Slavic Trance
Irina Mikhailova with Organic Grooves
Ancient Future Quartet Photo
(1.5' x 2.25" 600 dpi jpeg, 477k) by Julie Marten.
Shown: Matthew Montfort (guitars),
Doug McKeehan (keyboards), Irina Mikhailova
(vocals), and Emam (tabla, percussion).
Slavic Trance
The Slavic Trance program is perfect for large concert settings where one might expect to hear world vocal music in the vein of Enya or Dead Can Dance. The program features Irina Mikhailova, a vocalist, composer, and multi instrumentalist from Kazakhstan whose musical style reflects the traditions of Russia, Balkans, Asia and Middle East. Irina has a large following in electronic trance music circles, and Ancient Future's Slavic Trance program is becoming quite popular as an organic alternative to techno at outdoor festivals, concert series, raves, and dances due to the 100% loop-free organic world trance grooves played live by master musicians. The program was a crowd favorite at the Harmony Festival's Techno Tribal Dance, where new material was debuted with Irina singing in English in addition to her native Russian language.
Featured Video
"Ocean of Love" by Matthew Montfort from Planet Passion. Recorded live in concert on 6/6/2003.
Shown: Irina Mikhailova (vocals), Sapphira (world dance), Matthew Montfort (scalloped fretboard
guitar), Salaheddin Takesh (Arabic percussion), Patti Weiss (violin), and Doug McKeehan (keyboards).
Featured Songs
>audio (live concert). Courtesy of WorldFusionMusicRadio.Com. The Slavic Trance variation of Ancient Future recorded this live in concert on 6/6/2003.
Ne Po Pogrebu Bochonochek (Traditional. New arrangement and composition by Matthew Montfort. 5:07) iTunes. >audio. From Planet Passion. (Ancient-Future.Com AF-2001) CD/Gift Card, $17.98: Add 1 to Cart. Buy 1 Now.
Ocean of Love (Montfort. 5:26) iTunes. >audio. From Planet Passion. (Ancient-Future.Com AF-2001) CD/Gift Card, $17.98: Add 1 to Cart. Buy 1 Now.
Related Programs
Slavic Sounds: This program features traditional melodies from Eastern Europe and contemporary creations. Fronted by Irina Mikhailova, a vocalist, composer, and multi instrumentalist from Kazakhstan whose musical style reflects the traditions of Russia, Balkans, Asia and Middle East.
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