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CRYSTAL SOUND PROJECT
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selma savolainen - vocals, FX
bilyana furnadzhieva - spoken words, sound sculptures in porcelain, electronics
Viktor Benev - sound sculptures in porcelain, piano, electronics
Crystal Sound Project was initiated by the visual artist bilyana furnadzhieva together with the composer and multi-instrumentalist Viktor Benev in 2017. As a natural continuity of both artists' eclectic artistic vision, it has since become an instance, through which a multitude of cultures, languages and art forms have found a channeling medium.
Crystal Sound Project has worked with musicians, poets, visual artists and curators from Finland, France, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Iran, Sweden, Taiwan and Canada. Their discography is a testament of how people can connect and create a harmonious dialogue, in which the universal language of music can serve as a pacifying catalyst bringing forth a unique, human and coherent output, simultanously preserving and promoting traditional music and poetry in a contemporary context.
selma savolainen - vocals, FX
bilyana furnadzhieva - spoken words, sound sculptures in porcelain, electronics
Viktor Benev - sound sculptures in porcelain, piano, electronics
Crystal Sound Project was initiated by the visual artist bilyana furnadzhieva together with the composer and multi-instrumentalist Viktor Benev in 2017. As a natural continuity of both artists' eclectic artistic vision, it has since become an instance, through which a multitude of cultures, languages and art forms have found a channeling medium.
Crystal Sound Project has worked with musicians, poets, visual artists and curators from Finland, France, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Iran, Sweden, Taiwan and Canada. Their discography is a testament of how people can connect and create a harmonious dialogue, in which the universal language of music can serve as a pacifying catalyst bringing forth a unique, human and coherent output, simultanously preserving and promoting traditional music and poetry in a contemporary context.
Crystal Sound Project has performed on acclaimed podiums such as the Antique Roman Theater in Plovdiv, Château de Vincennes, Musée de Minéralogie de Mines, Sofia Live Club, CAC La Traverse, Galérie de Crous, La Générale Nord-Est, taking the risk of presenting unusual and non main-stream performances to a very diversified public conquering successfully peoples trust and applause.
Since its debuts, Crystal Sound Project has always had a mixed male/female line-up, thus promoting gender equality, regularly going to the extent of working with self-taught musicians or artists with no musical studies background democratizing the access to making music.
Crystal Sound Project utilizes unique sound sculptures in porcelain, created by bilyana furnadzhieva, as well as musique concrète techniques, traits to have defined their signature visual and sonic identity.
Crystal Sound Project's albums have been positively receptionned by international publicists and music aficionados. The artists have had nominations for their music video productions related to the singles My Lover's Hands at the Independent Music Awards (2020), and The Screen at the Paris Lift-Off Film Festival (2024).
Since its debuts, Crystal Sound Project has always had a mixed male/female line-up, thus promoting gender equality, regularly going to the extent of working with self-taught musicians or artists with no musical studies background democratizing the access to making music.
Crystal Sound Project utilizes unique sound sculptures in porcelain, created by bilyana furnadzhieva, as well as musique concrète techniques, traits to have defined their signature visual and sonic identity.
Crystal Sound Project's albums have been positively receptionned by international publicists and music aficionados. The artists have had nominations for their music video productions related to the singles My Lover's Hands at the Independent Music Awards (2020), and The Screen at the Paris Lift-Off Film Festival (2024).
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PRESS
“with this project you have achieved what is very difficult, if not impossible to accomplish in my opinion: to make acoustic experimental music without compromise or trendy electronic artifacts but with extraordinary musicality. it's beautiful and unusual at the same time, rightfully infused with refinement with small pop or jazz details to keep the listener in a comfort zone and gently lead him into less known territories and new sound spaces.”
gilles maté co-founder of the label ERR REC on crystal sound
“like all good bands, it is as much the music that they make that relates to the message that they wish to deliver. through drifting ambiance and jazz-infused forms, folk finesse and poised pop, world music and gentle yet boundary-pushing rock, neo-classical grace, and more, they deliver music that makes you feel and also makes you think.”
dave franklin publicist at dancing about architecture and the big takeover magazine on in the willow dream
gilles maté co-founder of the label ERR REC on crystal sound
“like all good bands, it is as much the music that they make that relates to the message that they wish to deliver. through drifting ambiance and jazz-infused forms, folk finesse and poised pop, world music and gentle yet boundary-pushing rock, neo-classical grace, and more, they deliver music that makes you feel and also makes you think.”
dave franklin publicist at dancing about architecture and the big takeover magazine on in the willow dream
“The level of artistry on display here has not been witnessed since the awe-inspiring Promises by Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and The London Symphony Orchestra. Confronting Silence comes highly recommended—an auditory voyage that will linger in the recesses of your mind long after the last note has dissipated into silence.”
dino dimuro publicist at pitch perfect online music blog on confronting silence
"the album revels in its experimental sound design and unorthodox structure, encouraging listeners to explore its malleable sonic boundaries. There’s a sense of impermanence in these tracks, as though they are constantly shifting, inviting attention to wander across a rich sonic canvas. The sound palette is meticulously curated, relying on a mix of organic instruments like piano and percussion alongside synths and vocals. It’s a deliberate choice, keeping the album cohesive without being overwhelmed with variety.
recording artists guild on in the willow dream
dino dimuro publicist at pitch perfect online music blog on confronting silence
"the album revels in its experimental sound design and unorthodox structure, encouraging listeners to explore its malleable sonic boundaries. There’s a sense of impermanence in these tracks, as though they are constantly shifting, inviting attention to wander across a rich sonic canvas. The sound palette is meticulously curated, relying on a mix of organic instruments like piano and percussion alongside synths and vocals. It’s a deliberate choice, keeping the album cohesive without being overwhelmed with variety.
recording artists guild on in the willow dream
DISCOGRAPHY
eno.006 | digital, limited edition vinyl
eno.005 | digital, limited edition vinyl
eno.001 | digital, limited edition cd
