| About Bluba Lu |
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Bluba Lu (Dimitar Paskalev and Konstantin Katsarski) are one of the most innovative and prolific BG music formations of the new millennium. Pioneers in the BG 'underground movement' and "guilty" of feeding life to contemporary Bulgarian music, they have released six albums since in the last decade: "Bluba Lu in Wonderland" 2001, "MOOGaMOOD" 2002, "Re:Verb" 2004, "World Melancholy" 2007, Groove Euroope 2008 and “Quadrotopia”2010.
First Bluba Lu released for LTJ Bukem and produced a couple of singles for "Earth" (Vol. 7), a compilation CD released by Good Looking Records. The album Groove Euroope they signed with Stephan Dorfmeister's digital label ORDIS. Manly Bluba Lu release through their own label Bluba Lu Records. The European release for the World Melancholy album they collaborate with the London based label Botchit and Scarper. The symphony project named “Warld Melancholy” was released all the world after they sign with Pinnacle Records London. The last huge project, “Quadrotopia” started as “music for a quadraphonic concert” is often compared with the good years of Pink Floyd era. By the way, the album was mastered by Andy Jackson, the Pink Floyd's soun engineer! Over 30 radio stations in Germany rotated the album in 2010. The single “Mirror” was included in Jilles Peterson compilation for February 2010. The album was nominated from one of the biggest digital distributors in Eastern Europe KVZ music for the Grammi awards.
The recordings and concerts with a symphony orchestra for album World Melancholy pushed them even further, just to show that their exploration of sound is beyond any expectations. In 2007 World Melancholy was nominated as album of the year for the annual prizes of the Bulgarian Music Television MM. The song Never Mind from the same album was included in the compilation of the Polish radio RAM – RAM 6 PM 2008.
On stage Bluba Lu not simply occupy their special place in the vanguard of the Bulgarian musical stage as pioneers, applying non-traditional approaches for their live performances, but are also noted as the main "originators" of the modern Bulgarian music scene. Their approach for every project is completely different from a musical aspect but has certain characteristics such as professionalism and innovation.
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Discovery for all who have considered so far that the trip-hop is history. Quadrotopia is a showcase of yet more of Bluba Lu’s outstanding, alternative chillout music. “Quadrotopia“ ist anders, Bluba Lu ist anders – und das ist gut so. Denn wann immer sich im Medium Musik jemand was traut, ist es Zeit, diesem Mut zu applaudieren. Und wenn dann, wie hier, tatsächlich die Musik selbst stimmt, ist man an einem Punkt angelangt, an dem eigentlich keine Fragen offen bleiben. КВАДРОТОПИЯ e музикално съвършенство. На квадрат.
An esoteric delight with a hidden in itself element of passion and suffering. A melancholic cosmos of tones which in some way reminds of Portishead’s old times.
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