SwitchstanceSFC

Switchstance was formed in the winter of 2000 in Sofia (the capital of Bulgaria). Most of the members are not good musicians. As many people say the most important thing of making music is to “enjoy it” for sure we stand behind those words. In the beginning Switchstance was only four-member band (Ivo-drums, Gele-bass, Nakata-guitar and Kim-voc.) We wanted to play something between Operation ivy and Beastie boys. We think that it worked out but it was a little different. After a while Nakata left for some reason. Then we got Boris to play the guitar, he was more into hardcore so our style became faster. Later on, we got Stefcho to play the trumpet and Bojo as a second voc. and the first live show, knocked at the door. Of course our performance was terrible and all of us were stocked like stones, but people were jumping around and having good time, we were so happy about it cause that gave us a lot of stimulation to continue forwards. Later Boris and Stefcho left the band and the problem with the guitarist arrived again. Then we found Ivan to play the guitar. Nobody ever understood how he got into the band, and this is still a big mystery. At that time, he did not play guitar very good but his enthusiastic skills were turned into the maximum and he started to learn very fast. After a while, we got a Horne Section and a second guitarist. Vlado (trumpet) , Jivko (trombone) and Kempeto (second guitar ) became a part of the band. From that moment, everything has changed. Our music has began to sound much different and we started to do the music we always wanted to do, mainly Ska, Punk and Hardcore in one. We are still waiting to release our first demo album, which recording In the beginning of 2001, we has started to recording our first demo album... hoping it’s going to be out in the late 2004. The main reason for that un-released material is cause we had to do everything on our own, even the mixing and mastering, but we don’t care how it will sound at the end cause the real fun was during the recordings.Today we are making live shows almost every month and the interest of the people is growing very fast. The reason for that might be, cause we are the only ska band around or just because we always got problems to decide which song is next. So If you have ever come to Sofia at some show and you’ve noticed problems with the equipment, for sure this is Switchstance.