Hypnotix
| Hypnotix | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Prague , Czech Republic |
| Genre (s) | Trance , dub |
| founding | 1988 |
| Website | www.hypnotix.cz |
| Founding members | |
| Bourama Badji | |
| Michal Ditrich | |
| Milada Ditrichová | |
| Karel Babuljak | |
| Jiří Charypar | |
| Václav Slon Kořán | |
| Current occupation | |
Singing , African drums |
Ego L. Din |
| Milada Ditrichová | |
| Michal Ditrich | |
| Přemek Urban | |
| Marek Novotný | |
| former members | |
| Mohsin Mortaba | |
| MC Stricly Orange | |
| Petr Pokorný | |
| Luboš Hnát | |
| Vláďa Keicher | |
Hypnotix is a Czech Trance - Dub band in 1988 in Prague was founded. The band released a number of records, including on the German label African Dance Records , and had a number of tours across Europe.
history
The first album Rastaman in Prague was released in 1990.
Since its inception, the group has worked with the Senegalese poet and dancer Bourama Badji . After Badji left the band, the band was joined by singer and rapper Strictly Orange, a former member of the Prague band Skyline . In this phase Hypnotix released an electro-heavy album called Bagua .
Hypnotix have been working on a project called Where the Spirit Lives since 2005 and released an album of the same name in 2006.
The band went on tour until 2009 and, according to their website, has been back in the studio since 2014.
style
The idea was initially to combine hypnotic rhythms with jazz improvisation and rock music . The music is inspired by African rhythms.
Still clearly started as a dub and reggae group, with the collaboration with the Bengali singer Mohsin Mortaba, other influences increased from 2001 onwards. Musically, the group moved with West African rhythms on Indian melody lines.
Discography
Albums
- 1990: Rastaman in Prague (Bonton)
- 1993: New World Order (Monitor / EMI , re-released in 1997 by African Dance )
- 1995: Right Time ( Popron )
- 1999: Witness of Our Time (Globus Music)
- 2001: Kumah - Spirit of the World (Globus Music)
- 2001: Remax (remixes) (Globus Music)
- 2003: Bagua (XRecords, Baraka el Farnatschi)
- 2005: Selection One (Popron)
- 2006: Where the Spirit Lives (Popron)
EPs and singles
- 1998: Global Fusion Remixes (EP, African Dance)
- 2001: Waato Sitah (single, Globus Music)
DVDs
- 2009: 20 (Popron)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hypnotix - Rastaman In Prague. In: discogs.com. Discogs, accessed September 2, 2015 .
- ↑ Tour dates on Hypnotix.cz, accessed on September 2, 2015.
- ↑ Hypnotix - Witness of Our Time on discogs.com, accessed on September 2, 2015.