Anastasia (band)

Anastasia
Also known as	Apokrifna realnost, Aporea
Origin	North Macedonia
Genres	Electronic ; Darkwave; progressive folk
Years active	1987–2002
Members	Goran Trajkovski Klime Kovaceski Zlatko Oriǵanski Zoran Spasovski

Anastasia (Macedonian: Анастасија, romanized: Anastasija) was a Macedonian music group. The band was formed in 1987 as Apokrifna Realnost and changed their name to Anastasia in 1989. Their members are:

• Goran Trajkoski (ex Afektiven Naboj, Saraceni, Padot na Vizantija, Mizar, Aporea)
• Klime Kovaceski (ex Afektiven Naboj, Padot na Vizantija)
• Zlatko Origjanski (ex Lola V. Stain)
• Zoran Spasovski (ex Mizar, Aporea)

Their music is a blend combining Byzantine past, through Eastern Orthodox Church music with a rich gamut of ethnic Macedonian music rhythms.

Anastasia have written several music scores for films, theater performances and TV programs. Their soundtrack for the Academy Award-nominated movie Before the Rain was released in 1994 by Polygram and sold thousands of copies worldwide. In the same year, the Thessaloniki-based label Poeta Negra released a 12" EP [1] containing the tracks "By the Rivers of Babylon" and "Pass Over." In 1997, they released "Melourgia" on the Greek label Libra (cat. no. L.M.007);[2] the record included a reworked version of "By the Rivers of Babylon." This was followed by their last album to date, "Nocturnal," on the same label (cat.no. L.M.013); this record saw the band including electronic elements in their music as well.

Discography

• Na rjekah vavilonskih (1988, self-released)
• Na rjekah vavilonskih (1990, DOM)
• Before the Rain (1994, PolyGram)
• Melourgia (1997, Libra Music)
• Nocturnal (1998, Third Ear Music)

See also

• Goran Trajkovski
• Padot na Vizantija
• Mizar (band)
• Arhangel
• Music of North Macedonia

References

1. "Poeta Negra's release catalogue". Archived from the original on 2008-07-24.
2. "Libra Music's release catalogue". Archived from the original on 2004-05-29.

External links

• Anastasia Website
• Before the Rain soundtrack review