Ivan Shopov is an artist with many faces, he’s а painter, musician, producer, composer, aesthete and an innovator.
Graduated an MA in print making from The National Academy of Arts in Sofia, he’s the author of numerous ink and acrylic pieces. He’s often drawing and designing artworks and posters for his own projects and for those of popular artists in the electronic scene. So far he’s done eight solo exhibitions in Bulgaria and abroad.

Ivan Shopov has been involved in over 250 musical releases, among which we find both solo and collaborative albums. This has established him as one of the leading figures in the European electronic underground. His various projects span over genres like drum and bass, IDM, jazz, ambient, techno, rock and classical music. Ivan Shopov has released over 120 vinyls for some of the biggest international labels. A part of his own production and the works of artists who he believes in can be found released via his two labels Etheraudio Records and ABCD.

Ivan is working as a composer scoring contemporary dance and theatre productions. He’s contributed music and sound design to various video and short film project, interactive art installations. Since 2012 he’s written the music for 15 dance pieces by Derida Dance. In 2017 one of them is awarded the prestigious “IKAR” award. Shopov has been publishing soundpacks which are often found in the production of fellow electronic artists.

What really separates Ivan Shopov from the other artists in his field is the way he’s mixing traditional Bulgarian folklore with electronic music and jazz. This way he’s building a bridge between his country’s musical history and the current tastes of his audience. Among his most popular releases in this direction are “Kanatitsa” with Avigeya, “InFusion” with Theodosii Spassov, “Kuker” and “Orenda” with Бalkansky.

Ivan Shopov is keen on sharing his knowledge and has been a demanded lecturer and teacher. Besides regularly doing workshops and online courses, since 2016 he’s been lecturing Analog and digital sound design at the National Academy of Arts in Sofia. With 20+ years of experience he’s also regularly working as a mixing and mastering engineer.

The European stages who’ve experienced Ivan’s music are numerous. During his international tours he’s reached USA, South America, Russia, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

For booking enquiries write to: bookings@ivanshopov.com 

More info on : www.ivanshopov.com 
Merchandise : www.shop.ivanshopov.com

Demos & Promos -> https://tstack.app/dimobg

DiMO BG’s inspiration comes from the moments he spends in the studio producing his own tracks and traveling around the world exploring diversity of cultures and their music. Every year the name DiMO (BG) is associated with approximately 20 releases, signed by the likes of well-established labels such as: Hurry Up Slowly, Afrodise, Sunset Gathering, Make The Girls Dance, Defected, Redolent, Bercana, Go Deeva, Wired etc. as well as for his very own "Katun Tribe" imprint.

Honed his craft as a DJ performing at Dubai, Ibiza, Bali, Minorca, Toronto, Sonar Barcelona, Ministry of Sound, Cyprus, Egg London, Maidstone, Greece, Romania while being resident more than 14 years in a #1 club in Bulgaria. His strongly distinctive and impactful tracks, full of energy, groove and quite often a memorable message has gained him support from industry heavyweights such as Hugel, Mestiza, Bedouin, Chus, Aaron Sevilla, Hamza, Blondish, Eran Hersh, Stephan Jolk, Adasya, Roger Sanchez, David Penn, Claptone, CASSIMM etc. With over 25 years of experience on the club scene DiMO BG’s talent, dedication and work ethic have seen him grow into an accomplished producer and DJ with over 100 gigs a year.

Rayna Vasileva is a Bulgarian vocal performer, educator, songwriter and  co-Founder of Outhentic Foundation. She was born in Smolyan, Bulgaria – a small town situated in the Rhodope Mountains. She started singing at a very young age drove by her father. She graduated in folk singing the renowned music school in Varna, Bulgaria – “Dobri Hristov”. 
Then she continued her studies at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, majoring in “Music Pedagogy”. In folk singing she was in the class of one of the best and famous Bulgarian folk singers – Svetla Karadjova. 

She has repeatedly attended the Master classes and Private classes for vocal and jazz improvisation of Christiane Karam, a lecturer at one of the best music Universities in the world – Berklee College of Music.
In 2023 she earned her master’s degree at New Bulgarian University, majoring in “Pop and Jazz Vocal Performance” in the class of Senior Asst. Prof. Nelly Marinkova. In jazz and pop improvisation, she was in the class of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Angel Zaberski. 

Her brother Zhivko Vasilev and she create “Outhentic Band” in 2012, where they both blend Bulgarian folklore with jazz, funk, pop, flamenco and etc.
They released their debute album “YesToday” in 2016  and their second album “Transparent” in 2019.

Rayna was part of:

* Bulgarian Choir „Cosmic Voices“, conducted by Vanya Moneva, who has been rewarded with many prestigious awards from around the world
* Тhe Bulgarian band – Banda DelPadre, where they combine Bulgarian folk music with Spanish music
* Bulgarian Vocal group Avigeya and Ivan Shopov, where they mixed Bulgarian folk music with Electronic music

In 2019 she took part in the album of the Australian jazz pianist David Dower – “There is no stars” and in 2022 in his second album – “Mravka”.

She has participated in various Bulgarian and international forums and festivals around the world. Some of them include:
Ethno Flanders (Belgium), Ethno Sweden (Sweden), 12th edition of the European Night of Museums 2016 (Sliven, Bulgaria), Glastonbury Festival 2017 (England), Jazz Forum Stara Zagora (Bulgaria), GuitArt Festival 2018 (Bulgaria) and 2019, World Fest Plovdiv 2019 (Bulgaria), etc.

She has collaborated with many amazing musicians from all around the world such as :
Ryan Leslie, Max Moya, Juan Garcia-Herreros, Roberto Quintero, Milcho Leviev, Stoyan Yankoulov, Georgi Andreev, Dessy Dobreva, Ventsislav Blagoev, Theodosii Spassov, Ivan Shopov, Christiane Karam, David Dower, etc.

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