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‘Popular Mechanics’ Moers, 1989

18 Internationales New Jazz Festival Moers Pfingsten`89 (Germany),
12-15 May, 1989
© all pictures: Hans Kumpf
Hans Kumpf's pictures show two performances at different venues:

– a larger one with Sergey Kuryokhin (Сергей Курёхин, conductor, piano), Mikhail Kostyushkin (Михаил Костюшкин, saxophone), Alexander Liapin (Александр Ляпин, guitar), Vladimir Tarasov (Владимир Тарасов, percussion), and German musicians, as well as artist Timur Novikov (Тимур Новиков) taking care of a goat and several geese.
According to Sergey Chubraev's chronicle, other participating musicians and performers from Leningrad artists were Vladimir Chekasin (Владимир Чекасин) , Sergey Chernov (Сергей Чернов), Oleg Garkusha, (Олег Гаркуша), Sergey Bugaev (Сергей Бугаев), and Anton Adasinsky (Антон Адасинский). They are, however, not documented in Hans Kumpf's pictures.

– a smaller one with Sergey Kuryokhin, Mikhail Kostyushkin, Alexander Liapin, and Vladimir Tarasov.

The pictures also show producer Leo Feigin and Jazz musicians Larry Ochs and John Zorn.

Kumpf’s pictures of the larger performance show as a main (early) PM “element” animals on stage, but otherwise there were no costumes, little stage decoration, and no “exotic” guest musicians. The German public reacted negatively to the presence of animals. In his epitaph for Sergey Kuryokhin from 1997, Hans Kumpf wrote “I was quite ill at ease with Kuryokhin’s festival show when he started to stage scared hens and a goat which hid away under a piano. A nuanced musical performance such as on our record ‘Jam Session Leningrad˚ meant much more to me.“
(translated from the German from http://jazzpages.com/kumpf/ku_kury.html )

Saxophonist Sergey Letov, on the other hand, accused the Western public of "not being ready for joyous madness". Letov, who was not himself present at Moers (but perhaps at Vienna) stated "In Moers, simple-minded German “Green” came to defend the goat, which was not presented with due respect. Austrians were offended because in their opinion their folklore group was not presented with due respect. The West was unable to understand the fusion of different layers of reality. Famous 'Pop-Mekhanika' caused disenchantment". (2007) (translated from the Russian from http://www.yahha.com/article.php?sid=126 )

Hannelore Fobo, 2017



The First Performance


Pop Mekhanika, Поп-механика, Moers, 1989, Mikhail Kostyushkin (third from the left, with saxophone), Sergey Kuryokhin (turning his back to the audience), Alexander Liapin (on the right), Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Mikhail Kostyushkin (third from the left, with saxophone), Sergey Kuryokhin (turning his back to the audience), Alexander Liapin (on the right)

Photo: Hans Kumpf




Pop Mekhanika, Поп-механика, Moers, 1989, Sergey Kuryokhin, Alexander Liapin, Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Sergey Kuryokhin, Alexander Liapin

Photo: Hans Kumpf




Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Sergey Kuryokhin Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Sergey Kuryokhin

Photo: Hans Kumpf




Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Mikhail Kostyushkin, Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Mikhail Kostyushkin

Photo: Hans Kumpf




Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Sergey Kuryokhin, Alexander Liapin, Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Sergey Kuryokhin, Alexander Liapin

Photo: Hans Kumpf




Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Sergey Kuryokhin, Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Sergey Kuryokhin

Photo: Hans Kumpf




Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Vladimir Tarasov, Timur Novikov and goat, Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Vladimir Tarasov, Timur Novikov and goat

Photo: Hans Kumpf




Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Timur Novikov and goat, Vladimir Tarasov, Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Timur Novikov and goat, Vladimir Tarasov

Photo: Hans Kumpf




Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Timur Novikov and goat, Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Timur Novikov and goat

Photo: Hans Kumpf




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Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Sergey Kuryokhin, Timur Novikov and goat, Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Sergey Kuryokhin, Timur Novikov and goat

