Dan Bárta

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On My Head 02:45 Tools
Dna A Pan Touha 01:02 Tools
Wo-Ba-Si-U 04:00 Tools
Innerview 04:34 Tools
Etnika et Nikola 05:10 Tools
Pánví 05:48 Tools
Divení 05:41 Tools
In Strumo 05:37 Tools
Intropicture 01:23 Tools
Městem 04:22 Tools
Na i v ní 04:48 Tools
Planetám 05:02 Tools
Dua 03:45 Tools
Za Poryvu 03:45 Tools
Here I Am 03:39 Tools
Němá éra 04:39 Tools
Původně paví 05:47 Tools
Eleisure Suite 02:30 Tools
Tábory šestek 04:06 Tools
Předpokládám 05:42 Tools
Zivy 05:34 Tools
Dech 03:08 Tools
Nejen Ian 04:20 Tools
Jesus Online 04:20 Tools
Doba s tebou 03:30 Tools
Ani náhodou 04:34 Tools
Foot In Another Land 05:38 Tools
Li 02:09 Tools
May Day 03:44 Tools
Geist Arbeitet 04:46 Tools
A to tě trochu bolí 04:54 Tools
Naivní 04:46 Tools
Some People 05:58 Tools
Killing Time 02:22 Tools
Stmivani 07:09 Tools
Pilátův Sen 06:49 Tools
Brisbane 03:49 Tools
Malé ólala 03:16 Tools
Za poryvů 05:52 Tools
MOTHER'S WORLD 03:32 Tools
Stmívání 07:10 Tools
I Wish 03:32 Tools
Introduction To Happiness 05:50 Tools
Živý 05:33 Tools
We All 03:50 Tools
Vlčák 03:08 Tools
Naokoland (Kalunga Nekuhameeke, Charly) 04:04 Tools
Trvale Udržitelný 03:42 Tools
Ozvěna Kantát 02:58 Tools
Na Nebi Svítí 02:50 Tools
B'Artagnan 03:17 Tools
Omyly 03:52 Tools
Nic noveho pod pihou 03:16 Tools
Dokud se někdo dívá 05:39 Tools
Pilatuv sen 05:39 Tools
Romantik lyrik 03:29 Tools
Languages 03:29 Tools
Kontrabásník 03:29 Tools
Nic nového pod pihou 03:17 Tools
Maratonika 03:29 Tools
Predpokladam 05:39 Tools
Pruhy III 05:52 Tools
Oblaka dobra 03:32 Tools
Denně 05:52 Tools
Opýšemé inaší 04:33 Tools
Kontrabasnik 03:29 Tools
Klidná 04:12 Tools
Kontrabásník (Když se rozdělím) 03:50 Tools
Panvi 05:52 Tools
Nic Nového Pod Pihou (© Liché Hemisperamor) 03:15 Tools
KONTRABÁSNÍK (KDYZ SE ROZDELÍM) 03:15 Tools
Mother\'s world 03:32 Tools
Born To Be Wild 03:32 Tools
Naokoland 04:04 Tools
Tábory Sestek 03:58 Tools
Rano 04:33 Tools
Vlcak 03:08 Tools
Kontrabásník(Když se rozdělím) 03:48 Tools
Moje Vina 03:58 Tools
Život Je Jen Náhoda 03:25 Tools
Foggy Day 04:23 Tools
Ozvena kantat 02:58 Tools
Male olala 02:58 Tools
Trvale udrzitelny 03:41 Tools
Tam Za Vodou V Rákosí 03:29 Tools
Slim Jim 04:12 Tools
You keep on moving 05:25 Tools
Ráno 04:34 Tools
Planeta 05:03 Tools
Neotvírej dům 03:42 Tools
Zivý 05:34 Tools
Elephantology II 09:16 Tools
Kontrabáseň 04:24 Tools
Moje vina (live) 03:58 Tools
Maksimig 04:14 Tools
Hello America 02:46 Tools
Nìmá éra 18:00 Tools
Pøedpokládám 05:38 Tools
Dream team 90125 22:32 Tools
Etnika Et Nikola (Veneer Mix) 04:06 Tools
Kontrabasen - intro (live) 04:23 Tools
Kontrabásník (když se rozdělím 03:50 Tools
Pùvodnì paví 22:32 Tools
We all (edit) 03:45 Tools
Citrus Feeling [Fernet Stock Citrus] 03:45 Tools
Píseň hraboše 02:53 Tools
Kontrabásník (Když Se Rozdělí) 03:50 Tools
O lidech rekla Misa 04:56 Tools
O Maria O Felix Puerpera 04:56 Tools
Némá Éra 04:41 Tools
KONTRABASNIK (KDYZ SE ROZDELIM) 02:50 Tools
Pisen hrabose 02:50 Tools
Hello America II 02:50 Tools
Opatrný 05:37 Tools
Nic nového pod pihou (@Liché hemispheramor) 03:17 Tools
Ozvena kantát 02:58 Tools
Trvale Udrzitelný 03:42 Tools
