Anastasia (band)
# Anastasia (band)

Anastasia (Macedonian: Анастасија, romanized: Anastasija) was a Macedonian music group. The band was formed in 1987 as Apokrifna Realnost and changed their name to Anastasia in 1989. Their members are:

* Goran Trajkoski (ex Afektiven Naboj, Saraceni, Padot na Vizantija, Mizar, Aporea)
* Klime Kovaceski (ex Afektiven Naboj, Padot na Vizantija)
* Zlatko Origjanski (ex Lola V. Stain)
* Zoran Spasovski (ex Mizar, Aporea)

Their music is a blend combining Byzantine past, through Eastern Orthodox Church music with a rich gamut of ethnic Macedonian music rhythms.

Anastasia have written several music scores for films, theater performances and TV programs. Their soundtrack for the Academy Award-nominated movie Before the Rain was released in 1994 by Polygram and sold thousands of copies worldwide. In the same year, the Thessaloniki-based label Poeta Negra released a 12" EP containing the tracks "By the Rivers of Babylon" and "Pass Over." In 1997, they released "Melourgia" on the Greek label Libra (cat. no. L.M.007); the record included a reworked version of "By the Rivers of Babylon." This was followed by their last album to date, "Nocturnal," on the same label (cat.no. L.M.013); this record saw the band including electronic elements in their music as well.

## Discography

* Na rjekah vavilonskih (1988, self-released)
* Na rjekah vavilonskih (1990, DOM)
* Before the Rain (1994, PolyGram)
* Melourgia (1997, Libra Music)
* Nocturnal (1998, Third Ear Music)
