Hello! It is "Rada & Ternovnik" (Rada & the Blackthorn) band. We are from Moscow, Russia. We are interested in possibly working together. We have promo package with press release, promo cd with live video - if you are interested, please let us know the address where we can mail the materials. We have about 15 albums released, in different styles. We are interested in opportunities to play live and/or take part in festivals. We do a lot of tours. Usually, the lineup for a tour is three people. In concert, Rada & Ternovnik is just a threepiece: Rada - vocal, lyrics, acoustic guitar, vargan Vladimir Anchevsky - guitar, notebook Igor Chernykh - bass-guitar Contact us: rada@rinet.ru ABOUT Rada & TERNOVNIK "The Russian Gothic Spirit" (online magazine NUCLEUS, Argentina) "Rada & Ternovnik" means Rada and the Blackthorn. "Rada & Ternovnik" appeared in early 1990-ies as one of Russian darkest indie bands. They played pioneering acoustic psychodelic music extremely depressive in lyrics and outlook. Rada actively jammed with other highlights of then burgeoning Russian indie scene, such as Kaliningrad's mystic reggae legend "Komitet Okhrany Tepla" ("Warmth Guarding Committee"). In 1991-92 "Rada & Ternovnik" produced their first CD "Graphics". In mid-1990-ies "Rada & Ternovnik" mutated to a rock fourpiece, making even darker music highlighting virtuoso vocal technique of Rada, who was compared often with Diamanda Galas and Elisabeth Frazer. Listeners very often experience specific shamanic influence of her voice, reporting weird bodily feelings, sudden disappearance of gravitation, and many other unusual things. In 1998, "Rada & Ternovnik" made the first Russian trip-hop record - "My love, my sorrow", still very dark, but melodic, agressive and danceable at spots. "My love, my sorrow" was released by Russian goth/indie label Ur-Realist jointly with the French dark wave label Prikosnovenie. Since then all albums of Rada were released by Ur-Realist in Russia and by Prikosnovenie in France. 2000 - At the same time Rada uses perfect opera technique, having spent seven years on studies and polishing the technique with opera pedagogue. In the same year Rada began to attend folklore seminars of Dmitry Fokin (Dmitry Pokrovsky's ensemble participant, he had sung there for fifteen years & collected a unique expeditionary material). To her astonishment, Rada finds out that her voice in traditions of the Italian opera school harmoniously supplies specific folk singing. 2001 - In the new century, "Rada & Ternovnik" incorporated acoustic strings (cello, double bass, viola), bassoon; their music became lighter, with medieval, folkish and classical influences apparent. Now "Rada & Ternovnik" perform as a neoclassical ensemble, with cello and basoon duo playing the leading role. The latest releases of "Rada & Ternovnik" all reflect this neoclassical tendency to some degree; of these, the most powerful is "Salamandra" (2002). 2003-2004 Since "Salamandra's" release, "Rada & Ternovnik" acquired a harder, darker edge to their sound; the cello and the basoon are out, replaced by harsh, almost industrial rhythm-section. 2005 - "Rada & Ternovnik" were called "founders of Russian gothic-folk-rock movement". Their album "The Marriage" (ZHENITBA) blends the trademark dark and sorrowful vocals of Rada with authentic folklore music of a Russian ethnic collective "Yasnyj Den" ("The Bright Day") into a rich tapestry of unique post-rock sound. December 2005 - INCANTATIONS (ZAGOVORY) - new CD - "Old-Russian Gothic style". The disc "INCANTATIONS" is published both in Russia and Ukraine. The best songs of "Rada & Ternovnik" were published in February 2006 by the leading Russian Hi Fi magazin Stereo-Video, available in 35 000 copies in Russia and 6 000 copies in Ukraine. The live sound of the group is a blend of vast electronic landscapes with psychodelic guitar solos and heavy bass drone. The group has made a special set of video recordings to accompany the performance (assuming the video projector hardware is available). The video is built from the interplay of disparately beautiful images - the Tibetian and Inca ritual masks, Indian sculptures and ancient Slavic inscriptions, painting of a Moscow artist G. Petrov and the video recording of a sunset at Sinai Peninsula. At "Rada & ternovnik"'s concerts the listeners mark strong emotional influence of music. Band has a great many of concerts not only in Moscow, but all around Russia. "Rada & Ternovnik"'s songs appears on 'Radio Russia', 'Radio MultiKulti' (Germany), "Sweden Radio", "Radio Dangus" (Lithuania), "Una Larga Pasiуn" (Argentina), "Ison Live Radio" (Australia) etc...