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Album: Seraphim
Released: Jul 27, 2007
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General Info

  • Genre: Other

    Location Sofia, Un

    Profile Views: 271021

    Last Login: 2/8/2012

    Member Since 7/26/2007

    Website http://www.myspace.com

    Record Label .. Prikosnovenie ..

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Irfan is a Bulgarian music band. Its name is borrowed from the Sufi terminology and can be translated from Persian and Arabic as "gnosis", "mystic knowledge" or "revelation". Irfan's music is an invitation for a mystical trip in and beyond time, a message, poetically extended in the language of the heart. World reviews are hesitant about the genre categorization of Irfan's music, determining it as Neoclassical / World Music / Sacred Music / Ethereal Music / Heavenly voices. Indeed Irfan's music is a World Fusion and it is influenced by the sacred and folk music traditions of Bulgaria, the Balkans, Persia, Caucasus, the Middle East and North Africa, as well as by the musical and spiritual heritage of Byzantium and Medieval Europe, yet it retains its own original sound. The musicians use traditional instruments and vocal techniques from the same regions and historical periods. 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 (Bulgarian, Balkan, Oriental, Persian, Indian) and medieval European string, wind and percussive instruments like oud, saz, tambura, santoor, viola da gamba, harmonium, kaval, duduk, nay, darbouka, daf, bodhran, zarb and riq that are woven into a delicate electronic dark ambient sound. Irfan is founded in 2001 as a side project of musicians from Bulgarian bands like "Isihia", "Kayno Yesno Slonce ", "Om" and "Zarathustra", but soon it became a new, independent and promising music team. The band was first signed by the French label "Prikosnovénie" and made its debut appearance on "Prikosnovénie"'s Fairy World compilation of various medieval and heavenly voices bands in 2003. "Prikosnovénie" declared the Bulgarians as the "discovery and revelation for 2004". Ifran's debute (self-titled) album was also released in Europe that same year by "Prikosnovénie", and released in North America by "Noir Records" in 2005. In November 2007 Irfan released its second album ("Seraphim") for the French label "Prikosnovénie" simultaneously in Europe and in North America (through the US label "Noir Records"). In 2008 Irfan created a soundtrack for the Bulgarian documentary "The Great Heresy" (dedicated to the history of the Medieval European heresies - the Bulgarian and Byzantine "Bogomils" and the Southern-French "Cathars") released recently by the Bulgarian TV Channel bTV. In 2009 the band released 3 songs for the soundtrack of the Bulgarian movie "Forecast". Between 2006 and 2011 Irfan worked with several different female vocalists who replaced Denitza Seraphimova after her withdrawal and with whom the band performed live during this period. From 2003 until now Irfan toured and performed live in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Potugal, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Romania and Bulgaria. Currently the band is working on its third album. Management/Booking: Music Target Management: musictargetmanagement@gmail.com, Wings of Destiny (Germany, Austria, Switzerland): olaf@wod.de, irfan.booking@gmail.com

  • Members

    Ivaylo Petrov - oud, saz, tambura, 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 Ex-Members: Denitza Seraphimova (2002-2006; 2009-2010) - vocals Kiril Bakardjiev (2001-2008) - keyboard, santour, programming Vladislava Vasileva (2006-2009) - vocals Petya Urumova (2009) - vocals

  • Influences

    We are inspired and influenced by the sacred and folk music traditions of Bulgaria,The Balkans,The Mediterranean,The Middle East and Persia, as well as by the musical and spiritual heritage of Byzantium, Medieval and Renaissance Europe. Several artists have also influence on our music: Dead Can Dance, Vas, L'Ham de Foc, Arcana, Axiom of Choice, Stellamara, Loreena McKennitt, Luis Delgado, Sarband, Kardes Türküler, Susan Deyhim, Ross Daly, Jordi Savall, Mercan Dede, Organum, Estampie...

  • Sounds Like

    Dead can Dance, Vas, Sarband, Arcana, Stellamara

Videos

Mari Maro

05:12 | 2797 plays | Aug 3 2007

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  • Astarte

    Wonderful music, cograts!!!!! Greets from Brazil !

    13 days ago
  • Richard Moon

    Many thanks for your friendship!
    Regards - Rich  

    20 days ago
  • Irfan

    Dear friends & IrFANS,

    Wishing you happy, ethereal and blessed holidays, we would like to share with you the news that we started the recordings of a new album that will be released in 2012!

    Cordial greetings,

    Irfan

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYU-VG5-wlE

    1 month ago
  • Strahil Mihailov

     Магическа нощ с Вас на Беглика, благодаря Ви...

    5 months ago
  • djanga

    Thanks for the wonderful concert at the castlefest - now we can't wait for the new album and another chance to see you live somewhere not too far from Germany! We enjoyed it really very much to meet you - and you made someone special absolutely happy too... :o)

     

    Best wishes and have a good time!
    Anna, Dani and Wolfgang

    6 months ago
  • Veruca Jones

    Hello Irfan, I desire to see life through your hallucinations so that they massage my viscera into an eternal state of turgid flux. Your layers of absinthe and torsion form concretions of hyper-alimentation. Please let me hear more of that wonderful sound. All my thoughts are lost to your graceful gaze? The stickers hugging the fruit smell better than the perfume of ambergris. Your wonderfully bright soul keep the demons from torturing me. So charmingly silky, your skin is like a teardrop on a popsickle.

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    6 months ago
  • djanga

    Only 2 weeks and about 600 km to go to see you live on the Castlefest in Holland with my wife and little daughter... we're so excited and thrilled... :o)

    6 months ago
  • May li Rose

     I am only a sparrow amongst a great flock of sparrows.

    6 months ago
  • Ilan Ashkenazi

     your music is fascinating ,I'd like to know more about you where can i find material about you .thanks

    7 months ago
  • Jack LaniuS

    the best band in the world!! 

    8 months ago
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