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John Lawton passed away at 74

The first vocalist of Intelligent Music Project John Lawton passed away suddenly at the age of 74. The news was confirmed by the official website of the band Uriah Heep.

“It is with deep regret that we share the devastating and tragic news of the sudden and totally unexpected passing of John Lawton on 29. June 2021. Contrary to reports, there was no illness involved, which makes his passing incomprehensible. He went peacefully with his wife at his side. John will be greatly missed”, says the announcement.

The legendary rock singer is best known for his participation in the famous German rock band Lucifer’s Friend. Since 1969 he has 9 studio albums recorded with them. In 1976 John joins Uriah Heep, recording the albums “Innocent Victim”, “Firefly”, “Fallen Angel” and “Live ‘79”.

In 2012 and 2014 he is the main vocalist of the first two albums of Intelligent Music Project – The Power Of Mind and My Kind O ’Lovin’.

 

Rest in peace, dear friend!

 

 

 

The Intelligent Music Project show in Bucharest is postponed

Due to a few changes that came out in the pandemic context, we decided to postpone our concert in Arenele Romane, Bucharest, which was planned for 19th of June.

We will wait for the best moment when all the artists will be able to travel free of restrictions! We hope this will happen very soon!

The already bought tickets will remain valid for the next show. The conditions to participate for the guitar contest are the same, too!

Follow our socials to learn about the new date!

Many thanks to all the fans that already bought tickets. Everybody who already has a ticket for the show, will receive our new “The Creation” CD and a T-shirt of Intelligent Music Project!

Vasil Naidenov applauded Intelligent Music Project in Sofia

Last night in the “Universiada” Hall in Sofia ended the Bulgarian part of the tour of the supergroup of Dr. Milen Vrabevski Intelligent Music Project and Ronnie Romero “The Creation Tour” in which special guests were the legendary drummer of Rainbow and Black Sabbath Bobby Rondinelli and the current vocalist of Nazareth Carl Sentance.

After presenting their show in Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas, the musicians played in Sofia both songs from the new album of Intelligent Music Project “The Creation”, which was released in early March, and some of their most popular songs over the years.

A surprise not only for the audience, but also for the organizers was the presence of the great Bulgarian singer Vasil Naidenov, who watched the whole concert of Intelligent Music Project, Ronnie Romero, Bobby Rondinelli and Carl Sentance as part of the audience in the “Universiada” Hall.

Another special guest of the show was one of the most popular TV and radio hosts Niki Kanchev.

Traditionally, the concert was opened by Elena Rosberg, who invited the creator, producer and author of the music and lyrics of the Intelligent Music Project Dr. Milen Vrabevski, who greeted the audience and told about his many activities with the Bulgarian Memory Foundation.

Then all the musicians came under the spotlight and the real show begun.

“It is very important for us not just to sing and play songs, but to convey meaningful messages through them. We live in difficult times and through our lyrics with Intelligent Music Project and Dr. Milen Vrabevski we try to give strength to people to move forward. One of the ways for this to happen is to help each other, to be together! ”, this message from the stage was sent by the vocalist of the Bulgarian supergroup and the legendary Rainbow Ronnie Romero, after which he went down in the audience to sing with the people one of the most beautiful ballads of Intelligent Music Project “Listen”, dedicated to families with reproductive problems – a long-standing cause of Dr. Milen Vrabevski.

The concert ended with the performance of the song Yesterdays That Mattered, for which all the musicians took the stage – Ronnie Romero, Carl Sentance, Bobby Rondinelli, Stoyan Yankulov – Stundzhi, Biser Ivanov, Ivaylo Zvezdomirov, Bobby Kosatkata, Slavin Slavchev, Lina Nikol, Samuel Eftimov and Ivo Stefanov.

“The Creation Tour” continues on June 17th in Thessaloniki.

Burgas on its feet in front of the Intelligent Music Project and the stars from Rainbow and Nazareth

Citizens of Burgas almost did not use the seats of the citie’s summer theater during yesterday’s concert of the Bulgarian supergroup of Dr. Milen Vrabevski Intelligent Music Project feat. Ronnie Romero and the special guests of The Creation Tour Bobby Rondinelli (Rainbow, Black Sabbath) and Carl Sentance (Nazareth).

In front of a crowded theater Ronnie Romero, Bobby Rondinelli, Carl Sentance, Stundzhi, Biser Ivanov, Slavin Slavchev, Lina Nicole, Bobby Kosatkata, Ivo Zvezdomirov, Ivo Stefanov and Samuel Eftimov performed some of their most popular songs such as Looking For The Feeling Yesterdays That Mattered, as well as the iconic Every time, which topped several rock charts outside Bulgaria last year and became a hit song with more than 1 million views on YouTube.

