This is a warped reprise of the 9th song on our concept album Kharnival, about a traveling circus led by the Russian gypsy Evgeny "Jenya" Kharnaze.

This song introduces a key character in our story, Ima Clown. Not much is known about Ima Clown...

When questioned, his only response is to say his name, “Ima Clown”, and then stare wild-eyed at you and cackle like a maniac.

The whole interaction is very unsettling actually...

I think I may need a drink....

IMA Clown - warped version

This is the 8th song on our concept album Kharnival, about a traveling circus led by the Russian gypsy Evgeny "Jenya" Kharnaze.

A window into the mind of a genius... or a deranged sociopath? You gotta give the guy some leeway, considering at the tender young age of 7 he watched his mother get eaten by a cranky, sleep-deprived Siberian brown bear...

Evgeny Kharnaze was born Evgeny Isropil Chaniyev on January 7, 1921, in the village of Kurumkan, Buryatia.

Evgeny was an orphan, he never knew his father but believes he was a Cossack horseman. His mother died when he was only 7 years old, she was the victim of a brown bear attack in the Buryati wilderness when they were traveling to Ulan Ude.

Boris Kharnaze and his traveling gypsy troupe happened upon Evgeny days after the bear attack. They found him crumpled along the side of the road in the foothills east of Lake Baikal. The young boy was hypothermic and near death from exposure, one fist frozen but still firmly closed around a wad of his mother’s blood-soaked hair.

Boris took pity on the boy and brought him into the troupe, fondly referring to him as his little Jenya. Boris started him with odd jobs tending to the livestock or completing other menial tasks, but as he grew Jenya showed some talent in performance art. Boris apprenticed Jenya to the acrobats, and though he developed some skill with them his true talent was in playing the balalaika.

Throughout those early years Boris acted as a father figure for Jenya, and the two became so close that when Boris joined the war effort in 1941 he passed on his family name and the leadership of the gypsy troupe to Jenya, naming him Evgeny Kharnaze.

Tragically, Boris perished during the Battle of Stalingrad in January, 1943, once again leaving Jenya an orphan.

Kharnaze

This is the 7th song on our concept album Kharnival, about a traveling circus led by the Russian gypsy Evgeny "Jenya" Kharnaze.

This song introduces a key character in our story, Evgeny “Jenya” Kharnaze. Jenya may be a pretty brutal leader today, but this poignant look at his past helps shed a light on the scared little boy inside the strong and hirsute leader of the Kharnival.

Evgeny Kharnaze was born Evgeny Isropil Chaniyev on January 7, 1921, in the village of Kurumkan, Buryatia.

Evgeny was an orphan, he never knew his father but believes he was a Cossack horseman. His mother died when he was only 7 years old, she was the victim of a brown bear attack in the Buryati wilderness when they were traveling to Ulan Ude.

Boris Kharnaze and his traveling gypsy troupe happened upon Evgeny days after the bear attack. They found him crumpled along the side of the road in the foothills east of Lake Baikal. The young boy was hypothermic and near death from exposure, one fist frozen but still firmly closed around a wad of his mother’s blood-soaked hair.

Boris took pity on the boy and brought him into the troupe, fondly referring to him as his little Jenya. Boris started him with odd jobs tending to the livestock or completing other menial tasks, but as he grew Jenya showed some talent in performance art. Boris apprenticed Jenya to the acrobats, and though he developed some skill with them his true talent was in playing the balalaika.

Throughout those early years Boris acted as a father figure for Jenya, and the two became so close that when Boris joined the war effort in 1941 he passed on his family name and the leadership of the gypsy troupe to Jenya, naming him Evgeny Kharnaze.

Tragically, Boris perished during the Battle of Stalingrad in January, 1943, once again leaving Jenya an orphan.

Jenya

This is the 6th song on our concept album Kharnival, about a traveling circus led by the Russian gypsy Evgeny "Jenya" Kharnaze.

As our story continues to unfold, Jake has befriended several members of the Kharnival and is aware of growing tensions and an underlying sense of suppressed unease. As he travels with the troupe through a backwater town in Louisiana he spurs the jugglers and acrobats into action, and after a heated argument they agree to bring a dark enchanteur, a practitioner of black voodoo, to cast an incantation to bring some aid in their fight against Kharnaze...

Fait Accompli

This is the 5th song on our concept album Kharnival, about a traveling circus led by the Russian gypsy Evgeny "Jenya" Kharnaze.

Another faction in the political struggles of Kharnival, the Jugglers are openly defiant of the corrupt leader Evgeny Kharnaze.

The Jugglers

This is the 4th song on our concept album Kharnival, about a traveling circus led by the Russian gypsy Evgeny "Jenya" Kharnaze.

The Acrobats are really into recreational drug use, and this instrumental captures the mood in the drug-fueled haze of their circus tent.

Fever Dream

This is the 3rd song on our concept album Kharnival, about a traveling circus led by the Russian gypsy Evgeny "Jenya" Kharnaze.

This song brings to light the first source of tension behind the scenes at the Kharnival. This is the story of The Acrobats.

The Acrobats

This is the 2nd song on our concept album Kharnival, about a traveling circus led by the Russian gypsy Evgeny "Jenya" Kharnaze.

This is an instrumental intended to capture the internal mood of Paulina, aka "The Fat Lady of the Circus," as she dances alone while fantasizing about getting to know Jake, the young man she is falling in love with.

Paulina's Waltz

This is the 1st song on our concept album Kharnival, about a traveling circus led by the Russian gypsy Evgeny "Jenya" Kharnaze.

The Fat Lady of the Circus is a tongue-in-cheek tune about star-crossed lovers, and it kicks off the concept album written by Brian "AquaMunkee" Morse and "Cactus Joe" Leonard.

The Fat Lady of the Circus

This is the 9th song on our concept album Kharnival, about a traveling circus led by the Russian gypsy Evgeny "Jenya" Kharnaze.

This song introduces a key character in our story, Ima Clown. Not much is known about Ima Clown...

When questioned, his only response is to say his name, “Ima Clown”, and then stare wild-eyed at you and cackle like a maniac.

The whole interaction is very unsettling actually...

I think I may need a drink....

AquaMunkee

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