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Awards: 1981 "Band of year" for Extempore. Public inquiry "All
Stars" magazine "Jazz-bulletin soudobe hudby".1991 "Album of year", award "Nadace
Český hudební fond" to album "MCH BAND - Es reut mich f..." 2003 Grammy - Angels" for album "MCH BAND - 20.let Live"
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MCH Band
Es reut mich f...
Globus International/CZ
2LP 210001-2/1312, 1990
CD
210002-2-23122312
1991
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MCH Band
Gib Acht !!!
Monitor Records Ltd~EMI/CZ
CD 010127-2331
MC 010127-4331
1993 ...read more
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Mikoláš Chadima
& The Extempore Band
The City
Globus International/CZ
2LP 210068-9/1312
1991
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Mikoláš Chadima
Pseudemokritos
Black Point/CZ
CD BPOO08-2
MC BP0098-4
1996 ...read more
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MCH Band
MCH Band 1982 - 1986
Tom K/CZ
2CD TK0003-2312, 1992
CD1.
- Krokodlak(1982), Jsme zdrávi a daří se nám dobře (1983)
CD2.
- 198Four Well?! (1984/85), Gorleben (1986)
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Chadima & Fajt
Transparent People
/ Průhlední lidé
Black Point/CZ
CD BPO1O6-2
MC BP0106-4
1998 ...read more
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The Rock & Jokes Extempore Band
Milá 4. viselců
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E M A S T E R E D
Black Point/CZ
CZ, CD BP0091-2
MC BP0091-4,
1996
...read more
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MCH Band
Karneval
/ Carnival
Black Point/CZ
CD BP0084-2,
MC BP0084-4
1999 ...read more
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The New Rock & Jokes Extempore Band
Zabíjačka
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E M A S T E R E D
Black Point/CZ
CD BP0020-2,
MC 0020-4,
1999
...read more
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MCH Band
M.Chadima & J.Fuchs
Tagesnotizen
Black Point/CZ
CD BPO135-2
2002 ...read more
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Elektrobus
Nedefinitivní
R
E M A S T E R E D
Black Point/CZ
CD BP-0031-2
2001
...read more
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MCH Band
Live (20 let)
Black Point/CZ
2CD: BP 0142-2
2003 ...read more
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Mikoláš Chadima
&The Extempore Band
The City
+
Černá kniha Extempore
R
E M A S T E R E D
Black Point/CZ
2CD BP0123-2,
2001
...read more
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INROU
Inrou
Jethro Recording/CZ
CD - Soukromý limitovaný náklad 2004
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Chadima & Richter
In New Work
Black
Point/CZ
BP 0152-02
2004
MP3 download
...read more
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MCH Band
Nech světlo dohořet, Kateřino
Black
Point/CZ
BP-0181-2
2007
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MCH Band 1982-1989 (6 CD BOX) Black
Point/CZ BP-0180-2/2007
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6xCD BOX 2007
...buy CD Box
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MCh Band with old as well as new content
Well, the MCH Band of Mikolas Chadima celebrates a quarter-century! And just on this occassion a narrative and practically exhaustive archive´s box from the „totalitarian era“ of the changeful band from the years 1982 – 1989 is published at the Black Point music company on 6 CDs with a laconic sub-title of 25th Anniversary Edition with finally the long expected news Nech světlo dohořet, Kateřino (Let the light burn out, Catherine). A part of to date un-surprisingly timeless „discoveries“ was already published in our meads and groves at the beginning of 90s in the last century though, partly as an album Es reut mich f… or on 2 CDs MCH Band 1982 – 1986. But until now we fully come in on to the heritage of one greatest icons of the Czech alternative scene.
Actually, the first disc with the Krokodlak programme offers a fascinating comparison of the studio and concert versions and so it allows introspection to the bossom of the Mikolas´s flexible soul as a congenial composer, an improviser and a bandleader. Then the other opus Jsme zdrávi a daří se nám dobře (We are healthy and we are going on well) unambiguously reflects schizophrenia of the Sorel´s reality and it shows the fact that Mikolas again advanced a step ahead and he „extricated“ from the shade of otherwise wonderful poetics of his previous acting in the Extempore ensemble.
