Balkandji's first song was called "Az tebe, libe, sum zaljubil". It was written to lyrics by the poet Konstantin Nikolov, who invited Balkandji to write the music for his poetry. They entered Horizont – Spring 2000, a national radio contest, with this song. Meanwhile, they also wrote the music to "Vyatura" (The Wind) and "Stariya prizrak" (The Old Ghost) with which Yanev's 9-year-old sister participated in the "Parad na detskata pesen" children's song contest. The songs won first and second place.