former face controller Gipsy, host of the TV channel "Friday"

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

I was not looking for any personal happiness in my work, but I had several important meetings there. We met Fedya Fomin in 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 Eagle or Tails. Shopping ".

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

DJ and TV presenter

“I've heard a lot:“ Gipsy has opened, nobody is allowed there ”. But what is “no one is allowed there”? I have always been fine with the entrance. Therefore, when my friends and I were not allowed two times in a row, I fell out. I snorted at the entrance and vowed that I would never and never step here again. But, as is usually the case with girls, after a couple of weeks I was again at the entrance. Not having time to approach, I heard something like: "Miss the girl." The person who told me to let me in was Slava Gee (Vyacheslav Glushkov, art director - Approx. ed.). That's how we met. I watched him play and decided it was very easy. Then I was offered to try, so I tried. I came to dine at the then small club-bar and stayed for a long time to try and try. I didn't prepare for my first set for a long time, but all my friends were proud of me. And I did it, it worked!

I loved and love Gipsy with all my heart, I know him small and I know him big. I saw tears in the eyes of the guys when a large veranda opened and Ilya and the team played an unreal show. It was so natural, so clean and so beautiful. I am grateful to Gipsy for unrealistic bright parties, for cool music, for a family atmosphere and for being a DJ now. Who knows, if not for this, I would have met my now husband? "

“The first time I came to Gipsy was in August 2011. I had just returned to Moscow after two months abroad, and my friends and I were celebrating my arrival. At some point, the question arose of where to go next. Everyone was already somehow drunkenly depressed, and one of the friends offered to go with her to a new place, Gipsy. I remember standing in line for a long time, but the closer we got to the entrance, the closer we saw how then still facer Anton Lavrentiev wrote off everyone who was at least somehow similar to the inhabitant of the still live club "Paradise". It was our turn. We were asked if we were on the lists. We smiled drunkenly and said "no" - they let us in.

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

Prior to the expansion of the veranda, the place had a shower that faded over time. As soon as the club was enlarged, daddies with their companions and schoolchildren gradually began to appear. At first they were chased, but over time they became part of a new get-together. The price tag was raised, and people who had been walking from the very opening began to merge. Expansion, in any case, had a good effect on the pockets of the owners, and, probably, every person who opened a place where a giant line to enter would have done. I myself 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 is not just a hangout, not just cool concerts, fantastic dancing and alcohol, it was a family. About 5 years ago, we may have gone to the Opera or Sunrise, but it was something so childish. And with Gipsy, everything is more serious: I know that they will help me there if I am fired from my job, and if there are problems inside the institution, you can always go to the head of the security service, hang on, complain: “They are insulting me!” And he will figure it out. Although with the advent of a large veranda, the home atmosphere has gone a little. To be honest, I did not care at all, young people or not very much hanging out there, I was always with friends. I would never hang out by the bar alone. To me, ordinary visitors seem to be quite young. Although we hung out in the same way at this age, and older people probably looked at us, too, thinking - what kind of youngsters?

Of course, there were millions and billions of stories happening in Gipsy, but I can't tell you about them without dishonoring my friends! I'd rather tell you a cute story. Once, about two years ago, when Dooley (Alexander Dulshchikov, co-owner of Gipsy. - Approx. ed.) it was his birthday, he was given a little goat - they brought him directly to Gipsy in the middle of the night. There was a sea of ​​people, everyone began to joke that they ought to make a shawarma out of it. I took that kid to the kitchen and sat with him for three hours, fed carrots from my hands - I missed the whole birthday. Here I am so sentimental! "

