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The Bulgarian alternative band Ostava was formed in 1991 by the university students Georgi Georgiev (lead vocals and guitar), Boyan Petkov (bass), Dragomir Dimitrov (drums). Singer Svilen Noev joined in 1995, bringing in a handful of new songs and a new approach to songwriting. He changed places with Georgi Georgiev and the band began playing songs written and sung chiefly by Noev. However, Georgiev is given lead vocals on several tracks. Drummer Daniel Petrov replaced Dragomir Dimitrov in 1999, thus forming the line-up that would later record the group's first LP. Prior to Petrov's joining Ostava was enjoying slight critical praise and no commercial success whatsoever. In the summer of 2006 Ostava supported Ladytron at their second concert in Bulgaria - this time at Sunny Beach. Only a few months later they opened for Ian Brown as part of the MTV Exit campaign against human exploitation and trafficking, which included Bulgaria among other countries. Ostava have recently supported Placebo and Lenny Kravitz, at their one-off gigs in Sofia as their performance was an essential part of the tremendous show the headliners had to offer.