Vlcák 03:08 Tools
Za poryvú 00:00 Tools
Ozvìna Kantát 02:58 Tools
Vlèák 03:08 Tools
O lidech řekla Míša 02:58 Tools
No Nového Pod Pihou 03:17 Tools
Citrus Feeling 03:45 Tools
Naokoland - Kalunga Nekuhambeke, Charly 03:08 Tools
TANTE COSE DA VEDER 03:52 Tools
Za Poryvù 03:08 Tools
Planetám (Veneer Mix) 03:08 Tools
Etnika Et Nikola / Veneer Mix / 03:08 Tools
Pilátuv 06:53 Tools
naivni 04:08 Tools
Jak ze sna procitám 04:08 Tools
Kontrabásník (když se rozdělí 03:50 Tools
Pozdravuj máti 04:45 Tools
Na-i-v-ní 04:45 Tools
Mìstem 05:01 Tools
Etnika Et Nikola [Album Version] 04:22 Tools
Naokoland - (Kalunga Nekuhambeke, Charly) 05:01 Tools
Nic Nového Pod Pihou (© Liché Hemisperamor) [Album Version] 03:17 Tools
Intropicture [Album Version] 01:21 Tools
Stmívaní 07:10 Tools
Za Poryvu [Album Version] 04:00 Tools
innerview [album version] 04:00 Tools
Zivy [Album Version] 05:32 Tools
Dua [Album Version] 03:48 Tools
Hej, ty! 04:33 Tools
Moje vina? 03:59 Tools
Mestem [Album Version] 05:00 Tools
Planetám [Album Version] 05:03 Tools
Kontrabásník(Když se rozdìlím) 05:00 Tools
Slepej, Mladej, Mrtvej 03:29 Tools
Spirits in the material world 06:35 Tools
Tábory Sestek [Album Version] 03:17 Tools
Pilátuv Sen [Album Version] 06:59 Tools
Pilátùv sen 03:17 Tools
Too Young To Die 05:19 Tools
Isobel 03:38 Tools
Someday In My Life 05:27 Tools
Trvale Udržitelný 03:42 Tools
Živý 03:42 Tools
You keep on 05:25 Tools
Kolikrat 04:36 Tools
Fool Of Me 04:36 Tools
PUVODNE PANVI 05:47 Tools
Beating Around the Bush 03:29 Tools
Na-iv-ní 05:41 Tools
No Quarter 04:43 Tools
Stmívání (Feat. Milan Straka) 12:29 Tools
Raj Se Mnou Nehledej 04:38 Tools
Slow Car to China 04:35 Tools
Wo-Ba-Si-U [Album Version] 04:01 Tools
Last Chance Lost 04:35 Tools
Pánví [Album Version] 05:52 Tools
Predpokladam [Album Version] 05:42 Tools
Nema Era [Album Version] 04:40 Tools
Intropicture (Album Version) 04:35 Tools
Naivní (Album Version) 01:04 Tools
Naivní [Album Version] 04:45 Tools
Za Poryvu (Album Version) 04:45 Tools
Etnika Et Nikola (Album Version) 04:01 Tools
Nic nového pod pihou (Liché hemispheramor) 03:17 Tools
Ráj se mnou nehledej 03:50 Tools
Na i vní 01:04 Tools
Kontrabásník(Když se rozdìlím) 01:04 Tools
Dokud se nekdo diva 04:40 Tools
Dna § pan Touha 01:04 Tools
Kontrabásník (Kdyz Se Rozdelím) [Album Version] 03:50 Tools
Nic Nového Pod Pihou (© Liché Hemisperamor) (Album Version) 03:17 Tools
01_naivní 01:04 Tools
Tábory Šestek feat. Klempa 03:50 Tools
Elephantology II. 09:09 Tools
Opyseme inasi 03:50 Tools
Even After All 03:59 Tools
Zivy (Album Version) 03:50 Tools
Predpokladam (Album Version) 03:50 Tools
Innerview (Album Version) 03:50 Tools
Dna A Pan Touha [Album Version] 01:02 Tools
Mestem (Album Version) 03:50 Tools
Tak to je 03:50 Tools
Tábory šestek (Feat. Klempa) 03:50 Tools
Trvale Udrıiteln‡ 03:42 Tools
In Strumo [Album Version] 05:40 Tools
Kontrabásník (Když se rodělím) 03:50 Tools
Nic nového pod pihou (©liché Hemispheramor) 04:00 Tools
Denne 04:42 Tools
Stmívání feat. Milan Straka 12:26 Tools
Tábory Sestek (Album Version) 12:26 Tools
Dua (Album Version) 05:40 Tools
Yeah! 12:26 Tools
To se ti zdálo 12:26 Tools
