VOTCHI - CD UNICORN

Popis - UNICORN:
The band Votchi was founded in July 1999. The line-up has changed over the years, a few other musicians joined and left the band, the current line-up is as follows: Petr Kutheil: vocals, Michal Hlad?vka & Marty Smejkal: electric guitars, Pavel Bartoš: bassguitar, Mirek Mužík: keyboards, Tomáš Stloukal: drums, Libor Barto: flute. Their musical style reflects individual influences of the various band members; nowadays it is possible to say that their style comes close to classic hard rock. Votchi have released two studio albums. The first album “Scary Woman” (2002) was a successful debut and the eponymous song was in rotation on the biggest Czech rock radio station “Radio Beat” for several months. There were quite a few positive press reviews. In 2002 the band reached the 3rd position in a prestigious contest “Rock made in Gambrinus”. They also won the “Beatová liga” (Beat League) contest in Pilsen. Next year they won another contest “Rock Nymburk”. Thanks to their regular participation in big summer music festivals and extensive touring Votchi subsequently attracted rock fans’ attention. In 2003 Votchi supported the legendary Whitesnake in “T-Mobile Arena” in Prague and they were chosen as a support act for the world-famous Colosseum in “Lucerna Music Bar”. The band also played a few gigs in Germany. In 2004 Votchi released their second album “Unicorn”. Some of the new songs received heavy rotation on Radio Beat again and critics gave the album very positive reviews. In 2005 Votchi played alongside famous Czech bands such as Blue Effect, Vladimír Mišík, Divokej Bill, they won a Radio Beat’s contest „Nad?je Beatu“ (Beat Expectations) and thanks to their success they played in a sold-out venue (Lucerna hall) alongside Blue Effect and Pražský Výber. At the end of the year the band has reached the highest level so far: they were awarded first prize in the “Golden Nightingale” contest in the category “budding artists” and they reached the 6th position in the category “bands”. In October 2006 Votchi supported Deep Purple in “CEZ Arena” in Ostrava. It should also be mentioned that Votchi played two gigs in the Liverpool Cavern Club; no Czech bands had played there before. Currently there are three videoclips in rotation on TV – “Unicorn”, “Demon’s Eyes” and “Maria Magdalena“. In February 2007 the band performed live on Czech TV in a morning show and at the end of August they toured with another famous Czech band 'Czechomor' as their support act. In October 2007 they reached the 1st position in the “Gambrinus MP3 paráda” chart. This year Votchi have been working on their third studio album. Instrumentation Petr Kutheil – vocals; he performs in the “Galileo”, “Hamlet”, “Romeo and Juliette” musicals, in the “Don Giovanni” opera and more. Libor Barto – flute; he is a post gradual student of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the Charles University in Prague. Mirek Mužík – keyboards, vocals; he is the author of Votchi’s music and lyrics; he graduated from the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory in Prague (specialization: composition). Michal Hlad?vka – guitar; he is a student of the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory in Prague, he is also a member of the “Walda&Gang” band. Márty Smejkal – guitar Pavel Bartoš – bass guitar; he graduated from the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory in Prague. Tomáš Stloukal – drums; he graduated from the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory in Prague, he used to play in bands such as Divokej Bill, Merlin. Discography CD Scary Woman - 2002 - Kmotr Records - 2 songs from this album were in rotation on Radio Beat - czech biggest rock radio station CD Unicorn - 2004 - Barrando Records - 2 songs from this album were in rotation on Radio Beat You can buy our CD 'Unicorn' at http://cdbaby.com/cd/votchi Now we are looking for a publisher for our new CD.