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Native Macedonian Kiril began his musical journey in the early eighties by teaming up with award winning director Milcho Manchevski to form Bastion, one of the first electronic bands in Macedonia. He then went on to play with one of the most famous Macedonian bands 'Leb i Sol', recording two albums and touring extensively around the Balkans and Europe. In the nineties, Kiril moved to Australia and began experimenting by combining ethnic Macedonian music and electronic beats. This led to his first solo release, 'Synthetic Theatre', an EP received extremely well by Australian independent radio stations. In 2000, American label Tone Casualties released his album 'Homebound', which continued the concept of blending Macedonian ethnic instrumentation and electronica. It received excellent reviews around the world, including USA, Canada, UK, Spain and Japan. Croatian Playboy Magazine voted it the best album of the year from Ex Yugoslavia. The single from the album, 'Primitive Science', included remixes by well known London producers and DJs: Bushwacka, Subsonic Legacy and Dreadzone. Kiril has contributed tracks to various compilations released worldwide by labels such as Putumayo, 10 KILO, Pschent Music, Third Ear Music and Distinctive Records. In addition to his work with electronic projects and his solo albums, Kiril writes music for film, television and theatre. BMW, Mazda, Ford and Mastercard have used Kiril's music for their ad campaigns.He's written the music for various theatre productions, including Powder Keg, Roberto Zucco,Proud Flesh, Balkan Is Not Dead, Dracula, Danton's Death, Cherry Orchard, Three Sisters, Tempest and Alisa. Kiril wrote and produced the soundtrack music for 'Dust', the long awaited second movie by Milcho Manchevski. Dust officially opened the 2001 Venice Film Festival. He then wrote the music for 'The Great Water', a feature film directed by Ivo Trajkov which was the official Macedonian entry in the Best Foreign Language category at the 77th annual American Film Academy Awards. The next film project was Balcancan, directed by Darko Mitrevski. Kiril wrote and produced the soundtrack, including the hit single Baba Zumbula.
Discography:
> Bastion -
Bastion--PGP RTB
> Razorbrain
- Razorbrain--EMI AUSTRALIA
> Synthetic Theatre
- Kiril---AG RECORDS
> Recorded Supplement
- Aparatchicks--- AG RECORDS
> Homebound
- Kiril---AGR/TONE CASUALTIES
> Religion &
Sex - Kiril--- AGR/THIRD EAR MUSIC
> DUST ----
AGR/THIRD EAR MUSIC/VIRGIN ITALY
> Balcancan ------ AGR/ LITHIUM RECORDS
> The Great Water ------ AGR/LITHIUM RECORDS
> La Capinera ------ AG RECORDS
Compilations:
> Fathom -Antipodian Beats----- Angel's Trumpet, Melbourne
> mACIDonia 2000----- PMG Recordings, Skopje
> Max Trax 2002----- Tone Casualties, Los Angeles
> Pathaans Small World----- Stoned Asia, London
> Dynamik----- Vital Song, Paris
> High On House - New York to Melbourne----- Odessa Mama
Records, Melbourne
> Ritmistika------Third Ear Music, Skopje
> Taking Care of Business--- 10 Kilo, London
> Together- Barramundi 4-----Pschent Music, Paris
> Euro Lounge------ Putumayo, New York
> Musique & Cinema du Monde----- Nada/ MK2 Music, Paris
> Ali B Presents Y4K----- Distinctive Records, London
> Balkan Beats 2----- Eastblok, Berlin
Music for films:
> Tough Granny -- dir. Milcho Manchevski
> Marika on an Airplane -- dir. Boris Damovski
> Northern Mistake --- dir. Boris Damovski
> 1=1=1 ---
dir. John Pedder
> Leonardo (animated
series) --- dir. Boro Pejcinov
> Dust ----
dir. Milcho Manchevski
> Balcancan ----
dir. Darko Mitrevski
> The Great Water ----
dir. Ivo Trajkov
> Shadows ---- dir Milcho Manchevski
Music
for documentaries:
> Guns & Roses
--- (1991 Australian Film Institute Award for best documentary)
> The Gulf Between
---dir. Monique Schwartz
> Koorie Culture/
Koori Control - dir. Russel Porter
> In The Line Of
Fire - dir.Marion Crooke
Music
for TV add campaigns:
> BMW
> MAZDA
> FORD
> MASTERCARD etc.
Music
for theatre:
> Powder Keg --- Kerempuh,
Croatia
> Roberto Zucco
--- Atalje 212, Yugoslavia
> Proud Flesh
---- Dramski Teatar, Macedonia
> Balkan Is Not
Dead ------- MNT, Macedonia
> Dracula -------
SNG Maribor, Slovenia
> Danton's Death----CSS Teatro Stabile, Italy
> Cherry Orchard-----SNP, Serbia
> Three Sisters----- NTB, Macedonia
> Tempest------ Turkish Drama, Macedonia
> Alisa------ Atelje 212, Serbia
> Za Zdaj Nikjer------ SNG Ljubljana, Slovenia
> New Friends------NTNG, Greece
> Town of Goga------SLG Celje, Slovenia
> La Capinera------Pozoriste Terazije, Serbia
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