Foltin
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Foltin
| image = Концерт на Фолтин во МКЦ (14 февруари 2020) 2.jpg
| alt = Foltin
| caption = Foltin performing live in Skopje on 14 February 2020
| origin = Bitola, North Macedonia
| years_active = 1995–present
| genre = Art pop, indie rock, world music, electro acoustic, alternative rock, balkan music, experimental
| website = https://www.facebook.com/foltin.band/
}}
Foltin ({{langx|mk|Фолтин}}) is a Macedonian band active since 1995. Their name comes from Karel Čapek's last novel Life and Work of the Composer Foltýn.{{Cite web |last=Blesok |date=16 April 2006 |title=Reviews, Sound, Blesok no. 47/Foltin: We fight a guerilla war against the despair |url=https://blesok.mk/en/sound/reviews-sound/foltin-we-fight-a-guerilla-war-against-the-despair-47/ |access-date=24 December 2022 |website=Cultural Institution Blesok}}
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.{{Cite news |last=Karajkov |first=Risto |date=28 September 2009 |title=Pseudo-Emigrant Cabaret |work=Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa |url=https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/North-Macedonia/Pseudo-Emigrant-Cabaret-47037 |access-date=24 December 2022}}{{Cite news |last=Georgievski |first=Nenad |date=30 April 2011 |title=Foltin: Skopje, Macedonia, April 13, 2011 |work=All About Jazz |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/foltin-skopje-macedonia-april-13-2011-foltin-by-nenad-georgievski |access-date=24 December 2022}}{{Cite web |last=Cabric |first=Nemanja |date=3 May 2013 |title=Foltin and the Art of Private Folklore |url=https://balkaninsight.com/2013/05/03/foltin-and-the-art-of-private-folklore/ |access-date=24 December 2022 |website=Balkan Insight}} 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."{{Cite news |last=Georgievski |first=Nenad |date=21 December 2005 |title=Foltin: Foltin: Lo-Lee-Taa-Too |work=All About Jazz |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/foltin-lo-lee-taa-too-by-nenad-georgievski |access-date=24 December 2022}} 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."{{Cite news |last=Georgievski |first=Nenad |date=6 May 2009 |title=Foltin: Ovaa Translplatirana Mashina za Chukanje Dosega ne Chukala Ljubovno Pismo |work=All About Jazz |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/ovaa-translplatirana-mashina-za-chukanje-dosega-ne-chukala-ljubovno-pismo-foltin-self-produced-review-by-nenad-georgievski |access-date=24 December 2022}} 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, including the score for the 92nd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film and Sundance 2019 awards winner Honeyland.{{Cite news |last=Lodge |first=Guy |date=1 February 2019 |title=Film Review: 'Honeyland' |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/honeyland-review-1203124547/ |access-date=24 December 2022}} 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.
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.{{Cite web |last=Maretic |first=Neda |date=2008 |title=WOMEX: Foltin |url=https://www.womex.com/virtual/messechina_music/foltin |access-date=24 December 2022 |website=WOMEX}}
Band members
- Pece Nikolovski - clarinet, harmonica, percussion, effects
- Branislav Nikolov - voice, guitar
- Pece Trajkovski - Brada - guitar, accordion, keys and percussion
- Goce Jovanoski - bass
- Slavco Jovev - drums
- Marjan Stanic - percussion
Discography
- [https://foltin.bandcamp.com/album/out-re-mer Outre-Mer] (1997)
- [https://foltin.bandcamp.com/album/archimed Archimed] (2000)
- [https://foltin.bandcamp.com/album/donkey-hot Donkey Hot] (2003)
- [https://foltin.bandcamp.com/album/lo-lee-ta-too Lo-Lee-Taa-Too] (2005)
- [https://foltin.bandcamp.com/album/--3 Ova Transplantirana masina za čukanje dosega ne tipkala ljubovno pismo] (2008)
- [https://play.google.com/music/preview/Trijqbt42hmdn5prjzz7p3dp57i?play=1&u=0 Penelope X (2011)] - joint project with [https://www.facebook.com/gocestevkovski Goce Stevkovski], [https://www.facebook.com/dzijan Emin Dzijan] & Nikola Kodjabashia
- [https://foltin.bandcamp.com/album/--2 Antitelo] (2012)
- [https://foltin.bandcamp.com/album/- Pijan slavej] (2015)
- [https://foltin.bandcamp.com/album/ma МОМÓМА] (2019)
- [https://foltin.bandcamp.com/album/theatre-miniatures Theatre Miniatures] (2020)
- [https://foltin.bandcamp.com/album/--4 Simultan Baknezh] (2021)
Theater music
- 2018 – ARABIAN NIGHT, directed by: [https://www.facebook.com/zoja.buzalkovska Zoja Buzalkovska] // National Theater 'Voydan Chernodrinski', Prilep, Macedonia
- 2017 – Les Misérables, directed by: [https://www.facebook.com/zoranmartin.mice Martin Kocovski] // National Theater 'Voydan Chernodrinski', Prilep, Macedonia
- 2015 – LEPA VIDA, directed by: [https://www.facebook.com/miha.nemec.90 Miha Nemec] // SNG Nova Gorica, SSG Trieste, PG Kranj, Slovenija
- 2015 – THE GOOD PERSON OF SZECHWAN, directed by: [https://www.facebook.com/aleksandar.popovski.900?ref=br_rs Aleksandar Popovski] // MGL, Ljubljana, Slovenija
