Matchpoint » Biography
Formed in August, 2006 by Hristo Angelov, Yavor Siderov and Veso Tenev, who played together in the former band "Murtvi Poeti" (Dead Poets). The name of the band is inspired by the movie. All band members have other things they do apart from music. The guitar player is a professional interpreter from German language, the bass player is a psychologist, the drummer just got his Oxford diploma and the vocalist has made a successful debut as a writer.
The three of them are members of the ex-band "Death poets". The vocalist is popular for her solo carrier.
The first live act of the band was on 9th September 2006 on the festival "New City Music".
The song "US Open - The finale of one carrier", dedicated to the tennis player Andre Agassi, has been very well accepted by the audience and will may be the first radio single of the band. The song will be record in a studio in November and the video is to follow in January.
Band members changed over time. Yuri Bojinov who played with Vanya in her previous band "Bled Gol Grub" (Pale Naked Back) and wrote the bass lines for almost all of its songs replaced Veso at first. Later, the chello-player Boris Radilov attractively has suited the sound concept of the group and joined them. The newest member of the band is Daniel Petrov who is the drummer from "Ostava" band.
"Tuk e" (Here Is) is the name of the first Matchpoint video. It was directed by Rushi Vidinliev
It's already produced the live concert album with 16 songs.
It was recorded on 10.11.2007. at "Petnoto" (the Spot) club in Plovdiv, by studio - "Sound Design"
The album is distributed with Vanya Shtereva's book "Fasove" (cigarette butts).