundreds of years. Such assumptions have a right to exist; there is some truth in them. As an eloquent confirmation, we can cite the dishes that the establishment offers to its visitors, the emphasis is on Indian and Romanian cuisine.

Oriental motifs are present everywhere here, not devoid of mystery, which is expressed in the original interior design and unique hookah menu. But there are also those who propose to classify the nightclub “Gipsy” (Moscow, Bolotnaya embankment, 3) as a summer establishment. And this will be a true statement. Few people know that at first the designers thought of creating a summer playground on this site. The main hall is built in the form of an open terrace, which hangs like a canopy over the attribute of the capital - the Moscow River. To the great surprise of the visitor, upon entering the room, he discovers artificial grass instead of the usual floor. It makes you want to take off your shoes and walk on it!

Combining the above versions together, you come to the conclusion that they are not enough to reflect the main intention of the club’s founders. It is more unique and diverse, which greatly contributes to commercial success and enormous popularity. Club "Gypsy" (Moscow) is the best place for a modern party.

What's inside the club?

In general, the entire building in which the establishment is located is divided into separate zones, which are separated from each other. Each of them has a specific setting, design, with its own different functionality. This is what makes the Gipsy Club (Moscow) attractive. A photo report allows you to study the club’s environment in advance.

Although the overhanging veranda is considered the highlight of the club, you should not think that this is the only thing the establishment can boast of. In the process of traveling and simultaneously exploring the internal space, a bar in the shape of the letter “P” suddenly appears, decorated with wood and attributes located throughout the room - lighting devices-disco throwers.

Next, the visitor goes out onto a luxurious veranda, but already closed and with a richer design. Subsequent wanderings through the corridors will gradually lead the curious traveler to a huge dance floor, which is directly adjacent to the stage, VIP area and a specially designated area for smoking hookah. instead of the usual floor, plasma screens, hammocks as beds and much more are ready to completely amaze the public. This is a world of surrealism and futurism with some echoes of retro style combined with luxury, minimalism and quite reasonable prices! This is probably why young people strive to get into the Gipsy club (Moscow).

What can you drink and eat?

A description of the club would be incomplete without at least a superficial description of what the menu is. Although the chef of the establishment is from distant Australia, this does not mean that he feeds hungry regulars with exotic carcasses of strange animals - platypus, echidna or kangaroo. In addition to the previously mentioned Indian delicacies and Romanian dishes, guests will appreciate the spiciness of Mexican and the aroma of Armenian dishes, classic European cuisine, drinks with a variety of ingredients and their unusual combinations. Well, what would it be without shawarma! Will definitely visit the club "Gypsy" (Moscow). Photos of your party will be taken by professional photographers, and you can post them on social networks without hesitation.

Work schedule and music program

The musical program is presented not only by the traditional hits of the groups “Brilliant” and “Leningrad” - obligatory participants in almost all entertainment events, but also show programs with parties with interesting themes and exciting promotions.

All summer long open area every day joyfully greets guests. Club "Gypsy" (Moscow) hosts three days in a row every week - Thursday, Friday, Saturday. You cannot enter the premises without mandatory face control.

former Gipsy face checker, presenter of the Friday TV channel

“In 2011, my friend Sasha Dulshchikov invited me to work at Gipsy. I, one might say, patented the scheme by which the face control in Gipsy worked under me and still continues to work. I was supposed to be a negative character, and I was. Different people came, the reaction to being denied entry may also not have been the most appropriate, but nothing criminal happened - there are much more rumors than real stories. When deciding who to let in and who not, I was always guided by the principle of “like it or not,” but this principle was formed from many factors, which were primarily conveyed by the owner of the place, Ilya Lichtenfeld. He knew exactly what kind of audience he wanted to see at the club.

I didn’t seek any personal happiness in my work, but I had several important meetings there. We met Fedya Fomin at Gipsy, then he introduced me to his wife Nastya Kolmanovich, and now they are my music producers and friends. A further chain of acquaintances and events led me to the casting of the Friday TV channel, which I successfully passed and became the host of “Heads or Tails. Shopping."

