{"id":4260,"date":"2025-11-23T21:52:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musiclatvia.lv\/2025\/11\/23\/4260\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T21:52:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:52:00","slug":"4260","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musiclatvia.lv\/en\/4260\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Latvia\u2019s most active music hooligans, Very Cool People, together with the young singer Paula Saija, surprise again and release a new, completely uncharacteristic single for the band called Rik\u0161iem (In Trot), which was inspired by a Latvian folk song.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is kept in the grooving tradition of roof and bass systems rousing folk-electro-jazz. In the song, singer Paula is joined at the vocal microphone by trombonist Laura Rozenberga of the band Very Cool People, who counts the rhymes in a very technical, even rap king-like skill, and also in folk moods!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRik\u0161iem is an ode to the strength and perseverance of human character\u201d, comments Laura. \u201cFor life to move forward and growth to happen, you have to take the reins and just do it. Waiting for miracles sometimes has to be left to the world of fairy tales.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were so inspired by the text and sound of the summer wedding folk song that we left the most effective accents from it in our version \u2013 the first two lines of the text and two measures of the original melody\u201d, emphasizes Elvijs Grafcovs, the co-author of the arrangement and the leader of Very Cool People with a guitar in his hands.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RtsqQ8hQEsY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A video was also made for the song, created by Arvis Belovs. The authors of the script are the band members themselves. The video is also made on the subject of marriages \u2013 the girls Paula and Laura go to the streets of Riga to look for grooms with their trusty two-wheeler, meeting all kinds of groom stereotypes on the way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are from Latvia and we are always very proud of it\u201d, says Elvijs. \u201cWe have noticed that playing with ethnic codes in music often appeals to listeners of different nationalities, so this time we focused on pseudo-folklore. It is a style in which our creative expressions in the direction of Latvian folklore are mixed with the most authentic folklore and electronic music plus live energy of Very Cool People!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCreating Rik\u0161iem was a very exciting process for me, discovering new aspects of myself and my voice\u201d, adds Paula Saija. \u201cIn the song, Latvian ethnic culture is of great importance, which has acquired completely new colors this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The song was created by Elvijs Grafcovs, M\u0101ris J\u0113kabsons, Paula Saija, Laura Rozenberga and J\u0101nis Kalve, using the motifs of the folk song Rik\u0161iem b\u0113r\u012bt\u2019 es palaidu (I Let the Horse Trot). The producers are Elvijs Grafcovs and the legend of Latvian dance and electronic music of the nineties, J\u0101nis Kalve. Despite the wide presence of electronic instruments, everything is played live, without using previously prepared loops and backing tracks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/0rO0RTaTVwxJcYaFRsI8Bf?si=jEzHCCcCRnmjvNW0e6sS6Q\">Spotify<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The song was recorded at Very Cool Studio, Labo Ierakstu Studio and Ciemupes Production. Mix and master versions were created by J\u0101nis Kalve.<\/p>\n<p>The new single Rik\u0161iem can be heard on the most popular music streaming services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latvia\u2019s most active music hooligans, Very Cool People, together with the young singer Paula Saija, surprise again and release a new, completely uncharacteristic single for the band called Rik\u0161iem (In Trot), which was inspired by a Latvian folk song. It is kept in the grooving tradition of roof and bass systems rousing folk-electro-jazz. 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