The band stormed the stage with the powerful roar of Ronnie Romero and opened with one of the most energetic songs from the new album – I Know. Other songs from The Creation, released in early March, such as A Sight, Sense of Progress and Sometimes, followed.

Bobby Rondinelli did not cheat on himself again and made another attractive drum solo.

Carl Sentance also showed that he already feels the Bulgarian audience as his own giving the best of his amazing voice.

Ronnie Romero once again delighted the audience of the Intelligent Music Project, causing several shouts and applause going down in the audience to sing one of the most beautiful songs of Dr. Milen Vrabevski – Listen, which is dedicated to the battle with the demographic crisis.

After the concert there was a long queue of people waiting to buy an album and a T-shirt of the band, as well as to take pictures with some of the members of the band.

What a night in Varna! Intelligent Music Project rocked the crowded Summer Theater

After the concert in Plovdiv at the beginning of the week, the Bulgarian supergroup of Dr. Milen Vrabevski Intelligent Music Project in the company of Ronnie Romero, Bobby Rondinelli and Carl Sentance gave another unforgettable night to their Bulgarian fans – this time at the Varna Summer Theater.

On the same stage with Stundzhi, Slavin Slavchev, Biser Ivanov, Bobi Kosatkata Ivo Zvezdomirov, Ivo Stefanov, Lina Nikol and Samuel Eftimov Ronnie, Bobby and Carl raised the audience to their feet, alternating healthy rock with beautiful ballads. In the middle of the show the attractive drum solo of the legendary drummer of Rainbow and Black Sabbath Bobby Rondinelli and the emotional solo of the guitarist Biser Ivanov once again reached into the souls of the fans.

After Biser caused a standing ovation in Plovdiv, leaving the stage and touring the hall with a guitar during the concert, this time Ronnie Romero did it. He merged with the audience and greeted a large part of it during the emotional performance of the song from the new album of Dr. Milen Vrabevski and Intelligent Music Project “The Creation” Listen, which is dedicated to families with reproductive problems.

The other guest star of The Creation Tour, Carl Sentance, was definitely in great shape and performed some of the band’s most popular songs with an impressive charge.

Even after the end of the show, the audience did not let the stars go, and for almost an hour they gave autographs and took pictures with the band.

Intelligent Music Project and the stars of Rainbow and Nazareth amazed the audience in Plovdiv

After a year and a half, live rock music is back on the Bulgarian stage! This happened in Plovdiv, thanks to the Bulgarian supergroup of Dr. Milen Vrabevski Intelligent Music Project and the special guests of The Creation Tour – Ronnie Romero (Rainbow), Bobby Rondinelli (Rainbow, Black Sabbath), Carl Sentance (Nazareth).

The band performed some of its most iconic songs, including Every time, which topped several European charts.

The most emotional moment during the concert was the performance of Ronnie Romero and the guitarist Bisser Ivanov of the song Listen, which is dedicated to families with reproductive problems.

The audience also witnessed one of the iconic drum solos with the hands of the legendary drummer of Rainbow and Black Sabbath Bobby Rondinelli.

The tour of the Intelligent Music Project, Ronnie Romero, Bobby Rondinelli and Carl Sentance continues on

May 27, Varna, Summer Theater

May 28, Burgas, Summer Theater

May 30, Sofia, Universiade Hall

Tickets for the remaining concerts can be purchased from the Eventim network: https://bit.ly/34iAX2J

 

 

Bobby Rondinelli about the upcoming Intelligent Music Project tour

Watch the interview of the drummer, known as part of the Rainbow and Black Sabbath bands over the years, in which he talks about interesting moments in his career, the Bulgarian audience, and his participation in the new album of Intelligent Music Project and the band’s upcoming tour in May. Many thanks to Elene Rosberg and Z-Rock radio.

Intelligent Music Project with a song dedicated to families with reproductive problems

The Bulgarian supergroup Intelligent Music Project, led by their lead vocalist Ronnie Romero (Rainbow) presented the video for the song “Listen”, which is part of the band’s latest album – “The Creation”.

