Foolk_PRESS KIT

Foolk
Presskit
...lo-fi hip hop, breakbeats, jazz cuts and bleeps,
pitched turntable samples together with live musical
instruments on stage and electronics, sampling and sound
transformations...
Discography (EPs, Singles and selected remixes)
Space Blues ft. Bene | Mixtape (2008)
Bleep Bleep, Vlna Compilation | Vlna CD (2008)
Selecta EP | Various singles | net-release (2007)
Bleep Bleep EP | net-release (2007)
Kubko EP | Surreal Madrid | (2007)
Bar, Different Listening 3 CD Compilation | Russia (2006)
Something Like Jazz EP | Node Records | (2005)
Ear Drum Kru - EDK Calls UFO (Foolk Remix) (2008)
Laco Lucenic - Skus ma najst (Foolk Remix) (2008)
Peto Tazok - Sprava (Remix) (2008)
Hudba z marsu - Fialovy kvet (Remix) (2008)
B3 - Zimna (F04 Remix) (2005)
Mango Molas - Plavaren (Remix) (2004)
Selected performances
Wilsonic
Festival
(Bratislava,
SK),
micro.Wilsonic
(Bratislava, SK), PAF Festival (Olomouc, CZ), Nu Jazz
Dayz_FM 2006 & 2007 (Bratislava, SK), Barbakan Festival
(Banska Bystrica, SK), Nu Form Festival (Kosice, SK),
Toto je hip-hop [This is Hip-Hop] Festival (Nove Mesto n.
Vahom, SK), Metro (Slovak National Television), Pohoda_FM
Live (Slovak National Radio – Radio_FM), Jazznica
Festival (Banska Stiavnica SK), Club Stanica (Zilina,
SK),
Nu
Spirit
Club
(Bratislava,
SK),
SubClub
(Bratislava, SK), and more...
Bands supported on Stage
Koop (Wilsonic Festival 2007), DJ Food (Nu Jazz Dayz_FM
2007), Drumagick (Nu Form Fest 2007), Khoiba (SubClub
2007), and more...
Bio
A solo carrier started Foolk with EP Something like Jazz
issued by German label Node Records (as Foolcut). In 2006
Foolk realized first concerts. In 2007 performs regularly
in clubs all around Slovakia, it is presented in public
service Slovak Radio and Slovak Television. Besides this
Foolk has released the other EPs with various publishers,
among others renowned label Surreal Madrid.
A debut
album is on the way expected to release at the beginning
of 2008 on Deadred Records.
Foolk & Band is comprised of 5 members:
Foolk aka Dusan Vanco (sounds, samples and loops)
DJ Lixx (turntablism)
Habbiel (vocals, singing)
Marian Jaslovsky (saxophone, flute)
Pavol Hubinak (guitar)
Reviews
”Foolk's style is subtle - his music is sort-of jazz, but
with funky drums and a lovely chopped, jerky feel to it,
with extraneous noises, a little light bit-crushing and
mangled pitch and tempi to satisfy those of us who live
in the early twenty-first century.”*
* Something like Jazz (04/2008).
Source: soundthefreetrumpet.typepad.com
”Musikalisch bewegt sich nähe am Ninja-Tune-Katalog.
Seine Technik erinnert aber auch an Warp-Kunstler wie
Squarepusher oder Aphex Twin.”*
*EP Kubko (06/2007).
Source: Phlow.net
”This ep brings three tracks of energetic electronic
music to your ears. More organic and flowing than his
previous release. The basslines fit perfectly with the
almost glitched out synth / sample work.”*
* EP Bleep Bleep (12/2007).
Source: Bahgheera.com
”Damit die recycleten Werke den nötigen Schwung bekommen,
schraubt dicke Breakbeats als Beine unter seine groovigen
Stücke. Diese laufen schon nach den ersten Takten los und
schlagen ab und zu gerne mal eine neue Richtung ein.”
* EP Something like Jazz (04/2006).
Source: Zeit.de
Contact
Official website & myspace
www.foolk.net
www.myspace.com/foolkmusic
Deadred Records
Record label
Martin Turzik,
Kyjevska 1, 91108, Trencin, Slovak republic
Mobile: +421 903 868 882
E-mail: martin.turzik@deadred.sk
www.deadred.sk
Starcastic
distribution, booking & promotion
Jindrisska 5, 110 00 Prague1, Czech republic
Mobile: +420 776 890 020
E-mail: marek@starcastic.cz
www.starcastic.cz