06 DNA A PAN TOUHA 01:07 Tools
_na_i_v_ni 04:41 Tools
_panvi 05:53 Tools
Bartagnan 04:42 Tools
Brother Wolf & Sister Moon 05:52 Tools
On My Head (Album Version) 05:19 Tools
Kontrabásník (Kdyz Se Rozdelím) (Album Version) 04:42 Tools
Divení [Album Version] 05:42 Tools
Wo-Ba-Si-U (Album Version) 12:26 Tools
Pánví (Album Version) 05:40 Tools
Nema Era (Album Version) 05:40 Tools
04_kontrabásník 01:02 Tools
Kontrabasnik (Kdyz se rozdelim 12:26 Tools
_nema_era 04:42 Tools
Nepospíchej 04:06 Tools
No Quarter (Led Zeppelin) 04:42 Tools
Puvodne Paví [Album Version] 05:47 Tools
Dna A Pan Touha (Album Version) 05:42 Tools
Pilátuv Sen (Album Version) 05:19 Tools
Pomalá 05:42 Tools
Stopa 5 05:42 Tools
Kontrabásník (Když se rozdìlím) 05:42 Tools
08 IN STRUMO 05:44 Tools
Coming Home 05:42 Tools
Bojím se to říct 05:42 Tools
07 WO-BA-SI-U 04:06 Tools
In Sturmo 05:42 Tools
Dan Barta - On My Head 04:06 Tools
Planetám (Album Version) 05:19 Tools
Jsem ti v patách 03:50 Tools
Chápej mě 03:50 Tools
Stopa 8 03:50 Tools
Coloured Snow 04:00 Tools
_wo 04:00 Tools
Nic nového pod pihou (Cliché Hemispheramor) 03:17 Tools
AudioTrek 05 03:17 Tools
O Maria, O Felix Puerpera 05:19 Tools
Stmívání (Album Version) 05:47 Tools
In Strumo (Album Version) 05:19 Tools
Kontrabásník (když se rozdìlím 03:50 Tools
Overdose II 05:19 Tools
Den po dni 05:19 Tools
Tábory šestek 05:47 Tools
02 Pánví 05:52 Tools
_kontrabasnik_(kdyz_se_rozdelim) 03:51 Tools
Kontrabásník (Když se rozdìlím 05:19 Tools
Máš dost? 05:19 Tools
In The Material World (Police) 05:46 Tools
Too Young To Die (Jamiroquai) 05:19 Tools
Track 1 05:19 Tools
Track 2 05:19 Tools
Divení (Album Version) 05:19 Tools
AudioTrek 03 05:19 Tools
AudioTrek 08 05:19 Tools
Track 4 05:19 Tools
Last Chance Lost (J.Mitchell) 05:19 Tools
AudioTrek 04 05:19 Tools
AudioTrek 01 05:19 Tools
Track 6 05:19 Tools
Track 3 05:19 Tools
Track 7 05:19 Tools
Fool Of Me (M.Ndegeonchello) 05:19 Tools
Stopa 7 04:35 Tools
Stopa 1 04:35 Tools
Puvodne Paví (Album Version) 05:19 Tools
Stopa 4 04:35 Tools
01 Na i v ní 05:19 Tools
Stopa 2 04:35 Tools
Stopa 3 05:19 Tools
Stopa 10 05:19 Tools
Tábor šestek 05:52 Tools
Beating Aroung The Bush (AC/DC) 05:19 Tools
Track 9 05:19 Tools
Slow Car To China (G.Neuman) 04:35 Tools
AudioTrek 02 04:35 Tools
Track 5 04:35 Tools
O Maria O Felix Puerpera (13th Century) 04:35 Tools
AudioTrek 07 04:35 Tools
AudioTrek 09 04:35 Tools
Kids 04:35 Tools
...A To Tě Trochu Bolí 04:36 Tools
03 Etnika et Nikola 04:35 Tools
07 Dua 04:35 Tools
a)I feel.. b)Is it just... 04:36 Tools
Stopa 6 09:15 Tools
In The Can 04:35 Tools
10 Divení 04:35 Tools
Stmívání [Album Version] 12:29 Tools
Brother Wolf (Cult) 05:52 Tools
Isobel (Bjork) 03:38 Tools
Someday In My Live (Simply Red) 05:27 Tools
Ramble On 04:36 Tools
Track 8 04:36 Tools
AudioTrek 06 04:36 Tools
AudioTrek 10 04:36 Tools
Track-01 04:36 Tools
02 Pánví 04:36 Tools
Intro Picture 04:36 Tools
Ústa Hromů 03:58 Tools
Zavržen na věky věkův 04:36 Tools
Naheyeah 03:58 Tools
I Fall In Love Too Easily 09:15 Tools
Track-06 09:15 Tools
09_původně paví 09:15 Tools
& Sexy Dancers - Slim Jim 09:09 Tools
05 němá éra 04:45 Tools
A to tì trochu bolí 04:45 Tools
