Music fans who like dancing alone or with friends, at home or in a music club, can listen to Theodosii Spassov's new album named O'Maino Horo. The album was recorded with Theodosii's quintet. Dance is the freedom we owe to our body, is what Theodosii Spassov wrote as a message to his son and wife.

“The album was recorded during a ten-day music tour across Bulgaria, which started at the end of May this year and ended in the first week of June. Peyo Peev came up with the idea about that album. We recorded the pieces at Todor Chorbov's private music studio in Komatevo near the city of Plovdiv (Central South Bulgaria). Peyo is a rebec-player and a member of my music quintet. The quintet also consists of Genadi Rashkov- drums, Hristian Tsvyatkov-guitar and Ivan Georgiev-bagpipe. They are virtuosos of their music instruments who fill me with a lot of energy and good emotions during the concerts and the recordings.We had some spare time between our concerts in Stara Zagora and Plovdiv and recorded the new album in Komatevo district for nearly three days in a very pleasant atmosphere. We were in a very good shape during the music tour. Thealbum was named O'Maino Horo. The dialect word maina has a specific meaning in Plovdiv. People there greet one another with the phrase O'Maina (hey friend), how are you? The photo on the album's CD cover was inspired by the name of Komatevo district (Komat means piece of bread). Thus, I came up with the idea to take photos of “Tsiganska Banitsa”. All people from our generation who spent their holidays in the villages know its meaning. We played in the streets until sunset and when we got hungry we used to run to our grandmothers who gave us a piece of bread sprinkled with vegetable oil, salt and paprika. That type of snack named Tsiganska Banitsa gave us power to continue playing in the streets. The music to our latest album is also connected with children's games. The pieces contain a lot of improvisations on all music instruments in our quintet. Some of them last for seven to eight minutes. I did not make any amendments to the songs.”

The album contains only one slow folk style improvisation.

One has to make long explanations on Plovdiv realities and the jokes between the local citizens, in order to describe the title of the album perfectly. However, we must turn our attention to the word game, because O'Maino Horo is about Theodosii's experience in Plovdiv, but it is also enchanting, just like the miraculous herbs growing in Bulgaria.

English version: Kostadin Atanasov

Audio contains:

1 Buchimish, to the rendition of Theodosii Spassov

2 Starozagorska Rachenitsa, to the rendition of Theodosii Spassov's quintet

3 Bavna Pesen (slow melody), Theodosii Spassov's folk quintet

4 O'Maino Horo, Theodosii Spassov's quintet