Biography
The project is based in Lviv, Ukraine. It was created in spring, 2000, under the name Tomb Of Litziele. The music of the act, presented on the first demo "Kill The Sun" (February, 2001), was mainly inspired by early Death In June, but later the music became more synth-oriented. The second demo, "Likeness" (September, 2001), integrated the elements of triphop and ambient. The line-up was: Marina "Black Mary" Shcherbakova - guitars, voice; Dmitry "Danner" Khodyko - music, texts, synths, voice. Also, the fully electronic instrumental longplay "World Minds" was produced from May to October, 2001. It is dedicated to the interaction of the modern technologies with the mythological mind, and includes the elements of ambient, IDM and electro-pop. These two materials since November, 2001 are distributed under the name "World Minds". In December, 2001, the band's name had been abridged to The Litz.
In February, 2002, "The White Room And The Black" demo had been produced, including covers and original tracks, in minimal/electro-pop style, and illustrating the concepts of "protective", mystically oriented pop music - the ideas that determine the action of the project since then. "Radio Christiania" longplay demo-compilation prepared later the same year, included various demo tracks as well as live recordings and remixes of Current 93 and Rada&Ternovnik tracks.
In 2003, two studio singles were recorded: "Saturn Stolen", inspired much by synth-pop; and more ambient "Able To Listen", dedicated to the creations by Tove Marika Jansson (1914-2001), the brilliant writer and artist from Finland. Both singles were included into "Saturn Stolen" promo MCD, which has received some positive reviews in various zines in CIS states. Shortly after completing the sessions Marina left The Litz, turning completely to the metal side of her art. Later in the year, the MCD material with some live recordings added was released as "Stories Close And Distant",ltd.ed., and distributed, in particular, by Russian Ur-Realist label.
In July, 2003, Ksenia "Ayla" Rykhalska, singeress and the leader of "Eery"(loosely transliterated heathen Slavonic name of Heavens) folkrock/metal project, joined The Litz. Having invited the guitarist Max Kerner from jazz/bluesrock band MKG,the band recorded the new longplay, "Aquatic Pop", combining the elements of dark folk and synthie dark pop.
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