... a to tě trochu bolí 05:47 Tools
Tabory sestek (feat. Klempa) 03:58 Tools
Evan After All (Finley Quaye) 03:58 Tools
Dan Barta / On My Head 03:58 Tools
Track-02 03:58 Tools
Kolikrát 04:58 Tools
02 Innerview 03:58 Tools
Dům medového mesíce 03:45 Tools
Punk Happy Voc 03:58 Tools
You keep on moving (... & Kamil Střihavka) 05:27 Tools
& Alice - Klidná 03:58 Tools
O.V.E.R.D.O.S.E. Tudy někde vede cesta do ráje 12:29 Tools
Track-04 03:58 Tools
Parisian 03:58 Tools
Track-05 03:58 Tools
Kontrabásník (když se rozdìlím) 03:58 Tools
Track-03 05:27 Tools
03 Předpokládám 05:44 Tools
& Alice - Ani náhodou 05:44 Tools
Původně páví 05:47 Tools
On My Head (dance) 05:47 Tools
slim jim... and sexy dancers 05:47 Tools
03 - Etnika Et Nikola 05:47 Tools
Tábory šestek (Featuring Klempa) 05:04 Tools
Mother ´s world 05:04 Tools
Intruduction to happiness 05:04 Tools
03 Předpokládám 05:04 Tools
05 Němá éra 05:04 Tools
Mother\\'s world 05:04 Tools
Lenka Dusilova / Rock The Snow 12:29 Tools
Slim Jim (... & Sexy Dancers) 04:14 Tools
06 Živý 12:29 Tools
A to tě trochu bolí (... & Alice) 04:56 Tools
Klidná (... & Alice) 04:13 Tools
O lidech řekla Míša (... & J.A.R.) 04:58 Tools
Původně pánví 03:29 Tools
Wo ba si u 04:58 Tools
Šedá 12:29 Tools
Track-10 04:58 Tools
Track-07 04:58 Tools
Stopa 9 04:58 Tools
& Alice - Born to be wild 04:58 Tools
Track-09 04:58 Tools
Kontrabásník(Když se rozdělím 03:48 Tools
Ani náhodou (... & Alice) 03:29 Tools
AudioTrek 11 04:56 Tools
Tam za vodou v rákosí (... & Bára Basiková) 03:29 Tools
na nebi sviti... and ozon 04:56 Tools
on_my_head 04:56 Tools
& Alice - A to tě trochu bolí 04:56 Tools
ani nahodou... and alice 04:56 Tools
Stopa 12 04:13 Tools
Pisen hrabose [GE Money Bank] 04:13 Tools
Kontrabasník 03:48 Tools
sexy dancers - slim jim 04:13 Tools
MOTHER´S WORLD 04:13 Tools
08 In strumo 04:13 Tools
Stmívání (Featuring Milan Straka) 04:13 Tools
04 Kontrabásník (Když se rozdělím) 04:13 Tools
10 Divení 04:13 Tools
07 Wo-ba-si-u 04:13 Tools
Stmivani (Feat. Milan Straka) 04:13 Tools
Sun 04:13 Tools
Jidášova smrt 04:13 Tools
Cirtus Feeling 03:45 Tools
Kontrabasnik(Kdyz se rozdelim) 03:45 Tools
10 Planetám 03:45 Tools
Track-08 03:45 Tools
Foot In Another Land (... & Sexy Dancers) 04:35 Tools
Elephantology 2 04:10 Tools
Na nebi svítí (... & Ozón) 04:35 Tools
Foggy Day (... & Jazz MBZ Combo) 04:24 Tools
Neotvírej dům (... & Emil Viklický) 04:35 Tools
Omyly (... & David Koller) 04:35 Tools
klidna... and alice 03:45 Tools
Born to be wild (... & Alice) 04:35 Tools
09 Původně Paví 03:29 Tools
Jsem pohodlný 04:10 Tools
Kontrabásník (Kdyı se rozdìlím 04:10 Tools
06 DNA a pan Touha 04:10 Tools
09 Původně paví 04:10 Tools
na i vni 04:35 Tools
09 Tábory šestek 03:19 Tools
Slim Jim (Sexy Dancers) 03:19 Tools
Kontrabásník(Kdyı se rozdìlím) 03:19 Tools
Metamegamastítko 03:50 Tools
02 - Innerview 03:50 Tools
05 Born to be wild 04:35 Tools
& Jazz MBZ Combo - Foggy day 04:35 Tools
Ahoj... 04:35 Tools
Stopa 11 04:35 Tools
Karambolage 04:35 Tools
& DAVID KOLLER - Omyly 04:35 Tools
01 Naivní 04:35 Tools
born to be wild... and alice 04:35 Tools
Elephantology II (... & Die El. Eleffant!?) 04:35 Tools