Gipsy has always been and will remain a special place. In different periods of its existence - from a semi-backroom establishment to a large-scale venue - Gipsy is one of a kind. Perhaps his concept, like the concept of parties, will be tried to be repeated by others, but Gipsy is Gipsy.”

DJ and TV presenter

“I heard a lot: “Gipsy has opened, no one is allowed there.” But what does “no one is allowed there” mean? I was always fine with the entrance. Therefore, when my friends and I were not allowed in two times in a row, I was upset. I snorted at the entrance and swore that I would never set foot here again. But, as is usually the case with girls, after a couple of weeks I found myself at the entrance again. Before I could approach, I heard something like: “Let the girl through.” The person who told me to let me in turned out to be Slava Gee (Vyacheslav Glushkov, art director. - Note ed.). That's how we met. I watched him play and decided that it was very easy. Then they suggested that I try it, so I tried it. I came to have dinner at what was then a small club-bar and stayed for a long time to try and try. It didn’t take long for me to prepare for my first set, but all my friends were proud of me. And I did it, I did it!

I loved and love Gipsy with all my heart, I know him little and I know him big. I saw tears in the kids’ eyes when the large veranda opened and Ilya and his team put on an unreal show. It was so natural, so pure and so beautiful. I am grateful to Gipsy for unreal bright parties, for cool music, for the family atmosphere and for the fact that I am now a DJ. Who knows, if not for this, I would have met my now husband?

“I first joined Gipsy in August 2011. I had just returned to Moscow after two months abroad, and my friends and I celebrated my arrival. At some point the question arose of where to go next. Everyone was already drunkenly depressed, and one of her friends offered to go with her to a new place called Gipsy. I remember we stood in line for quite a long time, but the closer we got to the entrance, the closer we saw how the then facer Anton Lavrentiev was writing off everyone who was at least somehow similar to the average person in the still living club “Paradise”. It's our turn. We were asked if we were on the list. We smiled drunkenly and said “no” - they let us in.

After that, my 3 years at Gipsy began. The first year I was there every weekend. I liked the small veranda, the audience and the still fairly cheap alcohol. For 1000 rub. you could take 2 huge glasses of Jägermeister and Long Island. Once there, a friend of mine was snorted half to death by some madam, whom no one subsequently met anywhere else.

Before the veranda expansion, the place had a soul that faded over time. As soon as the club was expanded, daddies with their companions and schoolchildren gradually began to appear. At first they were persecuted, but over time they became part of a new crowd. The price tag was raised, and people who had been coming since the opening began to leave. In any case, the expansion was good for the owners’ pockets, and probably every person who opened a place where there is a giant line to enter would do the same. I'm in Last year Most often I went to techno parties: I have to give the guys their due, they made very cool deliveries.”

PR manager

“Gipsy was not just a party, not just great concerts, fantastic dancing and alcohol, it was a family. About 5 years ago we might have gone to the Opera or Sunrise, but it was something so childish. But with Gipsy it’s more serious: I know that they will help me if I’m fired from my job, and if there are problems within the establishment, I can always go up to the head of the security service, hang out, complain: “I’m being bullied!”, and he’ll sort it out. Although with the advent of the large veranda, the homely atmosphere disappeared a little. To be honest, I didn’t care at all whether they were young or not, I was always with friends. I would never hang out at a bar alone. The regular visitors now seem quite young to me. Although we hung out in exactly the same way at that age, and older people probably also looked at us wryly, thinking - what kind of youngsters are we?

Of course, there were millions and billions of stories that happened in Gipsy, but I can't tell them without dishonoring my friends! I'd rather tell you a nice story. One day, about two years ago, when Dooly (Alexander Dulshchikov, co-owner of Gipsy. - Note ed.) it was his birthday, he was given a small goat - they brought it straight to Gipsy in the middle of the night. There was a sea of ​​people, everyone started joking that they should make shawarma out of it. I took that little goat into the kitchen and sat with him for three hours, hand-feeding him carrots - I missed the whole birthday. That’s how sentimental I am!”

