This special project comes from a man who also did Haris Pilton gipsy project, but this time he goes far far away from balkan sound and also europe, across the sea to the lonely american desert roads where he meets american gipsy travellers sound… he calls it ”rider music”… The music which lifts you high and rides you like sweet sweet grass of home.
Music only for Tarantino, Tony Clifton, Vincent Vega, Brother Marx, Machete, Willie Nelson, Mel Brooks, Johhny Cash, & Elvis fans.
Are you one of them?
DVA (CZ / Indies, Label Home Table)
Music journalists class the band DVA (TWO in English) as „The Unclassables“. The duo, which consists of Jan Kratochvíl (He) and Bára Kratochvílová (She), reifies its original music visions by uncountable means; to express its idea about how tango should sound, they employ beatbox, to titivate fragile folk compositions they use the sound of clarinet. They draw inspiration from the esthetics of music halls or circuses. Stories from their own worlds are then told by the band’s own language, which is the reason why their music is adressed as the „folk of the non-existing nations.“
Two years after setting up the band DVA released their debut album Fonók (Indies Scope Label, 2008), thanks to which they gained attention of people not only in the Czech Republic (album was nominated for the annual Czech music prize the Angel and their Nunovó Tangó video won the first prize at Anifilm festival), but also abroad. One of BBC’s front music critics Charlie Gillett ranked their debut among best albums of 2009, Fonók which contains fourteen compositions helped the band to reach number 34 on the respected Wcme chart.
After releasing Fonók they toured almost entire Europe. They introduced their idea of melodies that „non-existing nations“ hum not only in Germany or Poland, but also in France, Russia or Norway. 672 thousand viewers of the Damskij kanal TV morning broadcast heard their music, their compositions reached as far as Japan – you can get the Fonók record even there. Live gigs are what is the most important thing about the whole DVA phenomenon. The band shows are often accompanied by projections by graphic artists Magdaléna Hrubá and Markéta Lisá.
Their gigs are renowned for the creativity and playfulness – both of the group members switch to many different musical instruments during the show, you can hear guitar and banjo or a megaphone. DVA devote themselves also to theater and film- they play their music at the projections of films of Georges Méliese, the pioneer of French cinema. They musicalized the cult expresionictic movie The Cabinet of Dr Caligari. The Kollektt8 album is a compilation of theater plays and animated films soundtracks, computer games music and a few other previously not released compositions. This album was offered to the listeners for free downloading. Another proof of their openness is that they released the album on their own label Label Home Table. They have used this label only for releasing their own CD-Rs so far, but in the future they plan to provide their DIY home label also to allied bands. The band is presently recording their second album. For the sound of the album, which has so far got a provisional name HU, will again be responsible Berlin producer Jayrope and the recording of the album itself will take place at a deserted cottage. The second album od DVA was released in September 2010. The band will spend the following months touring Europe.
