Neco málo o vývoji a složenà kapely
Základ kapely vznikl již behem roku 2002, kdy se v magickém
a umenà velice prejÃcÃm
meste HoricÃch v PodkrkonoÅ¡Ã
potkali dva lidi, a to Ramil s
Milanem.
Zpocátku akustické nadÅ¡enÃ, podporované PÃtrsem s bubÃnky, se brzy
presunulo z jamovánà po HoricÃch do zkuÅ¡ebny ve
mlýne u Kašparu. Tam
se nalézá mimorádne hodný pan Kašpar, který prostory zkušebny zapujcil.
Ve zkuÅ¡ebne predtÃm
zkoušela "mlejnská"
punková kapela Votom až potom (nejdrÃv Obnaženà vlasové tkáne, Jiná chut), kde hrál Ramil, Kosák, a
Tereza a Katka
Kašparovy.
Milan s Ramilem a PÃtrsem zacali hrát tam. Na bicà se pridala Tereza
Kašparová a na tenor
saxofón DuÅ¡an Jonák, zacli se scházet casteji a kapela, zatÃm jeÅ¡te bez názvu nebo
jakýchkoliv plánu do budoucnosti, byla na svete.
Protože jsem je znal už drÃv a jsem taky hudebnà nadÅ¡enec, priÅ¡el jsem se na pozvánÃ
Terezy, tehdy
spolužacky, podÃvat v lednu 2003 na jednu ze zkouÅ¡ek/jamming sessions. Nejprve na didgeridoo,
na druhou už jsem prišel sám od sebe a
donesl si sebou svuj (zatÃm pujcený) saxofón.
Brzo se pridal i brácha Adam na trubku. Behem ctrnácti dnu v únoru roku 2003 tak vzniklo vetÅ¡Ã
hudebnà teleso s obsazenÃm basa - kytara
- bicà - bubÃnky
- tenorsax - altsax - trubka - zpev.
Nepojmenovaná kapela dostala behem roku 2003
název podle naÅ¡Ã oblÃbené reggae skladby - Klouzacka. Obcas jsme si delali srandu, že to je podle
cesty do mlýna,
protože horem se chodilo pres kopecek, kde v zime vždycky cekala ledová
skluzavka.
Pod jménem Klouzacka jsme odehráli prvnà 2 koncerty v Chlumci nad Cidlinou
a v HoricÃch na IV. ska night.
V tomto
obdobà taky vznikaly skladby jako Intro, Olé-Právo žÃt, Alternativnà žena, Harmonika, Klouzacka (ackoliv text je mnohem
starÅ¡Ã).
Zjara roku 2004 prišla na kapelu prvnà zmena, jelikož Dušan, jeden ze zakladatelu, prodal tenora a
vydal se na cesty smer
Recko. Rovnež vyvstal problém bubenÃka, protože Tereza hranà silne flákala (což je Å¡koda).
3. koncert, 5.6.2004 v Novopackém rokáci, jsme odehráli jeÅ¡te s nÃ, pak dostala ultimátum a brzy na to i
vyhazov, který byl napul recený, napul automatický.
Poté nastalo unplugged
obdobÃ, kdy jsme se
ve zkuÅ¡ebne obcas seÅ¡li i vÅ¡ichni aktivne hrajÃcà clenové - Kuzmic,
Ramil, Milan a Adam. Nastalo taky hledánà bubenÃka. To netrvalo ani moc dlouho a na zacátku léta se k nám
pripojil bubenÃk s prÃhodnou prezdÃvkou - Buchin.
Šlape mu to výborne.
Kapela zmenila jméno na Volná Hudebnà Spolecnost - zkrácene VHS - Prádelna. Prádelna proto, že
ve zkušebne u Kašparu
drÃv bývala mlýnská prádelna. Zustáváme tak porád spojenà s mÃstem vzniku a zacátku kapely, i když
už dávno zkouÅ¡Ãme jinde. Pozdeji byla Spolecnost v názvu nahrazena slovem SeÅ¡lost. Tedy Volná Hudebnà SeÅ¡lost Prádelna. Prodelali jsme
i zmenu
co se týce
stylu hudby. Od té doby si hrajeme
s mnohem vÃce rozmanitejÅ¡Ãmi styly.
