Two years after the debut album "Kuker's" huge success, the creators of БALKANSKY Ivo Christov and Ivan Shopov present their new album "ORENDA". Official co-author of the project is the unique musician and "kaval player of the planet" Theodosii Spassov. 
In some of the compositions join guest musicians like Yanka Rupkina (vocals), Haig Yazdzhiyan from Armenia (oud), Milen Kirov (piano) and Ivan Georgiev (kaba bagpipe).

БALKANSKY are : 
THEODOSII SPASSOV / kaval, trumpet & voice / www.theodosiispassov.com 
IVAN SHOPOV / programming and mixing / www.ivanshopov.com 
IVO CHRISTOV / arrangements and concept / www.ivochristov.com 

with special guests : 
HAIG YAZDJIAN - Oud and Vocal in N°4 
YANKA RUPKINA - Vocal in N°10 
IVAN GEORGIEV - Kaba Bagpipe in N°6 
MILEN KIROV - Piano in N°10 

Vinyl & CD mastering Shawn Hatfield from Audible Oddities Studio. 
Recorded 2011 - 2012 at БALKANSKY studio. 

Art direction and graphic design by Ivo Christov.
Produced by Ivo Christov. 

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БALKANSKY is an audio-visual art project that combines traditional Bulgarian music with electronic sound and vision. It is realized in collaboration between Ivo Christov and Ivan Shopov. Later on the musical legend Theodosii Spassov joined the project and nowadays, all three of them present the project live all around the world. When the project is presented as a live act it includes music performed by Theodosii Spassov, mixed with electronic sounds and beats by Ivan Shopov and interactive visuals from Ivo Christov.

Three years after their debut album "Kuker" and its huge success, БALKANSKY present their new album "ORENDA", featuring the guest musicians Yanka Rupkina (Vocal), Haig Yazdjian (Oud, Vocal), Ivan Georgiev (Kaba Bagpipe) and Milen Kirov (Piano).

"ORENDA" contains 10 tracks and it was released on CD and limited edition 180 gram red vinyl by Kuker Music.

Vinyl & CD mastered by Shawn Hatfield at Audible Oddities Studio.

Recorded 2011 - 2012 at БALKANSKY studio.
Released - 18 October 2012

БALKANSKY are:
THEODOSII SPASSOV / kaval, trumpet & voice / www.theodosiispassov.com
IVAN SHOPOV / programming and mixing / www.ivanshopov.com
IVO CHRISTOV / arrangements and concept / www.ivochristov.com
contact : info@balkansky.bg
Online Store : www.store.balkansky.bg

KUKER MUSIC is an independent Bulgarian record label and music publisher founded in 1999 by music producer and graphic designer Ivo Christov, music manager Dimiter Panev and sound engeneer and musician Roumen Spassov. 
For more than 10 years Kuker Music have released albums of the most notable artists in contemporary Bulgarian music history - Theodosii Spassov, Antoni Donchev, Eva Quartet and many others. In 2005 the album "Fairground" by Ivo Papasov produced and published by Kuker Music have won the Audience Award at the traditional BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music. Currently the company has ceased its activities and its founders are dealing with individual projects.

Ivo "Kuker" Christov is a Bulgarian graphic designer, music producer and photographer currently based in Sofia, Bulgaria. Since 1989 he has worked as a graphic designer of musical products. Ivo is best known for his design works for various releases by famous Bulgarian and foreign musicians and bands. He has done artwork for over 300 albums so far.

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JaZu_by_Hamachi / Sofia
Dsquared2Lounge / Sofia
V-Bar / Sofia
K.E.V.А. (Клуб за Естетическо Възпитание на Артиста)/ Sofia
K.U.P.E. / Sofia
Culture Beat Club & Terrace *National Palace of Culture*/ Sofia 
Yalta Club - Terrace / Sofia
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