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Biography

Sofiya, Bulgaria (2001 – present)

Irfan is a Bulgarian band founded in 2001 in Sofia. The band’s name is taken from the Arabic/Persian word “Irfan”, meaning “gnosis”, “mystic knowledge” or “revelation”.

Though similar in style to established bands such as Dead Can Dance, Love Is Colder Than Death, Sarband, and Vas, Irfan is known for its extensive use of a choir of male singers in addition to the female vocals of Vladislava Todorova, and in in combination with an assortment of traditional mediaeval percussion, stringed, and wind instruments, including the darbouka, daf, bendir, oud, saz, santoor, ghaida, duduk ,and bass viol.

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Hagia Sophia

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Vernal Garden

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Top Tracks

1	Simurgh	107
1	Hagia Sophia	107
3	Los Ojos de la Mora	84
4	Invocatio	82
5	Monsalvato	78
6	Fei	77
6	Elena	77
8	Return to Outremer	72
9	Peregrinatio	71
10	Vernal Garden	64
11	Santa Maria	60
12	Invocatio II	54
13	Otkrovenie	50
14	Gospodi pomilui	42
15	Salome	40