Dvar

Dvar

Photo on the promo Taai Liira
Background information
Origin  Russia
Genres Darkwave, Lightwave, Electronic music
Years active 1996–present
Website The band's official Bandcamp page

Dvar is a virtual band from Moscow, Russia that plays darkwave music, though their more recent releases have been coined as Lightwave, for a lack of an existing genre to file their unique sound under.

History

The members of Dvar have kept their identities secret, so little is known of their formation. In an interview they stated that "Dvar is something that came in a dream". Band members claim to have heard music in their dreams, in which it was presented to them by a being named Dvar. Based on the recurring theme of bees in their album artwork, some fans have claimed that the Dvar being took the shape of a giant bee. The band have insisted in several interviews that all of their music is directly inspired by the Dvar being, with the band serving as mere messengers. The vocals which accompany Dvar's music use what appears to be a fictional language, which displays a sound pattern somewhat reminiscent of ancient Semitic languages. Due to this similarity, many followers of the band claim that the "lyrics" are sung in the mythical Enochian language, incorrectly attributing this claim to the band themselves. However, the band has given no clues as to the nature of their invented language, except to say that, like the music, the vocals merely relate the message of the Dvar being.

Their first known released work was a 1998 self-released tape called Raii, though rumours have circulated of an earlier self-released tape from 1996, simply named DVAR. In the year 2000, the duo issued another self-released 4-track CD-R demo called Taai Liira. In 2002 the band released their first album on the Italian S.P.K.R/Radio Luxor record label. The album was called Piirrah. In 2003 Dvar moved to the Russian label Irond and released five albums: Roah (2003), Rakhilim (2004), re-release with bonus tracks of Taai Liira (2004), Hor Hor (2005) and Oramah Maalhur (2005). In 2005 should leave an album Madegirah - Early Works, but there was it only in 2009. In 2007 the band moved to the label Gravitator and released Jraah Mraah. In 2008 the band released Zii under the label Art Music Group. In 2009, Fayah! was released, a dark counterpart to Zii, along with a release of Madegirah, entitled Madegirah - Bizarre Rares and Early Works. In mid-2010, their Tenth Anniversary Album, El Mariil was released, with an unusual medieval sound unlike - as is typical in all of DVAR's music - anything heard from them before. A new album "Deii" was released in Russian magazine "Мир Фантастики" ("Mir Fantastiki", "World of Sci-Fi") in mp3 320 kb/s format. Physical copies of the album were released in December 2012 on Shadowplay Records. The release consists of two parts (2 CD 16 tracks on each), format of the disc - Digipack.

Style

The duo has its own unique style combining electronic music with screeching, bird-like vocals. The lyrics, according to the band, are written in Enochian language, though they claim that they do not understand most of what is told to them by the creature Dvar.

Identity

Dvar keeps their identities secret and has released no details, including the city they came from, how old they are, or exactly how many of them are in the band. This has led to many impostors claiming that they are Dvar or know the identities of the band. One of the most fantastic rumours claimed that Dvar was Michael Jackson's secret project,[1] and that DVAR's members are patients in a mental institution. The band itself claims that Dvar is something "supernatural" that is just delivered through them to others.

Discography

Compilations that the band appeared on:[2]

Trivia

References

  1. ↑ Hands Off From Michael
  2. ↑ :: gravitator records : gothic-industrial-synthpop label ::
  3. ↑ Dvar
  4. ↑ http://alfabank.ru/about/ads/newyear-2007/flash/
  5. ↑ http://putoblog.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/dvar/

External links

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