In 1997 the band became popular in Russia, and in 1998 they made a big tour across the Netherlands, Slovenia, Croatia, Germany and Portugal. The uniqueness of their compositions, the variety of instruments they play, and also their professionalism – Ivan's strong voice and the technical abilities of other musicians – gave them great success with the audience, especially in Holland. "Troitsa" from the beginning used not only national instruments, but also those from other countries of the world, all the same retaining old Belorussian as the language of their songs. Critics described their style as "folk-fusion with the influence of world-music".
In 1998 the group was noticed by a Dutch recording company Pan Records, which offered them a contract for the release of their debut album "Troitsa". After this release and some concerts in Belarus and Holland the group broke up for some time. […] In 2000 Ivan released a solo record, "Heritage Of The Lost Villages". […] which In the autumn of the same year a new line-up, called "Ethno Trio Troitsa", gave their first concert in Minsk. New members of the band were Jury Dmitriev, a guitarist and a pupil of Ivan Kirtchuk, and drummer Jury Pavlovskij, ex-musician of "Kniaz Myshkin". Zhuravy, the first release of the new formation, appeared in Holland in 2001. (gadki.lublin.pl)
Link in comments (thanx again to Valery from Moscow for this post)
If you like Troitsa, look for their Sem album in L'Arbre de les 1000 musiques.
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thanks for this post, though i already have this. this group has a strange, baffling, almost enchanting quality & gets me every time. it would be very nice to see their other albums posted as well (saw also a live troitsa album on soulseek but couldn't catch it)...
I am impressed! Wow! It really always worth to scan through your back-catalogue, dear Radu, and discover gems like this. Beautiful, emotional, strong, infectuous. It's great to have you, to introduce such music to the world. Thanks a lot!
hola recien escucho de este grupo y me gusta de que pais son quisiera saber gracias
Minsk, Belarus.
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