Heart of Dixie - LP release

de Janek Čarek

Brno

We finally recorded our first album and we do want you to listen and dance to our music, so it will be soon available on all platforms. But if you want to support us, you can buy this cool LP record.

EUR 3’028

121% de EUR 2’500

121 %
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We can't live without Lindy Hoppers

We started six years as a dixieland quintet that wanted to play for dancers. Thanks to our amazing SwingWings community we grew up into a European festival touring band with 8-9 memebers and 40s Lindy Hop specific repertoir. During those years we got asked about recording of our music. For a long time we used to say to reply, that we don’t really feel the need to record the songs that were rendered timeless by the giants many times in the most amazing versions.

The Big Band sound

As our horn section and band grew, we also made our arrangements more complex. Last year our pianist Čeněk Kraut finished a complete revamp of our songbook and in the process found his own style of compressing big band hits into 4 horn arrangements. The result is sounds like a much larger orchestra and it is distictively «our sound». That’s when we realised it’s time to record our work and capture the phase where we stand as a band.

  • Album also features the famed vocal group Dixie Boys
    Album also features the famed vocal group Dixie Boys
  • Our beloved guest and amazing swiss singer Géraldine Schnyder
    Our beloved guest and amazing swiss singer Géraldine Schnyder

We are in love with Basie's 50s live sound

When we decided to record our arrangements we did have an idea about the sound we wanted to achieve. We were lucky enough to help initialize a rebirth of legendary studio Jalovec near our hometown Brno. Recording took place in a huge big band room with a natural reverb that didn’t allow for much postrpoduction but combined with vintage microphones and a great team of audioengineers produced result reminiscent Basie’s 50s live sound.

That’s why we decided to press the album on vinyl, it is the only way how to make justice to the music we love so much.

  • Playing a swing dancing for a room full of dancers is a experience unlike anything else!
    Playing a swing dancing for a room full of dancers is a experience unlike anything else!
  • The best parties in Brno, DarkBlue Swing
    The best parties in Brno, DarkBlue Swing
  • Janek going for the Joe Williams sound
    Janek going for the Joe Williams sound
  • We are in love with Basie
    We are in love with Basie
  • Balboa and Lindy, that´s our jam
    Balboa and Lindy, that´s our jam
  • Our unstoppable horn section
    Our unstoppable horn section
  • The one and only - trombone (Jan Galia)
    The one and only - trombone (Jan Galia)