Iva Nova / Ива Нова

RU

Adult contemporary, Anti-Folk, Baroque Pop, Chamber Pop, Crossover Jazz, Electro-/technopop, Folk, Folktronica, Indie Dance, Indie rock, Indie-pop, Indiefolk, Jazz fusion, Neofolk, Pop, Pop folk, Post-punk, World Fusion

http://www.iva-nova.ru/
http://www.lastfm.ru/music/%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0+%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0
http://www.myspace.com/ivanovaextremegirlfolk
http://vkontakte.ru/club34800

A Piano, a Voice, and Some Samples: Tania Zykina and Kupava

Two new recordings from Tania Zykina and Anastasiia Postnikova depart significantly from the more upbeat, amplified material audiences expect. Both women now investigate the benefits of a minimalist aesthetic in a noisy city

Velena: Evoking the Saddest of Traditions - in Search of Consolation

Velena is/are an excellent duo from St Petersburg, consisting of Vera Ogareva (above, right) and Elena Novikova (left). Their names may sound a little familiar to readers of this site, since both woman began their musical careers with a local outfit discussed more than once by us: the "turbo fol...

El Monstrino and Iva Nova: "Horror Disco" and "Extreme Turbo-Folk"

Yesterday we posted on the work of Moscow's Ninja Glam and Iad ("Poison") in the context of a very disorderly aesthetic that's designed to evoke some rather grim ideas. Not all forms of chaos are necessarily negative, of course. Two happy examples of bedlam can be found in the ranks of Moscow's...

Iva Nova: "Freedom for Watermelons!"

Iva Nova are from St Petersburg and despite the city's reputation for stylized, often self-conscious music, this band performs on stage with considerable abandon. In their English-language materials, they define their disorderly aesthetic as a combination of "rural restlessness with urban insa...