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Wallachia is a one man band first and foremost, yet having always been helped out by various musicians to complete therecording sessions.
In 1995 Wallachia emerged as a duo consisting of Lars Stavdal as composer and handling lead guitar,bass & vocals, while Eystein Garberg
(now guitarist in Lumsk) took care of the programming, keys & rhythm guitar. 'Demo1996' was self-released on tape format and caught the
attention of French label Velvet Music International who put out therecording as the 'Wallachia' mcd in 1997. Wallachia signed a deal with VMI
also for a full-length album, and in 19 ...read more
Wallachia is a one man band first and foremost, yet having always been helped out by various musicians to complete therecording sessions.
In 1995 Wallachia emerged as a duo consisting of Lars Stavdal as composer and handling lead guitar,bass & vocals, while Eystein Garberg
(now guitarist in Lumsk) took care of the programming, keys & rhythm guitar. 'Demo1996' was self-released on tape format and caught the
attention of French label Velvet Music International who put out therecording as the 'Wallachia' mcd in 1997. Wallachia signed a deal with VMI
also for a full-length album, and in 1999 'FromBehind The Light' was released in a limited pressing only, as the label disbanded shortly after
its release. On the 1st albumLars was joined by two drummers, Lars Erik Vesterdal & Mikael Duna, who played on 4 songs each on this
recording. After along hiatus Wallachia re-released 'From Behind The Light' + demo as bonus in 2005 on cd format via US label Dark
HorizonRecords and also as tape format via Ukrainian label Nightbirds Rex, run by Roman Sayenko from the band Drudkh. In 2006an
instrumental pre-production was made for the 2nd album with good help from Polly from the Norwegian death metal bandNo Dawn. This lead
further to getting in touch with Stefan Traunmüller from the Austrian bands Golden Dawn & Sternenstaub,who offered to record and produce
the album at his own Soundtempel Studio. In the fall of 2007 the drumtracks were nailedby Austrian drummer Thomas Kocher, and finally in
the summer of 2008 the full recording session took place. Stefan did notonly engineer, produce, mix and master the album, but also
contributed with doing all the orchestrations on the album. InSpring 2009 'Ceremony Of Ascension' was released on German label Twilight
Vertrieb. The album comes with a 16-pagebooklet with artwork and full design by Romanian artist Laura Sava.And three years later, in the
summer of 2012 Wallachia headed back into Soundtempel Studios to record the 3rd opus"Shunya". Once again engineered and produced by
Stefan Traunmüller and with Thomas Kocher behind the drums. This timeWallachia expanded the line-up and sound by having real orchestra
elements incorporated, with cello performance by theAustrian girl Caroline Oblasser and violin & viola done by the Polish girl Anna Oklejewicz.
"Shunya" is the most ambitious,personal and deep album from Wallachia so far, and sonically it dwells somewhere in between the early
material and themore expansive sound that was developed on Ceremony Of Ascension, it's an album that comes full circle with all
thetrademarks in Wallachia's sound.Artwork and design were done by Laura Sava this time as well, and the lovely and autumnal cover art
captures themelancholic vibes of Wallachia in a good way."Shunya" is now released via Debemur Morti Productions and comes in a jewelcase
packaging including a 16-page booklet. « hide |
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