PL Folk & Jazz

Mixed and mastered by A7 Recording Studio (@a7-recording-studio) 
Produced by Blaž Pavšič

Taking the risk to repeat myself, I am always amazed about the roots and triggers of inspiration in general and in music for me. Sometimes, it’s obvious, sometimes, it’s a mix of a thousands things. In any case, it’s not always easy to identify, but usually funny to recognize! For this song, here are some hints...

Of course, as you can guess from its name, first is the city of Montreux itself… beautifully nestled between steep Alps hills and peaceful lakeside of Lac Leman: local, exotic, relaxing and creative all together.

Then, still talking about this town, less about its landscape and more about its world famous July's Montreux Jazz Festival, it leads to the second inspiration: Deep Purple' Smoke on the Water. Yes, sure, you know the story. If not, you should!

Also, the style of this track has been greatly shaped upon the influence of fabulous @AcuteInflections: yes, I like that "velvety mix of Erykah Badu & Billie Holiday paired with the cool grooves of her 007 on bass" of those 2 New Yorkers!

And finally, regarding 18:20? I'm sure you will figure it out by yourself...

But, still, the path from the initial idea to the song you can hear now was long. The few basic tones crystallized from a small game I do play to warm up my fingers on the guitar, moving it from warming-guitar-tone-exercise to piano/contrabass based track was pretty fun, but it wasn’t enough. Something was missing and there I got help from Blaž Pavšič, who produced the final version of the track, supplementing it with awesome percussion.

Hope you will find the outcome of this collaboration as nice as I do. You better do, as I can promise it's won’t be the only one ;-)

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Montreux 18:20

In year 2016 we made the successful ascent of Aconcagua (6,962 m).
It was good rock&roll. 
I still have in my mind the hard moments when we have been nailed down to ground on the place called Portezuelo del Viento evaluating if we still have a chance to keep going up.
All this memory turned into this kind of folk&jazz piece. I had good fun to make this music. As good as making this nice summit with good band of friends.
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In the Box

Windy corner

Are you also a daydreamer?
Wiki says that daydream is a fantasy that a person has while awake.

Daydreaming is the stream of consciousness that detaches from current external tasks when attention drifts to a more personal and internal direction. This phenomenon is common in people's daily life shown by a large-scale study in which participants spend 47% of their waking time on average on daydreaming . There are various names of this phenomenon including mind wandering, fantasy, spontaneous thoughts, etc. Daydreaming is the term used by Jerome L. Singer whose research programs laid the foundation for nearly all the subsequent research in this area today. The list of terminologies assigned by researchers today puts challenges on identifying the common features of the phenomenon, in this case daydreaming, and on building collective work among researchers.

There are many types of daydreams, and there is no consistent definition amongst psychologists, however the characteristic that is common to all forms of daydreaming meets the criteria for mild dissociation. Also, the impacts of different types of daydreams are not identical. While some are disruptive and deleterious, others may be beneficial in some way.

Yes, I'm daydreamer. For this track I used acoustic guitar, oboe and clarinet, upright and supplement it with glockenspiel.

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Daydream

You can dedicate the song to your girlfriend, to your best memory, to your dog, to kids, to pets, to sky, to sun, to summer, to winter, to holidays, to bad feeling, to your wishes, to life event, to your country, to your favorite hero, to childhood… you name it.

Well so I dedicated this song to the bench. Yes, to the bench in south Bohemia city Cesky Krumlov. The bench situated on the border of river Vltava I saw in the middle of winter night and I wanted to spend few moments by sitting on it. And I did not find the path to reach it.

That view stays in my mind and I turned it into this song dedicated to that bench.

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The bench

Freezing but sunny day around Schwarzsee (or Lac Noir if you prefer).
Easy going, simple and enjoyable day with family captured by acoustic guitar and bass in this easy listening song.
Enjoy your easy going moments!