Život je jen náhoda (... & Die El. Eleffant!?) 04:35 Tools
Nic noveho pod pihou (©liché Hemispheramor) 04:35 Tools
06-Some people 04:35 Tools
maksimig... and j.a.r. 04:35 Tools
& Sexy Dancers - Foot In Another Land 04:35 Tools
Hi-tech vitamean 04:35 Tools
omyly... and david koller 04:35 Tools
02 Panvi 04:35 Tools
PYedpokládám 04:35 Tools
⁄iv‡ 04:35 Tools
Ziv‡ 04:35 Tools
Nmá éra 04:35 Tools
05 Nema era 04:35 Tools
Evan After All 04:35 Tools
Povodn paví 04:35 Tools
09-Živý 04:35 Tools
Nás klan 04:35 Tools
12 Maksimig 04:35 Tools
07 - Dua 04:35 Tools
13 Slim Jim 04:48 Tools
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Dan Bárta (* 14.12. 1969, Karlovy Vary) is one of the most talented Czech vocalists, the owner of a very distinctive voice, an artist who incorporates rock, musicals, funk, blues and jazz into his music style. With the release of his 2 solo albums „Illustratosphere“ and „Entropicture“ Bárta embraces the jazz world and starts an intimate new journey. Originally an X-ray lab technician, 36-year old Dan Bárta began singing in Alice, a rock band from Plzen. They released three albums in the first half of the 1990´s and became a sensation of the growing post Velvet Revolution Czechoslovak rock scene. Bárta kept on searching further and several months later he joined the Czech version of Jesus Christ Superstar which has become the most successful musical on stage in the Czech Republic. Bárta played and sang the roles of both Jesus and Judas in numerous performances. Another musical success – the role of Che in Evita followed. Dan Bárta has been also singing in a soul - funky project Sexy Dancers (Czech Grammy Award for the best newcomers in 1998) and in a funky band called J. A. R. that has become a top live act in the Czech Republic. In their twelve years of existence J. A. R. have created not only the wild „funky party music“ sound, gained thousands of devoted fans and released five successful albums, but the distinctive voice of their singer in particular, his contribution and charisma elevated the band to the top of Czech pop. Dan Bárta was awarded 7 Czech Grammy Awards for THE BEST MALE VOCALIST in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 Rock, pop, funky and finally....jazz. „I have been interested in music itself,“ says Bárta. „Following one genre is a privilege of a genius or of someone who got stuck. I have been trying to do new things all the time to enrich my vocabulary with new means of expression...“ A man with many interests, a Renaissance character, a traveller who has been travelling arround the world trying to capture the beauty of dragonflies with his camera. In fact, Dan published his photos in the Czech edition of National Geographic and wants to publish a Czech dragonfly atlas! „I had never thought about a solo record before. But suddently I wrote more intimate songs and from there came the idea,“ Dan describes the birth of „Illustratosphere.“ „I think the breaking point was this party a long time ago where I heard several jazz albums, music I had never really listened to before. It really got to me and I started studying and researching in jazz. It took me four years to absorb it and then let it resonate and....compose. A process of crystalization. And the mates in the band felt the same.