Video “Listen” – https://bit.ly/2QmMcUa

The “Listen” video is dedicated to families with reproductive problems. The battle with the demographic crisis is one of the causes of the creator of the Intelligent Music Project and author of all the songs of the Project Dr. Milen Vrabevski:

“The battle with the demographic crisis is one of the areas in which I have been purposefully investing for many years. There is a need for active involvement of the state around this problem, but not only that – the progressive reduction of the population is a problem for all of us. With my foundation, we are trying to encourage the birth rate, and assisted reproduction is one way to solve the nation’s demographic problems. With the “Listen” video, we want to give more publicity to this topic, to attract more like-minded people in the fight to have more Bulgarian children. ”

Thanks to the financial support of Dr. Milen Vrabevski and his Bulgarian Memory Foundation, 36 children have been born so far. The music video features some of the couples that Vrabevski supports and recreates some of the emotions that families with reproductive problems go through on the way to making their dream of having a child come true.

The Nazareth vocalist will take the place of John Payne on the Intelligent Music Project summer tour

 

 

Due to the complicated epidemiological situation and cross-border obstacles, ASIA star John Payne will not be able to join the summer tour of the Bulgarian supergroup Intelligent Music Project. He announced this in a video message through the group’s Facebook page.

“Unfortunately, COVID-19 struck again. This created many travel restrictions for me that did not allow me to come this time. I really hoped will be able to make it and I was looking forward to this event. I wish everyone who will be on the tour to have a great time! I apologize again, but I hope to see you in the near future!”, said also Payne in the video.

Instead of John Payne people will see on stage the vocalist of another legendary rock band – Carl Sentance from Nazareth.

“The global situation is unpredictable and creates unforeseen obstacles. One came out in front of John Payne, who was preparing for our concerts until the end. We did everything possible to solve the problem that arose with him, but unfortunately things do not always depend on us. We are fully aware of the organizational risks of touring in such complicated situation, but at the same time we know that people are in dire need of good live music, so we are working at full speed for the upcoming concerts. We will have on stage another world-class artist – the Nazareth vocalist Carl Sentace, who has worked with us on the last 3 albums of the Intelligent Music Project,”, said the creator and producer of the Bulgarian supergroup Dr. Milen Vrabevski.

We remind you that in addition to the new star addition Carl Sentance, The Creation Tour of the Intelligent Music Project will include the drummer Bobby Rondinelli (Rainbow, Black Sabbath) and the current Rainbow vocalist Ronnie Romero.

The sixth album “The Creation” is already here

The sixth album “The Creation” is already here

The long-awaited sixth album “The Creation” by the Bulgarian supergroup Intelligent Music Project is already on all music platforms. It could also be purchased from our website.

“The Creation” is the newest piece of rock art by the Bulgarian businessman, philanthropist and patron of arts Milen Vrabevski, MD. In his own words, this is an album about the creative approaches, a key to success in a meaningful life.

The new album talks about the fear, the inner signals, voices and the techniques to cope with everyday life’s challenges. It is about the status of an empathetic witness of your own life.

“You should give “a hug to yourself”, not to take life so seriously, and try to observe your own development from above. This is your spiritual part that rises above the hurdles of your own existence on Earth. You become an empathетic witness of your being. Any pain is to be wrapped up in your caring, but subtle attention of a witness, not a part of any problem. And you are a source of balance, love and harmony to the whole world, yourself included, so in this manner you open space for some new energy to be generated in your soul. It serves you to find solutions.”,  said Dr. Vrabevski.

The album showcases the chemistry and the creative style of all five previous albums of the supergroup. The musical diversity and the positive messages of the twelve songs from “The Creation” make it exclusively interesting and attractive to listen. Moreover the 6^th album again features well-known, world famous, rock singers – Ronnie Romero (Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, Michael Schenker Group, Vandenberg, Lords of Black), John Payne (ex-Asia) and Carl Sentence (Nazareth).

And while Ronnie, John and Carl are well known members of Intelligent Music Project from the previous albums, here comes the big surprise for the old hard rock lovers. The drums in the album are played by two brand new for the band, but otherwise legendary drummers – Bobby Rondinelli (Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, Black Sabbath) and Todd Sucherman (Styx).

Except Ronnie, John, Todd, Bobby, Carl and Rich in the recordings take part one of the best Bulgarian musicians – Bisser Ivanov (guitars), Ivaylo Zvezdomirov (bass guitar), Vasil Vutev (drums, percussions) and Ivo Stefanov (keyboards).

 

You could listen “The Creation” on:

Spotify – https://spoti.fi/38bXNeZ

Apple Music – https://apple.co/3rego1j

Tidal – https://bit.ly/3uT11h0

 

Check the link to see what the main stars said about the new album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKe6_xjTgHQ&ab_channel=intelligentmusicrec

 

John Payne from Asia and two Rainbow members will be playing on the Intelligent Music Project summer tour in May

The Bulgarian supergroup Intelligent Music Project will once again delight the rock fans with an attractive tour in May. The concerts will take place in the largest Bulgarian cities – Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas.

