F. O. O. D. - Forgotten Orchestra of Dreamland

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…is a musical ensemble of varying size, usually made up of six or seven musicians. It incorporates related arts in its performance, mixing elements of dance theatre with cinematography and/or visual arts. The Orchestra is dedicated to improvising; there are no stylistic boundaries or limits, but for the most part, the music tends to go in the direction of jazz, classical music, rock, sound experiment, and ethnic music.

The Forgotten Orchestra of Dreamland, a collective of musicians and artists that focus on improvised and eclectic music, was founded in 1992 by JK, his brother Michal and Marek Sebelka. F.O.OD. includes a variety of musicians and musical genres. F.O.OD. first performed in the summer of 1992 at an International Symposium Hermit at a monastery in Plasy, and has been performing on a regular basis at the Theatre Rubin in Prague.

Many musicians from the Czech republic and abroad have already performed with the orchestra. Here is the full list of participating musicians, artists and our supporters:

musician now:

Agnes Kutas – zpěv, housle a viola /vocal, violine and viola
Feng-Jün Song – zpěv / vocal
Jaroslav Kořán – bicí a Orloj snivců.. / percussion and the Horologe of Dreamers..
Jan Holeček – sax, flétna, klarinet.. / sax, flute, clarinet..
Petr Tichý – kontrabas / doublebass
Lukáš Hančil – hoboj / oboe
Marek Šebelka – klavír a Orloj / piano and the Horologe
Petr Matuzsek – zpěv / vocal,
Michael Delia – kalimba a perkuse / mbira and percussionJ
Jiří Alexa – trubka / trumpet

The Forgoten Orchestra of Dreamers and The HOROLOGE of Dreamers performed since 1992 in Prague: theatre Rubin, theatre Na zabradli, cafe Velryba, club Komotovka, experimental space Roxy, club Belmondo, theatre Komedie, church Emauzy, Anežský klaster,club Awika, Dobra cajovna, Ruzova cajovna, cajovna Pod stromem cajovým, AVU, UMPRUM, synagoga na Palmovce, exhibition areas, Jazz club Zelezna, theatre Archa, Dum u Kamenneho zvonu, Kongresove centrum, galerie Rudolfinum, galerie Pamatniku pisemnictvi, sculpture studio Bubec, Petrin, club Jeleni, universal NoD
out of Prague: Plasy monastery at Plzen town, Plzen, Bratislava, Olomouc, Hradek nad Nisou, Lipnice, Uherske Hradiste, Buchlov, Klenova, Dubi, Vimperk, Kladno, Klatovy, Ceske Budejovice, Brno, Kojetin, Opava, Znojmo, Frydek Mistek, Tocnik, Krivoklat, Karlovy Vary, Kraliky,
abroad: Haag and Amsterodam (1993), Berlin (1993,1994), galerie Kaditsch near Lipzig in Germany(1995), Gent (1996), New York (1997,2001), Wien (2000)

P.S. A word on the name of our group:
The "Dreamland" or better "The Land of Dreamers" is an English translation of the title of one very phantasmagoric bookwritten by the Czech-Austrian painter and writer Alfred Kubin. He was born in the northwest territory of Bohemia but lived with his wife in Austria. In his 30s he wrote the book titled "Die Andere seite" which dealt primarily with Bohemia and the Bohmer forest (Sumava), which he often traveled through. The name of our group is about a fine translation of this book, about the romantic although dark face of Bohemia.
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