“ It took over a year and half to complete the first album and several outstanding Czech muzicians took part in the recording (Míra Chyška – guitar, Filip Jelínek – keyboards, percussion, Robert Balzar – bass, Jirí Slavícek – drums, Stanislav Mácha – piano). The album was awarded the Czech Music Award in THE BEST ALBUM category and the homonymous band was named THE BEST BAND of 2000. Additionaly the video for the song „Predpokládám“ won THE BEST VIDEO category. It took over three years to complete the second album „Entropicture“. All the songs were composed by the band and Dan again wrote the lyrics. „Entropicture“ is a musically less intimate and complicated work than the previous album. „Yes, we will definitely play it live again, in venues, with a very special intimate atmosphere,“ says Bárta. „Music is beautiful. Sometimes I get lost in music and I am not able to concentrate on anything else. The sound of a piano, cello or of an oboe...it is a very personal intimate experience. Music is intensive, great and important. Hundreds of hours of music....And I put together a mosaic made of all these moments. Music is my life and life is my music“ „Entropicture“ was awarded the Czech Music Award of 2003 in THE BEST RECORDING category. DAN BÁRTA won another Czech Music Award for THE BEST SONG of 2004 which he co-wrote with his mates from J. A. R. for the most popular Czech movie of 2004 – Snowboardáci. Currently he has been working on new material with J.A.R. and getting ready for recording the third album with Illustratosphere. The retrospective double-album RETROPICTURE LIVE was released on the 24. November 2005. More Info: SONY BMG, Czech Republic, Palackého 1, 110 00 Prague 1, Tel. +420 246 086 150, info@sonybmg.cz Dan Bárta (often mistagged as Dan Barta) is one of the most talented Czech vocalists, the owner of a very distinctive voice, an artist who incorporates rock, musicals, funk, blues and jazz into his music style. He also sings in J.A.R.. With the release of his 2 solo albums „Illustratosphere“ and „Entropicture“ Bárta embraces the jazz world and starts an intimate new journey. Originally an X-ray lab technician, 36-year old Dan Bárta began singing in Alice, a rock band from Plzeň. They released three albums in the first half of the 1990´s and became a sensation of the growing post Velvet Revolution Czechoslovak rock scene. Bárta kept on searching further and several months later he joined the Czech version of Jesus Christ Superstar which has become the most successful musical on stage in the Czech Republic. Bárta played and sang the roles of both Jesus and Judas in numerous performances. Another musical success – the role of Che in Evita followed. Dan Bárta has been also singing in a soul - funky project Sexy Dancers (Czech Grammy Award for the best newcomers in 1998) and in a funky band called J. A. R. that has become a top live act in the Czech Republic. In their twelve years of existence J. A. R. have created not only the