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Pavel Fajt

Drummer, percussionist, arranger, composer (CZ)

Briliant drummer and percussionist, celebrity of Czech avantgard music scene has been composing and performing since 1986. Besides his solo drum trek project he has been collaborating with many well known artistic personalities: Iva Bittová (CZ), Dunaj (CZ), Jim Meneses (USA), Anna Homler (USA), Fred Frith (GB), Chris Cutler (GB), Mikolas Chadima, Stepanida Borisova (Yakutsk), Pluto and others. He participates at the Drummers Gathering project every year, composes film music (for Dusan Hanak, Dusan Trancik, short films), collaborates with theatres Divadlo Husa na Provazku, Divadlo Komedie (David Prachar), teaches at the Fine Art University of Brno and works also as a music producer. Pavel is intensively performing in Czech Rep. and abroad with his solo project and he has issued 15 albums.
www.fajt.cz
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Project AUTOPILOTE
Pavel Fajt (CZ): drum set, electro, live looping, voice
Ondřej Smeykal (CZ): didgeridoo, electro didgeridoo
Yumiko Ishijima (Japan): voice
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The Autopilote project is based on rhythms, experimental sounds and energy waves. The origin of the project arose in 2004 and its creators are worldwide known and experienced musicians as solo performes. Progressive acoustic and electrified didgeridoo, playful though compelling dance rhythm of the drum set, voice coming from the different sphere and dynamics of the musicians bringing up the energizing experience of enthusiasm provoking the body to dance and the mind towards to the unthought-of landscapes. The didgeridoo haunting sound from the depths of Earth, the bass surging out, the breath and voice in the sharp riffs and grooves are communicating the audience. Multi-layered rhythmical spaces, sonic excursions and flow of sound is being ripped to shreds with Fajt´s dance-ethno beats, electronics and live loops. Autopilote has been succeeding at festivals across Czech Rep. Colour of Ostrava, Reagge Ziznikov - Ceska lipa, Lovosický Zafest, Hrachovka music festival, Nokia Music Tour, Valassky Spalicek and many music clubs. Now aspiring to visit and participate international scene.
www.autopilote.cz


ONDŘEJ SMEYKAL (CZ)
Leading and Czech pioneering didgeridoo player (since 1992). With his unique and individual expression he is discovering new yet unknown spheres of didgeridoo sounds using the instrument with original approach. His very personalized style of playing can be called alternative, dynamic, generating the music from ambient towards to club dance scene. He graduated Prague Fine Art University and one year studies at Aboriginal Art in Canberra Australia. He is an co-creator of the Czech Pavilion exposition at Expo in Aichi, Japan 2005. He collaborated with Ian Wood on CD Wooden Toys, Monika Naceva, Richter Band, Guru band with Jana Koubkova, Philharmonic Orchestra Hradec Kralove. Since 2002 he has been working on his Didgeridoo solo project traveling and performing across the world. His first solo cd Didgeridoo solo was released in 2004.
www.smeykal.cz


YUMIKO ISHIJIMA (Japan)
Talented singer, songwriter, musician, illustrator and mangaka (Japan cartoon) was born in Tokyo. Founder, leader and creator of unmistakably unique sound of Papaya Paranoia, she presents herself within the group as a lead vocal. Originally she started as bass guitarist and occasionally also as a keyboardist or computer programmer. Her voice is very expressive, full of power and colors, distinguishably specific. Yumiko wrote songs (lyrics) also for other artists (e.g. singer SHINOHARA Ryoko or '90s techno idol SHISHIDO Rumi), music for Playstation game-software (BMG) and countless MC narration & vocal performances (TV: commercials, RADIO: "personality" - own-program). In 1989~94 she made series of illustrations, essays and reports for books of "TAKARAJIMA" , worked for "CUTIE" and "KADOGAWA SHOTEN" (1994-5). Among her most recent works we can find "Edu-tainment" comics (manga) for books "iMac de ukiuki DTM" and "MD4S demoteepu" (RITTOR MUSIC, Tokyo 1999) introducing how to use computer in music...


Project DRUMTREK
Solo project of Pavel Fajt and his drum set, eventually with dancer Berrak Yedek.