MSU student

“Since my brother is a co-owner, I started going there from the very first day. There were many crazy stories, ranging from different fights and ending with falling into the pool, walking completely naked drunk guys all over the institution, swimming in the jacuzzi on the balcony, and so on. I came there as home, and many guys did too. There was a story when a friend of mine 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 with a fish, but did not calculate 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. His entrance was closed for this, but then it was opened - his happiness knew no bounds! In general, a lot of cool artists like Flo Rida, Avril Lavigne, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Jamie Jones and so on came to Gipsy. I think that not a single club in Moscow and the world has had so many celebrities - maybe if only in Palais or Twiga on Lazurka. And then there were the legendary "PMS-marathons": three days in a row non-stop party. It's cool, by the way, that no one took money at the entrance. A lot of people came who were, well, so to speak, not a format, and offered 5-10 thousand dollars. Anton (Lavrentiev, face controller .- Approx. ed.) various sick people threatened a lot. There was even a story when someone seemed to be shooting right inside the club, but it is quite possible that this is gossip. I met a bunch of good people, I love the whole team, despite the fact that we had a lot of conflicts, and I will be terribly bored. A couple of times the guards carried me out of there in their arms and ran after me when my brother said that it was time for me to go home. And 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 get-together is small, everyone knows each other, and here you won't get away - wherever everyone is, there you are. In 2011, it was something new, a summer rooftop terrace, daytime parties - this was not the case in Moscow before, and in the beginning it was very cool. And then everything got mixed up, they got confused with their own concept. Cool DJs came to Gipsy and played badly. Because the atmosphere that music should create, as it was, for example, in "Arma", was not in Gipsy. People came to the performances not because they knew about music, but because it was fashionable to come. And those who really wanted to get to the performances of the artists could not get through, because, you see, they are not a format.

After all, Gipsy is a show-off. No show-off is not allowed there. I expressed my opinion once, wrote that it all reminds me of the roller-center on "Tulskaya", where I jumped in balls as a child. And now overgrown drug addicts also jump in these balls at Gipsy. She called it all the "gypsy Disneyland of Lichtenfeld", after which Ilyusha (Lichtenfeld. - Approx. ed.) wrote me a personal message that I should apologize, delete the post, and only then they will open the entrance to me. Since then, I have not had any relationship with Gipsy. There are, of course, very cool people there. They are doing their best for this club, the rest are just techno-slickers. Well, apart from Ilyusha, I respect him as a person, just Techno Gipsy is not techno. And he would not be offended by another person for healthy criticism, we were just friends, and he took it as a betrayal. "

is engaged in aesthetic medicine

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

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

The turning point for me was the issuance of club cards. I remember that one of my acquaintances boasted of his card on Instagram. I have never seen him there. It was from that moment that the decline began and it became clear that the end was near. The main reason why I stopped going there was people. It was mostly a natural rabble. Especially at the Sunday junk parties. I remember techno-Sundays exactly as terrible people, which I have not seen anywhere else. "

There is such an institution on Red October where on the night from Saturday to Sunday you can meet everyone: a simple student, and the son of Christina Orbakaite (44), and the most enviable bachelor of the city. This is a club GIPSY, located on Bolotnaya embankment, 3/4, bldg. 2.
PEOPLETALK today will tell you how to easily pass for a local party-goer in this club.

It is difficult to say how you need to look in order to pass face control in GIPSY because inside among the people in Yeezy boost and "Jordans" there will certainly be women in shiny nylon tights. In general, the taste preferences of a person at the entrance, we admit, are unclear to us. Follow the universal rule of any get-together: simple and tasteful.

I doubt you don't know the song by heart yet 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, the speakers can go deaf, but in GIPSY everything is arranged differently. It sounds like magic, but the speakers will make you feel pretty comfortable.

If many of the capital's establishments can be called places where it is easy to make a "profitable" acquaintance, then to 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), you probably remember her story about the scandal, when the daughter of famous TV presenters was accused of “ got drunk in GIPSY in company Denis Baysarova (18) ". So, getting to know someone popular in this place is also impossible because a lot of people are closely watching this someone, and there is no guarantee that after the end of the evening your reputation will be clean. Evil tongues and registered in GIPSY the gossips will take care of this, believe me.

