Vetvi - Album

Theodor Bastard Is A Russian Neofolk Band From St Petersburg. The Themes Of Band's Songs Are Based On Mythology And Fantasy. The Lead Vocalist And Author Of Many Songs Is Yana Veva . She Often Sings In Idiosyncratic Language Invented By Her And In Rare Languages Ranging From African And Asian To Native American And Many More. Theodor Bastard Albums Were Released In 5 Countries Russia Germany Turkey Mexico Argentina. Theodor Bastard's Musicians Use Classical Instruments Cello Harp As Well As Electronic Instruments Synthesizers Samplers Theremin And Ethnic Instruments Darbuka Ashiko Conga Djembe Daf Didgeridoo Bağlama Gusli Cimbalom Dulcimer Caxixi Agogô Bawu Mbira Marimba Udu Reco-Reco Ocarina Morin Khuur Tibetan Horn Kangling Cajón Jew's Harp Spring Drum And Many Other. The Band Was Founded In 1996 By Alexander Starostin - Guitarist And Composer. His Stage Name Is Fedor Svoloch And The Birth Name Of The Band Was The Same. More Members Joined The Band Later In 2000's Including Vocalist And Composer Yana Veva Who Also Participated In Shiva In Exile. In 1999 The Band's Name Became Theodor Bastard As The English Translation Of The Stage Name 'Fedor Svoloch'. At The Beginning They Played Mostly Electronic Industrial Noise Music But Later After Yana Veva Joining Their Style Started To Crystallize Gradually Balancing On The Edge Of Dark Wave World Music Neofolk And Trip Hop. In 2004 Theodor Bastard Released The Album Pustota. The Album Name Is A Latin Transliteration Of The Russian Word For Emptiness Voidness. Considering A Buddhist Concept Shunyata. This Album Has A Great Success It Was Released In Germany Pandaimonium Records Mexico The Art Records Noise Kontrol And Turkey Muzikal Yapım . In 2014 The Remastered Version Named Pustota Remastered Came Out. The Band Performed At Famous Festivals In Europe Fusion Festival 2004 Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2011 2014 Dark Bombastic Evening 2012 2013 2016 Castle Party 2014 Castlefest 2015 Mėnuo Juodaragis 2008 2012 2016 And Others. Theodor Bastard Collaborated With Many Artists Martin Atkins Peter Christopherson Stefan Hertrich Fun-Da-Mental Julien Jacob And Others. In November 2011 The Album Remixed Was Released - The Collection Of Remixes Of Theodor Bastard's Songs. Such Artists From All Over Europe As Riz Maslen Animals On Wheels Up Bustle And Out Robin Rimbaud State Of Bengal Geomatic Flint Glass And Others Took Part In The Work On The Collection. All 2011 Theodor Bastard Worked On The New Album. They Recorded It In Several Studios At The Same Time. British Band Fun-Da-Mental African Band The Mighty Zulu Nation French Singer Julien Jacob - Took Part In The Recording. Many Ethnic Instruments As Udu Mbira Marimba Reco-Reco Caxixi Ashiko And Spring Drum Were Used. Fedor Svoloch Also Used The Instruments That He Had Invented And Made Of Improvised Materials Such As Coconuts Door Springs Empty Bottles And Plastic. In February 2012 The Album Oikoumene Was Released. Its Name Comes From Ecumene - An Ancient Greek Term For The Known World. In May 2015 Theodor Bastard Released The Album Vetvi. Its Name Is A Latin Transliteration Of The Russian Word For Branches Bearing In Mind The Branches Of The World Tree. The Work On This Album Took Three Years. On The Album We Can Hear Many Guest Artists Buryat Singer Namgar Lhasaranova From The Band Namgar Multi-Instrumentalist Phillip Barsky Harp And Cimbalom Olga Glazova She Plays The World's Largest Gusli Chamber Choir Lauda Vocalist Alexander Platonov Ensemble Of Ancient Peasant Music Gulya Naumova Violin Natalia Nazarova Cello . Russian Horn Traditional Mongol Violin Morin Khuur Ritual Tibetan Horn Dungchen Ancient Russian Gusli Cajón Jew's Harp Dulcimer A Species Of Zither - This Is Incomplete List Of Instruments. This Album Is Characterized By Special Atmosphere Of Northern Dawn. read less