Irfan (band)

IRFAN

Irfan performing live at Castlefest, Lisse, August 2, 2008
Background information
Origin Bulgaria
Genres World music, Ethereal
Years active 2001-Present
Labels Prikosnovénie
Members />Ivailo Petrov
Kalin Yordanov
Peter Todorov
Yasen Lazarov /> Denitza Seraphimova /> Darina Zlatkova
Kalin Yordanov at the 25. Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Leipzig 2016.
Darina Zlatkova at the 25. Wave-Gotik-Treffen.

IRFAN is an Ethereal World Music band from Bulgaria (since 2001). The sound of IRFAN is an original electro-acoustic World Fusion influenced by the sacred and folk music traditions of Bulgaria, the Balkans, Persia, the Middle East, North Africa and India, as well as by the musical and spiritual heritage of Byzantium and Medieval Europe. The integrity of IRFAN’s sound bears the depths of an audio-archeology that explores the lost prehistoric universal human 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, Balkan, Oriental, Persian and Indian string, wind, key and percussive instruments woven into a delicate ambient electronic sound. The band’s name is borrowed from the Sufi’s terminology and means “gnosis”, “secret knowledge” or “revelation”. And indeed the music of IRFAN is an invitation for a mystical trip in and beyond time, a message, poetically extended in the language of the heart. Since 2003 IRFAN is a renowned artist of the French label “PRIKOSNOVENIE” with three released albums and several movie and theatrical soundtracks so far. Over the last decade IRFAN toured with great success across Europe (Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, France, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, The Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Romania, Bulgaria, etc.) and performed live at some of the main European Gothic, Neo Folk, Medieval and World Music festivals and events.

Discography

Full length albums and EPs:

Compilation appearances:

List of band members

References

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