Mikolás Chadima

Saxophonist, vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, and bandleader Mikolás Chadima stands among the key artists of the choice rock and roll picture in the Czech Republic, during both Communist and democratic regimes. Much less known outdoors his home nation than other important music artists like Pavel Fajt or Iva Bittová, he was a fundamental element of the introduction of the avant-rock picture through his function in Extempore and later on his MCH Music group, and was named such by people like rock-in-opposition theorist Chris Cutler — his politics activism was also just about in stage with Cutler’s sights. Chadima’s low, faraway vocals, tortured guitar lines, and raspy saxophone provide his music a unique character. Chadima (b. 1952) analyzed in visual arts before embracing music. He started his profession in 1974 like a saxophonist in Elektrobus, a prog rock and roll group strongly affected by Frank Zappa. The group’s drummer Vlastimil Marek experienced previously experienced Extempore. Both clothes shared an identical artistic vision, so when Elektrobus disbanded in 1976, Chadima was asked to become listed on. Seven years more youthful than Extempore’s founder and innovator J.J. Neduha, Chadima rapidly imposed himself like a innovative force, both with regards to songwriting and impact. His first recording using the group, Milá Ctyr Viselcu (1976), continues to be its undisputed traditional. From 1978 to 1981, the saxophonist, who at that time also sang and played acoustic guitar, led the group — Neduha have been pressured to emigrate. Like a signatory from the manifesto Charta 77, Chadima also experienced the breath from the Communist authorities on his throat. Even though the group could perform in the genuine event Prague Jazz Times, that Chadima was regarded among the country’s greatest musicians, which Extempore received many invites to try out outside Czechoslovakia, the government bodies produced the group’s existence unpleasant. In 1981, the first choice could head to London to execute his suite Velkomesto with Cutler, Tim Hodgkinson, Mick Hobbs, and Charles Bullen, and tour Hungary along with his group. Regardless of the government’s attempts to pressure him to emigrate, he could keep coming back. By 1981, Chadima experienced Extempore was learning to be a caricature of itself, therefore he split up the music group and required a year away. He come up with a home studio room and started a little unlawful label, Fist Information, liberating “samizdat cassettes” (home-duplicated, with photocopied sleeves) from the materials documented by Extempore throughout its presence and concerts he performed in 1979-1980 using the free of charge improv device Kilhets. He also began a fresh group, MCH Music group. After the trend of 1989, he could consider his musical actions further. While record brands started to reissue Extempore’s albums, he became a member of a new edition of the music group come up with in 1990 by Neduha, back again from exile. But the majority of his energy proceeded to go toward MCH Music group (the 1999 Karnival sticks out) and different collaborations, including a string of periodic duo concerts with Dunaj drummer Pavel Fajt which resulted in the documenting of Transparent People in 1998.