KIRIL DZAJKOVSKI
WHO? Pioneer of Macedonian electronic music.
WHAT? A mix of breakbeat electronica and Balkanian ethno music!
INFLUENCES: Kraftwerk, Jean-Michel Jarre, Underworld, Portishead.
ALBUMS: “Syntethic Theatre”, “Homebound”, “Religion & Sex”.
OTHER PROJECTS: Famous Yugoslavian band „Leb i sol“; electro-pop band „Bastion“; movie soundtracks ( “Dust”, “Bal-Can-Can”, “The Great Water”, “The Gulf Between“, “In The Line Of Fire”); theatre music (Italy, Sweden, Greece, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia…).
FESTIVALS: Greenfest w/Red Hot Chili Peppers, Exit, INmusic Festival.
COLLABORATIONS: Massive Attack, Thievery Corporation, Ras Tweed (Kruder&Dorfmeister), Esma Redžepova.
FEATURED ON COMPILATIONS BY: Bushwacka, Nathan Cole, Dreadzone.
TRIVIA: BMW, Mazda, Ford and Mastercard used Kiril’s music for their ads. Croatian edition of Playboy Magazine voted for „Homebound“ as the best album of the year 2000 from the former Yugoslavia.
WHY IS HE HERE? ‘Cause he combines tradition and innovation in true Carnival Party spirit!
VIDEO LINKS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVtFzbJe9os&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFSlaarSzSU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BwBeeJaFjA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aDYAfA_plQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYRwuidTWkI