Press-release of Toke-Cha band

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"Toke-Cha band (TokeCha) one of the most famous and interesting Russian bands playing world music, ethno-electronic and jazz-folk music

Musicians named own style “MultiInstrumental World Music”: different rhythms on percussions, Beatbox, Throat (overtone), oriental, Indian and Russian singing with sound processors and about 300 musical instruments from around the world. All instruments are the band’s personal collection.

The sound of Toke-Cha is very modern because musicians mix such styles as BreakBeat, Drum’n’bass, Trip-Hop, Hip-Hop and Ambient played on ethnic drums with Folk music, musical instruments and singing from around the world.

First concert band played in 2001 in native city - Moscow. Since then its popularity has grown continuously. Toke-Cha has been an honored member of major festivals and TV shows, its music is used in soundtracks to many films and theatre performances.

The leader and founder of Toke-Cha band - Bulat Gafarov, composer and multi-instrumentalist.

Bulat professionally plays more than 300 musical instruments, such as: electro-acoustic violin, various percussions, drums, didgeridoo, kalimba, flutes, vargans, gamelan, topshur, ocarinas, accordions, morin khuur, xylophone, yochin, koto, sitar, synthesizers and other instruments

He professionally sings: throat, oriental, Indian, Russian singing and Beatbox.

During concerts, Bulat often plays several musical instruments simultaneously, so people would call him “Man-orchestra ” (one-man band)

First conception of Toke-Cha music was eco-friendly music. That gave the name to its first album – “Phytogenesis Music”, recorded in 2002 at “TRecStudio”.

Later five more albums have been recorded: “The Shaman's" (2003), “Live 2004”, a multimedia disk “Live 2005” and "On Line" (2006, soundtracks and live performances), "Eclecticus" (double album 2011).

Joint Projects:

Toke-Cha works closely with theatres, dancing shows, sand art and fire shows.

Members of Toke Cha played with such musicians: Bobby McFerrin (Opera “Bobble”), Andrey Makarevich (festival "Creation of Peace"), Mark Pekarsky ("Show 57 grains"), "Chaif" ("Kinotavr" 2009), Dmitry Malikov (show "Pianomania"), "Volga" (Norway and Kazan tour), "Namgar" (album "Nomad", Canada tour), "Hi-fi" (song "Beda" ("Trouble")), "Green Point" band (at festivals "Kazantip", "Kino Yalta", "Kinotavr"), Garik Sukachyov (film "House of the sun"), Bogdan Titomir (festival "Kazantip"), Herman Vinogradov (Perfomances), Jura Balashev (Concerts), Jan Bederman (Concerts), Sergey Filatov (festival "Etnosphere"), "Tetris" band, Sergey Starostin, Sergey Klevensky, ensemble "Chukotka", "Zerkalo band", Brynjar Rasmussen/Arctic Mood, with orchestra of Moscow and others

Worked with such directors as: Yevgeni Grishkovets (perfomance "Siege" ("Osada")), Garik Sukachyov (film "House of the sun"), Vera Glagoleva (film "Ferris Wheel"), Nikita Dmitrievsky (ballet "Sansara"), Nikolay Basin (ballet Moskva), Olga Stolpovskaja (film "Fishman"), Natalia Anastaseva (perfomance "Sleep In Summer Night"), Igor Grigurko, Patrick Rollen, Aleksey Shilin, Anzhela Golubeva (perfomance "Hotel of two worlds"), German Pikus, Artem Kochukov (film "On the low frequency"), Tandy Beal (Opera "Bobble") and others

The band played concerts in the different countries on which there were presidents of such countries as Russia, Kazakhstan, Kalmykia, Turkey, ambassadors of Australia, Mexico, Jordan, Belarus, Japan, Mongolia and others.

Toke-Cha band has composed music and took part in record of music for several known films, performances and show.

On the band’s official web-site www.toke-cha.com you will find samples of music, video and photos, detailed information about the band and its musical instruments, as well as announcements of upcoming events.

Band members:

BULAT Gafarov - the leader and founder of Toke-Cha band. Composer and multi-instrumentalist:

Electro-acoustic violin, flutes, didgeridoo, kalimba, percussions, drums, khomus, gamelan, ocarinas, yochin, igil, gopi chand, kalyuka, harmonicas, morin khuur, sitar, tabla, xylophone, koto, piano, tungur, electronic sounds & other

Singing: overtone (throat), east, african, russian, beatbox & other

Vladimir Krylov - guitars, bass guitar, strings, percussions