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May regal crown adorn your forehead and peasant plough hands callous make! Slavonic faithful hymns and sacred marches alongside utopian neo-folk round-dances and neo-classical impromptu of odesque grace. Orthodox solemnities, ancient tablatures, military salutes and Ukrainian Insurgent Army memorabilia, folkish Cossack battle dances and gallant hints at ever the greatest classics. Oda Relicta pay a tribute to all History and Arts devotees. Refined merging of cross-cultural relics into solemn pieces with precious assistance of Chamber Orchestra and Military Brass Orchestra. We bid you welcome to realms of supreme artistic power and fields of spiritual fertility. In the name of the Ploughman long live the King!
___________________ Biography:______________________
2005-2007 Oda Relicta hailing from a Ukrainian city Zhytomyr was organized by Olegh Kolyada, a musician known by his electronic experiments since 1998, mainly due to his projects First Human Ferro, Ostarbeiter, and In Meditarivm. Oda Relicta was created in 2005 with the intention to represent the legacy of the local military orchestra - Zhytomyr Military Brass Orchestra, where Olegh Kolyada's uncle was involved into while serving in the army. Hence a military component of the project is the marches, and improvisations upon classical works performed throughout 1990s - 2005 by the local orchestra mentioned. In 2006 Oda Relicta came into an agreement with a Belgian indie-label Neuropa Records for the debut's "The Crown & the Plough" production, being issued a year later.
2008 In mid-2006 Olegh Kolyada got in touch with a Ukrainian contemporary classical composer Mykhayil A.Shukh, whose priceless legacy became a neo-classical/liturgical component of the project. In early 2008 Neuropa Records released the second Oda Relicta's album "Czarstvo dukha"("The Kingdom of Spirit"), which highlit a deep religious creed and background of the project. Oda Relicta was assisted on that record by an Italian band Albireon, and the French ones, Dissonant Elephant and Lonsai Maikov to perform a spiritual lithurgy heavenly enriched by professional soprano singing. In late 2008 Oda Relicta joined forces with an Argentinian indie-label Twilight Records to release the 3rd album "Leper Mass", a commemoration to all the Georgians slaughtered by russian aggressors in bloody summer of 2008. Likewise "Czarstvo dukha", the recording sessions took place at the metropolitan conservatoire to achieve classical effect.
2009 Our all-time comrade-in-arms Neuropa Records presented in June a split 7" "Saint George & the Dragon" EP (w/Horologium) to show Oda Relicta's martial roots and a deep national folk tradition in union with religious zeal. The year brought forth the 4th album by Oda Relicta, the 2nd martial one, "Holy Alliance" , the most versatile in the marches performance and martial orchestrations by the Zhytomyr Military Brass Orchestra alongside the local Chamber Orchestra, and the Ensemble of an Ancient Music mastery in neo-classical and folk passages respectively. "Holy Alliance" production started with a 7" featured by While Angels Watch "V-Day!" EP, the best known triumphant march on the territory of former ussr (composed by D. Tukhmanov, 1970's). It is still considered to be a musical manifestation of victory over fascism and is performed at official celebrations and mayday memorial dates in most of the post soviet countires. To Oda Relicta this march is as well a manifestation of victory over another plague of the past century - communism. The single was released by a French Slaughter in Art label and the CD was taken care of by Twilight Records in December.
2010 Planned for the year to come: first off a special liturgical 5-track 10" "Saint Sebastian/Sphinx the Perched" which is divided according to the themes per sides - it represents Oda Relicta's sacral devotion known by "Czarstvo dukha" and "Leper Mass" records; finally, next year is about to bring a long time discussed and postponed complete full-length albums discography of the project issued on vinyls - an exceptional 4LP box "Cross+Sword".
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201? "Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists+Ukrainian Insurgent Army" TBA/TBA
2010 "Cross+Sword" 4LP Box/TBA
2010 "Saint Sebastian/Sphinx the Perched" 10"/TBA
2009 v/a "Father:Land" CD/Beverina/War Bild & TonKunstschmiede/Steinklang/Anstern
2009 "Holy Alliance" CD/Twilight Records
2009 "V-Day!" feat. While Angels Watch 7"EP/Slaughter in Art
2009 "Saint George & the Dragon" w/Horologium 7"EP/Neuropa Records
2008 "Leper Mass" CD/Twilight Records
2008 "Czarstvo dukha" CD/Neuropa Records
2007 "The Crown & the Plough" CD/Neuropa Records
2006 v/a "Credo in Unum Deum" CD/Trinitas Music
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