“The Creation Tour 2021” will feature two members of Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow – Ronnie Romero – the actual vocalist of the band and Bobby Rondinelli – the drummer who takes part in some of the most remarkable albums of Rainbow and Black Sabbath.

Bobby Rondinelli: “I’ve been to Bulgaria several times, I love this country and I can’t wait to see all the rock fans there.”

Ronnie Romero:  “I know the Bulgarian audience very well and I am sure it will be awesome as always. I am also sure that the people will love the show we’re preparing!

The other special guest on the “The Creation Tour” will be John Payne (ex-Asia). He takes part in the last four albums of the Intelligent Music Project but this will be the first time he’s going to play with the band on stage.

The concert tour “The Creation Tour 2021” will support the new album of Intelligent Music Project “The Creation”. The creator, producer and author of the music and lyrics of the Bulgarian supergroup Dr. Milen Vrabevski said about the tour:

“We are aware that the situation is special at the moment and that it may seem strange that we are planning such a large-scale project during a pandemic. Our task, however, is not to follow established patterns, but to create them. After such a long isolation, everyone is thirsty for good live music. That is why, no matter what capacity of the halls we will have permission from the authorities to fill at the end of May, there will be a tour! Of course, with absolutely all safety measures in mind! ”

The Bulgarian members of the band are – Stoyan Yankulov-Stundzhi, Biser Ivanov, Slavin Slavchev, Ivaylo Zvezdomirov, Bobi Kosatkata, Lina Nikol, Ivo Stefanov and Samuel Eftimov.

May 25, 2021 – Plovdiv – “SILA” Hall

May 27, 2021 – Varna – Summer Theater

May 28, 2021 – Burgas – Summer Theater

May 30, 2021 – Sofia – “Universiada” Hall

 

Tickets can be purchased in the Eventim network: https://bit.ly/2OEHqjX

The tour is supported by the Municipality of Sofia, the Municipality of Plovdiv, the Municipal Institute “Old Plovdiv”, the Municipality of Varna, the Municipality of Burgas, “Kamenitza”, the restaurant chain “Happy” and the music store “Forte Music”.

Intelligent Music Project’s new single “I Know” is out now

The song is written especially for the band’s lead singer – Ronnie Romero

A new hard rock single by Intelligent Music Project feat. Ronnie Romero just came up. It’s called “I Know” and promises to be one of the top hits from the upcoming album of the band “The Creation”.

In the music video participates not only the superstar of the band Ronnie Romero, but also his fiancee – the Romanian beauty Corina Minda.

The storyline of the video includes fast cars, drifting and a love story.

“Definitely I feel this song as my favorite from the new album. It’s a real hard rock song with Rainbow elements in it. Also it is very positive and brings a good mood” – says Ronnie Romero.

The author of the music and the lyrics of “I Know” is the creator and the producer of the band – the Bulgarian businessman, philanthropist, patron of arts and also a doctor of medicine Milen Vrabevski:

“This song is especially written for Ronnie Romero. I got inspired from the energy of his amazing voice. The piece is about escaping from fear and constant hesitation. If they keep dominating, they block the useful existence. If we anticipate the world evil exists, let’s imagine it is like a spider’s web – do not show fear, do not tremble, because if you do the spider is informed right away (and comes to swallow you). The message of the song is to be useful and efficient, making constantly steps forward of finding newer and newer ways to serve your fellows. The goals in life make it meaningful and keep you awake.”
Except the Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow star Ronnie Romero and the rest of the great Bulgarian musicians, there is one more world famous musician taking part in “I Know” – the drummer of the band “Styx” Todd Sucherman.

“It was really fun to play “I Know”, because it’s a little bit heavy metal type, it has a lot of double bass. It has a really good melody also!”

The new Intelligent Music Project album “The Creation” is expected to be officially released at the end of March. The album is dedicated to the creative approaches which are the key to success in a meaningful life. Following the example of the previous 5 albums of the band, the new one again will feature world famous musicians like Ronnie Romero (Rainbow), John Payne (ex-Asia), Carl Sentence (Nazareth) and Richard Grisman (River Hounds). The new peace has also two amazing drummers – Todd Sucherman (Styx) and the legendary Bobby Rondinelli (Rainbow, Black Sabbath).

 

You can PRE-ORDER The Creation from here:  PRE-ORDER