Quite innovating activity as a silver disc No. 3 called Feeling Fine in 1980Orwell, that was published only in Italy in the antiquity and it is here extra completed with a fascinating bonus in the form of forty-minutes improvizing with loops where the established „gadgeteer“ Martin Klapper and his longtime fellow Jindrich Biskup or the vocalist, trumpetists and clarinetist Yveta Kratochvilova supplement the protagonist.
The year 1984 did not belong to lucky years in the history of Czech rock and especially in this genre of experimentally based scene and the persecution mania of before-gorbatchov perestroyka was felt fairly in all the spheres. That everything is perfectly reflected in the fourth compact disc with a significant title of 198Four Well? However, the period burden – as it happens many times – flogged Mikolas to the maximum effort then. The following dark work of Gorleben (that is published here in its original version) was created in the time of glasnost and perhaps this as well it might provide a place for a sort of „disident internationalism“. Texts of the East-german forbiden poet Jurgen Fuchs perfectly corresponds with dark arrangements. The final CD of this fenomenal box belongs to the opus Es reut mich f… affected by electronics and in new mutation here.
There might be or not a comparison with the Plastic People Of The Universe´s complete recordings– but summarily it is totally another fairy-tale. It proves clearly that Mikolas always went his way and the expressions „underground“ and „alternative“ might have many things in common. However, despite it there are two different „categories“ in concern. Moreover it is fully evident while careful listenning the anniversary six-cds how Chadima has influenced the Czech non-conformal scene since its beginnings until now. And it is needless to remind that really lots of musicians still declare their support to him.
The actual album Nech světlo dohořet, Kateřino (Let the light burn out, Catherine) has understandably „unloaded tune“, pacification character and a sort of nostalgic esprit, which holds also for the Ivan Wernisch´s poetry. However, the sting (mayby lightly discreet) is definitely not missing here. In addition Mikolas intensifies his experience with jazz musicians here, which is among others supported with a trombone of Jan Jiruch (the instrument he used in his projects and bigbeat sound though. It is surely worthy to mention splendid vocals of Sylvia Krobova and Marketa Pursova. Nevertheless our „alternative´s forefather“ cannot deny his roots and he returns in special astronomic spirals somewhere to his original principal and at the same time he proves his ability to move on without necessary beeing governed by fashion trends. He makes arrangements of his compositions in new contexts but in the way that „archaists“ like it too. This opus has great communicative dynamics respecting our presents where it is indeed need to fight but also to listen to each other. I perceive it as a unit and I give up analyzing the single tunes to someone else. It is „relax“ but it does not allow you falling asleep.
And what may be totally the most important, Mikolas Chadima is a person with a deep moral character who inside himself connects revolt and explosiveness with enormous inner humility and sensitiveness and positive pessimism with critical enthusiasm. And this credo he has been bearing in himself all the life and without question it is evident in his music.
Petr Slaby, specialist for ambitious music
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Mikolas Chadima guest on:
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J.J.Neduha & Extempore Band
Šel jsem včera
domů, přišel jsem až dneska
Supraphon
LP 11 1386-1 311
1991
Mňága a Žďorp
Furt rovně
BMG International Czechoslovakia
CD BQ0001-2311
1992
Mňága a Žďorp
Radost až na kost
Monitor Records Ltd.
CD 010170-2331
1993
Umělá hmota
My dva a kněz
Újezd
CD JJ0004-2331
1993
Pepa Pilař
King Of Classic Rock'n'Roll Band
Polygram s.r.o
533 375-2
1996
Z veselého světa
Smíchov
Z veselého světa
2000
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Törr
Tanec svatého Víta
Popron Music/CZ
CD 54453-2
2000
Kilhets/Holan
Noc s Hamletem 1978
Private Edition
Petr Krecan/CZ, CD
2001
Salute Zappa
CD sampler
Black Point music/CZ
4781537-2
2003
Duševní hrob
Greatest Hits 1977-1988
Black Point music/CZ
CD BP-0048-2
2003
Kilhets/Holan
Noc s Hamletem
Rákos Records/CZ
CD RR 02
2004
Umělá hmota
Starej Gauner
Guerilla Records/CZ
CD GR 042-2,
2007
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