Atalyja - 2 albums - Discography

Atalyja (Lithuania) The rain brings The lunchtime of kings... (Lithuanian children’s song) We first tried playing folk rock in spring 1998 in Kaunas city, at the «Suklegos» international festival. We performed four Lithuanian folk songs then, enriching the sound with the kankles (a national string instrument), a fiddle, a base guitar and the Indian tabla. The idea was a success and it prompted the creation of the group Atalyja. We founded the group in October 1998, and as soon as December we recorded a few songs that were repeatedly played on Lithuanian Radio. In April 1999 Atalyja gave a successful performance again at the Kaunas festival «Suklegos». We are also familiar with authentic folk music and we have prepared an authentic folk program that we performed in Warsaw and Torun (Poland) in June 1999. In spring 2000 we took part at the opening ceremony of Lithuanian National Archeological Museum. On May 19 Atalyja gave a concert in the sitting-hall of Vilnius Teachers’ House, presenting the group’s first twelve-song album. At the end of the concert we indeed evoked rain. Atalyja is a Lithuanian dialect word meaning ‘approach of rain’. Our repertoire mainly embraces ancient «calendar songs» and the sutartines (ancient Lithuanian polyphonic songs). We transform and interpret ancient Lithuanian folk music to make it sound modern. We also combine traditional folk means of expression (vocal and instruments) with the elements of rock and, occasionally, of Indian classical music. The features of jazzrock and funky music are also easy to discern in the arrangement of some songs. We shall go, brothers, tüto, tütava, Into the woods, tüto, tütava. And as we go, tüto, tütava, The rain’s approaching, tüto, tütava, The rain is roaring, tüto, tütava… Members: Indre Umbrasaite - vocal Gedimina Å alkauskaite - vocal Audrone Pociute - vocal Gediminas Zhilys - base guitar Salvjus Zheimys - percussion Darute Matylionyte - kantele Eirimas Velichka - fiddle, vocal Ernest Jepifanov - fiddle, vocal, bagpipes, pan pipes Gintaras Kaminskas - guitar Giedrius Klimka - sound engineer Contact information: Eirimas Velichka e-mail: [email protected] /* */ Official website of the Band: http://www.atalyja.com/ --- Atalyja - "Atalyja" (2001; mp3; CBR 320 kb/s; HQ BW covers, booklet) Traclist: 1. NaÅ¡lala /the orphan girl 3:07 2. Sniegas /snowing, raining 3:18 3. Trys, keturiose /tree, four 3:21 4. Dvarai /the manors 2:56 5. Gaideliai /the cocks 3:33 6. Gerkit, svečiai /drink, guests 3:20 7. Gojelis /the grove 3:48 8. Giedula /giedula 3:35 9. Joris /Joris 2:38 10.SÅ«puoklÄ—s /swing 3:15 11.Liepa /the lime-tree 3:02 12.Sakalas /the falcon 4:57 * Atalyja - "Mocia" ("Mother") (2004; mp3; CBR 128 kb/s; Gervele DivX avi bonus video [flv convert]) Tracklist: 1. Leliumai 2:00 2. Kas pramynë 3:20 3. Moèia 4:10 4. Lietus 6:00 5. Dûda 2:49 6. Àþuolëlis 3:49 7. Bajorai 5:04 8. Oþelis 3:37 9. Lapela 2:29 10. Kuosela 3:48 11. Du broleliu 3:01 12. Gervelë 9:55 Tracks: 12 Total time: 50:02 Disc-ID: folk / 740bbe0c

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