Hned zjara roku 2005 se ve mlýne rozhodli pro rozsáhlý rekonstrukce, což vedlo k vystehovánÃ
a opuÅ¡tenÃ
zkuÅ¡ebny. Jelikož aparatura byla mÃstnÃ, zustali jsme i bez ozvucenÃ. Meli jsme jenom
vlastnà nástroje a pár kousku pujceného aparátu..
Nastalo opet hledánÃ. NejdrÃv jsme zkouÅ¡eli u Buchinovy rodiny v podkrovnÃm byte, ale
tam jsme si
zazkoušeli 3x a zatrhli nám to - pod námi se klepal strop. Presunuli jsme se do
miniaturnà mÃstnustky
na zahrade. Tak tak jsme se tam vešli.
Zahráli jsme si tam 2x a pochopili jsme, že když budem pokracovat, tak brzo ohluchnem. Až na konci léta
nám moje (velice hodná) teta
Jana nabÃdla použitelnou aparaturu a mÃstnost. S Adamem a Milanem jsme se tam byli podÃvat a ozkouÅ¡et to a hned jsme to
vzali. Jana tak naÅ¡im choutkám propujcila luxusnà velkou zkuÅ¡ebnu, kam jsme se co nejdrÃv
nastehovali. Zacalo dalšà obdobà kapely..
Od tý doby zkouÅ¡Ãme v krásném, starém dome na mÃste, kde se výborne relaxuje a nabÃrá energie. Za celou dobu jsme odehráli kolem 40 koncertu plus spoustu
jamu. Náš projekt uspokojuje náš neuspokojitelný hlad
po hudbe.
Hrajeme pro poteÅ¡enà svoje i pro poteÅ¡enà lidÃ, normálne i akusticky, s nadÅ¡enÃm a od srdce. Inspiracà se
nám stává
vÅ¡echna možná hudba, svet, život, cokoliv... Nedeláme si velké ambice, ale naÅ¡e hudba je chvÃlema docela kladne
vnÃmaná. Náš styl by se dal oznacit jako fuze nebo alternativa, ale v
dnešnà dobe si
lze za tÃmto názvem predstavit cokoliv.. VHS Prádelna ve svých skladbách mÃchá predevÅ¡Ãm funky, rokenrol, ska, jazz, reggae nebo treba punk, ale vlivu je mnohem vÃc.. Záležà na skladbe, kam je vÃce priklonená. V dneÅ¡nà dobe plné Å¡katulkovánà jsme hrdà na svoji nezaÅ¡katulkovatelnost. HudebnÃch vlivu je mnoho, a stejne tolik se jich odrážà i v tom, co hrajeme..
Od jara 2006 nás bylo jenom 5 - Adam, do té doby hrajÃcà na trubku a rovnež
prispÃvajÃcà svým hlasovým potenciálem, odeÅ¡el z kapely, protože nechtel cvicit,
a radši se
chtel venovat necemu jinému. Je to docela Å¡koda, ale zmena je život. Obcas si s námi zazpÃvá na koncerte...
17.6.2006 vznikla živá nahrávka na horických
ZahradnÃch slavnostech v lomu u Josefa. Hráli jsme poslednà (7.)
a vzhledem k tomu, že jsme už tou dobou byli znacne opilÃ, kvalita nahrávky stojà za prd. 27. ledna 2007 vzniká v Bystrici
dalšà živá nahrávka, která je
kvalitou o velký kus lepÅ¡Ã, ale stále jeÅ¡te máme dost co dohánet. Dnes už má naÅ¡e kapela za sebou znacný posun dopredu . Hudba nás porád bavà taková jakou hrajem a ve zkuÅ¡ebne se porád neco deje..
Ke konci roku 2007 se Prádelne nevyhýbajà personálnà zmeny. A to ne tak ledajaké. Z kapely na podzim odeÅ¡el PÃtrs (perkuse), protože necvicil, nechodil na zkouÅ¡ky a stagnoval ve svojà tvorbe. Paralelne dostáváme darem 2 staro-nové dechare. Znovu s námi zacal hrát DuÅ¡an Jonák, jeden ze zakl.clenu, tentokrát na alt-saxofon, a Tonda Chrz, který s námi cvicà už od jara 2007 na tenor-saxofon. Aby toho nebylo málo, v lednu'08 se pridal nový (urcite schopnejÅ¡Ã) perkusionista - Martin "Skalic" Skala. Zacátkem roku 2008 naÅ¡e seskupenà slavÃ, nebo spÃÅ¡ nechává za sebou již 5 let existence. Vypadá to, že se uzavÃrá kruh a chystá se na nové, možná prelomové obdobÃ.. Prožili jsme spolu už hodne dobrého i zlého a urcite nás ceká jeÅ¡te
dlouhá cesta. Kdo vÃ, co na nà potkáme?
