Hot Zex. Sound waves from Siberia

Задолго до интернета, поколения зумеров, нейросетей, возвращения 80-х и фестиваля «Боль» существовала новосибирская группа Hot Zex, которую сегодня называют одной из основоположников отечественного шугейза и индитроники. Документальный фильм “Hot Zex. Sound waves from Siberia” фиксирует путь коллектива с момента его создания в 1991 до распада в 2010, и неожиданный интерес, возникший к архивам группы в последние годы. Это история, рассказанная от первого лица участниками Hot Zex, а также их друзьями-музыкантами: Антоном Трубицей (Nuclear Losь), Евгением и Михаилом Гавриловыми (FPRF), Павлом Перетолчиным (Гражданская Оборона) Францом Трейхлером (The Yong Gods), Эндрю Иннесом и Бобби Гиллеспи (Primal Scream). In the cold faraway reaches of Siberia, during the waning days of the Soviet Union, inside a nondescript school house buried in the snow, a group of school mates take their rudimentary instruments and play as loud as they can. Without Internet, music venues, media support, sponsors, or even decent instruments, these friends have little chance of making any impact outside the frigid city of Novosibirsk. Nevertheless, the ugliness and banality of Russian popular culture in the late 80’s and early 90’s compelled the members of a strange band called Hot Zex to create alternative rock music inspired by the shoegaze sound of contemporary Britain. Filled with unexpected turns and encounters with interesting people in the music business, as well as many hopes and disappointments, this film is told by the people who made challenging music within a sea of imitators. It is about truly independent musicians and their all-conquering faith in creative freedom. Credits: Sasha Goldber Nochin - director, cinematographer Vladimir Komarov - producer, writer, cinematographer Harrison Andrew Kesner - producer Andrey Kostyanov - cinematographer Robert D’Antony - cinematographer, animation Katya Kuzminova - cinematographer Sergey Kiselyov - narration and translation Tatiana Nekhotina - Russian subtitle editor Atsuo Matsumoto - sound mixing, editing and stereo mastering Judy Bretschneider - sound engineer Anton Noskov - layout design and typo setting Konstantin Nikonov - photo and title editing Mia Goldberg - photo editing Eva V. Komarov - painting Valerie Viviorra - color correction Disappearing Films/Snow Eye Films (C) 2023