Avven

Contact: info@avven.com Avven is an altered version of the Welsh word "awen" which means "poetic inspiration". Since the Slovenian alphabet has no "w", the band decided to use two v's instead. In light of their rejection of everything western, the band members call their style of music "Rock of the East". The band began it's journey in 2003 as a three-piece (Anam, Galvin and Ierlath) and focused on creating their own authorial music right from the start. After some changes in number of band performers, the group eventually remained stable, numbering 7 members: Ierlath, Anam, Joc, Evelyn, Morrigan, Aillan and Galvin. Evelyn left the band in 2010, right before the release of the band's second studio album. Soon after her departure, Anej Ivanuša joined. In 2011, Joc left the band due to personal reasons and was replaced with the young Peter Dimnik. This, along with the departure of Avven's violinist Morrigan in 2013, led to the incorporation of electronic elements into their music. The members' nicknames are mostly in Irish Gaelic. Their meanings are as follows: Anam: Soul Galvin: Sparrow Ierlath: Bear's Paw Aillan: Raging beast Peter and Anej are not nicknames but actual names of the two members.