#bulgarian state television female vocal choir

[koshigurajumy]

Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir - Erghen Diado (Song Of Schopsko) (1975)

[selenitebabysbreath]

Kaval sviri, arranged by Peter Lyondev, conducted by Katya Barulova, performed by the Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir (n.d.)

[thesobsister]

Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares singing live at @kexp-blog-blog.

"Gorgeous" and "unearthly" are two adjectives commonly applied to the group and their recordings and performnces. Their 1997 eponymous LP opened ears on both sides of the Atlantic to the beauty of sung minor-second intervals and other lovely "dissonances."

RIYL Dakhabrakha

[jt1674]

[insanitize]

my 2024 playlist poll: 24 - 36

[burlveneer-music]

Flora Ocean Parkin - Electric Dreams Golden Sea - glorious multitracked vocals

In her debut solo release, Flora Ocean Parkin transmits the ecstatic. Expanding their voice into a shimmering tapestry and wrapping the listener in its golden threads. Reaching for the outer limits of her range, they chart a trajectory through maternal desire, phantom forms and a sensory understanding of the self, in order to trace a path to reconciliation and transcendence. With a sound that nods to the otherworldly harmonies of the Bulgarian State Television Female Choir, the mutant aesthetics of Arca and the sonic world building of Lyra Pramuk, Flora manifests a palatial body of work that is intimately personal, rich and decadent. In doing so, they express the new materialist philosophy of Karan Barad through music, as if the atomic world itself were a cosmic choir to sing with. 'The music, and the life it distils, would not have been possible without the support of friends, family, and loved ones who've believed in me along the way. Special thanks to: Alex Keegan, Ayse Hassan, Ayla Octavia Keegan, El Hardwick, Orion Isaacs, Anouska Samms, Chris Penty, Mum, Dad, Chloë, Granny, Mary Goodhart, Tim Green, Kip Ives, Sorana Vieru, Bryony Phipps Wardle, Jamie Morell, Siân Williams, Nick Potter, Mena Shah, Mutualism. Thanks to Karen Barad for the words, worldings and wonder' - Flora Ocean Parkin 25% of label profits will be donated to genderedintelligence.co.uk

[nonenglishsongs]

Folksy Friday | The Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir - Kaval Sviri (Bulgarian)

[mywifeleftme]

214: "Various Bulgarians" // Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares vol. 2

Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares vol. 2 "Various Artists" 1988, Elektra Nonesuch

Incredibly annoying album to cite properly, I must say. Like its predecessor, Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares vol. 2 is usually credited to either the Bulgarian State Radio and Television Female Vocal Choir, who sing 10 of 17 songs collected here, or to the Swiss ethnomusicologist Marcel Cellier, who recorded most of these tracks over a 17-year period. (There is one recording of the Orchestra Yivan Kirev from ’57.) There’s a bit of an air of overaccentuated exoticism to how this stuff is packaged, from retaining the French title (with improper title casing!) for the English market release, to emphasizing Cellier’s curatorial work over that of the arrangers and performers in the narrative around the album. Realistically, we’d probably be better off crediting this one to Various Bulgarians, both for reasons of accuracy and because it’s an exceptionally melodic turn of phrase.

Listening to Le Mystère, though, I understand why those who championed this music hoped to keep it obscure. People consistently describe this stuff as sounding angelic, elven, ethereal, alien—yes, yes, yes, and yes. Wouldn’t want the realities of corrupt little Bulgaria, with its grim concerns about GDP and the Cold War, dirtying the seraphic mantle you know! The basis of these songs is not, to my ear, wildly far from the familiar choral music of Western Europe, but some combination of the brilliant syncopated vocal arrangements, the technical ability of the singers, and the Bulgarian language itself push the recordings into a realm of stranger light. The vocals often sound like the screams of beings with higher, more delicate instruments in their throats than regular humans have, and whether you envision a great stone cathedral or a starlit clearing in a pagan wood, it’s not hard to sense something holy transpiring here.

Anyway, here they are on Johnny Carson.

214/365

[surferjoe]

Grace After Meals/Erghen Diado from Nina Paley on Vimeo.

