Rale - křest nového alba "Twilight"
Press Releases from the January 16, 2001
On Tuesday January 23, 2001, the musical group Rale will launch their new CD "Twilight" (published by Indies Records) in the Archa Theatre.
Since they were founded in 1993, musical ensemble RALE has continued to develop their work. Members of the company first met at the International Music Festival MIMI, near the French Marseilles. It was also here that the guitar duo from the musical group Dunaj, Vladimír Václavek and Josef Ostřanský, met the Japanese violinist Takumi Fukushima and the French-Vietnamese dancer Cynthia Phung-Ngoc.
The first compositions they created together were linked to the work of the individual musicians, as well as to the traditions of folk music. An unchanged musical language arose, creating the characteristic which is today immediately associated with Rale. Their manuscript is perceptible when one listens to each song. The music of the group has become more "pressed", especially during the period since they introduced violoncellist Andrea Konstankiewicz into the company of Rale.
In November, the group released their third album "Twilight", where played as a guest: Milo Dvořák, the members of French dance ensemble Kublai Khan Investigations, which we could see in June 2000 in the Archa Theatre as a part of the dance festival Tanec Praha. The album "Twilight" is about life, about agreement of fate, about need to look for own way. It is about dying and about death. It is dedicated to the French friend of this group - Laurent Letourneur, who died about one month before the completion of the album.
In the Archa Theatre, ther is an exhibition of Martin Píro: One Heart, One Way (photography, video).
The performers will include:
Vladimír Václavek - vocals, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, djemba, percussion
Josef Ostřanský - vocals and electric guitar, bass guitar, darbouka, percussion
Andrea Konstankiewitz - vocals, violoncello
Takumi Fukushima - vocals, violin
Cynthia Phung-Ngoc - dance, vocals, viola