Slede, Zivé Slede

Thanks to it is one-of-a-kind instrumentation, Slede, Zivé Slede quickly developed an extremely personal audio among the hyperactive experimental rock and roll picture in the Czech Republic. The trio of acoustic guitar, dual bass, and bassoon mixes elements of middle ages festive music with art rock and roll complexities and avant-garde dissonances. Their ties with Czech performers like Iva Bittová and Rale stay obvious, however the group also displays similarities with middle ages prog rockers Gryphon and chamber rock and roll/Rock and roll in Opposition clothes Artwork Zoyd and Univers No (with a supplementary folkloric contact and a feeling of laughter). In past due 1994, guitarist Ivan Palacky discovered himself with out a regular music group. His earlier group, Vkfiiky Bfiich (“Screams of Bellies”), disbanded previous that year. Searching for new music artists to try out with, individuals who would result from different backgrounds and also have different concepts, he fulfilled bassist Jennifer Helia de Felice, an American video designer surviving in Brno, and both started rehearsing in January 1995. The name Slede, Zivé Slede (“Herring, Live Herring”) was decided on after Felice declined Slede, Slane Slede (“Herring, Salty Herring”) for the count number of her vegetarianism. A couple of months later on, Vkfiiky Bfiich clarinetist/bassoonist Brona Smid became a member of the tiny lineup. The trio performed its initial concert in Sept 1995 in Brno. Actions remained sparse for some of 1996 as Slede, Zivé Slede proved helpful hard on its repertoire, forging its identification such as Palacky’s musical eyesight. An initial tour of Slovakia in Apr 1997 resulted in the start of a cooperation with Alternative Music Productions as well as the discharge in Apr 1998 from the group’s initial record, Milácek Vytvárí Krajinu (“Honey Forms the Property”) on Indies, house of Uz Jsme Doma, Bittová, Rale, and Pavel Fajt. Another month the group performed its initial concert beyond the previous Czechoslovakia, showing up at Jazz Marathon in Brussels (Belgium). At a following concert, Frank Stofer, mind from the French unbiased label Sonore, fulfilled with them and out of this stage onward would help them obtain exposure in American Europe. IN-MAY 1999, Slede, Zivé Slede embarked for the tour of France and Spain, and also a time in Italy, while playing many concerts within their house country, including starting for Peter Hammill and Nick Cave. In August 2000, Sonore released the France edition of their first Compact disc under the name Chérie Sculpte le Paysage. For the time being the group was spending so much time on its second opus, Rostliny! Rostliny! (“Plant life! Plants!”), an extremely impressive creation released in Dec that calendar year on Indies. Another tour of France implemented in June 2001.