Jumprava (band)

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Jumprava
General information
origin Riga , Latvia
Genre (s) Synth-pop , synth-rock , pop-rock
founding 1984, 1997
resolution 1992
Founding members
Bass, later also vocals
 Ainārs Asmanis
Māris Jurjāns (until 1986)
Ainars Vilde (until 1984)
Antonija Breidaka (until 1984)
Current occupation
Bass, later also vocals
 Ainārs Asmanis
Keyboard, vocals
 Aigars Grāvers (since 1984)
Keyboard, vocals
 Aigars Grauba (since 1986)
Percussion
 Aigars Krēsla (since 1986)
former members
Vocals, guitar
 Ingus Ulmanis (1984–1987)
Vocals, guitar
 Aigars Voitišķis (1984–1987)
Hermanis Kaminskis (1984–1986)

Jumprava is a band founded in Riga in 1984 . It is known as the "Latvian Depeche Mode".

history

In April 1984 the band was formed with the four members Ainārs Ašmanis, Māris Jurjāns, Ainārs Vilde and Antonija Breidaka. In the summer of the same year, Hermanis Kaminskis, Ingus Ulmanis, Aigars Votišķis and Aigars Grāvers joined them. Vilde and Breidaka left the band in the year it was founded. With the new line-up, the first album No tēvu zemes ("From the Fatherland") was recorded in 1985 . With the songs Par rozēm (“About Roses”) and Mākonis (“Cloud”), which are also included in the compilation Microphones '85 , the band achieved fame in Latvia. In 1986 Jurjāns and Kaminskis left the band, which plunged into a creative crisis due to the loss of two composers. Aigars Krēsla and Aigars Grauba were added as new members, and in the same year two more successful titles of the band appeared with Prom no pilsētas ("Away from the city") and N-tā pietura ("The Nth station"), included on the Microphones '86 compilation . In 1987 Ulmanis and Voitišķis left the band to form their own band together called Lādezers.

The remaining band members now devoted themselves increasingly to electronic music, which led to frequent comparisons with Depeche Mode . With a more dynamic sound and lyrics largely contributed by Grāvers' roommate Ritvar Dižkač, a new chapter in the band's history began. With Šeit lejā ("Down here") and the pieces Tālu aizgāja ("Far he went away") and Ziemeļmeita ("Daughter of the North") composed by Grauba , the band was successful again, and the two LPs Jumprava and Pilsēta ( "City") added. Grauba left the band in early 1989.

In 1990 and 1991 the band won the microphone competition with the songs Baltā and Peldētājs ("swimmers"), but separated the following year.

Although the band was not active in the mid-1990s, several best-of albums were still released: Jumprava I-II-III-IV (MC), Jumprava 84-87 and Jumprava 88-90 (both CDs).

In 1997, the band reunited with the line-up that still exists today (Grauba, Grāvers, Krēsla and Ašmanis) and was signed to Platforma Music . In 1998 a new album, Laika atšķirību romance , was released, with titles such as Lēna upe , Ēna ("shadow") and Auto '98 . For this album, the band worked with Nataradža , who wrote the lyrics for several tracks.

In 1999 the best-of album Labāko dziesmu izlase was released . In the same year the band received the annual prize of the Latvian music industry for their services to Latvian music (Latvijas Mūzikas ierakstu gada balva par mūža ieguldījumu Latvijas mūzikas attīstībā). Another album, Trajektorija , was released in 2001 ; Video clips are also produced for the titles Nedaudz par viņu (“A little about her”) and Ringā (“In the ring”). The song Baiga vasara (“Summer is coming to an end”) was the theme song of the film of the same name, for which Aigars Grauba directed.

In 2005 an album followed with Inkarmo , for which Roland's Ūdris had written several songs. Liekos dīvains , Inkarmo , Vārdi ("words") and Laimīgs ("happy") could be heard on the radio, and video clips were produced for Stacijā ("At the train station") and Kailass . In the same year, Labāko dziesmu izlase II daļa (1984-1990) was released, a best-of album. The following year, the first and second parts of the album appeared as a double edition Labāko dziesmu dubultizlasē: Dzīvo silti .

On July 6, 2012 Jumprava gave a concert in Ikšķile for the first time after the break . In the same year the band received the Latvian Music Record Prize 2012 in the radio hits category.

To mark the band's 30th anniversary, the album Laiks runā (“Time speaks”) was released in 2014 .

Discography

Albums

  • 1985: No tēvu zemes (unpublished)
  • 1988: Jumprava
  • 1989: Pilsēta
  • 1998: Laika atšķirību romance
  • 2001: Trajectory
  • 2005: Inkarmo
  • 2014: Laiks runā

Compilations

  • 1994: Jumprava I-II-III-IV
  • 1995: Jumprava 84-87
  • 1996: Jumprava 88-90
  • 1999: Labāko dziesmu izlase
  • 2005: Labāko dziesmu izlase II daļa 1984 - 1990
  • 2005: Jumprava (DVD)
  • 2006: Labāko dziesmu dubultizlase: Dzīvo silti!

Music videos

  • 1988: Vçlreiz
  • 1988: Ziemeļmeita
  • 2001: Nedaudz par viņu
  • 2001: Ringā
  • 2005: Stacijā
  • 2005: Kailass

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jumprava band description on jellynote.com. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  2. ↑ Gada Balva | Apbalvošanas ceremoniju rezultāti. Retrieved March 10, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Jumprava at Ikšķiles estrāde (Ikšķile) on 6 Jul 2012. Retrieved on March 10, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Gada Balva | Apbalvošanas ceremoniju rezultāti. Retrieved March 10, 2019 .