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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 “Modern Ethnic World Music”: different rhythms on ethnic drums, beatbox, throat (obertone), oriental, Indian and Russian singing, 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 with Folk and Ethnic music, musical instruments and singing from around the world.

First concert band played in 2001 in its 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, vocal (guttural, oriental, Indian, Russian singing and Beatbox), synthesizers and other instruments.

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

At the moment the band is mastering a new double album - “Eclecticus”.

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

Members of Toke Cha played and sang with such musicians: Bobby McFerrin (Opera “Bobble”), Andrey Makarevich ("Time machine"), Mark Pekarsky, "Chaif", Dmitry Malikov (show "Pianomania"), "Volga", "Namgar", "Hi-fi", "Green Point" band, Garik Sukachyov ("Untouchable"), Bogdan Titomir, Herman Vinogradov, Jura Balashev, Jan Bederman, Alexey Borisov, Sergey Filatov, with orchestra of Moscow and others.

Worked with such directors as: Yevgeni Grishkovets, Garik Sukachyov, Vera Glagoleva, Nikita Dmitrievsky, Olga Stolpovskaja, Natalia Anastaseva, Nikolay Basin and other

The band played concerts in the different countries on which there were presidents of such countries as Russia, Kazakhstan, Kalmykia, Turkey, ambassadors of Australia, Mexica, Jordan, 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.

The information about musicians:

  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

JOHN Kukaryamba - various percussions, vargans, didjeridu, vocal, cuica, flute, udu, ocarinas, harmonica, "a singing bowls"

 Mob.Tel: +7 915 143 16 01

e-mail: toke-cha@toke-cha.com