Greetings! I would like to make my first post on this forum about my
musical project. So, here is the "official" biography, and the link to
my myspace page (website is being prepared at the moment). Enjoy, and
feel free to comment the music...
It was the year 1994. when me
and my family moved from the places between
Cold Siberian forests and
noble deserts of Uzbekistan to the land of Serbia. In the passing years
I have started attending the music school (for a classical guitar and
later, lute) which helped me develop my life style in the more artistic
direction. However, I was never too
Keen to be the usual “player” of
music and spend my life by using my musical knowledge to present some
melodies and compositions that were created by other people years,
decades or centuries ago. I wanted to have something of my own. So, I
was polishing my style and searching inspirations by playing in various
groups and ensembles. Being an admirer of a darker side of music I have
participated in some projects and bands which covered my interests. One
which is mostly worth of a mention is an acoustic
Black Metal group
Strevlosh Zvezda. As much as it was satisfying to participate in
something with such unique attitude for music, the
Desire to explore my
own musical ways remained. So in the year of 2005 I’ve decided to start
giving shapes through music to the
Ideas I had all these years. My
first plan was to play atmospheric black metal. For the name I chose
Tamerlan after the
Ancient well known Uzbek war-leader and sorcerer.
This was also a synonym for my own name. But after some time it was
clear to me that
Black Metal, and metal music itself was too limiting
for everything I wanted to create. So, I let my music evolve into the
mystical and dark ambient form. Here, I was free to experiment with
sounds and atmosphere to make a perfect soundtrack to my visions of
this world and far
Beyond it (for this world as it is today, is
incredibly uninspiring place to
Live in). Finally, the 21st of March in
the year 2006 was the day when the first Tamerlan demo was finished. It
contained four instrumental compositions full of mystical, archaic and
occult atmosphere. The strange thing about it was that this demo was
released on the 670th birthday of the real Tamerlan. And this wasn’t
done on purpose. For the music itself, it was in spite of low
production quality very well accepted by audience and critics. I also
got an opportunity to present my music
Live on the
Samhain 2006
festival organized by Dark Revolution. For that opportunity I have
gathered my friends to help me on stage. They are Somnifera Profunda
(narrative vocals), Andria (percussions) and Maria (soprano vocals).
This also brought a deal between me and Dark Revolution label called
Insurrection to release some of my works. First to be released was an
EP called Full Moon Festival. This time, among other things, the
production was on the level for this time I had full professional
equipment provided by Dark Revolution to record on. It was released
officially in the 3rd of June, year 2007 followed by the
Live
promotion. In spite of my wish to leave Tamerlan as a one man project,
I still continue to
Cooperate with my friends and colleagues for the
live performances and sometimes some session roles for my forthcoming
full length album. And what after that? I’ll see what does future hold
for me.
Discography:
Tamerlan Promo CD (2006) - demo
Full Moon Festival - (2007) - EP
The Antiexistence (2008) - full length
myspace link:
www.myspace.com/fullmoonfestival NOTE:
Dark Revolution label is more of a promotional type within it's circles, so it is not to be considered as the official label for Tamerlan.
