Producer Alexander Tolmatsky: the way from a disc jockey to a businessman

Agree, it is very pleasant to watch the bright performance of musicians, sitting comfortably on the couch in front of the TV. At the same time, many of us sometimes allow ourselves to comment and criticize the image of the artist or his song. But behind all this brilliance is the gigantic work of not only people on the stage, but also those who occupy the chair on the other side of the camera. It, first of all, directors and producers. Tolmatsky Alexander Yakovlevich belongs to the latter category. Currently, there are a lot of rumors surrounding this person related to his professional activities: he is the general producer of the well-known music channel A-One, which is undergoing some changes. Let's see what is hidden in the biography of this influential businessman.

Young years

On May 12, 1960 Alexander Tolmatsky was born in the capital of the Soviet Union. After school, he enters the Institute of National Economy. Plekhanov. At the same time, the young man begins to organize various musical concerts, most often underground ones. Among the bands performing on the stage were the famous "Time Machine" and "Leap Year". It was 1977. It was then that Soviet citizens first encountered such a foreign concept as a disco.

In 1982, Alexander Tolmatsky became a disc jockey at the House of Culture of a Moscow plant called "Hammer and Sickle." In one of the interviews, the producer admits that as a working equipment he had a tape recorder and an amplifier. There was no question of any vinyl records. A discotheque called "Circumnavigation" was known not only in Moscow, but also in the Moscow suburbs. This occupation brings a good profit to Alexander, part of which he directs to further development of the musical art of the capital, and some - to illegal activities in sewing and selling jeans.

Hip-hop and promotion of groups

In the same year, Alexander Tolmatsky discovers for himself a breakdance. Together with his friends, he learns to perform tricky tricks. Producer admits that even now he can repeat all the movements that are in the arsenal of modern dancers. A few years later, all the capital's young people know the name of this man. After all it is Tolmatsky who becomes the first who organizes real live and legal performances of musical collectives and various discos in Moscow clubs.

In 1989 he became the producer of Rodion and Oleg Gazmanov. Then the collective "Combination", Larisa Chernikova and Bogdan Titomir join them. In the early nineties, Alexander Tolmatsky became Russia's first producer of musical groups and performers who perform in the style of hip-hop. These include the projects "Legal Business", "East", "Bad B Alliance" and "DeCle". The latter, by the way, is the eldest son of a businessman.

Other projects

After a while, the company Mediastar appears in Moscow, the main activity of which is the production of music collectives and other commercial projects. One of the founders of the company is Alexander Tolmatsky. To his other merits can be attributed a successful influence on the formation and development of the radio station NEXT-FM and the TV channel "Muz-TV." At one time he even runs a popular capital club called Infiniti.

In 2011 he was invited to the post of general producer of the alternative music channel A-One. In April 2014, the capital opened a bar-restaurant "Caramel", owned by Alexander Tolmatsky.

Personal life

The businessman and producer were married twice. The first wife of Alexander Tolmatsky - Irina - gave birth to his son Cyril, whom later all of Russia learned under the stage name "DeTsL". A few years later the couple divorced. The second wife of a businessman becomes Anna. In this marriage, the couple have an daughter Anfisa and son Fyodor.