Common Creation
01 DIV I DED – FROZEN (02:50)
(Filip Helštýn, Jana Blahutová)
From the album "Born To Sleep" (2014, DIV I DED SOUND)
* Czeching nomination
DIV I DED was established in the end of 2013 by Filip Helštýn and a year
later they released their debut album „Born To Sleep“ that made them
a pearl of Czech the shoegaze and dream pop scene. „Born To Sleep“
acclaimed widelly positive reactions from both the industry and the public,
and brought the band the Vinyla Music Awards nomination in category
“Discovery of the year”.
The concept of DIV I DED shoegaze imbibes elements of melancholic pop
or lo-fi folk — they definitely don‘t copy former heroes of indie scene. They
are about to release their new LP ‚‘Waiting‘‘ by the end of 2015.
https://2divided.bandcamp.com
https://www.youtube.com/user/dividedcz
02 BORIS CARLOFF – DAYS GO BY (03:58)
(Boris Carloff)
From the album "Morphosis" (2014, Championship music)
Boris started off as a classical violinist, he played as a musician in Norway,
UK, Germany and Italy. Through the years he found his unique style that
takes in flavours of electronic music, classical orchestration and jazz.
His debut was on London based label Tracktion with project Palm Beat
then he signed to Red Salamanda records for the Good Stuff EP. The EP
was received well all around the world. Most notable were two airings of
the track ‘First Joy‘ on Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide BBC. Another track
was released in Japan (NURO).
Boris also works as a succesfull producer with various bands.
In 2012 Boris released his debut full lenght album ‚‘The Escapist‘‘ that won
the Czech Music Critics award ‚Apollo‘ (Czech Mercury prize) as the best
album, and the Czech Angel (Grammy) as Best Electronic Album.
In 2014 he was nominated again for the Apollo Awards with his current
album „ Morphosis“ .
In 2015 he was nominated for Pure M Awards 2015 (Ireland) for the Best
International Act
http://www.boriscarloff.cz/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F81Qmg70xHc
03 CLARINET FACTORY - JEDEŠ DO AMERIKY (04:55)
(Luděk Boura,Jindřich Pavliš, Vojtěch Nýdl, Petr „Pepíno” Valášek)
From the album "Out of Home" (SU 4023-2)
( 2010 SUPRAPHON a.s. * Czeching nomination
“We don’t want to be mere performers and clarinettists – we’re
performers of classical music and jazz, but on our cross-genre projects
we also contribute as writers. We used to just play clarinet and make
arrangements, but now we’re more into improvisation, composing, playing
other instruments and singing. We want to be a group that has something
to say and not just a music museum!” says Jindřich Pavliš, the quartet’s
leader.
In the last two decades, the quartet travelled accross Europe and
collaborated with numerous producers.
Their discography consists of five CF collaborations and, in 2013 on their
20th anniversary, Supraphon released their double-record,
Works & Reworks, containing a number of unique remixes from the
workshops of respected producers such as bvdub, Sylvain Chauveau,
Hidden Orchestra, Floex, Marsen Jules, aus and Christopher Willits.
In 2005, Clarinet Factory won in the Instrumental category at the
International Songwriting Competition in Nashville, and in 2008, Bobby
McFerrin selected them, from among numerous performers, to join him for
his first show in the Czech Republic.
http://www.clarinet-factory.cz/en/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwXWeIvcyIw
04 KIESLOWSKI – 2 in 1 (05:37)
(David Pomahač, David Pomahač)
From the album "Tanečnice" (2012, Indies Scope)
Acoustic duo playing urban folk. There are two of them and their
project exists for about four years now, but in that short time, they have
accomplished quite a lot. Fragile author songs, which are so convincingly
written by DKP and Marie Kieslowski, have the strength of an undertow.
