sToa (band)

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sToa is a neoclassical band that was founded in 1991.

history

The band was founded in 1991 by the musicology and philosophy student Olaf Parusel from Halle. In 1992 the first song called "sToa" appeared on the compilation "From Hypnotic to Hypersonic" released by Hyperium Records . The CDs "Urthona" (1993) and "Porta VIII" (1994) with Conny Levrow as singer were released on the same label. Then it became quiet about the project.

At the beginning of 2002 the CD "Zal" was released on the Mexican label Samadhi Records , then also on Alice in ... in Germany. The singer Antje Buchheiser can be heard for the first time on this work. The album reached various chart placements in Mexico, Russia and Germany. The fourth album “Silmand” was released in 2008. Mandy Bernhardt, Louisa John-Krol , Pieter Nooten and Ralf Jehnert sing on it .

sToa is particularly successful in countries such as Mexico, Russia and China. The band played live several times at the Wave-Gotik-Treffen in the Völkerschlachtdenkmal in Leipzig and, through the Goethe-Institut, also in Mexico. The lyrics of the band are often philosophical in nature. Olaf Parusel also works as a film composer. According to Olaf Parusel, the different upper and lower case spelling of the band name was adopted from the design of the first CDs.

Discography

  • 1992: Urthona (Latin and English texts)
  • 1994: Porta VIII (Latin texts)
  • 2001: Zal ​​(texts in various languages, including Latin, English, French, Japanese)
  • 2008: Silmand (texts in various languages, including English, French, Dari)

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