06.2011

Majdanek Waltz / Sal Solaris
"Tenebrae"
ZHB-XXXIII / SPR127

   A collaboration album by two prominent Russian post-industrial projects Majdanek Waltz and Sal Solaris. The conceptual core of the record is the poetry of Paul Celan, one of the major German-language poets of the post-World War II era. His cryptic fractured lyrics spoken in a specific estranged way by Pavel Blumkin is enchased by a weird fusion of avant-garde neoclassic and dark ambient music.

This record will seem unusual even for those who are already familiar with the works of both projects. Here you won't find neither soulful neofolk songs, nor strong power ambient - instead the decadent sounds of violin, cello, clarinet, piano and bayan from Majdanek Waltz blend with shimmering electronic drones and uneasy soundscapes of Sal Solaris in paradoxical unity making your heart throb painfully. The last track features the haunting voice of Rada Anchevskaya (Rada & Ternovnik).

It won't be so easy to fall in love with this album from the first spin. It's like an eerie irrational dream able to frighten and cause a desire to wake up somewhat quicker. But the depth of this dream lures and makes you return and experience it again and again.

"This is time's eye: it squints out from under a seven-hued eyebrow. Its lid is washed clean by fires; its tear is hot stream. Towards it the blind star flies and melts at the eyelash that's hotter; it's growing warm in the world and the dead burgeon and flower".


You can watch the short album teaser here.
You can order the album here and here.

11.2009

Majdanek Waltz "The Harvest"

"The Harvest" is the final part of Majdanek Waltz's trilogy. The record is a retrospective of the group's irregularity. In addition to classic style touches, it widely represents the experimental abyss of the group. Among the persons who participated in this album - besides the author of texts Georg Heym, a flutist, a cellist, and general members of Majdanek Waltz - Saint-Petersburg project Anthesteria worked on the recording. Edition of 250 numbered copies.
The disc was released November 9, 2009, by kultFRONT label (St. Petersburg)

10.2009

Majdanek Waltz "Ophelia"

"Ophelia" is the second part of a trilogy by Majdanek Waltz. This disc can be considered as evolution of the musical and lyrical essence of the band introduced by the "Hamlet's Childhood" album, and is based on original acoustic music of the band coupled with the lyrics of the German early XX century expressionist poets Paul Zech and Georg Heym. All compositions are published for the first time.

The CD was released on October 9, 2009 by joint efforts of the Moscow label Wroth Emitter and St. Petersburg label kultFRONT.

09.2009
The MAJDANEK WALTZ album “Ashes” will be released on 09.09.09. by NADELN Prod.
Distribution by STRELY PERUNA Prod.
 

Majdanek Waltz  "Ashes"

«Ashes» is the first part of MAJDANEK WALTZ trilogy. This album contains all tracks which were previously recorded exclusively for the compilations, different versions of some compositions also released on the compilations and new unreleased tracks.
MAJDANEK WALTZ stays within their own tradition – melancholic and twilight, anxious and «transparent» neo-folk with brilliant fragments of embracing darkness and martial atmosphere. All the texts are in Russian.

10.2008
October, 19 – Moscow – for the first time in Russia a concert-show of European neo-folk leaders
Sonne Hagal (Germany) and :Of The Wand And The Moon: (Denmark)
is taking place in the “Dom”; Majdanek Waltz (Russia) participating in the performance.

MAJDANEK WALTZ T-shirts printed (Single-sided printing, phosphorescent dye used.
Image glows in the dark! Sizes from XS to XXL, 100 pieces total).

New release of the INDIE-VID line:
Majdanek Waltz "Black Sun"
The album can be purchased in the store chain of Soyuz and on the site Ozon.

09.2008
Opening of the English version of the site. Here you can get to know all about the creative work of the group Majdanek Waltz: music, released albums, concerts, reviews.