Quietly, without hearing any noise, you are hit and before you know it,
there is no turning back. Lush melodic songs, thanks to characteristic
vocals, hold the listener tight and offer the whole life – love and death.
https://www.facebook.com/kieslowski
https://soundcloud.com/kieslowski22
https://www.youtube.com/user/bpnoise
05 FIORDMOSS – Maud (03:45)
(Petra Hermanová, Roman Přikryl, Jan Boroš)
From the EP "Ink Bitten" (2012, Self-Released)
* Czeching nomination
Fiordmoss are sentimentalists. The band started after a fire in their
apartment, mirrors their obsession with stories of tragic beauty. Stirring
vocals and guitars are joined by sounds of techno and grime, which the
four-piece perform live standing in the white light of a projector.
The founding members Petra Hermanová and Roman Přikryl met as art
students. Jan Boroš joined Fiordmoss three years later to support the
band‘s first EP Gliese on tour. As a trio, Fiordmoss released their second
EP Ink Bitten in 2012 and were awarded Newcomer of the Year at the
Vinyla Awards. Petra was selected for Red Bull Music Academy in Madrid
where she met another participant, Jon-Eirik Boska. He joined the band
as a drummer and producer. Fiordmoss have played more than a hundred
concerts in Europe and are currently finishing their debut full-length album
in their new place of residence, Berlin.
http://fiordmoss.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWfdVLGnezg&index=3&list=RDUimvdT6-nNc
06 VR/NOBODY – Body (04:24)
(Václav Rouček, Jakub Strach)
From EP "Now" (2015, Český Rozhlas)
* Czeching nomination
VR/Nobody released their debut album ‚Yet‘ this year - an impressive
record with a fresh and unconventional sound. Singer Václav Rouček‘s raw
vocals form a unique contrast with producer Jakub Strach‘s minimalist
sound. This is the first project these two Czech musicians have created
together, but they manage to make a daring, mature sound with electronic
beats, poetic piano sounds, melodious vocals and grand choruses.
www.vrnobody.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D4OEjuT2VM
07 FLOEX – Gone (04:28)
(Tomáš Dvořák, Andrea Stuart)
From the EP "Gone" (2013, Denovali Records, DEN174)
Tomáš Dvořák aka Floex - clarinetist, composer, producer and multimedia
artist from Prague (Czech Republic). His music is characteristic by unique
exploration of electroacoustic field and deep atmospheric mood of his
tracks. He also continuously widens his musical focus by experimenting in
the interactive multimedia.
He released two full length albums „Pocustone“ (2001) and „Zorya“ (2011).
Both received several prestigious awards not only in Czech Republic (3
Czech Angel Awards, Nomination to Europian Qwartz Awards, Nomination
to Apollo and Vinyla Awards).
Beside his own music he is well known for his cooperation with Amanita
Design on the soundtracks for the games Samorost 2 (2006) and
Machinarium (2009). Machinarium OST gained massive reaction by both
fans and critics and made Tomáš's music known internationally.
http://floex.cz/en/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX_jeZE1qMQ
08 SLOWMOTIONDANCER – I‘m Scared of Life (03:01)
(Dominik Gajarský)
From the album "Life is Fine" (2014, Self-Released)
* Czeching nomination
Evocative vocals against slow, sober sounds. Slightly sardonic, yet oozing
with emotion. Slowmotiondancer is Dominik Gajarský, a Prague-based
artist and producer. His alternative R&B sound is rather unique – it may
perhaps be described as a weird mix between Nicholas Krgovich and
Daughn Gibson, with some Xiu Xiu tossed in. Apart from his solo project,
Gajarský, a student of Prague’s Academy of Fine Arts. His debut album
(Life is Fine) that was released on Bandcamp shows that in the world of
Slowmotiondancer there are two sides to everything, both joy and grief.
https://slowmotiondancer.bandcamp.com/album/life-is-fine
https://soundcloud.com/slowmotiondancer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbWAT2FpRC8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT__xc6uGdw
09 NEVER SOL – Places (04:03)
(Sára Vondrášková, Jan P. Muchow)
From the album "Under Quiet" (SU 6225-2)
( 2013 SUPRAPHON a.s. * Czeching nomination
Never Sol is the pseudonym of the singer, keyboard player and composer
Sára Vondrášková. Shortly after emerging in 2012, talent scouts from two
renowned labels bumped into each other backstage at their concert in
Palác Akropolis, each of them with contract in hand. This non-traditional
project, with their unusual harmonies, unique songscapes and visuals are
sure to have a great future. The piano has always been central in her music
writing, but in the past years she was more and more gaining knowledge
in using music production software. Creating sounds turned out to be
another starting point to evolve her music and to get rid of the patterns
and techniques taught in her classical education. The groups’s main
protagonist, Sára, is also an occasional model and sings at gigs with Czech
Republic prime contemporary- electronic producer‘s Floex‘s line-up.
