16 апреля Белтелерадиокомпания принимала гостей из Болгарии, в этом году впервые участвующей в международном песенном форуме. На встрече музыкантов с журналистами, организованной пресс-службой Белтелерадиокомпании, солист группы Орлин Павлов рассказал, что на конкурс артисты представляют лирическую композицию о любви, расставании и страданиях под названием “Лоррейн”, слова которой написал он сам.
По словам Орлина Павлова, в концертном номере для “Евровидения-2005” главный акцент музыканты сделают на качество музыки и профессиональное театральное освещение, превратив выступление в своеобразное “послание всем любимым и любящим женщинам”, которые будут сидеть в зрительном зале и у экранов телевизоров.
Во время пребывания в белорусской столице музыканты стали участниками теле- и радиопрограмм, дали несколько интервью и познакомились с городом. Болгарские артисты и продюсер группы, сопредседатель Форума российских соотечественников в Болгарии г-н Ованес Мелик-Пашаев отметили хорошую организацию визита и гостеприимство принимающей стороны.
В дальнейшем в рамках промо-тура группа “Kaffe” планирует посетить Россию, Украину и Кипр.

Band “Kaffe” visited Belarus at the invitation of Belteleradiocompany on April 15-16. They came in Minsk to promote “Lorraine”, the song they had composed for Eurovision-2005.
On April 16 Belteleradiocompany welcomed Bulgaria, which will take part in Eurovision festival for the first time in its history. The band “Kaffe”, who will represent Bulgaria in Kiev, consists of 5 professional performers with an experience of many music projects behind them. In 2004 “Kaffe” was selected the best band of Bulgaria.
In the interview to pres-service of Belteleradiocompany the leader of the band Orlin Pavlov told the journalists that the lyrics of “Lorraine” he had written for the Eurovision is about love, parting and suffering. The music of the song was composed by the bass guitarist of “Kaffee” Veselin Veselinov-Eko.
Orlin Pavlov says that the band is going to lay an emphasis on the quality of music and professional illumination of the stage during their Eurovision performance. The band is going to send a music message to all women, who love and are loved.
During their stay in the Belarusian capital the musicians took part in a number of TV and radio programs, gave several interviews and saw local sites. The Bulgarian performers and their producer, co-chair of the Forum of Russian Countrymen in Bulgaria Ovanes Melik-Pashaev appreciated good organization of the visit and Belarusian hospitability.
The program of the promo tour will also take “Kaffe” to Russia, Ukraine and Cyprus.

During the last three years, Kaffe have become one of the most popular bands in Bulgaria with hits like “There Again”, “Isn’t It Love”, “No More” and the number 1 bestseller “Instead Of Me”. In 2004, the sextet was even crowned ‘band of the year’.
Kaffe’s musicians are all trained professionally. They believe in what they do and have participated in many musical projects. Two members of the band – Valery Tzenkov (drums) and Georgi Yanev (guitar) – graduated from the famous Berkley College in USA.
In 1999, the band was founded under the name Badu. But, because some of the musicians had their own projects to pursue, Badu was put on ice until 2001 when it came to life as Kaffe, with some changes in personnel.
Previously, Kaffe’s musicians have participated in joint projects with famous Bulgarian pop and rock artists – Grafa, Lili Ivanova, Maria Ilieva, Stoyan Zahariev, Beloslava, the band TRIP and Vasil Naydenov.
It soon became clear that the founding of Kaffe was a good idea: on 22 August 2003 the six were awarded the third place during the International Music Fest ‘The Golden Stag’ in Romania. The European headquarters of MTV invited the band to make a special video for TV and soon their first album, Alone’, was released and was a big seller. Now the success story continues with Kaffe representing Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev.

The members of Kaffe are:

Orlin Pavlov – vocals
Orlin Pavlov was born on 23 April 1979 in Sofia and is the son of opera singers. He studied theatrical art and graduated from the University of Drama Arts in the city of Plovdiv.
In 2001 he started his artistic career as a dancer – a profession that took him to many countries, including the Netherlands, Poland, Germany and Egypt, and onto the most famous stages in Europe, such the Grand Theatre. In 2002, Orlin settled down in Sofia, opened a newspaper and read that Kaffe were searching for a vocalist. This was the beginning of his career as Kaffe’s frontman.

Georgi Yanev – guitar
Georgi Yanev was orn on 23 April 1977 in Blagoevgrad. When he was a teenager his parents moved to Russia and it was there that Georgi graduated from high school.
The next important step in his life was to pack his things and go to Berkley (USA) to study guitar in the world-famous Berkley College of Music. Georgi came back to Bulgaria in 1999 and – together with Valery Tsenkov – founded the band Badu, which after several transformations became Kaffe. Alongside his career as a musician, Georgi Yanev started to study psychology in Blagoevgrad’s University from which he has now graduated.

Milen Кuкоshаrоv – keyboard
Milen Кuкоshаrоv was born on 15 May 1978 in Plovdiv where he graduated from the College of Music. He started his career as keyboard player in a band called Infinity. In the last couple of years Milen has worked with many of the most famous Bulgarian musicians – Teodosi Spasov, Mitko Rupchev and Stefan Valdobrev – and he has been a member of Kaffe since 2002. He still studies at the Music Conservatory in Sofia.

Valery Tzenkov – drums
Valery Tzenkov, born on 3 September 1973, started to play different instruments when he was a child. He tried piano and guitar but his favourite was drums.
The study of drums brought him to the Music High School in Varna, later the Jazz Academy in Graz (Austria) and finally to the famous Berkley College of Music where he met Georgi Yanev.
Back in Bulgaria, Valery Tzenkov and Georgi Yanev founded the band Badu, which later became Kaffe.

Martin Tashev – trumpet
Martin Tashev was born on 9 July 1979 in Plovdiv. He graduated from Music College in Plovdic (trumpet) and is currently a student in the Music Conservatory in Sofia.
Together with Milen Kukosharov, Martin Tashev played in the band Infinity and – in 2002 – became a member of Kaffe for whom you can hear him on the trumpet and as a vocalist.
On Kaffe’s debut album, Martin even raps in Spanish.

Veselin Veselinov-Eko – bass guitar
Veselin Veselinov-Eko was born on 19 October 1963 in Sofia where he graduated from Music Conservatory (the bass guitar and the double bass).
Veselin has worked with world-famous musicians – amongst them Ivo Papazov Ibriama, Teodosi Spasov, Vasko Vasilev, Benny Paupin, Anatoli Vapirov, Yildiz Ibrahimova and Okay Temiz.
Veselin Veselinov-Eko is not only a brilliant guitarist but also a composer and music producer. He is the newest member of Kaffe.
The song ‘Lorraine’, with which Kaffe will represent Bulgaria in the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest, was written and composed by Veselin together with Orlin Pavlov.