JazzProfilactika

It all started with 3 DJ's ... DJ Emotion, DJ Jijo and DJ Ivo-But-Not. While most DJ's in Varna turned more and more Electronic, these three DJs decided to do something else: play tasteful Jazzy grooves from their headquarters: Cubo (Beach) Bar in Varna. From Funk & Soul, via Nu-Jazz, Broken Beats and Afro-Beat to Lounge.

In the period 2008-2012 - untill the formation of the first JazzProfilacika band, the "JazzProfilactika Sound System" - the JazzProfilactika DJ's performed in various DJ+ formations. In 2011 Jivko Marinov (DJ Jijo, Bulgaria), Roel Hollander (Saxophones, The Netherlands) and Vito Giacovelli (Percussion, Italy) got together for a 3-City tour: Sofia (Sofia Live Club), Varna (Cubo Beach Bar) and Plovdiv (Petnoto Na Rorshach).

The JazzProfilactika Soundsystem was formed in 2012 by DJ Jijo (Turntables), DJ Ivo-But-Not (Ableton Live), Roel Hollander (Saxophones), Neyko Bodurov (Trumpet) and Krasi Borisov (Guitar).

In 2013 DJ Jijo continued working on the JazzProfilactika Live concept, sided by Roel Hollander (Saxophones), Neyko Bordurov (Trumpet) and new crew member Tsvetan Momchilov (Keys), performing with the "JazzProfilactika Quartet" and the "JazzProfilactika Sextet". The JazzProfilactika Quartet composed several Nu-Jazz tracks, with beats and bass-lines programmed by Roel and Jijo and harmonies and themes composed by Neyko, Tsvetan and Roel. A full collaborative creative process, making the whole greater then the sum of it's parts.

2014: JazzProfilactika initiated and organized the first International Jazz Day celebration ever held in Varna, Bulgaria. The event took place in Cubo Beach Bar with a performance of JazzProfilactika and a jam with featuring Jazz artists from Varna. JazzProfilactika was nominated for the Varna Award category "Arts & Culture" for: "active concert activities in 2013 and successfully imposing Bulgarian club culture in the original mix of popular and club music combined with ethnic motifs, Latin rhythms, Jazz and modern DJ techniques."

In 2015 the JazzProfilactika Quartet recorded the music of their debut album. The recordings came to a hold when our good friend, sound engineer and “brother in arms” Ivan Boyadzhiev passed away (16.06.2015). It took a while before we were ready to proceed, Roelant taking over Ivan’s job in recording the rest of the album, the saxophone recordings for most tracks had fortunately been done already by Ivan.

In 2016 Roel Hollander started editing and mixing the recorded material. At the end of 2016 the album was ready.

The search for a good label started and soon one was found: TimeWarp Music. On October 30, 2017 the debut album “Tick Tock” was released. Read More …

Roel Hollander, core member from the very beginning (saxophonist, composer, engineer and present on all JazzProfilactika recordings till now), stopped as member of the live formation. JazzProfilactika Live continues as trio. Roelant will stay “on board” as producer/engineer and web master.

2019 - After the summer Roel Hollander started working on creating new beats for two old tracks that did not make it for the debut album “Tick Tock” (2017), followed by editing and mixing of these tracks and preparing exports for remixes. These two tracks + remixes will be released in 2020. Our candidates for the remixes became DJ Ilko (#1 on our remix wishlist), Vito Lalinga and Chillov. The remix pack was send and the gentlemen started fiddling with the material.

Awards

JazzProfilactika was nominated for the Varna Award category "Arts & Culture" for: "active concert activities in 2013 and successfully imposing Bulgarian club culture in the original mix of popular and club music combined with ethnic motifs, Latin rhythms, Jazz and modern DJ techniques."