Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl

Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl
General information
origin	Maribor , Slovenia
Genre (s)	Minimal music , lo-fi , synth pop , indie pop
founding	2018
Website	zalagasper.com
Current occupation
Zala Kralj, Gašper Šantl

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Singles

Sebi   CH 77 05/26/2019 (1 week)

Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl (also known by the band name zalagasper ) is a Slovenian duo that mainly produces music from the fields of minimal , lo-fi , synth pop and indie pop .

history

The duo started their collaboration in 2018 after Kralj (born October 4, 1999) sang some texts for the pieces produced by Šantl (born April 9, 1996). Actually, Kralj should only be listed as a featured artist , but later both decided that they wanted to publish music in pairs. The singles Valovi , Baloni , and S teboi were released in 2018 .

In 2019, the duo became known to a wider public when they took part in the Slovenian preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 EMA 2019 . After a first round of voting by the jury, they entered the superfinal , in which it was decided by televoting which they could win. They represented Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv , Israel with their self-written and self-produced song Sebi . There they qualified for the final and reached 15th place. In an interview on February 17, 2019, they both said they never expected to win the EMA. Originally, they just wanted to introduce their music to a larger audience.

In June 2019, after taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, they decided to change their name to a more understandable and pronounced name: zalagasper - an anglicised word made up of the first names Zala and Gašper.

Discography

EPs / studio albums

publication	Title (translation)	Languages	Label
16th February 2019	Štiri ¹ (four)	Slovenian	Universal Music Slovenia
February 14, 2020	4 ¹	English

¹ Both albums have the same name, but once as a Slovenian word and once as a number .

Singles

Official publication	Title (translation)	Languages	album
September 21, 2018	Valovi (waves)	Slovenian	Štiri
	Baloni (balloons)
5th October 2018	S Teboi (with you)
15th March 2019	Sebi (Myself)
February 14, 2019	Novo Sonce (New Sun) by Dan D		( Cover version )
June 7, 2019	Come to me (come to me)	English	4th
October 25, 2019	Signals ² (signals)
February 14, 2020	Me & My Boi (Me & My Boy)
	Box (Box)
	Hazey (Nebelig) from Glass Animals		(Cover version)
19th June 2020	origami	Slovenian

² There are also 5 remixes of "Signals" that were released on December 13, 2019.

Music videos

Except for "Me & My Boi" there are music videos for all singles (not counting cover versions) that have been published on the YouTube channels " Gašper Šantl " and " zalagasper ".

Video	YouTube channel (linked)	publication	Video link	Makers / contributors
Valovi	Gašper Šantl	20th September 2017	Video link	(Zala Kralj, Gašper Šantl), Žiga Krajnc
Baloni		February 8, 2018	Video link
S Teboi	zalagasper	4th October 2018	Video link
Sebi		20th February 2019	Video link
Come to me		26th August 2019	Video link	(Zala Kralj, Gašper Šantl), BSG Films
Signals³		October 25, 2019	Video link	(Zala Kralj, Gašper Šantl), Luka Šantl and Tatjana Kotnik
box		February 25, 2020	Video link	(Zala Kralj, Gašper Šantl), Miha Likar, Zavod Bolnica, Stanovanje38, Dejan Ulaga, Erik Margan, Martin Fir, Eva Ferlan, Martin Emeršič, Ina Ferlan, Timotej Rosc, Laura Butkovič, Ian Richie, Bonino Englaro, Anja Smaka, Mario Knapič, Timon Hozo, Luka Likar
origami		19th June 2020	Video link	(Zala Kralj, Gašper Šantl), Žiga Krajnc

³ The video of "Signals" is an animated music video, of which two risograph prints called "jungle" and "lighthouse" are also available on the official website " zalagasper.com " .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chart sources: CH
2. ↑ Žiga Gombač: Dvojica, ki v domači glasbeni prostor vnaša drugačnost. In: vecer.com. January 12, 2018, accessed February 17, 2019 (Slovenian). 
3. ↑ ARTIST 101: Zala Kralj. May 11, 2019, accessed October 9, 2019 (UK English). 
4. ↑ ARTIST 101: Gašper Šantl. Retrieved May 13, 2019, October 9, 2019 (UK English). 
5. ^ RTV SLO: Zala Kralj in Gašper Šantl: So Valovi pop? Zdaj so. In: rtvslo.si. February 15, 2019, accessed February 17, 2019 (Slovenian). 
6. ↑ Victor M. Escudero: Slovenia: Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl win 'EMA 2019' and go to Tel Aviv! In: eurovision.tv. February 16, 2019, accessed on February 17, 2019 . 
7. ^ Slovenia in Eurovision: Voting & Points. Retrieved May 19, 2019 . 
8. ^ Anthony Granger: Slovenia: Zala Kralj and Gašper Šantl Took Part in EMA To Share Their Music. In: eurovoix.com. February 17, 2019, accessed on February 17, 2019 . 

Web links

• Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl at eurovision.tv (English)