The group found answers about who they are by researching the folk music legacy of the past generations. Just as L. Janáèek found these answers and Moravian folk music became music of the world through his work. Music of Tomás Koèko confirms the idea that it is worth being from somewhere without feeling ashamed of it.
The album Do tanca! contains 11songs, variations and modifications of Moravian folk dances and original pieces by T. Koèko inspired by folk dances or folk songs. He used both traditional instruments – cymbalo, grumle, violin, contrabass, kontry, gajdy, and instruments used in other music genres, such as acoustic guitars, djembe and small percussion played by many good musicians under the
name of Orchestr. Although the final music form does not avoid touches with other genres, it still is an essentially Moravian music. And it is the source of the power originality of this CD where you can find also a video clip for a song “The Dancer” (“Tanečnica”) directed by Tomáš Hubáček and a dance remix of the song To Dance! (“Do tanca!”) by a famous DJ Boris Carloff.
Tomáš Kočko, also called „walachian Pavlica“ moved from the walachian poet Ladislav Nezdařil (albums Horní chlapci, Do kamene tesané or Ondráš) through collections of folk collectors František Sušil and František Bartoš (album Hodovnice) to his original „world music song to dance“.
Tracks:
- Po valašsky (In Walachian) /intro 0:28
- Hrajte, že mi hrajte (Play that You Play) 4:06
- Do tanca! (To Dance!)3:11
- Všeci se ptaju (Everyone Is Asking) 3:43
- Ti koberšti synci 1:33
- Aj, volaři, volaři 2:36
- Bystra voda (Swift Water) 6:11
- Zbojnicky zvrtek 3:13
- Na horách (In the Mountains) 6:28
- Gigula 2:52
- Tanečnica (The Dancer) 4:05
- Po valašsky (In Walachian)2:02
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.
