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- World Of Music - Svastara - 2008 |
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FOLTIN
Republic of Macedonia
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Foltin
Republic of Macedonia |
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Foltin is electroacoustic / visual / experimental band from
Republic of Macedonia. Foltin in short, is an unusual cast, whose music is
hard to define, and every attempt to insert it into a musical genre would not
be very successful. Foltin's
music is surreal, passionate and witty, characterized with a frantic dance
atmosphere, which is achieved with the fast Macedonian rhythm. Even though
they use standard musical elements, their approach in creating the atmosphere
is unpredictable and above all, original. In their musical identity the Anglo
- Macedonian hybrid, is a collision between the East and West. Their language
is an imaginary mixture or phonetic imitation of the world languages like:
Spanish, French, Romanian, Portuguese... Their "spontaneous Esperanto".
Foltin
describe themselves as pseudo - emigrant cabaret, and often their concerts
are turning into real performances. It is not a strange thing to imagine
all that when you consider the fact that they have worked on a music for theatre
performances, in which they are famous for using the ready-made "instruments"
or creating ambient sound with objects from unmusical primer function, construction
of some kind sculptures and installations.
They took part in many musical and
theatre festivals in Macedonia, Croatia, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Serbia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Bulgaria,
Hungary, France and they have been awarded for their work many times.
Their last project is "Davy the Bowie + Fallen from Mars" -
cover versions on David Bowie's songs, sounding very special being performed
by Foltin.
The group exists since 1995 and so far they have published
four albums:
* OUT RE-MER *
* ARCHIMED *
* DONKEY HOT *
* LO-LEE-TA-TOO * (AAJ + review)
Foltin band members are: Pece Nikolovski (clarinet); Branislav
Nikolov (Voice); Pece Trajkovski (accordion); Goce Jovanoski (bass);
Slavco Jovev (drums); Marjan Stanic (percussion).
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