Saturday, November 10, 2012

МЕЛЬНИЦА (Melnitsa): THE BEST (2012 - my version)



Melnitsa (the Russian word for windmill - Мельница) - is a Russian folk rock band from Moscow. Founded in 1999 by lead singer and primary songwriter Natalia O'Shea the band is famous for its powerful singer songwriter songs featuring a very rich instrumentation and intensive hook lines.
Natalia being an academic and a specialist in medieval European languages and cultures by day creates complex fantasy-laden Russian lyrics and also masters harp.


Within Russia the bands seems to hold a pretty big fan base but there seems to be a fair amount of fans  abroad as well. This compilation is a modified version of the official "The best" album released in 2008 as selected by me. With the last two albums the band took a different route stylistically by heading more into a rock direction and thus "The best" does not feature any songs from this period. On her solo project Natalia still performs folk rock under the moniker "Хелависа" (Helavisa) and the 2009 release "Леопард в городе" (Leopard in the city) is an equally outstanding record as well.


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Artist: МЕЛЬНИЦА
Album: THE BEST

1. Дорога Сна [Doroga Sna]*
Track 1 of "Дорога Сна [Doroga Sna] (2003)"
2. Господин Горных Дорог [Gospodin Gornyh Dorog]
Track 2 of "Перевал [Pereval] (2005)"
3. Травушка [Travushka]
Track 4 of "Зов Крови [Zov Krovi] (2006)"
4. Дракон [Drakon]
Track 6 of "Master of the Mill [Master of the Mill] (2004)"
5. Ворон [Voron]
Track 6 of "Перевал [Pereval] (2005)"
6. Ночная Кобыла [Nochnaja Kobyla]
Track 1 of "Перевал [Pereval] (2005)"
7. Чужой [Chuzhoj]
Track 5 of "Перевал [Pereval] (2005)"
8. Огонь [Ogon']
Track 11 of "Зов Крови [Zov Krovi] (2006)"
9. Ворожи [Vorozhi]
Track 10 of "Зов Крови [Zov Krovi] (2006)"
10. Полнолуние [Polnolunie]
Track 6 of "Зов Крови [Zov Krovi] (2006)"
11. Мора [Mora]
Track 11 of "Дорога Сна [Doroga Sna] (2003)"
12. Королевна [Korolevna]
Track 4 of "Двери Тамерлана [Dveri Tamerlana] (1999)"
13. Невеста Полоза [Nevesta Poloza]
Track 1 of "Зов Крови [Zov Krovi] (2006)"
14. Вереск [Veresk]
Track 9 of "Перевал [Pereval] (2005)"

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