Volga is a unique project on the Moscow music scene. It successfully combines experimental electronics, contemporary dance rhythms and original russian folklore. Pagan psychodelia, shamanism, authentic melodies and lyrics from ancient Russian texts (12th-19th centuries,) mixed with authorized material and industrial aesthetics are the essential components of Volga' music style.

The current Volga line-up includes: professionaly educated vocalist and folklore reasearcher Anjela Manukian, worldwide known electronics specialists and multi-instrumentalists Alexei Borisov and Roman Lebedev, artist and inventor of selfmade instruments and Grammy winner (artwork for Frank Zappa "Civilization III" album, 1996) Uri Balashov. The performances of Volga are usually accompanied by special video projections, created in realtime by Moscow video-artist Roman Anikushin and parisian Oleg Kornev. Volga often tours in Russia and abroad and has also participated in different international music festivals including "Burg Herzberg Open Air 2000" (Germany), SKIF-4 (St.Peterburg, Russia 2000), "Vital Water 2002/04" (Altai, Russia), HUH Festival in Tallinn (Estonia 2003), The Festival of Russian Contemporary Art in Kiasma Museum in Helsinki (Finland 2004), East-West Festival in Die (France 2004), Progress ex. 04 in Ljubljana (Slovenia 2004), The Days of Russian Culture in Thailand (Bankog 2004), tour in Germany (November 2005-2011) etc.

Discography:

Volga (CD, Exotica records 1999)

Volga "Bottoms up!" (CD, Exotica records 2003)

Volga "Concert" (CD, Sketis music 2003)

Volga "Three Fields" (CD, Volga/Sketis music 2004)

Volga "Sellected works" (CD, Volga/Lollipop Shop 2005)

Volga "Pomol" (CD, Lumberton Trading Company, UK 2007)

Volga "Pomol" (CD, Manas records, Germany 2007)

More info:

www.volgamusic.ru

https://soundcloud.com/volgamusic

http://www.youtube.com/user/Volga665