P.I.F. (band)


P.I.F. is a Bulgarian alternative rock band with lead singer Dimo Stoyanov, known as Dimo. During the 1990s, inspired by the grunge sound, Dimo and Ivan, the core of band, founded Resemblance with musicians from a previous group called Crowfish. In 1992, they had already created around 40 records in English. They even lived in Hungary and held performances there for a month. After that period, they decided to return to Bulgaria and try singing in their mother language. They moved to the capital Sofia, and Resemblance fell apart. Pavlin Bachvarov, Valeri Cenkov, and Emilian Bonev joined Dimo and Ivan to form P.I.F.
Dimo Stoyanov died of COVID-19 on December 21, 2020 at the age of 45.

''Patriots in Fashion''

In 2000, their first album P.I.F. is released. The song called Prikazka became an unprecedented hit. From that point they grew popularity and a number of songs from this album such as Kolelo, Vali, Patuvane, Nevidimo Dete, Kambanite became very recognizable to the growing number of fans and the general public. Each song has its own history, which is regularly shared with the audience by the frontman, Dimo, during their live performances. Patriots In Fashion won an award for Best Album of the Year the same year it was released.

''Pictures in Frames''

Their second album is called P.I.F. , and it was released in 2001. In an interview, the band said they have separated themselves from the hustle-bustle in Sofia for several weeks in a villa in the Rila Mountain; this explained why its sound is a bit out-of-time-out-of-space. With their unique ways of creating music, the group continued gaining popularity. However, Dimo shared that the album was created in a very difficult period for the band, as at that time he was divorcing from his wife, and pianist Liubo was leaving the band. That time was recorded a song called Obarkvacia and the music video was shot. It showed vocalist and guitarist of the band kidding in a room with sofa. During the chorus appeared a little girl and two persons with "fish" and "elephant" heads. The song mixed elements of blues rock, punk rock and reggae. The song was not included in the album because the musicians said that it represented the confusion and chaos of the time it was composed.

''Passion in Fact''

In 2004, after a tour around Europe, P.I.F. stabilized and enlarged into six members. Guitarist Hristo Hristov, bassist Martin Nikolov, and drummer Atanas Kasabov joined the group. They made their tour in December and destinations included Paris, Cologne, Bochum, Karlsruhe, Viens and others. In 2006, a new album was released: P.I.F..

Album listing

''Patriots in Fashion'' (2000)

  1. Приказка
  2. Пътуване
  3. Вали
  4. Колело
  5. Сам
  6. Камбаните
  7. Песен
  8. Невидимо дете
  9. Горим
  10. Събота вечер
  11. Весели хора
  12. Колибри в цвете спи
  13. Акзакирп

''Pictures in Frames'' (2002)

  1. Мечта
  2. Ти не знаеш
  3. Цялото небе
  4. Не боли
  5. Нощта на слънчогледа
  6. Букет цветя
  7. Отлъчен
  8. Там назад
  9. Не знам
  10. Нова вяра
  11. Рисуваш в мен
  12. Есен
  13. Сезоните говорят
  14. Той

''Passion in Fact'' (2006)

  1. Кой си ти?
  2. Лебед
  3. Времето внезапно спря
  4. Спомен
  5. Всеки ден, a cappella
  6. Ноемврийски ден
  7. Всеки ден, radio edition
  8. Ти
  9. Свято
  10. No name

"P.I.F. 4" (2013)

  1. Молещи очи
  2. Обещавам
  3. Не спя
  4. Messiah
  5. Усмивка
  6. Куку-Руку
  7. Намерих те
  8. Седем
  9. Нарисувай ми песен
  10. О.К.
  11. Рай
  12. Оставам тук
  13. Сладката страна нещата
  14. Сън в Съня,
  15. Тоз ден
  16. Въпрос на време
  17. Свободен от теб
  18. Ти

"P.I.F. 5" (2016)

  1. Супернова
  2. Дихание
  3. Юг
  4. Дуел
  5. Балерина
  6. Чуй ме
  7. Сребърна
  8. Огън
  9. Луна
  10. Утопия
  11. Юли
  12. Този ден

"P.I.F. 6" (2021)

  1. Опус 1
  2. Опус 2
  3. Опус 3
  4. Опус 4
  5. Опус 5
  6. Опус 6
  7. Приятел
  8. O
  9. Понякога

"Best of: Slanchevo (Compilation)" (2021)

  1. Колело
  2. Приятел
  3. Цялото небе
  4. Юли
  5. Седем
  6. Огън
  7. О
  8. Вали
  9. Нарисувай ми песен
  10. Пътуване
  11. Усмивка
  12. Мечта
  13. Този ден

"Best of: Oblachno (Compilation)" (2021)

  1. Приказка
  2. Камбаните
  3. Невидимо дете
  4. Оставам тук
  5. Обещавам
  6. Лебед
  7. Сладката страна на нещата
  8. Свободен от теб
  9. Дуел
  10. Отлъчен
  11. Сън в съня
  12. Всеки ден
  13. Песен
  14. Сам
  15. Времето внезапно спря
  16. Свято

Non-album songs

  1. Obarkvatzia
  2. "Svqta Nosht"