Her first album „Under Quiet“ was released by SUPRAPHON a.s. in 2013.
http://neversol.cz/music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy68XCWxEu8
10 AWALI – Giselle (03:59)
(Aircher Clark & Tamara Shmidt)
From the album "Between Significant" (2015, Self-Released)
* Czeching nomination
Awali is a Czech-Ukrainian musical project of Tamara Shmidt. First two
albums where produced in cooperation with DJ Aitcher Clark. It is a
mixture of soft vocals, piano sound with experimental electronic and
modern classical music.
Awali’s tracks have incorporated Tamara’s voice and her way of playing
piano and Aitcher’s passion for discovering the beauty of music through
all kinds of styles. Together with their devotion to the modern classics and
electronic music it creates particular music signature.
https://awali.bandcamp.com/
https://youtu.be/PMsJTNUhNN0 (Giselle)
11 LUNO – Pekorino (04:01)
(Ema Brabcová)
From the album "Close To Silence" (2015, Indies Scope)
LUNO is the project of singer Ema Brabcová known from the
internationally recognised and europewide touring electro-pop-triphop
band Khoiba. Another well-known member of the band LUNO is the bass
player Šmity who together with Ema founded the band Roe-deer, played
in Prostitutes and in past few years travelled throughout Europe as a
sound engineer for Black Lips. Since 2009 LUNO has released two studio
albums and two Eps and gave numerous of concerts not only in the Czech
Republic and Slovakia. The successful year 2013 was wrapped up in the fall
with joint Prague concerts with Placebo, Hurts and Au Revoir Simone.
http://www.lunomusic.cz/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci6cRWJVNL4
01 SUNFLOWER CARAVAN – Healing Groove (03:13)
music by Andy Cermak, song by Sunflower Caravan,
lyrics by Ian Kelosky/Andy Cermak
(2014, BANDZONE.CZ/SUPRAPHON a.s.)
One thing’s for sure. Sunflower Caravan present something you can hardly
ever experience with other bands. You want some fierce key-driven pop?
Good. Want to hear some good old heavy rock’n‘roll, wanna see vintage
hundred-kilos heavy vintage hammond organ yelling through guitar
distortion pedals? Even better. After performing on big stages for more
than 3 years, Sunflower Caravan are one of the most recognizable and
original acts within the Czech music scene. This trio comprising brothers
Vit on drums and Andy on keys and vocals completed by Michell’s bass
fits together perfectly being in company since their adult years. The
boys apparently got excellent instrumental abilities paired with clear
visions regarding style and arrangements. The basic factor of their style
is undisputably a strong song, a well-built composition, with certain
originality given by the sound of classic hammond organ distorted by a set
of guitar effects that would fit Jimi Hendrix pretty well.
