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Artist description:IRFAN is an Ethereal World Music band formed in Sofia, Bulgaria in 2001. IRFAN’s kaleidoscopic sound reveals an original electro-acoustic World Fusion influenced by the sacred and folk music traditions of the Balkans, Anatolia, Persia, the Middle East, North Africa and India, as well as by the musical and spiritual heritage of Byzantium, Medieval Europe and the Ancient Mediterranean. The integrity of IRFAN’s sound bears the depths of an audio-archaeology that explores the lost prehistoric universal musical heritage within the layers of time. IRFAN is known for its extensive use of ethereal and mystic female vocals in addition to strong male vocals and choirs in combination with an assortment of traditional Bulgarian, Turkish, Middle Eastern, Persian and Indian string, wind, key and percussive instruments woven into a delicate electronic sound. The band’s name is borrowed from the Sufi’s terminology and means “gnosis”, “secret knowledge” or “revelation”. And, indeed, IRFAN’s music is an invitation for a mystical trip in and beyond time. A message poetically revealed in the language of the heart. Since 2003, IRFAN has been a renowned artist of the French label, PRIKOSNOVENIE, with 3 released albums and several movie and theatrical soundtracks so far. Over the last decade IRFAN has toured with great success across Europe (Germany, France, The Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Poland, Austria, Hungary, The Czech Republic, Russia, Lithuania, Romania, Bulgaria, etc.) and has been acclaimed at some of the main European Gothic, Neo Folk, Medieval and World Music festivals and events (including Wave-Gotik-Treffen, M’era Luna, Summer Darkness, Festival-Mediaval, Castlefest, Folkwoods, Colours of Ostrava, Entremuralhas to name but a few). In 2015 IRFAN released its new album “The Eternal Return” which was highly appreciated by the critics worldwide and was proclaimed “the album of the year” by Side-Line Magazine and rated the № 1 position in its TOP 20 of the best albums of 2015. Band Members: Ivaylo Petrov - oud, saz, tambura, setar, sitar, santour, programming Kalin Yordanov - vocals, daf, bodhran, darbouka Peter Todorov (2004-present) - darbouka, zarb, riq, electronic percussion pad Yasen Lazarov (2008-present) - harmonium, kaval, nay, duduk Featuring: Denitza Seraphimova - vocals Darina Zlatkova – vocals
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