The Richter Band
Smetana (LP)
LabelInfinite ExpanseGenreExperimental
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Returning to the Czech Republic with a reissue of Richter Band’s first album, Smetana (Czech for ‘Cream’), released originally in 1990. Pavel Richter gained a considerable reputation as a guitarist, playing in a number of Czech avant-garde rock groups, including Švehlík, Marno Union and Elektrobus, and became one of foremost figures of the Prague scene which opposed the socialist regime of the 70’s and 80’s. Towards the mid 80’s, he began to focus on calm music and subtle sound structures, playing a number of gigs channelling this energy wtih Oldřich Janota and Luboš Fidler, and eventually forming a new group alongside Štěpán Pečírka and Jaroslav Kořán. Smetana is one of the highlights of that creative period, characterised by a fusion of Richter’s gentle electric guitar alongside the fidlerophone, a unique percussive instrument, invented by Fidler, made of jars and struck by plastic strainers, and whose sound is similar in character to Tibetan bowls or Gamelan.
| A1 | V Muzeu (At The Museum) | 5:11 | |
| A2 | Čínský Potůček / Poloviční Chytání (Chinese Rivulet / Half Grabbing) | 7:43 | |
| A3 | Česká Řeka (Czech River) | 6:54 | |
| A4 | Dvanáct Hodin (Twelve O'Clock) | 8:50 | |
| A5 | Náhodná (The Coincidetal One) | 3:32 | |
| B1 | Líbivá (The Appealing One) | 5:31 | |
| B2 | Sbohem (Goodbye) | 4:25 | |
| B3 | Hučivá (The Humming One) | 5:57 | |
| B4 | Nic (Nothing) | 5:11 | |
| B5 | Český Smutek (Czech Sadness) | 4:11 |
- Michal Kořán
- Design, Producer
- Pavel Richter
- Electric Guitar, Effects, Sampler, Clarinet, Marimba, Performer [Fidlerophone, Amplified Clockwork, Amplified Jukebox], Recorded By, Mixed By
- Jaroslav Kořán
- Performer [Fidlerophone], Photography By
- Tom Gibbs
- Producer
- Mikey Young
- Remastered By
- Štěpán Pečírka
- Trumpet, Performer [Fidlerophone]
