Programata

"Urban legend" is a banal choice of words but it's meaning is clear as glass and looks exaclty like Teo.

Rock star, radio presenter and in his free time - accountant, copywriter and a dream father. This is Georgi Zgurov-Gurko, frontman of Animatsionerite. Their new single Ima risk is playing on repeat while we're waiting for Friday, May 13th to come - that's when the band will play their third album live for the first time. Meanwhile, let's hear Gurko's playlist, shall we?

Today we barely hear him on the other end of the telephone line but on May 16, at Arena Armeec, the sound will be crystal clear and Hans - just a glance away from us.

A genius musician, truly - we're not just saying it because everybody else is saying it, but because we were there at his last concert and our hearts were beating in one with his violin. We talk with the musician today about the best advice ever given to him, is there such a thing as a time for rest in his life, and how does it feel to be performing together with Michael Jackson.

Playing music at a party is like cooking - sometimes it turns out great, other times not so much", he says modestly but if we have to be absolutely frank - we think he manages to do both quite well.

He's composing music for theater - he has two Askeer Awards and two Ikar Awards behind his back, and for the last year he's composed for six productions. We meet with him to talk about all that and why his studio is the smallest in the world.

He plays voice and guitar in the band Hayes & Y, which includes three more guys, a debut EP and five years of history. They supported Kasabian at the last Spirit of Burgas, which is a big deal, but we couldn't see them then (we were stuck in Sofia preparing a magazine).

The two snowmen in front of you are the ones who help London-based short movie platform Future Shorts come our way every season.

In moment like this one, it's usually quiet. But David Bowie is immortal and will live on in his music forever. That's why today we put on this little tribute of songs and stories of a few people whose hearts skipped a beat on 11 January.

Dry statistics would say that Emilian Gatzov-Elby is a composer who often works on theater and dance spectacles (so far more than 50), has won an Ikar award for the Psychosis 4.48 music and constantly hovers around the continent to make music for various performances on stage.

She's a trird of the Sentimental Swingers trio but she's a whole body of music. From her favourite jazz through hard metal, The Beatles and Depeche Mode, to Eminem, Vera finds herself in every song. At the moment her life is intense but her excitement compensates for that - the trio will celebrate their fifth birthday with a concert in Hall 1 at the National Palace of Culture. Before that there will be a screening of their premiere movie Life Is an Eternal Swing (filmed by Vera's husband, Andre Shandel). Clear your calendars for 18 November and now hear what her soundtrack sounds like.

They're Hidden Orchestra but it's hard to have a conversation with four people, so we're talking to the main string - Joe Acheson. The instrumental magic he creates, together with Poppy Ackroyd on violin and piano and drummers Tim Lane and Jamie Graham, is flowing toward us on 21 November at Mixtape 5 - in the form of their newest Reorchestrations. We adjust ourselves to their frequency and ask Joe about everything that passes through his ears before it turns into music.

With only a few minutes of guitar and voice, he can melt anyone and anything. Now the situation is even more serious, because he's tuning in for longer and closer - the ticket is warm in our pocket ever since we found out about his concert in Studio Orfey, Noember 9. Before that, we sit with him and listen about the things from his life... Let's start from the beginning?

They called him Bagheera when he is in the role of a DJ (yes, that's the pal of Maugli) because he is a "cool beast" but his real name is N1 too - Edin. He went out of his personal book of the jungle some years ago when he started making the programme of KC Grad, one of the best clubs in Belgrade. Today he is already managing another one - ''concrete cathedral"as everyone calls the enormous agent on the club scene Drugstore. While talking, Edin is looking for renting a bus to come here this week on Serbian Nights - an evening of contemporary Serbian culture that includes a screening of the movie Ocean and a party with Bagheera and DJ Doo. We interrupt his mission for an hour to ask the cool beast about the night life in Belgrade and who is wearing foxes in the summer.

You have to meet her for 15 minutes and you will see: Mila is inspired by singers like natural disasters and it's obvious. Did you hear the voice that reverberate in the beginning of Quartet by Yavor Gardev ? Well, it's hers. Besides she sings opera, she is busy with her mother's foundation for young artists (her mother is opera prima Darina Takova) and she takes part in international competitions, she is DJ and she writes with a great sense of humour. We met her while she was rehearsing for her concert on Piano Extravaganza Festival on 26 September.

First of all, we apologize to Joro from Ostava for having a car fine while he was telling us about how someone can steal your Golf 2 in Pernik. Bad luck, indeed but the conversation was worth it. We have listened his songs for more than 15 years but today music starts from the 70s and points the way he has passed through. On Friday we will hear where is he now in music - Ostava will play their brand new songs from the upcoming album in Maimunarnika. Sit down here and listen, before the meeting there.

Our day often begins with him. One of the voices of BNT says he loves to "buy light" and found the option to do it in journalism, by always looking white examples (like us).
But why do we talk with Daniel Nenchev for his personal music instead of asking him what he thinks about public playlist? Because we've overheard the music from his headphones, we've seen him at million concerts and know that he is full of stories. Today we begin the day with them.