Oliver Zisko "ANCIENT LAND" (Official Music Video)
A song from "The Wondrous Stag" album.
Guitars: Marius Pop
Drums, synth & percussion: Oliver Zisko
Video edited by Tamas Toth (
tt.tamas7@gmail.com)
Composed by Oliver Zisko
A few thoughts about the album:
"This album contains the songs of "The Wondrous Stag" fire & drum show which we have been performing continuously since 2015 together with my wife who is a dancer, choreographer and educator. The material also contains some other compositions of the same theme and atmosphere. The album versions sound a bit different than the live ones. There is the fire as the show element during a live performance which you cannot see while listening to an album

. For this reason, every songs’ fiery drum parts were changed to drum solos or similar parts than the fiery ones but played with ordinary drum sticks. Thus, we can call this a concept solo album.
I invited my friend, Marius Pop from Romania, to perform in four of the songs and I'm very glad He accepted. He elevated the musical quality of this record to a higher level with his amazing guitar performance."
The „Wondrous Stag” is an ancient legend of the wanderings of the Hun and Magyar tribes who started a long journey somewhere in Central or South-Central Asia. A mysterious deer led them towards a new home…
All songs are instrumental pieces. Following the name of each track, you can find excerpts which are translations from John Arany’s „The Legend of the Wondrous Hunt” to clarify which part of the story is the theme of the current song.
ANCIENT LAND (NIMROD’S THEME)
Guitars: Marius Pop
Drums, synth & percussion: Oliver Zisko
„From bough to bough the warbler flies;
In song the voice to voice replies:
Fresh verdure decks the time-worn grave;
The tuneful lyre awakes the brave.”
Composed by Oliver Zisko
((The album's expected release date is the end of November 2018.))