MI2 • TIDE
MI2
Tone Kregar (vokal), Jernej Dirnbek (vokal, kitara), Egon Herman (kitara), Robert Novak (bas, manager), Igor Peter Orač (bobni); mojster zvoka: Drago Popovič; oder in oprema: Miha Lamut, Aleš Strnad
Mi2 odlikujejo energični in duhoviti živi nastopi, sčasoma pa so pridobili tudi potrebno mero uigranosti, glasbenega znanja ter drugih potrebnih veščin, da je obisk njihovih špilov vse prej kot dolgočasen. Čeprav nikoli čisto v ospredju slovenske glasbene stvarnosti, niso ves ta čas stopali niti prav daleč od njega. Zasedbo Mi2 sta v letu 1995 kot duet ustanovila Jernej Dirnbek in Robert Firer Fiki.
Če se je zasedba Mi2 na slovensko glasbeno sceno prebila s skladbo ‘Črtica’ in tam utrdila svojo prisotnost s skladbo ‘Teta Estera’ (album ‘Čudo tehnike’, 1999), potem je serija uspešnic iz njihovega tretjega albuma (‘Album’ iz leta 2000) zaslužna za to, da so bili fantje prepoznani in sprejeti ne veliki koncertni oder kot čvrsta rokenrol zasedba. To so bile skladbe ‘Pojdi z menoj v toplice’, ‘Pa si šla’, ‘Oda gudeki’, ‘Ljubezen pod topoli’, ‘Najrajši sn pa s teboj pil’, s katerimi je bend postal stalni gost open air festivalov, študentskih žurov in petkovega (rockerskega) večera ljudskih veselic.
Discography :
· 1997 - Črtica
· 1999 - Čudo tehnike
· 2000 - Album leta
· 2002 - Dečki s Sotle
· 2006 - Dobrodošli na dvor
· 2010 - Rokenrol
TIDE
Kevin Koradin (vocals, guitar), Matej Batelič (bass), Tine Čas (guitar), Blaž Sotošek (drums)
The story of Tide begins in Amsterdam in 1998. Kevin Koradin left Slovenia for the Netherlands to gather experience as a studio musician. During this period he became friends with an incredible Danish drummer Mikkel Brink. They were soon joined by Kenji Hino, a well-known Japanese bassist, whose father is the famous jazz player Terumasa Hino. Kenji and Mikkel both played on Kevin's first demo tapes. Later that year, in Copenhagen, Kevin again met up with Mikkel, who had just finished his tour in Japan. A week of conversations and parties resulted in the making of a new band. In shortage of bass players, Mikkel and Kevin talked Matej Batelič into joining them and together they created a smashing trio. This was the official beginning of Tide.
Kevin soon recorded a few demo tapes and in the heart of the hurricane season together with Mikkel and Matej took off for South Florida where they performed live for a couple of months. After a short trip to New York they returned to Amsterdam to cut an album. Mikkel got homesick and returned to Denmark for good so the album was written, recorded and co-produced by Kevin alongside producers Peer Rave and Matthisj van der Speck. Kevin came back to Slovenia in 2005 where a new chapter for Tide began. After putting together a band for the purpose of performing live and after presenting his recordings, he got offered a record deal. In 2005 they released the debut album “Seven Days”. Kevin's band quickly drew attention and became a new rising rock force in Slovenia.
They are currently working on their fourth album.
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