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Foltin
Foltin
Foltin performing live in Skopje on 14 February 2020
Background information
OriginBitola, North Macedonia
GenresArt pop, indie rock, world music, electro acoustic, alternative rock, balkan music, experimental
Years active1995–present
Websitehttps://www.facebook.com/foltin.band/

Foltin (Macedonian: Фолтин) is a Macedonian band active since 1995. Their name comes from Karel Čapek's last novel Life and Work of the Composer Foltýn.[1]

Their music is a blend of many genres which include Indie, Alternative, World music, Funk, Electroacoustic, Jazz and other. Foltin's live performances are theatrical and in a "pseudo-immigrant" cabaret style.[2][3][4] Journalist Nenad Georgievski describes their music as gravity defying and "dynamic, full of surprises, and humorous—and they blend all sorts of influences together: jazz, improv music, funk, bossa nova, chalgia, klezmer, ambient, and film music."[5] Although rooted in jazz, he states, their music "is not strictly jazz per se, as Foltin frequently blur genre lines, experimenting with a variety of styles and sounds."[6] Singer Branislav Nikolov in a 2009 claimed that his mayor musical influences were Björk, Johnny Cash and Tom Waits.

They have also worked on theatre and film music productions since 1998/1999,[1] including the score for the 92nd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film and Sundance 2019 awards winner Honeyland.[7] The lyrics of the band's first three albums are a mixture of phonetic imitations of languages including Macedonian, Spanish, French, Romanian, and Portuguese. Over the years, it became a blend of Macedonian and English.[2][1]

The band has appeared at music and theatre festivals in Macedonia, Croatia, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Belgium, England, Germany, Russia, Lebanon, Turkey, the Netherlands, and France.[8]

Band members

Discography

Theater music

Film soundtracks

References

  1. ^ a b c Blesok (16 April 2006). "Reviews, Sound, Blesok no. 47/Foltin: We fight a guerilla war against the despair". Cultural Institution Blesok. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b Karajkov, Risto (28 September 2009). "Pseudo-Emigrant Cabaret". Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  3. ^ Georgievski, Nenad (30 April 2011). "Foltin: Skopje, Macedonia, April 13, 2011". All About Jazz. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  4. ^ Cabric, Nemanja (3 May 2013). "Foltin and the Art of Private Folklore". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  5. ^ Georgievski, Nenad (21 December 2005). "Foltin: Foltin: Lo-Lee-Taa-Too". All About Jazz. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  6. ^ Georgievski, Nenad (6 May 2009). "Foltin: Ovaa Translplatirana Mashina za Chukanje Dosega ne Chukala Ljubovno Pismo". All About Jazz. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  7. ^ Lodge, Guy (1 February 2019). "Film Review: 'Honeyland'". Variety. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  8. ^ Maretic, Neda (2008). "WOMEX: Foltin". WOMEX. Retrieved 24 December 2022.

External links[permanent dead link]

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foltin

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