Bulgarian Cartrader

About

" Chilled melodies to warm your soul "

Before adopting the eccentric stage moniker Bulgarian Cartrader, Daniel Stoyanov had several jobs: background singer, session musician and, more unusually, he also worked as a salsa dancer for a while. In those early days, he collaborated as a musician and songwriter with SEEED, Casper and Solomun, amongst others. He eventually decided to focus on writing his own music and experimented for two years in his studio. The result was met with enthusiasm when he released his first single, ‘No Other Drug’, in 2021. A promising pop-song infused with good vibrations and sun-kissed melodies. Once again, the vagueness of the word ‘pop’ is quite useful to sum up this songwriter’s global approach, breaking down barriers between genres to mix up all his obsessions (electronic beats, soulful vocals, acoustic guitars, laid back lyrics…).

Daniel Stoyanov was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, and lived there until his family moved to Germany in the 1990’s. Nowadays, he is based in Berlin, where he writes and records his music, openly inspired by eclectic artists such as Damon Albarn and James Murphy. After his debut single, he released several other songs, including the wonderful ‘Golden Rope’ and the highly infectious ‘LAB’. Shortly after he unveiled his debut album, ‘Motor Songs’ (with a title referencing his alias), in November 2022. With this lexical field, you could expect some greasy sounds but you would be wrong! With remarkable subtlety and a great sense of detail, Bulgarian Cartrader could be the unexpected surprise of the years to come.