wild „funky party music“ sound, gained thousands of devoted fans and released five successful albums, but the distinctive voice of their singer in particular, his contribution and charisma elevated the band to the top of Czech pop. Dan Bárta was awarded 7 Czech Grammy Awards for THE BEST MALE VOCALIST in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 Rock, pop, funky and finally....jazz. „I have been interested in music itself,“ says Bárta. „Following one genre is a privilege of a genius or of someone who got stuck. I have been trying to do new things all the time to enrich my vocabulary with new means of expression...“ A man with many interests, a Renaissance character, a traveller who has been travelling arround the world trying to capture the beauty of dragonflies with his camera. In fact, Dan published his photos in the Czech edition of National Geographic and wants to publish a Czech dragonfly atlas! „I had never thought about a solo record before. But suddently I wrote more intimate songs and from there came the idea,“ Dan describes the birth of „Illustratosphere.“ „I think the breaking point was this party a long time ago where I heard several jazz albums, music I had never really listened to before. It really got to me and I started studying and researching in jazz. It took me four years to absorb it and then let it resonate and....compose. A process of crystalization. And the mates in the band felt the same.“ It took over a year and half to complete the first album and several outstanding Czech muzicians took part in the recording (Míra Chyška – guitar, Filip Jelínek – keyboards, percussion, Robert Balzar – bass, Jiří Slavíček – drums, Stanislav Mácha – piano). The album was awarded the Czech Music Award in THE BEST ALBUM category and the homonymous band was named THE BEST BAND of 2000. Additionaly the video for the song „Předpokládám“ won THE BEST VIDEO category. It took over three years to complete the second album „Entropicture“. All the songs were composed by the band and Dan again wrote the lyrics. „Entropicture“ is a musically less intimate and complicated work than the previous album. „Yes, we will definitely play it live again, in venues, with a very special intimate atmosphere,“ says Bárta. „Music is beautiful. Sometimes I get lost in music and I am not able to concentrate on anything else. The sound of a piano, cello or of an oboe...it is a very personal intimate experience. Music is intensive, great and important. Hundreds of hours of music....And I put together a mosaic made of all these moments. Music is my life and life is my music“ „Entropicture“ was awarded the Czech Music Award of 2003 in THE BEST RECORDING category. DAN BÁRTA won another Czech Music Award for THE BEST SONG of 2004 which he co-wrote with his mates from J. A. R. for the most popular Czech movie of 2004 – Snowboarďáci. Currently he has been working on new material with J.A.R. and getting ready for recording the third album with Illustratosphere. The retrospective double-album RETROPICTURE LIVE was released on the 24. November 2005. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.