[1] Secret Combination (T.Bornai/J.Winchester) - 4:10
[2] Day To Die (T.Bornai/J.Winchester) - 4:12
[3] Edge (T.Bornai/J.Winchester) - 3:38
[4] You Can't Always Get What You Want (K.Richards/M.Jagger) - 3:55
[5] Boy And A Girl (Zs.Galántai/T.Bornai/J.Winchester) - 5:36
[6] Rusalko (J.Winchester) - 3:49
[7] Wonderland (T.Bornai/J.Winchester) - 6:26
[8] Anyway (T.Bornai/J.Winchester) - 3:42
[9] Playing With My Mind (T.Bornai/J.Winchester) - 7:09
[10] Back To The USSR (P.McCartney/J.Lennon) - 3:16
[11] Lonely Man's Song (T.Bornai/J.Winchester) - 4:12
JAMIE WINCHESTER - Gutar, Solo Vocal
BORNAI TIBOR - Keyboards, Vocal
HUSZÁR MIHÁLY - Bass Guitar, Vocal
TIBA SÁNDOR - Drums
VLADIMIR ABANSHIN - Vocal, Folk Instruments
GALINA IVANOVNA - Vocal, Folk Instruments
ANJA PAVLENKO - Vocal, Folk Instruments
MIHAIL EMELJANOV - Vocal, Folk Instruments
ANATOLIJ KONDRATKOV - Vocal, Folk Instruments
Additional musicians:
DANDÓ PÉTER
GALANTAI ZSOLT
GYENES BÉLA
ANATOLIJ TYITOV
KÖLCSÉNY ATTILA - Engineer
AVALANCE ARTWORK - Design
Az orosz népmesék boszorkánya, Baba Yaga ismét betört a rockzene piacára.
A kilencvenes évek elején alakult zenekar majd'
összes tagjának ismerõsként csenghet a neve,
hiszen az alapító tagok között szerepel a KFT-s
Bornai Tibor, Huszár Mihály és a hazánkban
élõ ír származású Jamie
Winchester.
Az orosz népdalok hangzásvilága és az
angolszász rockzene jegyei találtak szerencsésen
egymásra egy olaszországi fesztiválon. Bornai
Tibor és Jamie Winchester megírta a dalokat és
szövegeket, majd az MMC Records jóvoltából az
orosz együttes Budapestre utazott, hogy
elkészítsék elsõ albumukat.
A nemzetközi érdeklõdés nyomán
pár évvel késõbb kiadták
második nagylemezüket is.
Angliában, Norvégiában, Hollandiában,
Franciaországban, Olaszországban és
Németországban is hatalmas sikereket könyvelhettek
el. Teltházas koncertjeik alkalmával pillanatok alatt
ragadták magukkal a közönséget, hiszen
megjelenésük és elõadásmódjuk
felülmúlhatatlan.
Bár a jelenlegi felállás szerint az
együttesben két férfi és két nõ
alkotja a BABA YAGA orosz tagjait, még ma is sorra kapják
a meghívásokat különbözõ
nemzetközi zenei fesztiválokra.
Két zenei világ harmóniája látott
napvilágot a Baba Yagában. Az önmagában is
csodálatos orosz népdalok
súrlódásmentesen alkalmazkodnak az angol
rockzenéhez, ezáltal nyitva egy különleges,
új zenei világot a hallgatók számára.
"Odd combination" is also appropriate: Russian singers, Hungarian and
Brit musicians, a taste for mainstream rock (The Beatles and the Stones
pay a dominating role) and an equally strong sense of roots (Russian,
Celtic and otherwise). If you like folk-rock in its many guises, this
might be for you.
Baba Yaga, as well as being a witch from Russian folklore, is the name
of a unique international group consisting of Irish and Hungarian rock
musicians, and 4 Russian folk singers. This highly unusual formation
combines British pop music with Russian folk. The band has written
music which blends authentic Russian folk tunes and instruments
seamlessly with rock/pop sounds and harmonies.
The members first met on a starry night in Agrigento, Sicily in 1989.
Jamie Winchester, (the Irish singer/guitarist), was living in Budapest
at the time, and had travelled to Sicily with the members of the
Hungarian rock group KFT, amongst them Tibor Bornai. Also performing at
the festival that year was the Russian folklore group Karagod, and by
pure chance Jamie and Tibor heard four members of that group singing
spontaneously at a late night party in the courtyard of their hotel.
Neither will ever forget the effect this soulful music had on them.
Without a moments hesitation they asked the Russians whether they would
be interested in creating a band, and Baba Yaga was born.
Their first album was recorded and released independently in Hungary,
and this, in addition to some early showcase concerts in Budapest and
Berlin, was enough to gain the interest of international record
producer Leslie Mandoki, and the German record company DSB. The result
of this collaboration was the album Baba Yaga, which was recorded in
Munich and Budapest, and released throughout Europe.
The success of the album helped the group to tour extensively in
Europe, performing solo gigs as well as festivals, including
Glastonbury (GB), Arezzo Wave(I), Rudolstadt, Köln, Open Ohr Mainz
(G), D'Ete Nantes (FR), Tilburg, Terschelling(NL), Kaláka
Festival (HU) and tours in Germany. The power of the music, as well as
the infectious fun which the members are obviously having when they
play together, ensure that Baba Yaga are favourites wherever they play,
and almost always recieve invitations to return.
The latest album, Secret Combination, contains songs and recordings
dating from 1995 until the present day, and was recorded in Budapest
and Moscow. It shows how the combination has matured, and how the
members' understanding and respect of eachother's music has developed
over years of travelling and performing together. But above all it
demonstrates how the members feel the same excitement and sense of fun
which has characterized the band since that first night in Sicily. Baba
Yaga pairs together folk music from the depths of the russian soul with
some serious rock 'n' roll.
Baba Yaga, as well as being a witch from russian folklore, is the name
of a unique international group consisting of irish and hungarian rock
musicians and 5 russian folk singers. The highly unusual formation
combines british pop music with russian folk. The band has written
music wich blends authentic russian folk tunes and instruments
seamlessly with rock sounds and harmonies. In addition to their voices,
the russian members bring their original cosumes and instruments into
the mix. Baba Yaga pairs together folk music from the depth of the
russian soul with some serious rock and roll.