Alrauni:
folk-metal music band based in Moscow, Russia (2011-2012) performing in German language with a strong Russian accent.
Project page on MySpace
The name of the band was Feuerwind originally, as it is nowadays again.
But while I was in the project I was determined to make it memorable and unique (and famous also would be nice, but didn't happen unfortunately).
Together with other participants we convinced our leader to rebrand ourselves into Alrauni (from Alraune), which was the best single word, describing the project.
German? - check.
Folklore? - check.
Magical? - we tried.
Boobs and cute girls? - check.
Monsters? - if you stayed long enough to check...
We even created a band logo and printed T-shirts! I still have one:
We did not have sufficient funds to record a proper album, but I knew how to use a DAW, so we recorded 4 demos at home. Considering lack of music production education and experience, I think I did a good job:
The most difficult part was recording the acoustic krezh (a kind of gusli). This photo is from a concert, note where the mic is (yes, we knew about special mics for wooden acoustic instruments and got one eventually):
Finally we got my favorite song properly made at a real studio:
Concert video were never made properly, here are a couple, but are seriously terrible. Seriously, don't watch them. Skip!
Unfortunately, the life was happening at the same time and I was the first to leave the city of Moscow and then Russia in the summer of 2012, other members also quitted.
Now the project is still alive, led by Timo with new participants and instruments.
The project page doesn't have many notable updates: Fraulein Anni was recorded properly, though. Sounds very different now.
I enjoyed my time:
Founder:
Timo (Николай Спиридонов) - music, lyrics, bass, effects
Members:
Ольга Милованова - vocals, guitar
Анна Лемехова - violin
Мария Красненко - recorder
Юлия Мамченко - крезь
Илья Попов - accordeon
Ксения Долгорукова - cello
Сергей Латушкин - drums
folk-metal music band based in Moscow, Russia (2011-2012) performing in German language with a strong Russian accent.
Project page on MySpace
The name of the band was Feuerwind originally, as it is nowadays again.
But while I was in the project I was determined to make it memorable and unique (and famous also would be nice, but didn't happen unfortunately).
Together with other participants we convinced our leader to rebrand ourselves into Alrauni (from Alraune), which was the best single word, describing the project.
German? - check.
Folklore? - check.
Magical? - we tried.
Boobs and cute girls? - check.
Monsters? - if you stayed long enough to check...
We even created a band logo and printed T-shirts! I still have one:
We did not have sufficient funds to record a proper album, but I knew how to use a DAW, so we recorded 4 demos at home. Considering lack of music production education and experience, I think I did a good job:
The most difficult part was recording the acoustic krezh (a kind of gusli). This photo is from a concert, note where the mic is (yes, we knew about special mics for wooden acoustic instruments and got one eventually):
Finally we got my favorite song properly made at a real studio:
Concert video were never made properly, here are a couple, but are seriously terrible. Seriously, don't watch them. Skip!
Unfortunately, the life was happening at the same time and I was the first to leave the city of Moscow and then Russia in the summer of 2012, other members also quitted.
Now the project is still alive, led by Timo with new participants and instruments.
The project page doesn't have many notable updates: Fraulein Anni was recorded properly, though. Sounds very different now.
I enjoyed my time:
Founder:
Timo (Николай Спиридонов) - music, lyrics, bass, effects
Members:
Ольга Милованова - vocals, guitar
Анна Лемехова - violin
Мария Красненко - recorder
Юлия Мамченко - крезь
Илья Попов - accordeon
Ксения Долгорукова - cello
Сергей Латушкин - drums
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