www.facebook.com/sunflowercaravan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox5QYDOr_ng
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NaE2RWhtUc
02 PLEASE THE TREES – Missing Feeling Nothing (04:59)
(Václav Havelka, Jan Svačina, Miroslav Syrný)
From the album "Carp" (2015, Starcastic Records)
Please The Trees have got more mojo than they know what to do with
— it pours out like molten lava, wave upon wave of hot noise and a body
groove from the pits of Hell. Their live reputation precedes them, and what
a reputation it is: an all-enveloping, intense and soulful sound that puts
pretenders in their place. Please The Trees have been following intuitively
the trail of inspiration for over eight years now. The band received Czech
Grammy award for the best alternative record of 2012 with their third
record A Forest Affair produced by Jonathan Burnside in California. Past
tours of hundreds of shows included Europe, UK, USA and Israel. In the
Summer of 2015 PTT open for Robert Plant And The Sensational Space
Shifters and tour Europe as opening act with Two Gallants. Fourth studio
record called Carp came out in September. The album was recorded
with Chris Koltay at High Bias Recordings, Detroit. Yet before the physical
release the album gets ravishing reviews. The band plants trees in
every city where they perform. Each tree planting is photographed and
documented, then posted on Facebook profile of the project. Please The Trees LINKS: www.pleasethetrees.com
bandcamp.pleasethetrees.com
https://vimeo.com/137827231
03 THE DRAIN – Missing Out (03:10)
(Daniel Šubrt)
From the album "We, Love, We" (2013, Election Records)
Be careful not to fall in love with The Drain! Or just do it and get it over
with!
Carefully crafted rock’n’roll songs with catchy vocal hooks and guitar riffs,
pulsating drums, and machine-tight bass, all mixed up in a brilliant cocktail
of powerful hit songs, but still with that sexy dirty feeling, combining
elements of glam rock, grunge, 60s garage and blues with the best
aspects of power pop.
http://thedrain.bandcamp.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFpHhtSBuyM
04 GHOST OF YOU – Hermaphrodite (03:03)
(Michal Janík, Tomáš Novohradský, Štěpán Pařízek, Jiří Habarta)
From the album "Glacier and the City" (2015, Indies Scope)
Ghost of You started as an experimental project of a few young musicians
the summer of 2012. The gentle vocals and melancholic melodies gradually
evolved into a sort of of psychedelic power pop. Since finding their unique
sound the band intensivelly tours across the Czech Republic. They‘ve
published an EP in 2013, and a debut LP (Glacier an d the City) was
released in October 2015. Thanks to their average age of 21, they became
the youngest Czech project to perform at the Sziget festival.
http://ghostofyou.cz/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci6cRWJVNL4
05 WILD TIDES – Hung Loose (02:23)
(Jakub Kaifos)
From the EP "Sever Fashion" (2015, Self-Released)
* Czeching nomination
Hailing from Prague’s favorite seedy neighborhood of Žižkov, Wild Tides
are already notoriously famous for their over the top live performances
and short spazzed out rock ‘n’ roll flavored punk anthems. Surfing through
rock history from as early as 50s reverb drenched guitars and Bo Diddley
beats, 70s glam, 80s post-punk, 90s post-hardcore, complete with the
unmistakable “We don’t give a fuck” Ramones attitude and a vocalist
coming off as a drunk Elvis impersonator singing David Bowie in the
shower. It‘s simply country music, just the way your mother might also like
it.
http://wildtides.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPvS-BtEoM0
06 PETER PAN COMPLEX – Simplicity (04:01)
(music: Peter Pan Complex, lyric: Jordan Haj and Givinar Kříž)
From the album ‚‘Peter Pan Complex‘‘ (2015, Warner Music Czech Repulic)
This ambitious five-piece from Prague combines contemporary Israelifolk influences with guitar driven soundscapes inspired by the British rock
scene.
Thanks to a crowdfunding campaign on HitHit.cz the band started to
record their first full length album the spring of 2014.
Waves of pure guitar energy, interweaved with echoes of contemporary
Israeli folk, all driven by the unrelenting force of the precise beat.
Since “Unholy” the band has finally settled on an authentic sound and
confidently draws the best from the alternative as well as from the guitar
mainstream.
The eponymous debut album Peter Pan Complex was released in May 2015
under the Warner Music label.
www.facebook.com/peterpancpx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suxARVr51cI
07 LESNÍ ZVĚŘ – Kavka Airlines (02:56)
(Jiří Hradil, Miloš Rejsek)
From the album "Movable Feasts" (2014, Indies Scope)
Lesní zvěř - an original mix of jazz, drum´n´bass and psychedelia with
English Lyrics.
