Deep Zone Project

Deep Zone Project is a Bulgarian house/electro band formed in 2000 by DJ Dian Solo, JuraTone and Rossko. Eventually Rosko was replaced by Startrax. Deep Zone are most famous for their collaboration with DJ Balthazar, when they represented Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "DJ, Take Me Away". The band has released five albums and has had a number of successful singles on the Bulgarian charts and has won many national and international awards. Their vocalist until early 2011 was Joanna Dragneva; after leaving for a solo career, she was replaced by Nadia.

Deep Zone Project
Background information
GenresHouse/Electro
Years active1998–present
LabelsDeep Zone Records, Roton
Websitewww.deepzoneproject.com
MembersDJ Dian Solo
Eva Maria
Danny Dimitroff
Juratone
Past membersRossko
Yoanna
Alex Kiprov
Julie
Nadia
Nelina[1]

Formation

Deep Zone Project was formed in 2000 by three musicians, DJs and studio engineers. They were DJ Dian Solo (Dian Savov), JuraTone (Lyobomir Savov Mikhailov, Dian's father) and Rossko (Rosen Stoev).

DJ Dian was an accomplished musician who played the piano, saxophone, electric guitar and bass. In 1993, he had started as a DJ and in 1998 was selected "Best DJ of the Year". JuraTone was a multi-instrumentalist born in 1953 who played the flute, banjo, guitar, and had been part of many Bulgarian and European rock formations for 15 years and founder of his own recording studio. For vocals they included Joanna (born 1986, full name Joanna Dragneva) as a founding member. She used to be in the vocal Bulgarian group Bon-Bon (in Bulgarian Бон-бон) presenting children shows on television and later co-hosting Hello and Melo TV Mania shows.

Career

After the release of their debut album Ela Izgrei in 2002, Deep Zone Project were nominated in five categories at the 2002 MM TV Music Awards. They won the award for "Best Song". In 2003, they won "Best Club Track of the Year" at the MM TV Awards Ceremony for their track "Caffeine-free".[2]

Yoanna performing "DJ, Take Me Away" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, Belgrade, 22 May 2008.

Their hit "DJ, Take Me Away" reached the number 2 position at MTV Europe's World Chart Express[2] and won the Bulgarian Eurovision 2008 song contest selection process. At the Eurovision semi-finals, however, the song finished 12th and did not make it to the finals.[2]

The collaboration with DJ Balthazar took the group to another dimension with their national club tours Welcome To The Loop and Red Line (20 dates each), which gathered an audience of nearly 80,000 people.

In 2010, they released "On Fire", a big-budget production in Bulgaria terms with cooperation from actor Fahradin Fahradinov.

In 2011, Joanna left the Deep Zone Project to develop a solo career. She was replaced by vocalist Nadia (full name Nadia Petrova), with recording of "I Love My Dj" as her debut with Deep Zone. The song won the 2012 "Bulgarian Best Track of the Year".

In February 2015 it was announced that Alex and Nadia had left the band to develop solo careers.[3]

In 2015, Nelina Georgieva became the vocalist but her contract with the band only lasted for three years. In January 2018, she left the band and she was replaced by Eva Maria Petrova.

Members
  • Joanna Dragneva
    DJ Dian Solo (Dian Savov) — DJ, composer / beatcreator, keyboards
  • JuraTone (Lyubomir Savov Mikhailov) — guitar, composer / arranger
  • Eva Maria Petrova — vocals (2018-)
  • Starlight (Svetlin Kuslev) — saxophonist
Former members
  • Rossko (Rosen Stoev) — DJ, sound engineer, Laser Harp
  • Julie (Julie) - vocals (2011-2011)
  • Joanna (Yoanna Dragneva) — vocals (2008-2011)
  • Startrax (Alex Kiprov) — keyboards, studio engineer
  • Nadia (Nadhezda Petrova)— vocals (2011-2015)
  • Nelina (Nelina Georgieva) - vocals[1] (2015-2018)

Discography

Albums
  • 2002: Ela Izgrei
  • 2003: Vlizam v teb
  • 2006: Ledeno kafe
  • 2008: DJ, Take Me Away
  • 2010: Dance Energy
  • 2014: Niama NE
  • 2015: Maski Dolu

Singles
Year Title Peak Album
BUL
2007 "Clap Yo Hands" — Ledeno Kafe
"Mystika" —
"DJ, Take Me Away" — DJ, Take Me Away)
2009 "Lyatoto Doyde" —
2010 "Play" — Dance Energy
2012 "I Love My DJ" 20 Nyama NE
2013 "Made For Loving You" 22
"Nikoy Drug"

(Deep Zone featuring Krisko)

 4
"Nyama Ne"

(Deep Zone featuring Bobo)

 15
2014 "Vyarvam V Teb"

(Deep Zone featuring Boyana)

 22
"Zig Zag"

(Deep Zone featuring Atanas Kolev)

 —
2015 "Neka Silata E S Nas" — -
"Leten Kadar"

(Deep Zone featuring Vessy Boneva)

 1 -
2016 "Maski Dolu" 12 Maski Dolu EP
"Magnet" - -
2017 "Chista Ludost" - -

    Sources
    1. deepzoneproject.com - about
    2. Eurovision participants page (2008)
    3. http://www.bliasak.bg/news/p3_31084_0.html
    Preceded by
    Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankulov
    with 'Water'    		 Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest
    2008    		 Succeeded by
    Krassimir Avramov
    with 'Illusion'
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