- 2014 – ŽIVIO HARMS, ČUDA POSTOJE, directed by: [https://www.facebook.com/aleksandar.popovski.900?ref=br_rs Aleksandar Popovski] // KEREMPUH, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2013 – SCHWEIK IIN THE SECOND WORLD WAR, directed by: [https://www.facebook.com/zoranmartin.mice Martin Kocovski] // National Theater 'Voydan Chernodrinski', Prilep, Macedonia
- 2013 – MISTERIJ BUFFO, directed by: [https://www.facebook.com/aleksandar.popovski.900?ref=br_rs Aleksandar Popovski] // SNG Drama, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2012 – ULYSSES, directed by: [https://www.facebook.com/aleksandar.popovski.900?ref=br_rs Aleksandar Popovski] // [https://www.facebook.com/ulyssestheatre/ Ulysses Theatre], Brioni, Croatia
- 2012 – SPRING AWAKENING, directed by: [https://www.facebook.com/zoranmartin.mice Martin Kocovski] // Народно Позориште, Uzice, Serbia
- 2011 – LEKSIKON OF YU MITOLOGYdirected by: Oliver Frljic // NETA
- 2011 – BAAL, directed by: Martin Kocovski // Dramski Theater, Skopje, Macedonia
- 2010 – CIRKUS DESTETIKA, directed by: [https://www.facebook.com/aleksandar.popovski.900?ref=br_rs Aleksandar Popovski] // HNK Rijeka, Croatia
- 2010 – CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE, directed by: [https://www.facebook.com/zoranmartin.mice Martin Kocovski] // National Theater 'Voydan Chernodrinski', Prilep, Macedonia
- 2010 – PEER GYNT, directed by: [https://www.facebook.com/aleksandar.popovski.900?ref=br_rs Aleksandar Popovski] // Gavella, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2009 – BOAT FOR DOLLS, directed by: [https://www.facebook.com/aleksandar.popovski.900?ref=br_rs Aleksandar Popovski] // SNG Drama, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2009 – SWAN SONG, directed by: Branko Stavrev // Dramski Theater, Skopje, Macedonia
- 2009 – THE OTHER SIDE, directed by: [https://www.facebook.com/zoranmartin.mice Martin Kocovski] // NETA
- 2008 – DRUMS IN THE NIGHT, directed by: [https://www.facebook.com/zoranmartin.mice Martin Kocovski] // National Theater 'Voydan Chernodrinski', Prilep, Macedonia
- 2002 – FAMILY STORIES, directed by: Aleksandra Kovacevic // National Theater of Bitola, Macedonia
- 2002 – DON QUIXOTE IN A DUTCH DISCOTEQUE, directed by: Sasho Milenkovski // National Theater of Kumanovo, Macedonia
- 2001 – BAKHI, directed by: Sasho Milenkovski // National Theater of Bitola, Macedonia
- 2001 – Comme Moi LE PIAF, directed by: Natasha Poplavska // National Theater of Bitola, Macedonia
- 2001 – MACEDOINE, Odyssey 2001, directed by: Ivan Popovski // Ohrid Summer, Ohrid, Macedonia
- 1999 – MACEDONIAN BLOODY WEDDING, directed by: Ljupcho Georgievski // National Theater of Bitola, Macedonia
Film soundtracks
- 1998 – BY FOLTIN, directed by Ljubcho Bilbilovski
- 2001 – [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n9oyxtYVEc SE JAVI!], directed by [https://www.facebook.com/jane.altiparmakov Jane Altiparmakov]
- 2002 - [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1201157/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_6 Okno] (short), directed by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2951747/?ref_=tt_ov_dr Petra Seliskar]
- 2005 – [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4087150/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_5 Turkish Tea] (documentary), directed by Petra Seliskar
- 2008 – Dance With Me, directed by Sasha A. Damjanovski
- 2008 – [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1381269/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1 Cash And Marry], directed by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1389493/?ref_=tt_ov_dr Atanas Georgiev]
- 2010 – [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1562401/?ref_=nv_sr_8?ref_=nv_sr_8 This Is Not An American Movie], directed by Sasho Pavlovski
- 2012 – [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1942808/?ref_=nv_sr_3?ref_=nv_sr_3 The Balkan is not dead] (actors), directed by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0691497/?ref_=tt_ov_dr Aleksandar Popovski]
- 2016 - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne_LcaVq-PI Lake of Apples], directed by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10118100/?ref_=tt_ov_dr Lubomir Stefanovski]
- 2017 - Secret Ingredient, directed by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2754753/?ref_=tt_ov_dr Gjorce Stavreski]
- 2017 - [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5759506/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1 Avec L'amoure], directed by Ilija Cvetkovski
- 2019 - Honeyland, directed by Ljubomir Stefanovski i Tamara Kotevska
References
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External links
- Foltin's Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/foltin.band/ page]
- Foltin's Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/foltin_band/ page]
- Foltin at [https://www.youtube.com/user/foltintv YouTube]
- Foltin at [https://foltin.bandcamp.com Bandcamp]
- Foltin at [https://www.discogs.com/artist/534915-Foltin Discogs]
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Category:Macedonian rock music groups