The musical formation "Lot-Lorien" is Bulgarian world-fusion/ethnic-crossover band that rapidly gaining popularity worldwide. The band came into existence in 1997, and have continually developed a sound that is without equivalent anywhere. The music style is very hard to describe; it is an original sound, combining elements of world fusion based on Bulgarian folklore, traditional Celtic and other folk music, progressive rock, pop, and new age. The sound is made all the more impressive by its members weaving together standard and non-standard instrumentation, such as electro-acoustic guitar and bass, violin, female vocal, drums, percussion, glockenspiel, tapan, djembe, darbouka and others.
" From a musical point of view, there is no other band like them in Bulgaria" Toma Sprostranov
"Bulgarian National Radio" (Bulgaria)
" The Art-Formation offer an original mix of Bulgarian folk with Celtic, New Age, and jazz leanings. Atmospheric, brooding and pretty - like a soundtrack to a remake of 'Blood and Roses.'"
Nick Dedina -; Listen.com music specialist (USA)
" The music, they are playing were born not only by influence of Bulgarian roots, but a strange mixture of European and Balkan folklore."
Suonna Kononen - "Karjalainen" -; (Finland)
" The most interesting modern Balkan music I ever heard."
Pavel Komarov - "Moskovskii Komsomolec" -; (Russia)
" Very good structural synthesis of contemporary and medieval music, described as modern 'world music.'"
Helen Kim -; "Korea Herald" -; (South Korea)
Recent "Lot-Lorien" gigs arround the world:
Kosovo ("United Nation Balkan Festival 2003" -; Prishtina)
Makedonia ("Mobimak Balkan Square 2003" -; Ohrid) with special guest Theodosii Spasov
Croatia ("Ethnoambient Festival 2003"- Split)
Slovenia ("TrnFest 2003"-; Ljubljana)
Cyprus ("Famagusta Art Festival 2003" -; Famagusta)
Poland ("Ethosphere Festival 2003"-; Skierniwice), Concert for Bulgarian culture institute -; Warszawa)
Turkey ( "European Youth Festival and InfoFair 2002" -; Ankara)
Yugoslavia ("Interzone Festival 2003" -; Novi Sad)
Russian Federation ("Folk Marathon 2002" -; Republic of Karelia/Petrozavdosk, "Greenwave Festival 2002" -; Moscow & Saint
Petersburg, "Alive Water Festival 2000" - Republic of Gorny Altay/Teleck Lake)
South Korea ("Sin Chon Culture Festival 2001"- Seoul, "Korea World Music & Drum festival 2001" - Seoul)
Bulgaria ("Balkan Music Networks 2003" -; Sofia, "Salon of the Arts 2001" -; Sofia, "Sofia Jazz Festival 2000"- Sofia, "European Month of Culture" -; "BG Woodstock 2002"- Plovdiv, "Ethno&Art; Festival 99-2003) -; Varna, Concert-ball in the Government residency "Boyana" -; Hall 2 -; 2000 - invitation by the Bulgarian president -; Sofia, "Thracian Summer 1999" -; Plovdiv
