MCH Band

Following logical continuity of experimental rock and roll group Extempore, MCH Group wears the initials of its leader’s name perfectly. The public conscience and general bleak eyesight from the globe Mikolás Chadima nourishes inhabits the group’s music. Working underground through the ’80s, they have documented just a few albums in the 1990s, but each one was critically acclaimed in the Czech Republic, producing MCH Band a head of this country’s mature choice rock scene. Following dissolution of Extempore in Sept 1981, saxophonist, guitarist, and vocalist/songwriter Mikolás Chadima had taken periods to program his following move. In 1982, he released an initial album beneath the name MCH Music group. Just like the four various other titles that could follow throughout the 10 years, Krokodlak was a “samizdat cassette” (we.e. home-duplicated and unlawful) released over the musician’s very own underground label, Fist Information. Initially Chadima explored brand-new noise-related grounds, but shortly his songwriting had taken over as well as the group’s audio extrapolated from Extempore’s last documenting, Velkomesto. The lyrics became a lot more virulent, the music converted into dark simple rock with periodic rock-in-opposition-esque advancements. The ’80s noticed numerous live shows from the band, however they had been always unlawful and kept under false titles (Chadima had continuous issues with the specialists after his putting your signature on from the manifesto Charta 77). The music was smuggled overseas and some monitors appeared on worldwide compilation albums, like the first level of Chris Cutler’s important ReR Quarterly series. A two-CD assortment of material out of this period, MCH Music group 1982-1986, premiered from the label Tom K in 1992. Following the Velvet Trend of 1989, MCH Music group documented two essential albums. Gib Acht!!! (with German lyrics) premiered in 1993 but still featured a number of the complicated writing within past due Extempore. While focusing on several collaborations, Chadima held the machine alive through the 1990s, stabilizing its lineup around Vladimir Helebrant (keyboards), Hynek Schneider (drums), and Martin Schneider (bass). This quartet documented the highly politics Karnival (1999), which stands among the artist’s best achievements with any group.