I am waiting: Free Faces for Lawrence Ferlinghetti (EP)

Free Faces was a Slovak band founded in 1997 in Bratislava. They started out as an instrumental trio with Andrej Šeban (guitar), Oskar Rózsa (bass) and Marcel Buntaj (drums). One year later the singer Martin Hečko from the band Bezmocná Hŕstka was added. Their music style could be described as an alternative rock crossed with nu-jazz. They gave their music a free and relaxed expression that was obviously not burdened with commerce. Although this project did not have a long lifetime, it met with very favorable responses from Slovak listeners and expert critics. The work was collective, but the biggest share was in Rózsa and Hečko. At that time Maroš Hečko published a collection of Ferlinghetti's poem in his publishing house Silberman and he had an idea to set some of them. This was the first EP I Am Waiting: Free Faces for Lawrence Ferlinghetti, which was the starting point and was published together with the book I Am Waiting. At the same time, they convinced them of further collaboration, and other songs are being produced as part of their debut album Almost True Story (1998). Hypnotically sounding alternative rock with English lyrics was something unusual for Slovak conditions. One year later, they won two Music Academy Awards in the categories of Best Audio Recording, Best Cover and Discovery of the Year. They had an ambitious plan to establish themselves abroad, but in the end it did. During the preparations for the second album La Belle Epoque, there was a disagreement over the language. Maroš Hečko wanted to stay in English, but the other members were of the opposite opinion. A consensus was accepted and one song in Slovak was sung by Andrej Šeban. La Belle Epoque also includes a live recording from 1999. Again, it met with success and won two Aurel awards for the cover of the year, and even won as the band of the year. Free Faces are falling apart as a result of professional occupation. A small revival occurred in 2009 on the basis of the Hečková author competition Krylovci and together they compiled the composition Passage Revolt. Šeban, Rózsa, Buntaj and Hečko continue to devote themselves to various music projects, and Free Faces is unlikely to resume. source: wikipedia.org https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Waiting:_Free_Faces_for_Lawrence_Ferlinghetti alienshore 01/2014