Artist and discography

FruFru

FruFru music is a coctail of world music, dance music and rock. FruFru use combinations of samplers and live grooves. In the lyrics FruFru comment the current state of our world by their view: sometimes in bizarre fantasy and othertimes full of criticism…

The band FruFru comes from Trebic in Moravia and was founded in September 2000 by Vaclav Bartos, who has worked together with performers such as Pavel Fajt and Iva Bittova. Originally, FruFru only grouped together occasionally for improvisational performances at exhibition openings and similar events.

In 2005 FruFru released their second album Don´t Believe in Silence by Indies records. The lyrics are by the leader Vaclav Bartos, then by the czech poets Ditmar Chmelar and Krystof Ewance plus two anonymous texts from the 16th century. The CD got into the polish distribution.

In 2003 FruFru released their debut album Material World. FruFru composed the music for the texts of Honza Volf, Allen Ginsberg, George Trakl, Vaclav Bartos… Only after the final arrangement were the songs then finally completed with all the band members together in their rehearsal room, a secluded house in the middle of a wood, named „Vostry“. Within the framework of the CD presentation, FruFru appeared on Czech TV, the music station TV Ocko, the Slovak Musicbox and on broadcasts of state and private radio stations. In 2004 the music magazine Report included one song of FruFru‘s onto its CD compilation Soundczech.

During it´s short existence, FruFru has performed on 230 stages altogether - in the Czech Republic (188, incl. 71 festivals), Slovakia (18), Poland (2), Germany (12), Slovenia (3) and Croatia (1). As to the festivals, they have played at Rock for People, Open Air Trutnov, Planet Roxy, Kraliky, Boskovice, Zamosti, Mezi Ploty, Febiofes (CZ), Bardentreffen, Angermunde, East Goes West (D), Globalbeat (PL), Velenje (SLO) and Klikkfest, World & Ethno (SK).

FruFru 2006 :
Vaclav Bartos - Vocals, keyboard, steel drums, electronic padAdam Jikra - Guitar, bass guitar, vocalsVladimir - Bass guitar, guitar, vocalsMilos Dvoracek - Drums