Photo: Hans Kumpf




Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Timur Novikov and goose, Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Timur Novikov and goose

Photo: Hans Kumpf




Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Geese on stage, Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Geese on stage

Photo: Hans Kumpf




Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Geese on stage Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Geese on stage

Photo: Hans Kumpf




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Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Sergey Kuryokhin Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Sergey Kuryokhin

Photo: Hans Kumpf




Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Sergey Kuryokhin, Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Sergey Kuryokhin

Photo: Hans Kumpf




Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Sergey Kuryokhin, Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Sergey Kuryokhin

Photo: Hans Kumpf




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Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Sergey Kuryokhin, Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Sergey Kuryokhin

Photo: Hans Kumpf




Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Farm with animals. The animals on stage might have been taken from there. Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Farm with animals. The animals on stage might have been taken from there.

Photo: Hans Kumpf




The Second Performance


Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Two unknown persons, Mikhail Kostyushkin, Leo Feign, Sergey Kuryokhin, Vladimir Tarasov, Alexander Liapin, Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Two unknown persons, Mikhail Kostyushkin, Leo Feign, Sergey Kuryokhin, Vladimir Tarasov, Alexander Liapin

Photo: Hans Kumpf




Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Timur Novikov, John Zorn, Alexander Liapin, Sergey Kuryokhin. Kuryokhin had been familiar with Zorn's music since the late 1970s and first met him in New York in October 1988, where they performed together at "The Knitting Factory". Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

John Zorn and Sergey Kuryokhin.
In the background: Timur Novikov and Alexander Liapin
Kuryokhin had been familiar with Zorn's music since the late 1970s and first met him in New York in October 1988, where they performed together at "The Knitting Factory".

Photo: Hans Kumpf




Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Alexander Liapin, Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Alexander Liapin

Photo: Hans Kumpf




Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Vladimir Tarasov, Sergey Kuryokhin, Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Vladimir Tarasov, Sergey Kuryokhin

Photo: Hans Kumpf




Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Sergey Kuryokhin, Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Sergey Kuryokhin

Photo: Hans Kumpf




Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Alexander Liapin, Sergey Kuryokhin, Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Alexander Liapin, Sergey Kuryokhin

Photo: Hans Kumpf




Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Sergey Kuryokhin, Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Sergey Kuryokhin

Photo: Hans Kumpf




Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Sergey Kuryokhin, Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Sergey Kuryokhin

Photo: Hans Kumpf




Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Sergey Kuryokhin Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Sergey Kuryokhin

Photo: Hans Kumpf




Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Sergey Kuryokhin, Vladimir Tarasov, Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Sergey Kuryokhin, Vladimir Tarasov

Photo: Hans Kumpf




Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Sergey Kuryokhin, Mikhail Kostyushkin, Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Sergey Kuryokhin, Mikhail Kostyushkin

Photo: Hans Kumpf




Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Vladimir Tarasov, Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Vladimir Tarasov

Photo: Hans Kumpf




Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Mikhail Kostyushkin, Sergey Kuryokhin, Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Mikhail Kostyushkin, Sergey Kuryokhin

Photo: Hans Kumpf




Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Larry Ochs (Rova Saxophone Quartet). Larry Ochs and Sergey Kuryokhin met in 1983 during Rova's trip to the USSR, where the group also performened with Sergey Kuryokhin and his friends at the theatre hall of the Dostoyevsky Museum (Leningrad). Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Larry Ochs (Rova Saxophone Quartet). Larry Ochs and Sergey Kuryokhin met in 1983 during Rova's trip to the USSR, where the group also performened with Sergey Kuryokhin and his friends at the theatre hall of the Dostoyevsky Museum (Leningrad).

Photo: Hans Kumpf




Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989 Leo Feigin and Sergey Kuryokhin. Leo Feigin (Leo Records) produced Kuryokhin´s first record "The Ways of Freedom" (1981), Photo: Hans Kumpf

Pop Mekhanika, Moers, 1989

Leo Feigin and Sergey Kuryokhin. Leo Feigin (Leo Records) produced Kuryokhin´s first record "The Ways of Freedom" (1981)

Photo: Hans Kumpf



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