„We do not perceive nu-jazz as a music necessarily connected with jazz in
the historical sense of the word. It is more of a common ground, a starting
point full of freedom and spontaneity, that is not limited by any definition
of it as genre, and lets us wildely exploit our imagination.“ Performances
at Eurojazz 2011 and 2014 (Mexico), Brussel Jazz Marathon 2012 (Belgium),
Lotos Jazz festival 2010 (Poland), Kaunas Jazz festival 2010 (Lithuania),
Jazzire 2010 (Serbia). The last CD was released in March 2014.
https://www.facebook.com/lesnizver.lz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8ivJhNdXVs
08 MANON MEURT – To Forget (05:21)
(Vojtěch Pejša/Kateřina Elznicová)
From the EP "Manon meurt" (2014, Self-Released)
* Czeching nomination
Manon Meurt are a four-piece band in thrall to the pedal-laden vibes of
1990s British shoegaze, but who have succeeded in transcending their
influences to ferment a fresh and contemporary sound of their own.
They hail from a small town called Rakovník that discretly nestles amongst
remote hills stretching west of Prague, and, if you turn your imagination up
to eleven, their music could almost be the soundtrack to the atmospheric
train journey from deepest, mistiest rural Bohemia into the bright lights
and deafening noise of the Czech capital.
https://manonmeurt.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/manonmeurt/
foto: Libor Galia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC0qgLuTbaw
09 GINNY ANDRO SYNDROME – Reptile Dance (04:54)
(Ginny Andro)
(2015, Self-Released)
Ginny Andro Syndrome were found in early 2014 as a 6-piece combo with
all members contributing to songwriting and overall production. GAS
came up with a material influenced by a wide range of music ranging from
60s psychedelic rock, 70 s hard rock, 80s dark wave to 90s pop music.
The essence of GAS is they don’t give a damn whether something is too
cheesy or too hard to swallow if they still enjoy themselves. The inherent
part of GAS’s live performance is an eccentric theatrical presence of their
lead vocalist Ginny Andro.
https://www.facebook.com/ginnyandrosyndrome
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgIKFhNPW0cj-iJBDaZ2Mvw
10 LAKE MALAWI – We Are Making Love Again (02:58)
(Albert Černý)
From the EP "We Are Making Love Again" (2015, Self-Released)
Lake Malawi are an indie-pop four-piece band formed in 2013. The
following year Thirty Seconds to Mars chose them as the support act for
their Prague arena show. They released their debut EP entitled „We Are
Making Love Again“ in May 2015 followed by a string of ten UK shows
including The Great Escape 2015 and finishing off with a headline show
at The Finsbury. The single Chinese Trees won the Amazing Radio new
music chart while the latest single out Young Blood was featured in Tom
Robinson‘s BBC Introducing Mixtape on BBC 6 Music. Gary Crowley
recently played We Are Making Love Again on BBC London. Lake Malawi
are now writing their full-length album having played over 100 shows up to
now including major Czech festivals and Waves Vienna 2015.
www.lakemalawimusic.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM_yRpkCJn4
11 NAUZEA ORCHESTRA – Blízko (05:51)
(Ondřej Švandrlík & Nauzea Orchestra)
From the album "Dobro" (2014, Cerveny Kun Records)
The sphere, that Nauzea Orchestra occupies extends between industrial
Ústí nad Labem and Prague. At the time that Nauzea Orchestra arose
there was a tendency to create an allusion to Berlin Geniale Dilletanten
and decadent electroclash. Nauzea Orchestra drews inspiration from the
postpunk and noise rock over the years, which is obvious from the third
record „Dobro“ in the line.
https://nauzea-orchestra.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU4sSulxHdE
12 THE FINALLY – Man With a God‘s Face
(Jirka Giesl, Tereza Veselková, Vendula Pukyšová, Martin Šťastný)
(04:30)
(2014, Self-Released)
The Finally is a band that could be compared to a girl....just the kind of girl
whose slither of a profile you catch a glimpse of out of the corner of your
eye and before you can think, before you can stop the elevator and change
the course of your life, she has turned and dashed away.
