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"Uz Jsme Doma (loosely
translated as Now I Get It), an explosive and powerful avant-punk Czech band....
Formed in 1985 in defiance of the Communist regime, the band played music
that was considered antisocial by the government, and for more than four
years they performed in the Czech underground (their first gig was an illegal
concert on a barge). With a protean lineup, the Prague-based band outlasted
the Communists, releasing five albums and touring extensively since the Velvet
Revolution. The Czechs are now showcasing their most recent record, "Ears,"
which features ferocious saxaphone playing, Slavic-influenced melodies and
rhythms, and soaring ensemble singing."
—The New
Yorker
Dec 18, 2000
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"Over the course of its existence, Uz
Jsme Doma has received all kinds of strange labels for the music that it
plays: intellectual punk, Slavic tone provocation, African music [!], orchestral
punk, ska, music influenced by Uriah Heep, Gregorian chorus, melodic avant
garde and plenty of others. The group has continually resisted being placed
into any of these categories, making use of an ever more diverse and expanding
range of mediums, which in their use generate a compact, unified, and
unmistakable effect.... They dedicate all their energy and imagination towards
the goal of deserving that most simple of labels: good and meaningful music."
from the UJD pop-up book
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Since forming in Northern Czech border
town of Teplice in 1985, Uz Jsme Doma has weathered the tyranny of Communism,
numerous line-up changes, and relentless touring all over more than 20 countries,
from Moscow to San Francisco, including performances in war-torn Bosnia.
The band's music, through a juxtaposition of the beautiful and ugly, familiar
and strange, aims to provoke the listener to feel something genuine and new;
in the famous words of one of the band's inspirations, Franz Kafka, to be
"an axe for the frozen sea inside us."
Now in its 16th year, Uz Jsme Doma is changing again. The band is using the
departure of saxman Jindra Dolansky to experiment with new instruments and
combinations to reinvent their classics and write new songs with a greater
range of sounds and styles. In December 2001, the band played shows in Prague
with cellist Lenka Kavalova (formerly of Freak Show) and a six-member choir,
C&K Vocal. UJD will continue to collaborate with guest musicians from
all over the world both on tour and in the studio to evolve musically while
remaining true to the spirit of the band. |
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