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NIKO TSONEV

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"GREAT MUSIC! MORE THAN A FANTASTIC GUITARIST...ALSO AN AMAZING COMPOSER!!!"
RON 'BUMBLEFOOT' THAL
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"A BRAVE GUITAR PLAYER. VERY BRAVE! I RESPECT THIS MOMENT!"
MR. FASTFINGER
www.guitarshredshow.com
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"EXTRAORDINARY GUITARIST!"
GUITAR NINE
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Niko Tsonev harks back to a time when people tried to do something different on guitar, akin to Steve Vai’s Flexable era and Adrian Belew’s Lone Rhino. On “Dance of the Rooster” his guitar shreeks like a rooster strutting and in the first 2 minutes of “The Great Hawaiian Extravaganza” he moves from country to shred to Hawaiian guitar effortlessly. This debut album is full of great guitar playing and compositions, “Black Feather” is the sound of someone stretching themselves to the limits of their abilities and pulling it off in fine style.
STUNTED RECORDS
Debut album "Black Feather" is released digitally worldwide via most major download stores ( iTunes, Napster, Amazon, et. ) and is available now from the Stunted Records online webshop.
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BIOGRAPHY
As a guitarist combining the soulful depth of Blues and Country, the sophistication of Fusion and the ferocity of Shred, Bulgarian born guitarist Niko Tsonev continuously pushes the boundaries and envelopes of guitar music. Niko likes to combine a killer performance with strong song writing, and one listen to his boundary stretching playing and compositions explains why players such as Ron Thal (Bumblefoot), Mr. Fastfinger (www.guitarshredshow.com) and other great name guitarists are all impressed by his approach. As well as his work as a solo artist, he has several projects like his gypsy band The Death Orchestra.
Niko has featured on records and live shows as a producer, arranger, vocalist and MD. Since arriving in London in 1996 Niko has played on shows/tours/sessions for acts as diverse as Mark Owen-Take That, Richard Ashcroft, S-Club, Toby Smith-Jamiroquai, producer Youth (Embrace, Killing Joke), producer Mushtaq (Madonna, Sugababes, Liberty X, Terry Hall), Big Brovaz and many others.
Since 2004 Niko has also scored music for movies like Romans 12:20, The Bridge (2005, starring Andrea Corr) which won awards at the Hollywood and Sundance Film Festivals.
Niko will be taking the show on the road in 2008 to promote his debut solo album "Black Feather". CDs : Black Feather ( 2008 )

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Music:

Member Since: 10/15/2005
Band Website: www.nikotsonev.com
Influences: Steve Vai, Jeff Beck, Zappa, Scott Henderson, Greg Howe, Richie Kotzen, Albert Lee, Danny Gatton, Eric Johnson, Sonny Landreth, Nuno Bettencourt, Ron Thal, Mattias IA Eklundh, and myriads more.
Sounds Like:

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You should also check out Niko's acoustic gypsy project:

"THE DEATH ORCHESTRA"

And Niko's dark orchestral score from award-winning short feature film " The Bridge" (2005).

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© NTM 2009
Record Label: NTM
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Fastfinger, Guests and more.

Hi everyone,Check out Mr Fastfinger's debut record The Way of the Exploding Guitar (which is out now), featuring Niko Tsonev as a guest on a couple of special ninja tunes next to Mattias Ia Eklundh an...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:32:00 GMT

X-mas and more Axemania..

Aloha. News update...man, has it been quiet! In the past couple of months I've had the pleasure of some gruelling guitar duels with several of the greatest contemporary guitarists in the shape of a gu...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:22:00 GMT

First Album Review at Gaesteliste.de (Germany)

Black Feather         Niko Tsonev               (Stunted Records)     We are all a ...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:07:00 GMT

Black Feather, Guitar Samurai and Dancing Rooster!

I'm very happy to finally have the album out...phew.It's been emotional as it was once said in a movie...And something about these newly uploaded songs, which hopefully will wet the appetite of all gu...
Posted by on Fri, 16 May 2008 16:06:00 GMT

Debut Album "Black Feather" Released on 2nd June 2008!

My debut instrumental album "Black Feather" will be officially  released on 2nd June 2008 and will be available from the Stunted Records online webshop at www.stuntedrecords.co.uk and via most ma...
Posted by on Thu, 08 May 2008 05:18:00 GMT