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Est. 2016
Based in Latvia, Europe

The Latvian indie trio Carnival Youth is one of the most successful new generation bands not only from Latvia, but also from the Baltic region, as endorsed by The European Border Breakers award at Eurosonic 2016.

The sound of Carnival Youth blends exciting melodies with the energy of rock – whether it’s a sweet-sounding tune or a danceable hit.

(ENGLISH)
Raphael Esterhazy, known as Konoba, is an independant musician, songwriter and producer based in Belgium. He spent five years in London and Brighton studying music and working on his own compositions before returning to his native Belgium. He also recorded and produced music for a range of up and coming artists including Kevin Murphy, Time for T and the Common Tongues. 
Raphael released his first EP as Konoba in June 2011 (Miami Hotel ) with its follow-up, Mind the Gap , coming out in January 2012. 
His latest release, Colours & Shapes, came out in March 2013 and has already earned him a lot of praise with the first single 'I've Been Dreaming' winning 'Best Song', 'Best Music Video' and the 'Audience Award' at the London 48MVP. 
Konoba's influences are vast and varied but certainly his latest work is reminiscent of artists such as Alt-J and Gotye with its hard hitting and quirky use of beats and rhythms, while  Radiohead and the Fleet Foxes provide inspiration for the softer and more sensual melody based sections.  

(FR)
Konoba (Raphael Esterhazy) est un musicien, compositeur et producteur originaire de Wavre en Belgique. Il a passé cinq années à Londres et Brighton à étudier la musique et à travailler sur ses propres compositions avant de retourner vers sa Belgique natale. Il a aussi enregistré et produit plusieurs autres artistes y compris Kevin Murphy, Time for T et les Common Tongues.
Raphael sort son premier album sous le pseudonyme Konoba en juin 2011 (Miami Hotel ), suivi de Mind the Gap en janvier 2012
Son dernier album, Colours & Shapes, est sorti en mars 2013 et le premier single, 'I've Been Dreaming' lui a déjà remporté les prix de 'Meilleure Chanson', 'Meilleure Video' et 'Prix du Public' au London 48MVP.
Les influences de Konoba sont variées et sa musique, riche de rythmes percutants et d'harmonies puissantes, est non sans rappeler d'autres artistes tels que Alt-J, Beck ou Gotye.


Despite the impressive journey Ewert and The Two Dragons have already been on, there’s always somewhere new to go. The four-piece band started playing  in their native Estonia and have since become a worldwide draw thanks to smart, quirky pop songs and a slew of major awards, in order to make their newest album, Circles, the group went somewhere they’d never been before. 

“It was definitely a special process for us,” frontman Ewert Sundja explains. “Our previous two records were quickly recorded in a small Estonian town without any fancy equipment. This time we spent over a month in a studio in the U.S.—and that was a big thing.”

Logging time at Bear Creek Studio wasn’t the only new experience for the group— Sundja, guitarist Erki Pärnoja, drummer Kristjan Kallas and bassist Ivo Etti — who in 2013 won the European Border Breakers Award. For the first time, the band not only recorded in a studio but wrote their tracks there as well.  

“It all happened during the recording process,” Sundja says. “On previous albums, we had all the songs done and studio time was only recording time. This time, we had three or four songs from the beginning, but the rest of the songs were just ideas. We didn’t have any clear concept when we went there, it was something that was happening on a subliminal level and we couldn’t change the direction.”

This time around, the band—who’ve been playing together since 2008—found themselves embracing new sounds and new ways of thinking about music. 

“This new album is different than the albums before, while we were recording it seemed like everyone was having the same kind of questions and thinking about the same things and this became a concept for the album,” Sundja says. “Even though we’re barely in our thirties, the growing and maturing process is the main theme of this album. We all started understanding more about life in general, hence the album title Circles. Everything is turning and we’re suddenly back in the same place we’ve been before, wondering about love and life and death and right and wrong.”

It’s a thought process he says can be heard in the album’s tracks, especially on “Million Miles,” which falls far outside what Sundja admits to be the band’s “indie folk” wheelhouse. 

“It’s probably the most rock ‘n’ roll song we have,” he says, “and we’ve never done a song like that before. It didn’t freak us out, but it took some time for us to get used to the idea of making something so different. It felt right, though, so it really just had to fit.”

Indeed, this time around the band seems to be guided by feeling. And while they might have shelves full of awards and weeks in the studio to work on new material, they’re adamant that the music they’re making is some of the most honest and important work of their career. 

“In some ways, nothing has really changed and we’re the same guys,” Sundja says. “Previously, we had the feeling that we needed to prove ourselves, but that’s not really a helpful thought. Now we’re just always trying to be better, that’s the biggest thing we’ve learned so far.”

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