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Album LIDOVĚK
The recording LIDOVĚK is the first solo album by actor and musician Matěj Metoděj Štrunc. Accompanied by the cimbalom, violin, and other acoustic instruments, Matěj blends folk songs with synthesizers, drums, electronics, and a modern sound. Traditional songs, overseen in the producer's role by popular singer Thom Artway, are reflected in a new form and with a fresh twist on the album Lidověk.
Musician, composer, and actor Matěj Metoděj Štrunc has just released his new album LIDOVĚK 2.0, a follow-up to his successful project LIDOVĚK. The record offers darker and more energetic arrangements of traditional Czech and Moravian folk songs, where electronic elements and beats intertwine with cimbalom, violin, and other acoustic instruments.
Several notable artists contributed to the album, including folk legend Hana Ulrychová, singer and actress Jitka Čvančarová, Oscar winner Markéta Irglová, singer Žofie Kabelková, the folk choir LADA, and musicians Petr Ptáček, Michal Grombiřík, among others. The result is a unique fusion of tradition and contemporary music production, creating an album that combines the raw power of folk music with a modern sonic palette.
Coinciding with the album's release is the new single V javorových horách (In the Maple Mountains), performed as a duet with Markéta Irglová. This emotional Moravian folk song blends intimate melancholy with a hard-hitting beat, elevated by the female voices of choir LADA.
Ze Severu (From the North)
Poetry
Matěj Metoděj Štrunc is a Czech actor, musician, and traveler. He studied acting at the Brno Conservatory, is the frontman of the band Ateliér, and has been a member of the artistic ensemble at the Městské divadlo Zlín since 2017. A passionate traveler, his favorite destinations are in the North. His poetry collection Ze Severu (From the North), which could be subtitled a poetic travelogue, marks his debut in the field of poetry.