Heralded
as one of the strongest and most unique gothic acts from
Russia is reaching deep into the soul of the listener
while drawing out the pains and pleasures of memories
past. They are painting beautiful soundscapes laden with
violins, keyboards, and poetry.
This is gothic darkwave at its finest.
Life frozen in an instant, or just a
life long instant... In late December 1998 Stan_I. and
M.S. got an idea of the project's foundation. Two winters
had passed and at the end of the year 2000 the idea found
its embodiment in the recording of "Raining December"
debut album. Eternal themes of love, loneliness and human
tragedy exposed in the album present the pattern of true
darkwave, one of the few Russian albums, which hardly
complies to Western colleagues. On the 4th of November
2001, STILLIFE took part in the "Edge of the Night
IV" festival, sharing the stage with PURPLE FOG SIDE
(Russia) and ENDRAUM (Germany).
In November 2001 top Russian label "Irond
Ltd." presented the CD release of STILLIFE's debut
album "Raining December", which also included
couple of bonus tracks. The Western gothic community cordially
estimated it. "Resistance! Radio" from Germany
even claimed this disc as "the album of the month".
On the 3rd of November 2002 the regular gothic Halloween
party "Edge of the Night V" was held at "Tochka"
club in Moscow. This time STILLIFE played together with
DIARY OF DREAMS. The show almost concurred with the release
date of "Only Silence" mCD. The title track
from this disc hit Russian independent radio-charts, sharing
the leading positions with such well-known projects as
t.A.T.u. and Bi-2.
The year 2003 saw the collaboration of
STILLIFE with German project ENDRAUM. STILLIFE made the
version of ENDRAUM's title track "Traumstaub",
that featured on ENDRAUM's new album bearing the same
name. The result of ENDRAUM's work was the remix "Es
ist die Stille" (Endraum's vision), included in the
third album of STILLIFE entitled "Remembrance",
which was released by "Irond Ltd." in November
2003. On November 15, a presentation concert took place
in "R-club" in Moscow. On the 5th of December
STILLIFE took part in an international gothic festival
"Radio Inferno II", held in St.Petersburg. According
to the poll results on the www.gothic.ru for the year
2003, STILLIFE was once again recognized as "the
best Russian band of the year" and "the best
Russian band of all times".
In March 2004 the band was on tour with
solo-concerts in St.Petersburg ("Moloko"club)
and Moscow ("Tochka"club). The story was continued
in 2005 with the album 'Memories'. This album was in fact
an international collaboration which consisted of new
compositions, remixes and collaboration tracks from such
artists as ENDRAUM, IN MY ROSARY (Germany), Robert Davis/BUTTERFLY
MESSIAH (U.S.A.), Mark Thornton (United Kingdom) and Russian
bands BLEEDING NATURE, THEODOR BASTARD, REUTOFF/DAS REUT,
PURPLE FOG SIDE.
Now the Argentinean label Twilight Records
is about to release the special double-CD edition of "Remembrance
& Memories"! Besides the original material of
both albums STILLIFE is preparing to include there some
exclusive bonus tracks!
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track list
CD1: Remembrance
º Disillusions
[MP3]
º The Wait [MP3]
º SunChariot
º Fragile
º We Used To Be
º In Memory
º Nothing's Left
º Remember Me [MP3]
º Atem der Vergangenheit
º Flowers In The Puddle
º Es ist die Stille (Endraum's Vision)
CD2: Memories
º Suicide d'Albert Pincelet
º Remember Me (Rosary Mix)
º Atem der Vergangenheit (Theodor Bastard Mix)
º Nothing's Left (Organiks Rebuild)
º Lose No More (Stillife feat. Endraum)
º Dreamcity
º Remember Me (Remixed by Nature)
º The Wait (Purple Fog Side Remix)
º When Lights Go Off... (Inside Version)
º SunChariot (Bon Vivant Mix)
º In Memory (MT Music Mix)
º Fragile (Luna Mix)
º Gorod sna (Traumstadt)
º Lose No More (Endraum Version)
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