Not only a number of rock musicians grew up with Vladimír Mišík’s songs, but also these hits are the foundation for party songbooks of several generations. Stříhali dohola malého chlapečka, Variace na renesanční téma, 20 deka duše, Slunečný hrob… is just a fraction of songs from the archives of Vladimír Mišík, and they are known to everybody. The publishing house Indie Scope has decided to pay homage to the rock legend by recording and releasing the album Bazarem proměn: A Tribute to Vladimír Mišík. The publishing house addressed various musicians of the Czech and Slovak independent music scene and asked them to choose a song which they preferred from the rich discography of Vladimír Mišík and to record a cover of this song.


On the resulting recording there will eventually appear 22 songs recorded by e.g. Jan P. Muchow, Ille, Jan Spálený & ASPM, Tara Fuki, Mňága & Žďorp, ZVA 12-28 Band, Lesní zvěř, Ladě, Bratři Orffové, Kieslowski, Boris Carloff, Květy and many others. The work of Vladimír Mišík has great respect among musicians; this way he has been described by the singer and poet Michael Kubesa from the band Ladě: “Mišík’s work has spoken to me with everything what is work of an individual possible to share with others. The music opened the gate of heart and unconsciousness. Feelings, secret desires and pain have merged together and there it was the intensive intervention of lyrics. One had the impression that he could perceive and feel by everything he had and sometimes even by what he didn’t have. I can’t ignore the fact that Vladimír Mišík and the people around him have always been role models for me. I fully trusted them even though I didn’t know them. They shaped me. To this day I have been carrying within this sweet curse. I can’t accept the work of an artist when I know that I can’t appreciate him as a person.“ This approach to the work and personality of Vladimír Mišík is .......
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