The NTS guide to… mit tschechischem Ambient aus den 1980er und 1990er Jahren und wissenswertem Hintergrund dazu. Gutes Thema. Mehr als nur Musik.
Tearooms in post-revolution Czechoslovakia symbolised places through which new spiritualities were flowing, and the influx of largely uncharted ways of life closely intertwined with new age, ambient, folk and minimalism. With their minds altered thanks to smuggled records by Fripp & Eno or Steve Reich, this loose network of musicians had begun composing meditative music, using loops and handmade instruments, with a different sensibility.
Music journalist Pavel Klusák dubbed this 1990s scene a “tearoom alternative”. Experimental folk singer Oldřich Janota, Jaroslav Kořán’s various ensembles like Modrá or Orloj Snivců (The Horologe of Dreamers) or Irena and Vojtěch Havlovi were drawn by the light and composed music that didn’t match the fast pace of newly imported capitalism.
Tracklist:
Jaroslav Kořán – Jarní Píseň 00:00
Pavel Richter Band – Čínský Potůček – Poloviční Chytání 4:18
Vlastimil Marek – Závěje Hlasů 11:54
Oldřich Janota, Vojtěch A Irena Havlovi – Ozářený Sluncem, Mrakem Zastíněný 17:27
Irena & Vojtěch Havlovi – Mysterious Gamelanland IX. 22:06
Modrá – Morning Azure 25:53
Vlastislav Matoušek – Shapes Of Silence IV 30:46
Orloj Snivců – Jde 40:46
Jiná Rychlost Času – Klášter Na Vodě 44:26
