Respect festival 2008
Hlasový workshop s Manu Theronem / Francie
26. 6. - Francouzský institut, Štěpánská 35, Praha 1 / Respect Festival
Vocal workshop with Manu Theron.
Kiva / Kanada
27. 6. - Ostrov Štvanice, 17:10 / Respect Festival
A pioneer in western overtone singing and the only foreign female singer performing at the Throat Singing Symposium in Tuva, Kiva toured with the Crash Test Dummies, and will open the festival and also perform as a special guest with Tanya Tagaq.
Ersatzmusika / Rusko, Německo
27. 6. - Ostrov Štvanice, 18:20 / Respect Festival
These 4 Berlin-based musicians spent a large proportion of their lives in the USSR - that mythical and legendary place beyond the iron stage curtain where Gypsies sing of woollen boots, worshippers of Mammon decry broken hearts and glasses sing paeans to lost love.
Lo Cor De La Plana / Francie
27. 6. - Ostrov Štvanice, 19:15 / Respect Festival
"If I could sing like this, I would sell my soul to the devil," said John Cale on Corsican polyphony. The six-man ensemble from Marseille combines polyphony with traditional songs in the Occitan language and percussion from Algeria and Morocco.
Besh O Drom / Maďarsko
27. 6. - Ostrov Štvanice, 20:30 / Respect Festival
Besh o'droM belong to the youngest generation of Balkan-inspired bands, their music was influenced by raw and improvised wedding music of Kočani Orkestar or Taraf de Haidouks. The band was founded in 1999 by two brothers-in-law, Gergely Barcza (sax) and Ádám Pettik (singer). The initial trio finally developed into a folk big band. Besh o'droM are the first ever group that broke the Hungarian folk purist taboo and mixed traditional instruments with funky brass section. They sing in Hungarian, Gypsy, Albanian and Greek languages. Besh o'droM combines cymbalom with saxophones, draws from thousand years long tradition of gypsy bands of Eastern Europe and mixes highest musicianship with sheer craziness on stage.
Toy Vivo Trio / Izrael
28. 6. - Ostrov Štvanice, 14:30 / Respect Festival
Qanun, a sophisticated version of the European zither, is the key instrument of Middle East. Avshalom Farjun is a self-taught virtuoso and one of the most respected visionaries of the Israeli music scene.
Shanbehzadeh Ensemble / Írán
28. 6. - Ostrov Štvanice, 16:20 / Respect Festival
The Iranian bagpipe player Saeid Shanbezadeh, performing also as a dancer and master of the ritual, shows that Iranian music is more than a mix of the mystical and melancholic: it is also an invitation to celebrate. His family band includes his son, a miraculous little drummer boy that was at the age of 6 accepted to study at the Paris conservatory.
Tanya Tagaq / Kanada
28. 6. - Ostrov Štvanice, 17:30 / Respect Festival
The Inuit throat singing is one of the most expressive musical languages. Tanya Tagaq blends it with cello and electronics to create a breathtaking performance, which has brought her to collaborations with Björk and the Kronos Quartet.
Oumou Sangare / Mali
28. 6. - Ostrov Štvanice, 18:40 / Respect Festival
The queen of Wassulou singers from Mali combines West African acoustic funk with European violin. Her albums are cult favorites of the same rank as Ali Farka Toure or Salif Keita.
Dengue Fever / Kambodža, USA
28. 6. - Ostrov Štvanice, 20:40 / Respect Festival
Fronted by Cambodian female pop star Chhom Nimol, who sings in Khmer, the Los Angeles sextet blends the sounds of 60s Cambodian pop - heavily influenced by American surf, rock and early psychedelic garage bands. There are echoes of Bollywood soundtracks, Ethiopian soul, Spaghetti Western weirdness in the mix, but the resulting concoction is all their own.
Toy Vivo Duo / Izrael
30. 6. - Španělská synagoga, 19:00 / Respect Festival
Qanun, a sophisticated version of the European zither, is the key instrument of Middle East. Avshalom Farjun is a self-taught virtuoso and one of the most respected visionaries of the Israeli music scene.
