RADA & TERNOVNIK (Russia, Moscow)

Rada - vocal, etnic percussion

Dmitry Sinelnikov - drums

contact:

radislava@yandex.ru

http://www.youtube.com/user/radaandternovnik (live video)

Our genre is mix of classic rock and folk-rock with phenomenal Rada’s voice (3,5 octaves), combine bel canto with folk intonation and free shaman improvizations.

You can visit our page:

http://www.myspace.com/theblackthornband/ where you can listen our music in mp3, see live video and photos, etc...

We would want to hope that our music will be interesting for you!

Our program is very flexible and group has two incarnations: rock (with drums, and it has loud classic rock sound) and electroacoustic (without drums, it’s light sound right for small clubs, exhibition halls and other).

Our band is also open for collaboration with folk and free jazz musicians, for improvisations and art experiment! We have perfomed together with avant-garde musicians Sergey Letov (saxophone), Vlad Makarov (cello), Aleksej Borisov (noise) and with poets, modern dancers and ethno performers (Sergey Starostin, Tandalaj Mondorova (Tuva), folk ensemble "Bright Day", etc).

Rada (singer and songwrither of "Rada & Ternovnik" worked with vocal improvisations in avant-garde and free-jazz projects.

We have recorded 15 albums on CD, 2 DVD editions. Some of our tracks were published on CD supplements of magazines "Elegy" (France) and "Audio-Video" (Russia). The best of "Rada & Ternovnik" was published in the leading Russian Hi Fi magazine "Stereo-Video" available in 35 000 copies in Russia and 6 000 copies in Ukraine. Music of "Rada & Ternovnik" used in soundtracks of documentary films "The Red Ring" and "Edem of Juri Negodaev" (about russian artist J.Negodaev). "Rada & Ternovnik" also took part in TV shows in Russia.

We participated in many rock and folk festivals, both major and independent, and took part in art-events such as poetic festivals, opening of Culture Centre (Klaipeda, Lithuania), Night of Museums (Moscow), etc.

We had many long tours on Siberia, Ural and Baltic countries and concerts in Germany (Berlin, Munich, Nuremberg), France (Paris), Finland (Helsinki), Ukraine (Kiev), Moldova (Kishinev), Belarus (Minsk) and in 70 cities of Russia.

Our CD’s "Marriage" and "Incantations" were highly appreciated in Russian and European editions and were recommended for participation in WMCE (World Music Charts European ).

RADA & TERNOVNIK on the stage is four players (for rock program) and three players (for electroacoustic).

We made a special set of original video recordings to accompany the performance (we need the video projector hardware available on stage).

(electroacoustic - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSxS5XNobHs rock - in video folder)

Songs of group sound on various radio stations, for example:

"Radio Liberte" (France)

"Radio Karlsruhe" (Germany)

ABOUT Rada & TERNOVNIK

"Rada & Ternovnik" means Rada and the Blackthorn.

"Rada & Ternovnik" are the premiere Moscow neo-folk/art-rock band, most famous for chanteuse Rada’s phenomenal voice.

"Rada & Ternovnik" appeared in early 1990-ies as one of Russian darkest indie bands. 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 i Ternovnik produced their first CD "Graphics", extremely powerful, something truly unique. In mid-1990-ies "Rada & Ternovnik" mutated to a rock fourpiece, making even music highlighting virtuoso vocal technique of Rada, who was compared often with Diamanda Galas and Elisabeth Frazer. The CD "Sounds of Sorrow" and numerous live cassete-only releases were recorded during this period. 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, also the home to XVII Vie, Jack or Jive and Raksha Manchan. 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. The group was appearing in a flurry of festivals and live performances. Of these, the most memorable were the concert of Moscow underground gothic and industrial artists in honour of sad passing of Jhon Balance of Coil and Threshold House (2004). The same year Rada & Ternovnik were featured artists of Inferno Radio Festival in Saint Peterburg, along with Cold Meat Industry’s Arcana (Sweden).

2005 - "Rada & Ternovnik" were called "founders of Russian 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. In December of 2005, the musical producer Nazim Nadirov recommended "Zhenitba" by Rada and Ternovnik as the best ethno recording of 2005 for participation in WMCE (World Music Charts European ).

December 2005 - INCANTATIONS (ZAGOVORY) - new CD. INCANTANTIONS continues and develops the tradition of the rithual authentic music that started with MARRIAGE (ZHENITBA). Now the band does not just turn to Slavonic folklore — the abundance of ethnical instruments (Tibetan ritual trumpet, Australian didgeridoo,South Indian kanjira, Russian wind instruments) is not a goal in itself. Rather, it is a necessary condition to make it possible to show the ancient roots of the band in all its diversity and variety. 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.

Rada i Ternovnik remain one of the leading players on Russian indie scene; one of the darkest, fascinating, tuneful, and certainly the most unique.

2007-2010 - The live sound of the group is a blend of art-rock landscapes with psychodelic guitar solos and heavy bass drone. The group has made a special set of original 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" has concerts in Belarus, Lithuania (REGENERATOR festival), Latvia, Estonia, Germany (Berlin, Munich, Nuremberg), France (Paris), Finland (Helsinki).

"Rada & Ternovnik"’s songs appears on ’Radio Russia’, Radio Libertarie (France), ’Radio MultiKulti’ (Germany), ""Una Larga Pasion" (Argentina), "Ison Live Radio" (Australia) etc...

Discography:

1. "GRAPHIKS" (1992) - (CD - Solyd 1994, MC - Elias, 2003 - MC - "Wyrgorod")

14. "INCANTATIONS" (December 2005, CD - UR-Realist, Russia; CD - AtomCat, Ukraine)

Compilation:

"Belladonna" (CD - Prikosnovenie - France)

Compilation ELEGY magazine (CD - France)