1.Autumn Night
It was around 2012 that we came across a book with translations of the masterpieces of the Spanish poetry of the 20th century. Having studied all the works from top to bottom, we chose a few gems of Juan Ramon Jimenez translated by A. Geleskul. The triplet rhythm and the faded autumnal palette of the imagery of a poem about the continuity of life, in particular, inspired us to wrap the text up in a rhythmic shell of gothic industrial music. We transformed the howling of the wind into the wail of an arcane synth pad, while the footsteps of the inexorable and merciless winter, following in tracks, turned into a four-on-the-floor disco drum.
In the beginning there was the Word. The Word was ANANKE in Hugo’s Notre-Dame, and it happened to catch our eye. It can be translated to Latin as FATUM. Fatum is what’s going to happen to you, a divine plot, the Kabbalah’s Sefirot. You have three steps forward and one step back. This is represented by the four letters of TUUM before the FATUM.
We started our project back in 2006 in the gloomy, rainy Konigsberg. It was a classical quartet: drums, bass, guitar and keys. Our style was based on dark, melancholic melodies; we used various vocal techniques in the genres of gothic rock, gothic/doom metal and black metal. You can still find our juvenile experiments online, in various compilations of Kaliningrad music (try also Tuum Fatus, some publisher’s mishap). The line-up was changing: pianists, guitarists, guest string soloists. All of them contributed to our project, helping us acquire our distinctive flavor.
Our metamorphosis ended in 2010, when we decided to keep our lineup semi-virtual, with our lead vocalist Andrei (aka Raphael Murmann) and a backing track. Live instrumentalists added sophistication and a point of view. We collaborated with cellists, violinists and keytarists. One of them, Miron (viola and backing vocals), became an integral part of the band. During the 2010s, we released several compilations of contemporary academic music and many conceptual tracks inspired by Neue Musik, ranging from darkwave to ambient. Alongside experimental music, we release and perform live in a more traditional style, which can be described as industrial/gothic metal with darkwave elements.
Music: Andrei Кorobkov
Lyrics:Juan Ramon Jimenez translated Anatolii Geleskul
Tuum Fatum:
Andrei Кorobkov- vocals, music, lyrics, programming, guitar, arrangement, mixing
Session musicians for 2024:
Miron Kostyukov – viola, vocals
Vladimir Stuchilin – saxophone, vocals