Anastasia (band)
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Anastasia is a Macedonian music group.
Formed in 1990, their members are:
Their music is a blend combining Byzantine
past, through Eastern Orthodox Church
music with a rich gamut of ethnic Macedonian music rhythms.
Anastasia have written several music scores for films, theater performances and TV programs. Their soundtrack for the Academy Award nominated movie Before the Rain was released in 1994 by Polygram
and sold thousands of copies worldwide. In the same year, the Thessaloniki
-based label Poeta Negra released a 12" EP containing the tracks "By The Rivers Of Babylon" and "Pass Over." In 1997, they released "Melourgia" on the Greek label Libra (cat. no. L.M.007); the record included a reworked version of "By The Rivers Of Babylon." This was followed by their last album to date, "Nocturnal," on the same label (cat.no. L.M.013); this record saw the band including electronic elements in their music as well.
Formed in 1990, their members are:
- Goran TrajkoskiGoran TrajkoskiGoran Trajkoski is an eminent Macedonian musician. He rose to international prominence as a frontman of the group Anastasija which was featured on the soundtrack album for the Academy Award nominated movie Before the Rain directed by Milčo Mančevski. He started his musical career as a member of...
(ex Saraceni, Padot na VizantijaPadot na VizantijaPadot na Vizantija was an influential 1980s post-punk, darkwave and gothic rock band with occasional Byzantine music elements and Orthodox Christian beliefs from Skopje, SR Macedonia, then a constituent republic of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...
, MizarMizar (band)Mizar is a Macedonian rock band from Skopje. They achieved a status of a cult band, especially in Macedonia and across the former Yugoslavia....
, Aporea) - Zlatko Origjanski (ex Lola V. Stain)
- Zoran Spasovski (ex Mizar, Aporea)
Their music is a blend combining Byzantine
Byzantine music
Byzantine music is the music of the Byzantine Empire composed to Greek texts as ceremonial, festival, or church music. Greek and foreign historians agree that the ecclesiastical tones and in general the whole system of Byzantine music is closely related to the ancient Greek system...
past, through Eastern Orthodox Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Church, officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the second largest Christian denomination in the world, with an estimated 300 million adherents mainly in the countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece,...
music with a rich gamut of ethnic Macedonian music rhythms.
Anastasia have written several music scores for films, theater performances and TV programs. Their soundtrack for the Academy Award nominated movie Before the Rain was released in 1994 by Polygram
PolyGram
PolyGram was the name of the major label recording company started by Philips from as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. In 1999 it was sold to Seagram and merged into Universal Music Group.-Hollandsche Decca Distributie , 1929-1950:...
and sold thousands of copies worldwide. In the same year, the Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...
-based label Poeta Negra released a 12" EP containing the tracks "By The Rivers Of Babylon" and "Pass Over." In 1997, they released "Melourgia" on the Greek label Libra (cat. no. L.M.007); the record included a reworked version of "By The Rivers Of Babylon." This was followed by their last album to date, "Nocturnal," on the same label (cat.no. L.M.013); this record saw the band including electronic elements in their music as well.
See also
- Goran Trajkovski
- Padot na VizantijaPadot na VizantijaPadot na Vizantija was an influential 1980s post-punk, darkwave and gothic rock band with occasional Byzantine music elements and Orthodox Christian beliefs from Skopje, SR Macedonia, then a constituent republic of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...
- Mizar (band)Mizar (band)Mizar is a Macedonian rock band from Skopje. They achieved a status of a cult band, especially in Macedonia and across the former Yugoslavia....
- ArhangelArhangelArhangel is an Macedonian alternative rock band formed in 1987. The frontman is Risto Vrtev who has also been part of such rock bands as Mizar and Inola X. The original line-up is: Panta Dzambazoski, Risto Vrtev, Dragan Ginovski, Petar Jankov...
- Music of the Republic of MacedoniaMusic of the Republic of MacedoniaMusic of the Republic of Macedonia and the Macedonians has many things in common with the music of neighbouring Balkan countries, but maintains its own distinctive sound.-Folk music:...