Oldřich Janota (27 August 1949 – 27 July 2024) was a Czech singer-songwriter. He is known for incorporating minimalist and experimental techniques into folk music, as well as working with pre-recorded tapes.
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| Background information | |
| Born | 27 August 1949 Plzeň, Czechoslovakia |
| Died | 27 July 2024 (aged 74) Czech Republic |
| Genres | Folk |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument | Guitar |
| Years active | 1970s–2024 |
| Labels | Indies Scope |
| Website | www |
Biography
editJanota was born in Plzeň and studied journalism at Charles University in Prague, graduating in 1975. That same year he started playing with Jakub Noha. Together with some other musicians, they founded the band Pentagram in 1977. He was a member of Mozart K along with guitarist and sitarist Emil Pospíšil and saxophonist Jan Štolba between 1978 and 1983.[1]
His collected lyrics were published in the book Kytaru s palmou in 2015. An 8-CD box set of his songs from the 1970s to the present was released in 2016, titled Ultimate Nothing.[2][3]
In 2009, a 17-track tribute album Ztracený ve světě: A Tribute to Oldřich Janota was released to mark his 60th birthday.[1]
Janota died on 27 July 2024, at the age of 74.[4]
Discography
edit- Winter Days (1989)
- Oldřich Janota (1990, later reissued as Mezi vlnami)
- Neviditelné věci (1990)
- Jiná rychlost času (1993)
- Žlutě (1994)
- Sešité (1996)
- Podzimní král (2000)
- High Fidelity (2001)
- Jako měsíc (2003)
- Ora pro nobis (2009)
- Posvěcení nového měsíce (2011)
- Kojoko (2014)
- Ultimate Nothing (2016)
- Vzpomínáš, Méďo? (2022)
- Zatlankou (2022)
References
edit- ^ a b Jonssonová, Pavla (2019). Devět z české hudební alternativy osmdesátých let (in Czech). Prague: Karolinum. pp. 172–184. ISBN 978-80-246-4328-1.
- ^ "Oldřich Janota: Pamatuju se, jak jsem poprvé viděl v televizi Karla Gotta". MAČ365 (in Czech). Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ Bezr, Ondřej (8 March 2016). "Od folku přes vypískání folkaři zase k folku, to je Oldřich Janota". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ Špulák, Jaroslav (27 July 2024). "Zemřel písničkář Oldřich Janota". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Borgis. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
External links
edit- Oldřich Janota discography at Discogs
- Oldřich Janota at IMDb