Oldřich Janota (born 27 August 1949) is a Czech singer-songwriter. He is known for incorporating minimalist and experimental techniques into folk music, as well as working with pre-recorded tapes.
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| Background information | |
| Born | 27 August 1949 Plzeň, Czechoslovakia |
| Genres | Folk |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar |
| Years active | 1970s–present |
| Labels | Indies Scope |
| Website | www |
Biography edit
Janota was born in Plzeň and studied journalism at the Charles University in Prague, graduating in 1975. That same year he started playing with Jakub Noha. Together with some other musicians, they founded the band Pentagram in 1977. He was a member of Mozart K along with guitarist and sitarist Emil Pospíšil and saxophonist Jan Štolba between 1978 and 1983.[1]
His collected lyrics were published in the book Kytaru s palmou in 2015. An 8CD box set of his songs from the 1970s to the present was released in 2016, titled Ultimate Nothing.[2][3]
In 2009, a 17-track tribute album Ztracený ve světě: A Tribute to Oldřich Janota was released to mark his 60th birthday.[1]
Discography edit
- Winter Days (1989)
- Oldřich Janota (1990, later reissued as Mezi vlnami)
- Neviditelné věci (1990)
- Jiná rychlost času (1993)
- Žlutě (1994)
- Sešité (1996)
- Podzimní král (2000)
- High Fidelity (2001)
- Jako měsíc (2003)
- Ora pro nobis (2009)
- Posvěcení nového měsíce (2011)
- Kojoko (2014)
- Ultimate Nothing (2016)
- Vzpomínáš, Méďo? (2022)
- Zatlankou (2022)
References edit
- ^ a b Jonssonová, Pavla (2019). Devět z české hudební alternativy osmdesátých let (in Czech). Prague: Karolinum. pp. 172–184. ISBN 978-80-246-4328-1.
- ^ "Oldřich Janota: Pamatuju se, jak jsem poprvé viděl v televizi Karla Gotta". MAČ365 (in Czech). Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ Bezr, Ondřej (8 March 2016). "Od folku přes vypískání folkaři zase k folku, to je Oldřich Janota". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 3 January 2023.
External links edit
- Oldřich Janota discography at Discogs