Part 1 (English): "Grace After Meals" recited by Barry Gray from "The Moishe Oysher Seder" Part 2 (Bulgarian): "Erghen Diado"sung by the Bulgarian State Radio and Television Female Vocal Choir

[squareallworthy]

The most famous thing about Bulgaria is, of course, their female folk music singing.

Okay, some history: in 1975, after fifteen years of work, Swiss ethnomusicologist Marcel Cellier released a compilation album of Bulgarian women's folk music, titled Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares. Almost no one noticed, except for, you know, extreme music nerds. Several years later, British music producer Ivo Watts-Russell got a cassette copy from his friend Peter Murphy (lead singer of the band Bauhaus) and became fascinated by it. He contacted Cellier and arranged to re-release the album on his own record label in 1986. And then it was released in the US in 1987. And then this obscure folk music recording from Eastern Europe somehow became an international smash hit.

There were three followup albums featuring a number of different choirs. Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, Volume 2 won a Grammy in 1990. The Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir toured the world (under the name Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares) and appeared on the Tonight Show. I can't adequately describe how suddenly big this was. It wasn't quite mainstream -- no Top 40 radio play -- but everybody who was cool knew about it and suddenly had opinions about Bulgarian folk singing.

And then, as all crazes do, it faded. All the hipsters moved on to the next big thing. But Bulgarian women did not stop singing! And you can still hear them! Here, enjoy some more.

Please reblog for a bigger sample size!

If you have any fun fact about Bulgaria, please tell us and I'll reblog it!

[peterpijls1965]

The Bulgarian State Television female vocal choir - Moma Houbava

[msamba]

you've NEVER heard a choir like this

Kaval Sviri performed by The Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir: • Bulgarian folklor- Kaval sviri Lyrics in Bulgarian: Кавал свири, мамо горе доле, мамо, горе доле, мамо Кавал свири мамо горе доле, мамо, под селото Я ще ида, мамо, да го видя да го видя, мамо, да го чуя Ако ми е нашенчето ще го любя ден до пладне Ако ми е ябанджийче ще го любя дор до живот jasonfieler.com Here’s…

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Yove by The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices, live  in Utrecht, Netherlands

[bigblue61]

This weeks out in the rude wild abandon consists of Sweet, Queens of the Stone Age, The Clash, John Cale, The Divine Comedy, Hamish Hawk, Dean Blunt, Van Dyke Parks, Lonnie Holley, David Bowie, Space Afrika feat. Blackhaine, John Johanna, King Tubby, Ale Hop, Bernard Parmegiani, and The Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir.


One hundred and four of course will mark two years of doing this, but this is the one hundredth. It's hard to celebrate though, very little feedback, very little indication that anyone ever listens to them. Of course I do myself but an occasional word would be nice.


Throughout this pandemic despite global connectivity the world can still be a very lonely place.


[a-dream-seeking-light]

📻 Rules: you can usually tell a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to. put your favorite playlist on shuffle and list the first 10 songs.

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-Got tagged for this by @massappeal-xx121, thanks man.

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1. grimes - player of games 2. stars - going going gone (live) 3. grimes - colour of moonlight (antiochus) 4. bleachers - take me away (ft. grimes) 5. i_o,peter schoeman,london philharmonic orchestra,david parry & bulgarian state radio & television female vocal choir - low / the four seasons, op 8. "spring": allegro / svatba (the wedding) [acapella] [grimes mix] [mixed] 6. outkast - happy valentine's day 7. funkin matt, grimes & bulgarian state radio & television female vocal choir - aeon / kill v. maim / di-li-do (acapella) [grimes mix] [mixed] 8. bat for lashes - sleep alone 9. grimes - california (hana remix) x. grimes - utopia

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-Tagging: @the-nuclear-chaos @witchblade @mxmdshjn @emetoy001 @destroyingeverythingold @del-alma @yelloweird @dieweltenwanderin @myglorydayswon @vespersposts @vacuouus @serbianshepherd729 @d4rqelf @her-wicked-mind @voidfaerie + anyone who feels like playing

[ note: i wanted to post this on main so i added the album covers for the necessary image component.  you DO NOT need to do that if you don’t want to and can simply make a post with only the text. ]

[pascal-bernheim]

📷 LE MYSTÈRE DES VOIX BULGARES / BULGARIAN STATE TELEVISION FEMALE VOCAL CHOIR RSR, Lausanne Juin / June 2006