Květy - Kocourek a horečka (Tomcat and Fever)

You are sure to remember this music easily as there are not many bands with such original sound as the Brno group called Květy. At the same time the music cannot be referred to as “easy”. Květy creates non-conventional acoustic bigbeat streaked with multicolored inspiration. “We also like hip hop, old blues, noise, electronics, chanson... all this is in a way reflected in what we do,” says the leading figure of Květy, original composer, writer and singer Martin E. Kyšperský. Together with his colleague, Aleš Pilger, he prepared a new outstanding album “Kocourek a horečka” (Tomcat and Fever), which is full of aphorisms, but also stories.
For their first album “Jablko jejího peří” (Apple of her Feathers), Květy gained the nomination for the award of the Academy of popular music Anděl 2004 in the genre category “Alternative”. Right before the recording, the trio turned into a duo. “The cellist Martin Růžička left the band and an excellent bass player Ondřej Čech became a member of Květy. However, the album ‘Kocourek a horečka’ was created in a pair with the participation of occasional guests.” The album was recorded in the Indies studio in Brno under the supervision of Broněk Šmid. You will hear Dorka Barová from Tara Fuki or Ondřej Kyas, who enriched two compositions with the sound of keys, as guests. The most remarkable was the entry of Marta Fúú Svobodová of the girls’ band Budoár staré dámy, who used to be a regular member of the group. Her emotive singing is supplemented by a vocal of Martin E. Kyšperský in an excellent way.
After the end of bands Sledě, živé sledě, Dunaj or Z kopce, Květy are often referred to as the continuation of Brno alternative scene together with Ty syčáci and Vladimír Václavek. This was often mentioned in the positive receptions of their debut “Jablko jejího peří” (.......
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