Author: macha

Latvia-based alternative rock band Neon Saturdays was first noticed last year after the release of their critically acclaimed self-titled debut album. Singles „Here I Am” and „What About You” both of which received noticeable attention from local radio stations were also praised by Tim Fraser – a world-renowned songwriter for Tina Turner, Billie Myers and a member of BASCA’s Songwriters Executive Committee. This year for the first time Neon Saturdays is set to play The Great Escape festival in Brighton, UK which is a huge step for the northern-european four-piece band since previously TGE has hosted such well-known artists as Mumford & Sons, Tom Odell, Bastille, Kasabian, Chvrches and each year representatives from huge record lables, notable music critics and music lovers from all over the world are brought togeather in the small town on the south coast of England. The festival takes place May 14-16.

Before heading off to England Neon Saturdays is to release their new single/music video Save Your Lies on May 7. „The song is about conflict in each of us. It is about modern times and the struggles we face to better ourselves. I’ve seen people willing to break themselves just so they can get out of it all and find happiness in these rather dreary days… But I must say – I’ve been inspired,” says the singer Andris Evelis. Save Your Lies will be the first single from the band’s upcoming second album which is to be released in 2016.

Latvian rock band Neon Saturdays was established in 2012. The band’s work has been influenced by indie/alternative rock and electronic music. During the first year of activity the band produced their self-titled debut album, two singles (Tomorrow, Awake), toured UK/ Baltic states and had the video for “Tomorrow” go into rotation on Baltic music channels.

In May, Latvian singer-songwriter Kristaps Bedritis is kicking off his second round of the ‘Worlds Apart’ tour around Latvia. With concert dates in May and June, he will visit many different places in his native land, supporting the release of his debut mini album ‘Worlds Apart EP’.

‘Worlds Apart EP’ was released in early 2015 and includes 5 acoustic songs that, among others, are written in the past few years. The album was recorded in his own living room to maintain the intimate and personal vibe that you can hear in his songs. Kristaps says that “My songs are almost like diary entries – personal and thoughtful, ranging from light to dark and profound lines. I believe that human emotions are universal and that we all share them on one level or another.”

After the release of his debut EP and the first gigs in February and March, Kristaps is now going on tour in Latvia with gigs in Riga, Jelgava, Kuldīga, Cīrava, Lielvārde, Valmiera, Cēsis and Vaidava. In gigs at Cīrava and Valmiera, he will be joined by the talented Latvian guitar player Rihards Lībietis who will play a set of his instrumental acoustic pieces that can take the listener into a meditative and beautiful journey.

Alternative metal band “Harta” and hiphop artist Sandis present their creation – a single and music video “Kam Tu Klanies”.

The song was recorded, mixed and mastered in Karlis Steinmanis studio “KS Records”. Video editing was done by Harta’s own vocalist Karlis Kalviss, who also edited the band’s first video “Sky Is the Limit”. Music for “Kam Tu Klanies” was written by “Harta”, joined by Sandis in the creation of lyrics for the song. This piece is an attempt to challenge the borders of music genres, combining the agressive vocals and powerful guitars from metal and hiphop lyrics and rhythm, complemented by a melodic chorus.

Sandis is a hiphop artist for whom this is not the first cooperation with representatives of heavy genres. Last year he joined forces with “Retrace My Life” and presented a song and music video “Kaklasaite” that was well received by listeners. Sandis admits, “As open as I am to different projects – I go along with them rarely. You need to have a high level of musicianship and various other skills. I was unbelievably lucky that “Harta” was open to this. I am more than satisfied and proud of what we’ve created. I hope that we can cooperate again, to bring something fresh to the listeners.”

“Harta” who has joined such a project for the first time considers “Kam Tu Klanies” a great experience and continuation for the quite recently released debut single “Sky Is the Limit”. “We wanted to create something exciting both for our and Sandis listeners considering both sides equally important. We do not deny the possibility of playing this song live with Sandis during one of our or his performances,” says Karlis.

It is MyRadiantU’s latest single and the last of five singles released as an introduction to it’s first studio album “The City of Love”. It’s a musical reflection of the fading summer as well as the fading twenties. It’s a story of High School sweethearts who’s love and romance has grown into…

We are happy to present the new song “Visi tēva sirmi zirgi” ("Father’s all gray horses" ) to a greater audience by the drum and bagpipe group "AUĻI" created in collaboration with the composer Karlis Auzāns, poet Laura Daudiša and the vocal group ALTA.
Also a new video…

The project in focused on young European bands, its aim is to give them a better chance to present their music to a wider audience. Founded in 2014, in cooperation with thirteen clubs in thirteen European cities, the Liveurope platform was the first initiative to support young bands in Europe.

Two days of the Liveurope Showcase at Stodoła Club starting on September 10, mean 28 shows of bands from all over Europe.

