Autodafé
Andrej Hawlina, Zvezna 7, SI-1000 Ljubljana
Phone386 (0) 1 505 1035, 386 (0) 31 775 534
Matjaž Pikalo
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Performances and recordings
In 1997 Autodafé released the album Le Voyage Imaginaire, which was then, according to the weekly newspaper Mladina, proclaimed as one of the best five Slovene albums of the year. In the following years, they recorded soundtracks for a short documentary Portreti z ozadjem [Portraits with a Background] by Amir Muratovič and for the film Iz prahu soncnih žarkov [From the Sunray Dust] by Petra Seliškar. Their second album Cinéma Voltaire follows in 2001, again gaining them very positive critics. In 2005 Autodafé recorded its new album Grand hotel Evropa that hasn't been yet released. They also did a cover of a Pankrti song and adaptated to music a poem by Edvard Kocbek.
The group played (and is still playing) a lot throughout Slovenia and has taken part in many public events, especially ones connected with poetry and literature. Through the years, hey have also had some performances in Italy (for example the presentation of New Slovene poetry in Genoa, Italy in 2004) and in Belgrade. In 2003 the group expanded to nine members in order to perform at the Festival of Chanson at the Knights' Hall of Križanke in Ljubljana. Occasionally they also team up with other musicians and have played together with Čompe.
Line-up
Autodafé are: Matjaž Pikalo – poetry, vocals, accordion; Jaka Hawlina – trumpet, baritone, vocals; Andrej Hawlina – violin, rattle, vocals; Luka Ropret – guitar, vocals; Davor Herceg – piano; and Petra Pikalo – bongos, vocals.
The song Grebeni [Reefs] from their 1997 album Le Voyage Imaginaire.
External links
- Autodafé website (in Slovenian)