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Frozen lake

This simple song is about how people can hurt each other.
But it is also about how they can forgive each other.

It is about how each of us follows our own star but how it is always more enjoyable to share it with someone else.
And how it sometime takes time to realize it.

Or simply... It is about how this song needs a better singer :-D

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Northern star

After few bit sharper songs I'm here back with easy listening one. Kind of world music based on acoustic guitar, erhu and clarinet.

"Twenty" was lying for some time on my desk. Some weeks ago I made about first 1 minute and then I lost the inspiration. It was total lack of inspiration and I spent my attention with other tracks. But then suddenly, during one nice easy going summer evening, the inspiration was back and Twenty was tuned and done.

And what about name? Why 20? "Twenty" is just because it's 20th song I have made... It is kind of anniversary, isn't it?

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Twenty

I've lot of dreams. But I'm not only dreaming them. Little by little I'm trying to come them true. This one is one of them. I was dreaming to make a blues and this is kind of my blues... You like it or not here it goes...

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Trilling Blues

This song is about becoming a father, what it feels like, what comes along with the title and how it changes your perception of priorities...
It comes from my discoveries that you could expect that it’s blood and genetic that makes you a father, but how quickly you realize that it’s rather hearth and feelings, hopes and fears that defines you as a Dad, that it somehow leads you to unconsciously develop dreams and aspirations not only for yourself, but also for your family...
It doesn’t explicitly speak about some other facts, even they are there too, as tangible as the laughs and tears of your kids, such as how quickly being a father replaces money in your wallet by « first time passport pictures » and confuses you enough so that you start mixing names and calling your dog by the name of your kid...
And the best, or the worst, is that this doesn’t happen only the first time, but it repeats and increases when a second little human comes to life, is born, grows up and opens his or her wings.
This song is dedicated to my first daughter, my second child and to my life changed for good.

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Emily

I am not a big fan of labelling people and things in general. Music neither by the way. In that respect, my main distinguishing is « I like it » or « I don’t like it » and as Emerson said « A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds », so yeap, even those two simple categories can change after few listening!

For those of you who think it’s a too easy escape, I will try. This song is inspired by other world, folk and jazz authors. If I have to, I would describe it as my personal contribution to the world music with far Asian themes and jazzy kind of transitions, which creates folkish feelings. All those based on percussion, contrabass, acoustic guitar and naturally pipa.

But recognise it: it’s bit like speaking about the menu you had last night at this new restaurant. There are so many ways to describe a culinary experience: using technical words, describing the colors, the consistencies, explaining the tastes, savours, flavours, feelings... But you always end up summarising by « I loved it! » or « Once is enough, thanks! ».

So, for you today, « My Chinese lunch », just listen to it and let me know if you like it or how you would describe it! Hope you will come back!

Cover photo MaKo: https://instagram.com/marketka1975

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My Chinese lunch

Ladat, born Ladislav Tesar, is Litomerice (Czech republic) native, body and soul, who writes and composes his music in Chatel-St-Denis, Switzerland. Ladat is not a band in the true sense of the word, but rather a musical project that emerged in 2019 as an escape from reality, because things go better with music.

Ladat's musical odyssey defies conventional labels and freely blends elements of rock, folk, country, and jazz into a rich and genre-bending style that invites listeners to explore the diverse spectrum of influences that shape his emotional and diverse compositions.
As an experienced composer and lyricist, Ladat weaves stories that deeply resonate with audiences and offers a captivating and immersive musical experience, where each song is an expression of boundless passion, creativity, and an unapologetic celebration of musical diversity.

Since 2021, Ladat has been collaborating freely with the Slovenian A7 Recording Studio and musicians around guitarist and drummer Blaž Pavšič, such as Uroš Mohorič (guitar), Gregor Alič aka Hanson or Peter Beznec (bass), and singers Anton Premec, Kristina Jelić, Maja Štebih, Hana Pavšič or Oliver Neff aka Titanic Jack.