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Moon Far Away is a gothic / darkwave / neofolk group from Arkhangelsk, Russia. They were formed in 1994 and became widely known in 1996 in Russia at the demo level. Their first full-length, “Lado World,” was released in June 1997 on the Exotica label, followed with “Sator” (Brudenia, 2000) and “Whitewaterland” (Shadowplay/Prokosnovenie, 2005).
MOON FAR AWAY is a music project denying limiting borders of space, time and society. It creates mystical and ritual soundscapes in the framework of Gothic music and ritual neo-folk.
Behind the consciously faceless visual image of the project there is the desire of the pr
Moon Far Away is a gothic / darkwave / neofolk group from Arkhangelsk, Russia. They were formed in 1994 and became widely known in 1996 in Russia at the demo level. Their first full-length, “Lado World,” was released in June 1997 on the Exotica label, followed with “Sator” (Brudenia, 2000) and “Whitewaterland” (Shadowplay/Prokosnovenie, 2005).
MOON FAR AWAY is a music project denying limiting borders of space, time and society. It creates mystical and ritual soundscapes in the framework of Gothic music and ritual neo-folk.
Behind the consciously faceless visual image of the project there is the desire of the project members to create a unified audio and semantic image as free from any human origin as possible. No matter how the Project members live or what they do outside MFA, it has no significance whatsoever for adequate understanding MOON FAR AWAY music.
A combination of classical traditional European culture and modern select avant-garde tradition, along with technology and mass-media development of modern civilization, merged with strict obedience to traditions reflecting the mentality of Russian North sea regions are the basis of MOON FAR AWAY philosophy…
Moon Far Away is the band whose debut album “Lado World” was with the single heart recognized as the first true gothic release in Russia. In 11 years of they existence this Arkhangelsk ritual darkwave \ neo-folk project became the cult one on a Russian dark scene and became very popular abroad. The tracks of the band were presented both in Russian and foreign compilations of the dark scene. The musical press gives excellent reviews on all Moon Far Away creations. You can find picture of the band as the centerfold in German magazine Zillo. Japanese director Susei Nisi made a film that is devoted to the Moon Far Away
Belovodie is the first studio disk in last five years and the third full-frame studio album in the history of the band. Like previous releases of Moon Far Away Belovodie has it’s own concept. From the very beginning the band underlines in different ways the ritual component in it’s creative work and it’s closeness to ancient traditions. And at the same time journalists were asked by the question - why does the band ignore in it’s creative work the Russian north tradition theme that is the subject of interest of the musicians? So that is the moment! The new album almost all consists of folk songs of the Arkhangelsk state in original arrangement of Moon Far Away.
For the first time the release date in Russia coincides with the official release date abroad. The release in USA and Europe is realized by French label Prikosnovenie. On the territory of the ex-USSR states the new disk of the band is released by the label Shadowplay Release with the additional new track which is absent in foreign version. By the agreement with the band European and Russian versions have different sleeve-design that could be the reason for troubles for true collectors.
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