a r t i s t : Musica Radicum
t i t l e : Worlde Blis Ne Laste
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : self-released
g e n r e : Folk
r l s. d a t e : 2008-02-05
t r a c k s : 14
b i t r a t e : VBR, 44.1Khz, Joint Stereo
s i z e : 90 MB
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Musica Radicum - which stands for "music of roots" in Latin - was based in
2002 with Snezhana Avtushkova and Viktor Rybalsky on bagpipes and Alexander
Cherkashin on drums and oud. Soon Alexander Zhuro joined them, and in 2004
the quartet recorded its first album, "Prologue".
A bit later the famous castle of the XIIIth century in Wyborg, a Swedish,
then Finnish and now Russian town on the Baltic sea, became the workplace
and the workspace for Musica Radicum. A year after medieval folk theatre
ôThe Brotherhood of St. Olafö was created. Saint Olaf was the Swedish
konung, and the last saint, acknowledged both by the Orthodox and the
Catholic churches; thereÆs a tower in Wyborg castle û one of the highest in
Scandinavia - named after him.
Thus, actors and showmen joined the musicians, and then performances by
Musica Radicum got the new form û itÆs the medieval mysterial theatre,
where music and fire meet old epic legends, such as ôThe Life of Saint
Olafö (Sweden), ôSyre Galevenö (Belgium), ôTamlinö (England), ôThe Dance of
the Deadö (Sout-Western Europe), ôRitter Oluf and the Queen of Fairiesö
(Denmark), "Batleyka" (Belarus). In Autumn 2007 the band with new line-up
records the second album ôWorlde Blis Ne Lasteö, that includes musical
pieces from the theatrical performances of the Brotherhood.
The band performs medieval and folk music with the appropriate instruments,
mixing melodies of Western and Eastern Europe with harmonies of the Near
East and archaic Eurasian cultures. The bandÆs credo is a Dionisian ecstasy
of medieval minstrels, born in flames of improvisation and divine bliss.
Snezhana Rybalsky: fiddle, mandolin, gaita gallega, cornemuse de berry,
recorder, Basque txsistu, bones, panderetta, Tibetan dunkar, vocals, fire
art
Victor Rybalsky: gaita gallega, Catalan gralla, alto pommer, flutes, saz,
Altai khomus, davul, djembe, Tibetan dunkar, Australian didgeridoo, vocals,
fire art
Alexander Zhuro: Gothic harp, uillean pipe, rauschpfeif, davul, flutes,
soprano pommer, vocals
Sergei Skorodumov: drums, Altai khomus, vocals
Dmitry Globa-Mikhailenko: oud; Tibetan dunchen, silnyan, kanlin, damaru and
dilbu; soprano pommer, Australian didgeridoo, vocals
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1. Procurans Odium 2:49
2. Ductia II 3:51
3. Estampie V 5:11
4. Greek Dance 3:20
5. Al Oof Mashaal 3:34
6. Scaracula 7:23
7. Pensner Ne Droit Villenie 2:47
8. Ductia I 4:14
9. C'est La Fins 3:59
10. Chanconeta Tedescha 5:07
11. Tourdion 3:05
12. Tamlin 13:05
13. Trumpet Air / Galician Waltz 4:54
14. Rondo 2:39