In November Balkandji was joined by the opera singer Inna Zamfirova. Meanwhile, the demo recording of the album "Probujdane" was completed. Their first live performance soon followed, featuring Spas Dimitrov on guitar, Nikolay Trajkov on drums and Hristo Pashov on bass. Stoyanov and Leviev were students abroad at that time. In 2002 the band decided to record and release the album by themselves, because of the lack of interest from musical labels. Since then Balkadji has staged many live performances, and in 2003 became part of the regular program of certain nightclubs such as O!Shipka.