ZA VODOU

Dunaj, the legendary band of the alternative Brno scene of the 1990s release their first album in 26 years, titled Za vodou (Beyond Water). The busy career of the band, studded with six albums throughout the final decade of the last century, came to a halt after the passing of the singer Jiri Kol?ovsky. And although the other three members of the band never disappeared from the scene and were active in other projects and formations, they only came back together as Dunaj in 2019. Having met on the set of a documentary about the band, Dunaj of the Mind, they decided it was time to start playing together again. The role of the lead vocalist has been filled by guitarist and bass guitarist Vladimir Vaclavek who has in the meantime released a number of solo albums and become member of Iva Bittova's band Cikori. The trio of musicians - Vladimir Vaclavek, Josef Ostransky, and Pavel Koudelka - invited electronic producer Aid Kid to collaborate with them on this new recording, together with producer Petr Ostrouchov. Representatives of the next musical generation, Kid and Ostrouchov have collaborated on the highly acclaimed album Reka (River) by Lenka Dusilova. The new album brings ten new songs by Dunaj. Two of these had been recorded by Kol?ovsky, though they were never published in his lifetime, and he could thus join his colleagues on this new release. A distinguished guest on the album is Iva Bittova whose voice features in five of the songs. Bittova collaborated with the band on two previous legendary albums (Dunaj a Iva Bittova, 1989; Pustit musi?, 1995) and appeared at many joint performances.