The Finally are standing on the corner between The Jesus and Mary Chain
and The Raveonettes, oozing shoegazer cool. They switch and combine
their male and female voices to a sound filled with dense, minimalistic
bass, clearcut drums and sensual, chiming guitars.
https://thefinally.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyLpPgX_T6s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTk1u7TyIxI
13 LAMBDA – Space Express (04:29)
(Lambda)
From the EP "Space Express" (2015, Self-Released)
Lambda is a four piece instrumental stoner/post rock band from South
Bohemian forests and meadows. Their sound combines oldschool Black
Sabbathish riffs with 90‘s californian stoner rock with a little bit of post
rock and psychedelic vibes.
All together presented with a lots of energy on stage.
https://lambdaband.bandcamp.com/album/space-express
14 HENTAI CORPORATION – Lost in Tensions (03:30)
(Petr Škarohlíd)
From the album "The Spectre of Corporatism" (2013, Self-Released)
„Hentai Corporation are what Led Zeppelin would have sounded like
if they’d formed after drum’n‘bass had been invented – and grown-up
listening to traditional Czech music and Napalm Death. Prog rock done
Prague style“.
Invitation to a London show by Noise of Art
Hentai Corporation is a Czech thrash-rock’n‘roll band that stands out
thanks to vigorous live performances, imaginative instrumental lines and
great vocals of their eccentric frontman, Radek Škarohlíd.
Since they were found ( 2005) Hentai Corporation played in almost all
of the significant Czech venues and festivals, played as support band of
Devin Townsend and Fear Factory ,Slash, and gave numerous international
concerts.
https://www.facebook.com/hentaicorp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC3aV7bJbr4
15 BOY WONDER & THE TEEN SENSATIONS – Piss & Vinegar (03:32)
(Jakub Kaifosz)
From the album "Radikal Karaoke" (2015, Full Moon Magazine)
Boy Wonder & The Teen Sensations is a salute to the sloppiness of rock ‚n‘
roll, the glitz of glam and the absolute cheesiness of contemporary punk
that still takes itself seriously. With Oakland‘s queer garage and young
oldies scene as a cornerstone and lyrics worshiping the mediocrity of man
in its greatest filth, Boy Wonder & The Teen Sensations celebrate naps,
pizza, 80s horror, forbidden love and wrestling while already gaining cult
status for their karaoke infused pants off dance offs.
https://boywonderandtheteensensations.bandcamp.com/
https://vimeo.com/129802181
01 SKYLINE – Fairytale Teller (03:35)
(Skyline)
From the album "Fairytapes" (2013, Championship Music)
One of wildest electronic band from Czech Republic formed around
1997 in Prague. Their style was originally defined as a connection of
drum‘n‘bass/breakbeat and pop but today Skyline call it urban pop…
Skyline were and always will be mainly a live band: playing live is the most
important part of this band. Anyway, it is not a co-incidence that they were
awarded with couple of prizes for the best live act.
Skyline play regularly at most of the important Czech festivals, supported
the legendary Underworld, toured accross Europe and the USA, played
Sziget Festival 2011 and also prestigious Eurosonic Festival 2006, which is
a presentation of the most promising new acts from Europe. Their latest
album Fairytapes topped the digital charts in Czech Republic for three
weeks and also gained positive reviews from the music press: „The most
entertaining record in their discography! Skyline feel tight and united like
never before.“ (MF Dnes)
www.skylineweb.cz
youtube.com/skylinetv
02 MYDY RABYCAD – Don’t Play This Song (03:58)
(Mikuláš Pejcha, Nèro Scartch, Jan Drábek, Žofie Dařbujánová
From the album "Glamtronic" (2015, Self-Released)
Energy, charm, hapinness and sex-appeal. Lightness of syncopes
combined with uncompromising beats. Insight and spontaneity, but also
refined sophistication and professionalism.All this and much more certainly
helped the young band Mydy Rabycad to get better over the last year and
a half and become one of the best concert bands on the Czech scene and
attract fans, agents and promoters, not only in Europe.
