General Info:
This collective was formed in 1995 by Niktorius and Johnny in
Kaliningrad, and in 1996 they recorded their album "Narcissism" held in
dark folk style. The band can undoubtedly be called the Russian gothic
formation which is the most famous abroad. Their debut CD is
successfully distributed in western countries. This year, the band is
invited to take part in the largest Polish gothic festival "Castle
Party". At present the band is finishing their second CD and the song
"Elegy" presented on Russian Gothic Compilation is taken from their new album.
Discography:
"Narcissism" - 1997 (CD - Brudenia)
Compilations:
Triton Sampler Volume I - "Black Clouds" - 1999 (CD - Triton)
Tell Tchaikovsky the News - "Elegy" - 1999 (CD - Exotica Records)
Russian Gothic Compilation - "Elegy" - 2000 (CD)
Music:
"Narcissism" - 1997 (CD - Brudenia)
Welcome! My Death
Black Clouds
"Russian Gothic Compilation" - 2000 (RGP)
Elegy
Reviews:
ROMOWE RIKOITO "Narcissism" - 1997
This disc is a debut CD of the interesting group from Kaliningrad. The
given CD is close to WSD bands, namely Current 93, Sol Invictus and
Death in June, in music and conception. I don't know whether it is good
or bad to find obvious analogies, but I liked the CD. Everything's
rather sad and gothic. Current 93 and Sol Invictus fans often call this
kind of style 'dark folk' or 'apocalyptic folk' and to my mind such
definition suits Romowe Rikoito enough. At present it's the best of
professionally recorded and designed Russian non-commercial albums.
Fragments of works of such personalities as Publius Ovidius Naso (43
bc - 18 ad), Bernart de Ventadorn (1145 - 1180), William Blake (1757 -
1827), Isidor Ducasse - Launtreamont (1846 - 1870), Arthur Rimbaud
(1854 - 1891), T.S. Eliot (1888 - 1965), Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 -
1882) are used in lyrics.
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Line-up:
Musicians who took part in recording of "Narcissism":
Julia - voices
Victoria - flute, keyboards
Johnny - guitars
Niktorius - voices, guitars, psaltery, sounds
Poonk - violin, tapes, keyboards, sounds
Lebedev Yevgeny - voices on tracks 1 and 7
Contacts:
e-mail: [email protected]