If you order a drink from a bar, try to track the preparation process and immediately take it straight from the hands of the bartender, because there are quite a lot of dubious people in GIPSY who can throw something forbidden into your glass. Yes, such cases are known, and they did not end with anything good.

I sincerely and with all my heart do not advise taking pictures in the pool with balls. A good photo rarely comes out of this venture ...

Avid party-goers GIPSY 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 veranda of the club is filled with leopard loungers, on which you just want to lie down. For God's sake, lie as long as you want, the main thing is not to sleep! Not only will you oversleep the whole party, but you also risk being left without personal belongings!

Note that for weekend dances better place, how GIPSY, you will not find. This is because the most famous hits of the whole world are played there, to the sounds of which the legs are torn to dance.

And in the afternoon GIPSY works like a restaurant, so after a stormy party night, smoothly flowing into the early morning, you may well stay a little longer and dine right on the spot.

Winter is doggedly asserting 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 such a long hiatus? PEOPLETALK decided to look into the very heart of the 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 get through the face control and why there will never be roses in the Gipsy club.

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

ABOUT CHANGE

I think that our regular guests will not be surprised at the changes, since we didn’t rework anything much. 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 all over the club, they have outlived their usefulness, we removed them and replaced them with other materials. We changed the graffiti on the walls, some of the signs and our classic shawarma tent that everyone loves so much. That is, just a few touches, but overall the space has freshened up. The concept has not changed and the music policy has remained the same.

ABOUT CLOSING

There are many reasons why we closed. Firstly, the winter traffic of people is noticeably lower. If in summer 6-8 thousand people pass a night, then in winter this figure drops to 3 thousand simply because everyone is too lazy to walk from “Drummer” in the frost. Accordingly, the site is losing its atmosphere, which is far from our advantage. We didn't know what to do here in winter. Many clubs organize corporate events and survive on this, and our concept does not provide for organizing such events here.

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

Maybe we won't close next winter, it's hard to say. We have already planned the summer season, understood in which direction we will work, and for the winter season 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 hold summer parties with artists.

Fridays and Saturdays remain in their format. We will dilute understandable and relevant music with some interesting moves, unusual presentation and orientation towards the Western scene. I work a lot in America and I understand that they listen there. I project this onto our audience through the prism of Moscow musical taste. Mass-market music is expected of us, but we somehow keep aloof, trying to present something new every week. Plus, on the indoor dance floor, we make music for a narrower circle of people. We do not clearly frame the format, but it is always around disco, nude disco, deep house.

Standing apart, techno-resurrections will amaze this year like never before. The guys from Techno Gipsy, who are the ideologues of Techno Sundays, 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 of a more underground scene, but with no less interesting music. In this way, we try to show guests different sides of this industry.

ABOUT DJs

The arena is still the same: DJ Tonique, DJ 909, DJ Junior K, DJ Ice-D, DJ Mos, including me - DJ Slava GEE. This is the 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 is a character. The DJ doesn't just put on the music, he creates the mood. He can stand with a pillar, and it will be cool, or he can dance, shout and jump, but it will look ridiculous. And I want the DJ to be a whole person, he must live in his own style. It's hard to get to us from the outside, but it is possible.

ABOUT REPUTATION

We were considered a very uncommunicative club, but I always reply on Facebook and in private messages for adequate suggestions. That is, if I am offered to sell roses in a club, of course, I will not answer such people. We do not want to look like standard polished clubs, this is not our story, we want authenticity and interesting presentation of information. We are super communicative with those who are on our wave. We are unlearning the mass market, and there are not so 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 a fairly serious face control, firstly, because physically, the club will not accommodate everyone. For example, at the closing, we restricted the entrance too late, and inside it was simply impossible to get through. Even the bartenders could not go for the dishes, and the waiters could not take the order. To be allowed in, you need to be yourself. I would like to see people with a neat appearance, although we do not have a dress code, but we do not really want to see girls in sequins and heels here. It just so happens that this is not our audience. Just like the guys in tuxedos, although they come. You just have to be yourself, be who you are. If a person kindly approaches the face, does not lie about age, and even more so is not called someone else's surname from the list (this is how we permanently close the entrance), then it can almost always pass. Of course, apart from the days of full excitement, then we give priority to our regular guests.