Latvia will be represented by Niklavz, “Triana Park”, “The Sound Poets” and “Pyro Trees”.Each musician will present a short showcase set.

The project is co-financed by a new EU program called Creative Europe. Additional partners of the Polish edition of Liveurope Showcase are Hungarian Institute and Austrian Culture Forum. 

One day tickets:Presale- 40 pln (standing), 60 pln (balcony)From 1st of September – 50 pln (standing), 70 pln (balcony)

Tickets available at the Stodola box office and via the internet ( www.stodola.pl, www.eventim.pl, www.ticketpro.pl, www.ebilet.pl )

The new video of Latvian music „When The Sun Is Down” has been published. It was presented to a wider audience on July 8th, 2015 at the European Union House in Riga, Latvia. 

The video was released by a towering creative team from Kurland. Young musicians and producers acknowledged their distinction and professionalism by carrying out black-and-white video “It feels like” at the very beginning of this year. The trio „Voice of Instruments”, video artist Jānis Jostmanis and his firm „Mithra Films” are the members of this forceful union.

The story was filmed in Ventspils region and it includes a combination of pristine and contemporary mood in music as well as a message full of cryptic and epic, mystic and heavenly landscape scenes.

“The core idea of the song – Gold – is expressed though artistic playfulness on the theme of sunlight. It is also communicated in the carefree joyousness of children playing football, and the brush strokes of gold paint on a window, the central symbol of the video,” says Linda Selava Prindule, singer and songwriter.

The video was filmed in the green countryside of Latvia, capturing the beauty of Latvian nature in the long days of summer. It was directed by Linda Olte.

Jorspeis is a band located in Riga, Latvia, led by the singer – songwriters, Linda and Maris Prinduli.

The band was founded in 2007 in Riga, Latvia (EU), when Linda and Maris Prinduli (singers, songwriters and producers) recorded their first single ‘Debesis ir tuvu klāt’ (Heaven’s Glow is Near at Hand)’. The song was successful in the Latvian radio charts and in 2010 the band released their first album ‘Ābele baltā’, followed by ‘Dzīvības upē’ and the Christmas album ‘Arvien tuvāk’.

Lauris Reiniks has jus released the official music video for his Baltic summer song “Morning in Dandelion Fluff” (LV-“Rīts pieneņpūkās”, LT-“Rytas pienės pūke”, EE-“Hommik võilille-ehmetes”). The video is available in Latvian, Estonian, Lithuanian and a special acoustic version in English.

It is a romantic story about a chemistry between two people. When that chemistry is there, all stereotypes and ideas of so called “standards” just collapse – in terms of physical appearance and financial status. Nothing can stand against these feelings. It is a story about insecurity and fears that always stand by when something “too” beautiful and “incredibly” good happens to us.

The lead role in the video is played by Lauris’s colleague- Uku Suviste, the well known Estonian singer. The lead female role is carried out by Katrina Lulle, Latvian girl who works as a PR specialist but was recognised as the best for this role in a national casting. The video shoot took place in Latvia and lasted 3 days in Mežaparks (Riga), Carnikava and Mārupe.

Uku Suviste: “It doesn’t happen very often that one singer asks another singer to participate in his or her music videos as an actor therefore it was a very worthwhile experience. I very much appreciated the pleasant opportunity to work with Lauris and Katrina as well as with the whole crew. I admire Lauris’s way of cooperating with singers and actors from other neighbour countries, its something every performer should learn from. I was very happy to help and would do so again in a flash!”

“I wanna thank Uku for saying yes to my extraordinary and special offer. He was exactly the type we were looking for and did everything great! Also thanks to Katrina for being brave enough to jump into this world of show business, director Aija, camera man Ivo and everyone else! I am proud and happy to work with all these talented people. I hope my listeners will like this video and I’m already happy that this song has been doing really well in radio charts. Now everyone will understand what this song is about! Pictures speak better than words.”, says Lauris.

Video dierector: Aija Strazdiņa (JUMP Studio), Camera: Ivo Skanstiņš (Film Studio Rafa), producer: Lauris Reiniks. Publishing: “Mikrofona Ieraksti”. Songs are available for download on doremi.lv , Amazon un iTunes.

Currently, the only Latvian live looping music duo “Karmafree” has released new music video and single “Validate Me.” .

“The song” Validate Me “is about excessive obedience to authority and influential people, as well as the giving them permission to examine and define our lives “on the song’s message comment singer Mara Lisenko.

Music video are made by Pavel Trebukhin and it is the duo’s vision for creative people existentialism.

“Artists and musicians usually don’t speak about that – how they experience numerous rejections, what consequences they can have, and how they find the strength to stand up in order to continue to create, “comment the idea of the video bassist Dmitry Lisenko.