Na podzim 2008, kdy naÅ¡e kapela byla již dobÅ™e sehraná, zajetá, tvoÅ™ila nové songy a zaÄÃnala se velmi dobÅ™e rozjÞdÄ›t, pÅ™elom skuteÄnÄ› pÅ™iÅ¡el. Z kapely po 4 letech odeÅ¡el důležitý hráÄ, Älen bandy. stylovÄ› nenapodobitelný bubenÃk Jirka BucháÄek alias Buchyn. S nÃm kapela zÃskala svůj "sound", pÃsniÄky dostaly podobu. Buchyn za sebe sehnal talentovaného bubenÃka- VláÄu z Nové Paky, ale naÅ¡e spolupráce se bohužel nevyvÃjela požadovaným smÄ›rem a naÅ¡e cesty se musely rozejÃt. NÄ›kdy na pÅ™elomu února a ledna se za pomoci SkaliÄe naÅ¡e cesty zkřÞily s Marcelem, výborným to bubenÃkem z DobruÅ¡ky. HudebnÄ› jsme si takÅ™ÃkajÃc "padli do ucha" a na stejné vlnÄ› jsme zapoÄali nové, stejnÄ› naÅ¡láplé obdobà Prádelny...
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A little word about evolution and composition of the band
Roots of the borning band are in the year 2002, when Ramil Gasanov (born in Novosibirsk) and Milan Kyral (from Orlické mountains), two musicians who were looking for each other for a long time, met each other on a magic and art-loving town Horice v PodkrkonoÅ¡Ã. Acoustic enthusiasm on the first, supported by percussion of another Orlické mts.. friend PÃtrs (Petr Jiskra or Houba PÃtrs), was soon turned from jamming in town into a playing room (studio) in KaÅ¡par..s mill. A really good man, Mr. KaÅ¡par lives there, and he lended his studio to forming band. Another band from KaÅ¡par..s daughters, mill..s punk band Votom až potom, practised there, until they broke.
Milan (bass), Ramil (guitar) and PÃtrs(bongos) from the goodness of Mr. KaÅ¡par began to play there. Tereza KaÅ¡par on the drums and DuÅ¡an Jonák with tenorsaxophone had joined and the band was born, meanwhile without a name or future plans. Because I knew all of them some time and I..m music lover too, I decided, based on the words of Tereza, who was my schoolmate, to go on one of the jamming sessions to "look and listen", and try something with then on didgeridoo. I was enjoying this, and on the next session i brought my altosaxophone, which I was learning on for a few months. My brother Adam soon joined too, playing a trumpet and singing. In the short time of two weeks rised a musical group with composition bass - guitar - drums - percussion - vocals - tenorsax - altsax - trumpet. You nearly couldn..t hear anything in our little room (former mill..s laundry), when the brasses began to play all together.
We played ska most, or tried at least. But there wer many influences, and all of them had subscribed on the sound of our band. During the year 2003, a name "Klouzacka" ("Slide"), which was our favourite song, was given to the noname band. We were joking somewhen, that the name is because of the way to the mill. The mill is under the hill, and every winter, there was a serious ice-slide. Under this name we played two aur first concerts, in Chlumen nad Cidlinou and at 4th skareggae night in Horice. During this time episode were born songs as "Intro", "Harmonika", "Alternativnà žena", "Olé-Právo žÃt" or "The Slide", which has older text.
In 2004..s spring, first little crisis fell down on our band. DuÅ¡an, one of the founders, sold tenorsaxophone and travelled out to Greece. There was a problem of new drummer, too, because Tereza wasn..t playing so much and cheated practised. She changed the drums for a man Peter Lexa. Our third concert on Nová Paka..s rock club she played with us, but soon we gave her deadline and then she had gone away. It was in good - she comprehended. A little unplugged times began then. We all musically active members of the band (Milan, Ramil, me, Adam, somewhen PÃtrs) were time by time meeting, practising and jamming in the mill, and looking around for a new drummer. It did not take a long time and in May we found drummer Jirà Buchácek with a very convenient nickname - Buchin, which means something like "Beating Man" in Czech. He joined us during one jam session with him. He is really good and music-loving, and in the joint with us the sound was from this time as all wanted. The band changed it..s nema in this period, too, on a "Volná Hudebnà SeÅ¡lost Prádelna" ("Free Musical Meeting Laundry"). Laundry beacause of former mill..s laundry in our playing room. However we practise for a long time on another place, this way we stay connected with our place of rise. The sound of our band changed too - with DuÅ¡an..s leave, we registered more tendencies to not play only ska - our music nearly turned out of this style, from this time we play with more different music styles.