Mydy Rabycad capitalized this impressive balance of lastyear in the
studio - they released their second album called Glamtronic. Pun in the
title suggests that the band does not want to fit in the style description
classics. They added sharp EBM beats to swinging jazz moments, without
pushing the imaginative melodies into the background and especially
constant playfulness and desire to entertain themselves and the audience
with music. Frontwoman of the band, singer and songwriter Žofie
Dařbujánová explains: „Electroswing is in our roots, but we crossed its
mantinels. Now it is not possible to put us into a category, so we made
up the word Glamtronic as a expression for our own style and then we
decided to name the whole album after it..”
www.mydyrabycad.cz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pumTtsELBzQ
03 VLOŽTE KOČKU – FurikoFurikoFurikoBolt (03:06)
(Cyril Kaplan, Kryštof Kaplan, Jiří Konvalinka, Tomáš Kubín)
From the album "SEAT" (2013, Self-Released)
* Czeching nomination
Vložte kočku (translated as Feed me a cat, VK for short) is a four-piece
band from Prague, Czech Republic. The band is renowned for their
combined usage of live electronics, triggered drums, five-string violin and
piano. Surreal lyrics, math-rock time signatures and intense atmospherics
are the trademark of their gigs.
http://landminealert.org/vloztekocku
http://bandzone.cz/vloztekocku
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H0LHlvBQpg
04 SONORITY – Raw Dist (05:43) (Jan Hanák)
On forthcoming "Raw" album (2016, Distinctive Records, UK)
* Czeching nomination
Jan Hanák (AKA Sonority) oscillates on the border between house, techno,
breakbeat, electro and IDM and his early sources of inspiration range from
Boards of Canada, Clark, Daedelus, Akufen, Apparat to Funkstörung. His
live sets have led to him supporting many leading acts, such as Telefon
Tel Aviv, John Hopkins and Nathan Fake. Sonority’s tracks and remixes
also feature in the catalogues of many Czech and foreign labels – Traum
Schallplatten, Liquid Rec, VIM, Rune – and at renowned gig and festival
line-ups – Springfestival, Electronic Beats, Wilsonic, Summer Of Love,
Open Air Festival and among many others.
www.sonority.cz
http://www.sonority.cz/video.html
05 KAPLAN BROS – Time (04:22)
(Cyril Kaplan, Kryštof Kaplan)
From the album "Kaplan Bros." (2014, Self-Released)
* Czeching nomination
Cyril and Kryštof Kaplan didn’t have to think twice about the name for
their band. They form half of the Czech experimental sensation, Vložte
kočku , but their independent project pushes musical limits even further.
Their mostly instrumental compositions stem from the fusion of digital
and analogue electronica accompanied by live drums. The post-rock duo’s
debut album released in collaboration with Full Moon magazine. https://kaplanbros.bandcamp.com/releases
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gaVObt38Ws
06 AID KID – Broken Arp (05:40)
(Onřej Mikula)
From the album "Aid Kid" (2015, Self-Released)
* Czeching nomination
Ondra Mikula, known under the moniker Aid Kid, is a 22-year-old musician,
producer and multimedia artist. After releasing two singles (Sleep Start
and Broken Arp) and supporting several international names (SOHN,
SOPHIE, Groundislava, Wax Tailor, Arms and Sleepers, Kiasmos etc.) he
quickly established himself as one of the most promising electronic music
producers in Prague. In his live sets, consisting of improvised versions of
his productions, he combines emotive beats with gradating structures. His
eponymous debut LP was self-released in April 2015 and received positive
media feedback. He studies arts and design focusing on interactive
installations, multichannel sound art and projection mapping.
http://aidkid.cz/
*Czeching is a music export project organised by Czech Radio aimed at supporting the Czech
alternative music scene and helping promising bands to reach European listeners. Czeching also offers
a platform for critical talks, a radio show, a competition between the top candidates, essential support
for the winners of each edition as well as a calling card abroad for Czech contemporary artists. Czech
Radio provides the winning band, selected from among the nominees by a jury of Czech and foreign
music experts, producers, promoters and publishers, the opportunity to appear at the Eurosonic
showcase festival and to make a professional recording which will subsequently be sent to European
radio stations associated with the EBU (European Broadcasting Union).