On the 1st of December Latvian singers Ralfs Eilands and Krist\u012bne Prauli\u0146a and jazz-funk band Very Cool People are releasing the joint holiday album Snowman’s Express. The album includes new original songs and self-arranged versions of well-known holiday tunes. The new album is creating a joyful party atmosphere in the best traditions of funk and soul.<\/p>\n
The album consists of twelve songs including original pieces St.\u00a0James and Call Me This Christmas, written by the participants of the Christmas project themselves. The first single of this album is Paul McCartney\u2019s Wonderful Christmas Time, on the record you will also hear John Lennon’s Happy Xmas (War Is Over), Christmas traditional pieces like Silent Night, Jingle Bells and Auld Lang Syne, as well as Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!, Winter Wonderland, Merry Christmas Baby and even Sugar Flute Laughter Dance from Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s ballet Nutcracker, all passionately and skillfully arranged by one the best funkers from the Baltic States \u2013 Very Cool People.<\/p>\n
Participants of the project Snowman\u2019s Express: Ralfs Eilands \u2013 vocals;\u00a0 Krist\u012bne Prauli\u0146a \u2013 vocals; Oskars Ozoli\u0146\u0161 \u2013 trumpet; M\u0101ris J\u0113kabsons \u2013 tenor sax; Laura Rozenberga \u2013 trombone; Kristaps Lubovs \u2013 baritone sax; Elvijs Grafcovs \u2013 guitar;\u00a0 M\u0101ris Vitkus \u2013 organ, keyboards & synth; Valters Spr\u016bd\u017es \u2013 bass;\u00a0 Andris Bui\u0137is \u2013 drums, percussions, glockenspiel.<\/p>\n
All tunes produced by E.Grafcovs, V.Spr\u016bd\u017es & R.Eilands. All tunes arranged by E.Grafcovs & M.J\u0113kabons, except Call Me This Christmas arranged by V.Spr\u016bd\u017es & M.J\u0113kabsons and Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy arranged by M.J\u0113kabsons.\u00a0 Recorded by Ivars Ozols, Gints Lundbergs & Pauls Davis Megi from in July\u00a02018 at Sound Division Studio (Riga, Latvia).\u00a0 Additional vocal recordings by Edgars Skr\u0101\u0123is at Meduza\/Jump Studio (Riga, Latvia);\u00a0 mixed by Kri\u0161j\u0101nis Geid\u0101ns at Ansons Lab Studio (Riga, Latvia); mastered by J\u0101nis Kalve at Labo Ierakstu Studio (Riga, Latvia). Design & artwork by M\u0101rti\u0146\u0161 Legzdi\u0146\u0161.<\/p>\n
\u201cVery Cool People\u201d is a jazz-funk band originated in Riga, Latvia. With a backbone in jazz, funk and soul, incorporating influences from surf, klezmer, rock and hip-hop, the band using contemporary tools is trying to put jazz & funk back to dancefloor and make it more accessible to ordinary, nowadays persons. In 2018 besides regular gigs in Latvia, the band has gone to a concert tour around South Korea in August and a concert tour in Hungary and Romania in November. The band is also nominated for the biggest European showcase \u201cEurosonic Noorderslag 2019\u201d, which will take place on January 2019 in Groningen, The Netherlands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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