Rapper Radoslav "Gipsy" Banga has created the band, which involved violinist Vojtech "Bela" Lavicka, Petr "Durman" Surmaj and Jan "Rotvajler" Surmaj. The band performs explosive mix of rap, Gipsy music, funk and ethno pop, which is spiced by humour and irony.
A Romany rap musician, song writer and entertainer, Radoslav Banga known as Gipsy was born in 1982. He wrote his first lyrics at the age of 12 and encountered hip hop music first a year later. In 1997, Radek Banga formed the music project Syndrom Snopp with DJ Smog. Gipsy has colaborated and performed with various well-known artists. He has played as a guest with the Boban Markovic Orkestar, shared the stage with GZA, played the main Czech festivals, the Karneval der Kulturen in Berlin and several concerts in Berlin's Kaffee Burger. In addition, he is a regular guest on Radio Multikulti/Funkhaus Europa. From 2005 onwards, he has focused on a music band called Gipsy.czVoitech "Bela" Lavicka - is the most experienced member of the group Gipsy.cz, not only by age (33), but music experience as well. Up till 15 years Vojtech played only classical music, was member of Moravian folk band. In 1992 has became editor of Czech Radio, later hosted several TV shows. In late 90s founded ethnic band Alom, and for two years worked in alternative band Deep Sweeden. Presently, except Gipsy.cz he plays in trio of Surmajs and in the band Banda.cz
In just three years, Gipsy.cz has become one of the most famous Czech music representatives in the world and played at prestigious festivals and clubs in 15 countries around the world, from Glastonbury to Ljubljana, from Lisbon through Kiev to Seoul. The 2006 Andel Award in the Discovery of the Year category, the Chart Jumper of the Year in the 2008 Cesky slavik contest (it jumped from the 89th place to the 10th place), the Best Band of the Year award (2007) of the music magazine Filter, many live performances at the biggest Czech festivals, concerts and clubs, the Golden Album for the sales of the first album Romano Hip Hop and the success of the second album Reprezent among the fans and audience in the Czech Republic and aboard show the success of the band in the Czech Republic. In addition to many television performances, the band also performed twice in the national rounds of Eurosong in 2007 a 2008.Gipsy.cz significantly helped the mutual understanding and better communication between the minorities and the majority society. In 2007 Radoslav Banga became the national ambassador of the European Year of Equal Opportunities for All.The great position of the band on the international scene is also proven by its participation at the legendary festival in Glastonbury, Great Britain, where it performed as the first Czech interpret ever. People saw Gipsy.cz in the Netherlands - at the Dunya Festival in Rotterdam, the Mundial Festival in Tilburg and in the legendary Paradiso Hall in Amsterdam. The band also performed at the Couleur Cafe Festival in Brussels, at the Bestival on the Isle of Wight, Great Britain, the Pulse Festival in London and the Sziget Festival in Budapest. The unexpectedly enthusiastic reception brought the band twice to the World Music Festival in Ulsan, South Korea.With its decision to introduce Gipsy.cz band to the European Song Contest, the Czech Televison has logically reflected the acceptance of the band's newest album "Reprezent" abroad – beyond the frontiers of the Czech Republic. The European tour of the album started with the greatest Czech success achieved in the European hit-parade World Music Charts Europe (WMCE). The October WMCE scale marks the "Represent" on the bronze position and the November one mentiones the "Represent" as numer 5. For the entire year of 2008, Reprezent took the overall 21st place in WMCE out of 916 nominated albums in 2008. The band’s albums are being also successfully sold in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Great Britain, Japan, Italy, Spain, Portugal, South Korea, etc. The songs from both albums are in many compilations dedicated to world music as well as Romani and modern music fusions.The latest issue of the prestigious British magazine Songlines gave Reprezent all five stars, referring to it as Top of The World, and included the song Benga Beating in its sampler also called Benga Beating.
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Lyrics:
They use to call me Gipsy, hello there.
It means no problem to me, I don?t care.
Till I?ve got microphone making you act.
I love to be that gipsy rat.
Rap 1:
Word ain't key to me.
I can't think that eazly.
If you keep that energy.
Gipsy sounds like symphony.
Hate me or love me Baby.
Speed up from null to eighty.
In next three seconds music turns you to slave it.
Ref:
Aven Romale!
If you really wanna understand, just sing it with me,
dadada.
Aven Romale.
I can make you really feel like Gipsy.
A da da da
Aven Romale!
If you really wanna understand, just sing it with me,
dadada.
Aven Romale.
I can make you really feel like Gipsy.
Music is that miracle.
Rhytm is the mirror.
That's right. (Cesko in da house!)
It's truth that Gipsies are just everywhere.
I means no problem to me, I don't care.
Listen the song and free your frozen mind.
And let the colours all behind.
I (can make feel like)
Gipsy (let color behind).
Free (your Gipsy inside of your music soul to be like)
Oh (and what the wonder).
Truth (you got it inside).
Aven Cech, Jagr, Pivo, come together once more.
Rap 2:
Aven Romale!
Ma ker the sun man more!
Listen and don't matter where you from.
I'll make you jump, say it.
Aven Romale!
Praha Brno Normale.
Cesi vi – my name is Gee, so everybody rock with me, please.
Ref:
I feel something wrong made us separate the world on pieces,
we got eyes and we still stay all so blind.
Ref:
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