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Volga
Concert (Sketis)
$15.99
Recorded live at the DOM club in Moscow, this ensemble of voices, electronics and acoustic instruments produces stark, beautiful and often complex music.
Listen to some samples:
Agreement
Pear tree
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The musicians:
Angela Manukjan – vocals
Roman Lebedev – electronics, guitar
Alexei Borisov – electronics, guitar, back-vocal
Uri Balashov – zvukosuk, tibetian cup
From the ensemble:
Volga's current line-up includes: professionally educated vocalist and folklore researcher Anjela Manukjan (joint projects with Richard Norvila aka Benzo and Species Of Fishes duo); internationally acknowledged electronics specialist and multi-instrumentalist Alexei Borisov (Notchnoi Prospekt, F.R.U.I.T.S., The Gosplan Trio, joint projects with KK Null (Japan), Jeffrey Surak (USA), Anton Nikkila (Finland), Adam Ebringer (Australia), The New Blockaders (UK), Tania Stene (Norway), Sergei Letov (Russia)), Roman Lebedev (Metal Corrosion, Alien Pat Holman, Idioritmik) and Uri Balashov, artist and inventor of selfmade instruments and Grammy winner (artwork for Frank Zappa “Civilization III” album, 1996). The performances of Volga are usually accompanied by video projections created in realtime by Moscow video artist Roman Anikushin and Parisian Oleg Kornev.
Volga often tours in Russia and abroad and has also participated in different international music festivals including Burg Herzberg Open Air 2000 (Germany), SKIF-4 (St.Peterburg, Russia, 2000), Vital Water 2002 (Altai, Russia), HUH Festival in Tallinn (Estonia, 2003), The Festival of Russian Contemporary Art in Kiasma Museum in Helsinki (Finland, 2004), “Sayan Ring 2004” (Siberia, Russia), East-West Festival in Die (France, 2004).
The third release of Volga was a CD entitled “Concert”, recorded live at DOM club in Moscow and released by Sketis Music in April 2003.
Volga is a unique project on the Moscow music scene. It successfully combines experimental electronics, contemporary dance rhythms and original Russian folklore. Pagan psychedelia, shamanism, authentic melodies and lyrics from ancient Russian texts (12th-19th centuries A.D.) mixed with urban aesthetics and contemporary video art are the essential components of Volga's performances.
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