MSU student

“Since my brother is a co-owner, I started going there from day one. There were many crazy stories, ranging from various fights to falling into the pool, completely naked drunken guys walking around the entire establishment, swimming in the jacuzzi on the balcony, and so on. I came there like home, and so did many of the guys. There was a story when one of my friends got very drunk and fell from the balcony. That is, how - he wanted to jump into the pool, he took a long time to decide, in the end he jumped like a fish, but he miscalculated a little and hit his head on the side. A bunch of doctors arrived, there was blood and generally a huge boil. The boy was in the hospital for a long time, but now everything is more or less fine. They closed his entrance for this, but then they opened it - his happiness knew no bounds! In general, many cool artists like Flo Rida, Avril Lavigne, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Jamie Jones and so on came to Gipsy. I think there have never been so many celebrities in any club in Moscow or the world - maybe only in Palais or Twiga on Lazurka. And then there were the legendary “PMS marathons”: three days in a row of non-stop partying. It’s cool, by the way, that no one took money at the entrance. A lot of people came who were, well, not in the format, so to speak, and offered 5-10 thousand dollars. Anton (Lavrentyev, face control officer. - Note ed.) made a lot of threats from various sick people. There was even some story where someone seemed to shoot right inside the club, but it is quite possible that this was gossip. I met a bunch of people there good people, I love the whole team, despite the fact that we had a lot of conflicts, and I will miss you terribly. The guards carried me out of there in their arms a couple of times and ran after me when my brother said that it was time for me to go home. I also met Exibit, Jamie Jones, Vanya Urgant, Timati, and the Leningrad group.

Photographer

“To be honest, I started going to Gipsy because in Moscow the crowd is small, everyone knows each other, and there’s no getting away from it - where everyone goes, you go too. In 2011 it was something new, a summer veranda on the roof, daytime parties - this had never happened in Moscow before, and at the beginning it was very cool. And then everything got mixed up, they got confused with their own concept. Cool DJs came to Gipsy, but played poorly. Because the atmosphere that music should create, as it was, for example, in “Arma,” was not there in Gipsy. People came to the performances not because they knew music, but because it was fashionable to come. And those who really wanted to go to the artists’ performances could not get through, because, you see, they were not in format.

After all, Gipsy is a show-off. They won't let you in without showing off. I once expressed my opinion and wrote that this all reminds me of the roller center on Tulskaya, where I jumped in balloons as a child. And now overgrown drug addicts are also jumping in these balls in Gipsy. She called it all “the gypsy Disneyland of Lichtenfeld,” after which Ilyusha (Lichtenfeld. - Note ed.) wrote me a personal message that I should apologize, delete the post, and only then will they open the entrance for me. Since then I have no relationship with Gipsy. Of course, there are very cool people there. They work hard for this club, the rest are just techno-sniffs. Well, apart from Ilyusha, I respect him as a person, it’s just that Techno Gipsy is not techno. And he wouldn’t be offended by another person for healthy criticism, we were just friends, and he took it as a betrayal.”

practices aesthetic medicine

“I started going to Gipsy from the very first party. Back then Gipsy seemed like a big branch of Simachev, with the same people, similar atmosphere and cheap alcohol. It was clearly something new for Moscow, which lacked interesting establishments. They were reluctant to let us in, sometimes we even had to call someone for help.

My college graduation took place at Gipsy. More precisely, it took place in a neighboring establishment, but my friend and I were kicked out of there afterwards. We went to Gipsy. It was clearly more fun there, despite it being a weekday. True, there was no face control, but it gave interesting result like strange drunk girls from a brotherly country or guys in blue shirts crawling on the floor at 8 o'clock on a Tuesday evening.

The turning point for me was the issuance of club cards. I remember that one of my friends boasted about his card on Instagram. I never saw him there. It was from that moment that the decline began and it became clear that the end was near. The main reason I stopped going there was the people. It was mostly a natural rabble. Especially at Sunday drug parties. I remember Techno Sundays specifically because of the terrible people I’ve never seen anywhere else.”