Volski: I wouldn't call this trio "N.R.M."

Euroradio: You came to the U.S. Embassy's reception with the band "Krambambulia", and the guys from N.R.M. also came there. It seemed to me that you had not even greeted each other. Why did you go round, pretending not to see each other?..

Liavon Volski: I don't know what to tell you...Well, maybe we did not greeted each other. I can tell you that I said hi to those who came up to me.

                               Liavon Volski and Svyatlana Zelyankouskaya

Euroradio: Remember, we were sitting in the kitchen many years ago and you showed me the first song of the future N.R.M.? Don't you regret that the very idea, the very project does not belong to you anymore?

Liavon Volski: This distressed me for a long time but I've lived it through in the end. Human body heals its wounds, in case you are not incurably sick. Therefore I adapted to the situation in the end, and lived it through. I can say that my attitude to the fact that they bestowed the name and the songs is adequate at the moment. Maybe they have a right for this as we were doing all this together for many years. Or maybe they don't - time will settle everything. You may think I keep something for myself - well, I am not going to tell you everything. I also ask to send me today's material for checking tomorrow!

Euroradio: Aha! Or you will beat me otherwise! In any case, I feel pity for the project...

Liavon Volski: You know, it would have been reasonable for N.R.M. to take a long pause and to think what to do and where to move next. In their own time. Not to take such hasty actions. We should have got together, contemplated over the situation, thought what we could make out of it etc. N.R.M. today is not the same as it was in the beginning. If it lives independently from me - let it be so. However, you can call a dog a cow as long as you want, and a dog can even react to this nickname but that doesn't mean it will become a cow, does it? The same as this trio - I would not call it N.R.M.

Euroradio: You are a person who can work on different projects at the same time. As for "Krambambulia", recently you took the decision to change its squad completely. Why don't you change the squad of N.R.M. and create something yours, but with other people, of something interferes with your common work?

Liavon Volski:  N.R.M. can have just one squad – these four people, who played in 2000-2001, when the four people added their energy together. For me, no changes are possible in the N.R.M. squad. This is like the Beatles. It’s impossible. The whole situation is surreal and quite absurd. However, the whole Belarusian situation is catching. The situation with protest actions, when people may be arrested for doing nothing. Four people were standing there smoking and got arrested. Why? They did not do anything – just smoked. Or “Stop Petrol”… This is contagious. We played in a country, and maybe or imaginary country caught the absurd of the big country. 

Euroradio: Still, once again – is it possible that Liavon Volski will get back to N.R.M. or will get N.R.M. back?

Liavon Volski: I am not ready to comment on this.

P.S. We’ve sent this material to Liavon Volski for checking, and he has not changed anything. Upon consent of Euroradio’s vis-a-vis...

Photo by: Zmicier Lukashuk