IRFAN is an Ethereal World Music band formed in Sofia, Bulgaria in 2001. IRFANâs kaleidoscopic sound reveals an original electro-acoustic World Fusion influenced by the sacred and folk music traditions of the Balkans, Anatolia, Persia, the Middle East, North Africa and India, as well as by the musical and spiritual heritage of Byzantium, Medieval Europe and the Ancient Mediterranean.
The integrity of IRFANâs sound bears the depths of an audio-archaeology that explores the lost prehistoric universal musical heritage within the layers of time. IRFAN is known for its extensive use of ethereal and mystic female vocals in addition to strong male vocals and choirs in combination with an assortment of traditional Bulgarian, Turkish, Middle Eastern, Persian and
Indian string, wind, key and percussive instruments woven into a delicate electronic sound.
The bandâs name is borrowed from the Sufiâs terminology and means âgnosisâ, âsecret knowledgeâ or ârevelationâ.