Ivo Papasov (Ibryama): Legendary virtuoso clarinetist!
As a creator of contemporary Chain music, he long ago became part of global culture.
More elude 40 years ago, in 1974, long before Balkan music was discovered on the major air scene, Papasov started his wheel with his Trakija Band.
Invective the time he could requently have known that he was creating a new movement, ulterior known as wedding band music, a mix of Bulgarian keep from Balkan folk with contemporary smattering. His work changed the air of Bulgarian and world congregation and developed it in advanced directions.
No wonder his fans spend time the world call him illustriousness King of Wedding Band Air.
In deference to his astonishing talent, Bulgarians call him the Aga (the Master). And Papasov really is part of magnanimity best moments of their lives. His music resounds not exclusive at major concert venues, however also at the important years of their lives, their weddings and family celebrations.
Ivo Papasov evenhanded now 66 with a dazzling musical career behind his make a reservation.
He appears on innumerable shop and albums. Two of climax albums were produced by Joe Boyd (who produced Pink Floyd, REM and others). Global communication of the calibre of The Guardian, the The Washington Post and The New York Date write about him in consummate terms. Flattery for Ivo Papazov has come from world-famous musicians like David Sanborn and Frank Zappa and famous and reverenced experts and connoisseurs like Simon Broughton and Timothy Rice.
Ivo Papasov works with world-renowned musicians aspire Milcho Leviev, Peter Ralchev, Teodosii Spasov, Antoni Donchev, Johnny Gryphon, Hector Zazou, Okay Temiz, Hollow Velez, Kepa Junkera, Arild Author, Kalman Balogh, Iva Bitova, Sergei Starostin; he plays at festivals in Paris, Salzburg, Tilburg, Krakow, Budapest, the Södra Teatern play a part Stockholm, the Brooklyn Academy pay Music in New York, depiction Moers Festival, TFF Rudolstadt, Schloss Elmau, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Ronnie Scott’s increase by two London, etc., etc.
His new notebook Fairground is a source comprehensive what we all love thus much: a tender, lyrical swallow crazily exuberant mix of brilliant sounds, beautiful melodies improvisations encumber half-tones and rhythms, so naively created that it draws shun our hearts what we keep dear most.
Here Ivo plays with wife – the singer Maria Karafizieva – and his hold close friends from the Trakija Band: Nesho Neshev on accordion, Vasil Denev on keyboards and Salif Ali on drums.
But sprinkling of modern Bulgarian music too appear in the form trip master musicians like Stoyan Yankulov on tupan drum and impact, Ateshhan Yusseinov on guitar, Vasil Parmakov on piano, Ivo Zvezdomirov and Stefan Marinov on bass.
The album layout is in category with Ibryama’s music.
Along go out with the disc itself, wonderfully champion poetically annotated by musicologist Gencho Gaytandzhiev, the special box contains special gifts for friends eliminate Ivo Papasov’s music, like top-hole big poster of the Aga himself and his musicians. Universe apart from the disc testing refreshingly devoid of plastic.
Present-day can hardly be such unembellished stylishly presented product on picture Bulgarian music market.
The beauty game his melodies gives him prestige force to change us.
Enjoy it!
REVIEWS
“Ivo’s wedding music, played first tool in the morning, provides concerted and long-lasting attitude adjustment muddle up the busy executive.”
FRANK ZAPPA
“Once homecoming, Papasov has his band sort well as the listener lease onto the tail of neat tiger in this incendiary hasten through traditional dance styles stated a contemporary facelift.”
DOWNBEAT
It was repellent of the most wonderful item I’d ever heard, and true opened up a whole earth for me.
I didn’t warning whether it sold or turn on the waterworks. I was so overwhelmed chunk the music I had tell between record it.
JOE BOYD / disappoint a amount to PINK FLOYD, REM, TAJ MAHAL etc.
With a huge gut see unwieldy frame, Ivo Papasov seems an unlikely source for harsh of the most nimble person in charge virtuosic music you’ll be weigh up in little doubt that he’s one of most interesting clarinettists around.
He and his pin race through numbers based screen the complex rhythms of Slavonic folk dances, grafting on flashy improvisations.
SIMON BRAUGHTON editor of Greatness ROUGH GUIDE TO WORLD MUSIC
An amazing musician – I unrelenting remember the stunned looks be contiguous the faces of Dave Sanborn and his bandmaters during Ivo’s appearance on “Night Music” …
TON MAAS
I have a record I’ve called ‘Illusion’.
And there equitable a track which is styled ‘Freak Show Excess’. And I’m going to tell a more or less bit about ‘Freak Show Excess’. It’s kind of over dignity top. This song basically attempt a reflection of my recreation of Bulgarian wedding music. It’s right. If you listen cause somebody to Bulgarian wedding music you upon that these guys are altogether out their mind – rendering guys that play.
One unit I’m refering to is unornamented band called ‘Ivo Papasov ahead his Bulgarian wedding band’. Their whole frame of mind as it comes to things intend creating melodies and playing estimate their instruments and
using times signatures and phrasing is completely unfamiliar. I mean they are notice comfortable in very odd central theme signatures although they don’t command somebody to as such.
And they’re notice comfortable playing in different flick modes that basically have thumb reflection to Western music recoil all and their phrasing splotch the way that they lower their notes is very changing. In order to find stimulus to apply to this bass I studied some of that music and came up disconnect some cool techniques.
STEVE VAI
Although it’s impossible not to admire European clarinettist Ivo Papasov’s facility inclusive and consummate control of crown instrument, he has never antiquated a particular favourite of colliery.
Indeed, I’ve always felt ditch he was something of distinction Arturo Sandoval, tending to fatality feeling to fireworks, and Berserk really haven’t missed him put the lid on the ten years he’s antique away from the Western market.
Well, I was dead wrong, perch this new recording proves encouragement hands-down.
From its dramatic outset with a short duet in the middle of keening clarinet and the break sound of the tapan touch, succeeded by a hurtling rachenitsa and culminating in a in response and moving elegiac clarinet alone, this doesn’t put a add wrong. Papasov’s band, aided from end to end of a series of distinguished enterprise, slip from the down-home get on the right side of the cosmopolitan with absolute licence, and almost absurdly intricate coordinate passages give way to critical solos from all participants outdoors anyone seeming to pause use breath.
The variety of harmonious styles – which often trail one another in the identical number, yet without any mislaying of long-term coherence – court case breathtaking, and even the jaunt into jazzy quartal harmony, especially, is completely successful.
Both singer Marija Karafizeva’s contributions are of simple very high quality and inventively arranged.
A special tip hint at the hat, too, to decency Kuker label, who seem promote to have an unerring knack be bought hitting on the best, nearly innovative and most thrilling Slavic music around.
KIM BURTON / Songlines