In the year 2005, Mr. Kašpar decided to do large innovations and re-constructions of the mill..s buldings. We had to leave the playing room, where was all music device. We had only our own instruments and few pieces of device..
Another seeking began. We were lookoing for some practising room, where we can play loud and when we want, without any problems with neighbours. We tried first on the under-roof room in Buchin..s house in Bašnice, but his family prohibited it, because of a big movements of ceiling when he played drums. Them we moved to a really smallest room i..ve ever seen, in Buchin..s family house, too. We played there for two times and we comprehended that if we will continue there, we..ll turn deaf. But in the end of summer, our very good aunt offered us to play in her not used (or few times used) house on the end of our village. We played there with Milan and Adam by one time and we decided in second, that we want to play there. So we practise there, and it is only positive. Another period of life of a band began...
From summer 2005, we practise in a beautiful, old house, on a place, which is very good for relax and receiving energy. Through our history, we have played about 40 concerts, with many and many jam sessions in Horice - on Gotthard hill, in park, in pubs. Our music project is satisfying our unsatisfactionable hunger for music. We play to pleasure ourselves or anyone else around, acoustic or electric, with joy and frou our hearts. Our inspiration is all kinds of music, the world, our lives, everything... We don..t have big ambitions, but our music has a positive replies, especially in our hometown Horice. Our style can be named as "fusion", alternative or world music, but today, you can imagine everything under this style name. Our band mixes in it..s music especially jazz, funky, rock..n..roll, ska, reggae, ethno or punk, but you can find more musical influences in our music. It depends on the mood of every song. Today, in the time of strict names and expressions, we enjoy our style elusivity. There are many influences, and our music is like mirror of them..
From the spring of year 2006, we played only in five - Adam (trumpet and vocal), decided do give most of his time to theatre, writing and poetry, not to practising trumpet, and left the band. It..s a shade, but lifer is change..
17th June 2006 in the Joseph..s Mine in Horice was recorded our first live record. We played last (7th), our show was beginning at about 1 A.M. and we were drunk and stoned, so the quality of this record wasn..t so good. It..s shit. But 27th January 2007 we put the thing right, and we recorded another show in Bystrice pub. The quality was much better, but it wasn..t as good as we wanted. Today, we..ve moved in our music more forward.
Personal changes did not missed our band at the end of 2007. And no little changes. In autumn, PÃtrs had left, because he didn..t visit any session for two months, only shows, and there was a stagnation in his playing. So we kicked his laziness out of the band. Collaterally, two saxo players had joined us. Tonda Chrz on tenorsaxophone (practising and jamming with us from the spring..07) and old-new member DuÅ¡an on alto-saxofone, also helping with backing vocals. To fill, new and very able percusionist Martin "Skalic" Skala hand joined us in the January 2008, and then soon one of the founders, Adam RyÅ¡ka as the backing vocal.. In the beginning of year 2008 we celebrate, oe left behind, 5 years of band existence. It seems the circle is closing and begins new, maybe important time. We was together in many good and evil, and more experiences are in front of us on our way. Who knows, what we..ll meet on it?
The break point really came. In autumn 2008, when our band was great practised and togethered, producing new songs and having bright future. Important part of our party and drummer with unique style, Jirka Buchacek aka Buchyn, left the band. With him, our band got its sound, so the songs. Buchyn recommended us a tallented young drummer LáÄa from Nová Paka. We peractisem together some time, but out cooperation hasnt wanted trend and our journes became different. Somewhen on the end of winter, with luck and SkaliÄs help, we met Marcel VantÃk, a really good and tallented drummer from DobruÅ¡ka. We was jamming in pub and day after in studio and we discovered our same waves. So with Marcel began a new era of Prádelna, with the same drive as before..