BezoBratři | nl

The band was founded in fall of 2005 by three enthusiasts of folk wind instruments: Pavel Císarík, Marek Gonda and Jan Glembek. The original objective of the trio was to get together and share the joy of playing together, because the character of these instruments couldn’t exactly offer this, all the instruments were expressions of pastoral solitude. That was when the name of the band appeared - Bezobratři use flutes, overtone flutes and shepherd’s pipes and they are made of elderberry (“bez” in Czech means “elderberry”).

A breakthrough came when they longed for a richer, more spontaneous music and started to accept new players with new instruments to their core group. During last years, step by step Bezobratři have been diverting from the genre of pure classic folklore (more precisely “folklorism”) and they started to treat the songs in more author way. This approach became even more visible with the arrival of a strong personality, the violinist Jan Běťák who became strongly involved in Bezobratři’s work.

In March and December of 2009 the band recorded their second album Bezobav, released in spring 2010 (IndiesScope Rec.) Is there a folk music today without the unnecessary blending with other genres? The prove that it is possible, and even exceptionally well, without grafting rock and other trends, are the Moravian band Bezobratři who merge modern and traditional approach to folk music legacy. The second album by Bezobratři called Bezobav is mainly filled with songs from Moravian-Slovak border with folk balladic lyrics. The album recalls the early work of Warsaw Village Band, but in the Moravian spirit.

Pavel Císarík explains: “The music comes from the Moravian and Slovak roots, however, is influenced by the present and that’s why use here not only traditional musical instruments typical for the folklore of so-called Carpathian arc (shepherd’s pipes, flutes, overtone flutes, Belorussian cimbalom, violin, accordion, cello) but also less traditional ones (glockenspiel, drum, darbouka, jewish harp, didgeridoo, castanets, tambourine).“


Pavel Císarík / vocals, flute, shepherd’s pipe, overtone flutes, drums and percussion
Klára Císaríková / vocals, violin
Jan Glembek / flute, shepherd’s pipe, overtone flutes, cimbalom
Marek Gonda / flute, shepherd’s pipe, overtone flutes, didgeridoo
Veronika Jiříčková / vocals, cello
Petr Šebela / vocals, accordio .