On Saturday, October 8, a double Czech-Slovak concert from the "In Between Books" series will take place in Nová Cvernovka. The duo Laokoon from Brno and Adam Volt from Slovakia will perform.
Adam Volt is a sound-designer, composer, pianist and aspiring vocalist with a history of experience in many musical projects such as Nourish My Fame, Gladia Moony and Triple Sun. In his latest solo project, he brings vocal music with a touch of psychadelic-rock, avant-pop with jazz elements. The eclectic mix of vocal songs in English is accompanied by his band - a trio consisting of Martin Madro (percussion) and Michal Knotek (electric guitar). The combination of live synths, piano lines, electric guitar, sub-bass sounds and percussion such as darbuka, djembe and kachon will thus offer a colourful range of musical expression full of dynamics and unexpected twists and turns.
Laokoon is a rap duo. Rapper and poet Mikulášs Hamerla (Sykvoye) together with producer Jiří Mácha (Killiekrankie) moved into an apartment in Brno, where their debut album Šperk was recorded years ago. "A hard-disc with all new material died. So sometime in the middle of summer we started from scratch, working on the album took almost half a year," says Mikuláš Hamerla. They released their album in 2020 and in the same year they were nominated for the 1Band2Play talent contest together with Amelia Siva and Ilæy. The band is characteristic for its insistent tempo of the "suffocating beats" and the organic as well as aggressive vocal delivery.