TIP FROM THE CLUB OWNER:

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

Belonging to the Luxury class, which is capable of simultaneously causing several completely dissimilar inferences, antagonistic opinions, it is night club Gipsy.

Facility address

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

How to get there?

A reference point for finding the Gipsy club can be the Krasny Oktyabr plant and the Gallery of collectible photographs named after

Since it is difficult to get close by personal vehicles, it is better, getting off at the Kropotkinskaya metro station, to go straight across the bridge to the cherished goal, or rather to the nightclub on the embankment. Even if you do not want to get there by public transport, you will have to leave your car at or near the Udarnik cinema, and from there, having spent at least five minutes, get there on foot. Nightclub "Gypsy" (Moscow) is a special style and design.

What is the club's success?

Judging by the name of this site - "Gypsy", an association with the national traditions of the Gypsies, dating back more than one hundred years, involuntarily arises. Such assumptions have a right to exist, they have a grain of truth. As an eloquent confirmation, one can cite the dishes that the institution offers to its visitors, the emphasis is on Indian and Romanian cuisine.

Here, oriental motives are present everywhere, not devoid of mystery, which is expressed in the original interior design, a unique hookah card. But there are those who suggest the nightclub "Gypsy" (Moscow, address Bolotnaya embankment, 3) to be ranked as summer establishments. And this will be the correct statement. Few people know that at first the designers thought to create a summer playground on this place. The main hall is built in the form of an open-type terrace, which hangs like a canopy over the capital's attribute - the Moscow River. To the great surprise of the visitor, upon entering the premises, he discovers artificial grass instead of the usual floor. You just want to take off your shoes and walk on them!

Combining these versions together, you come to the conclusion that they are not enough to reflect the main idea of ​​the founders of the club. It is more unique and diverse, which greatly contributes to commercial success and immense popularity. The Gypsy Club (Moscow) is the best place for a modern get-together.

What's inside the club?

In general, the entire building in which the institution is located is divided into separate zones, which are delimited from each other. Each of them has a specific setting, design, with its own differing functionality. This makes the Gypsy club (Moscow) attractive. Photo report allows you to study in advance the situation of the club.

Although the overhanging veranda is considered the highlight of the club, you should not think that this is the only thing that the establishment can boast of. In the process of traveling and along the way exploring the interior space, a bar in the shape of the letter "P" suddenly appears to the eye, trimmed with wood and attributes located throughout the room - light devices-discobols.

Further, the visitor goes out to a chic veranda, but already of a closed type and with a richer decoration. Subsequent wanderings along the corridors will gradually lead the curious traveler to a huge dance floor, which is directly adjacent to the stage, the VIP zone and a specially designated room for hookah smoking. instead of the usual floor, plasma screens, hammocks as couches and much more are ready to finally amaze the audience. 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 Gypsy club (Moscow).

What can you drink and eat?

The description of the club will be incomplete without at least a superficial story about what the menu is. Although the chef of the establishment is from distant Australia, this does not mean at all that he feeds the 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 pungency of Mexican and aroma of Armenian dishes, classic European cuisine, drinks with a variety of ingredients and their unusual combination. Well, how can it be without shawarma! He will definitely visit the Gypsy club (Moscow). Photos of your party will be taken by professional photographers, and they can be posted on social networks without hesitation.

Work schedule and music program

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

Throughout the summer, the open area joyfully welcomes guests every day. Club "Gypsy" (Moscow) takes three days in a row every week - it's Thursday, Friday, Saturday. It is impossible to get inside the premises without the obligatory passing of face control.