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Established in 1999 by a group of then teenagers, Dreamwalk is a slightly uncharacteristic band for these parts. Not only in that they have managed a relatively impressive international success right from the start, their mix of "skatepunk" or pop punk, neo grunge, emocore, and alternative rock is also rarely played around here nowadays. Their fashionably produced and written songs, along with quality lyrics and catchy melodies, mark the band as one of the more internationally minded amongst the young Slovene rock musicians.

Line-up

Dreamwalk's current line-up consists of Jeremi Slak on vocals, Tamir Gostiša and Jaro Jelovac on guitars, Tomaž Vidmar on bass guitar, and Jaka Skočir on drums. The latter has also been a member of Leaf-Fat, a punk-rock band that used to be quite popular and is currently not active.

Discography, gigs & awards

In 2000, the band signed with Multimedia records, a licensee for Universal Music Group, and thus managed to procure a release of their début album on a major label. With the album, titled Far Away From L.A. (2001), came a number of very popular music videos and also a nomination for the Bumerang [boomerang] award.

While their first album also featured some songs in Slovenian language, their second record Three Days Later (2004) was wholly sung in English. It was self-released by the band and was then followed by a short tour around Europe and also an appearance on the cult radio show Izštekani [Unplugged] on radio station VAL 202. After that, even though the band went into a hiatus, their album still circulated on the Internet and actually got rather big on the website Download.com, achieving around 200,000 downloads.

In 2012, the album drew the attention of the Brain Fuse Records label, which later released one of their songs on its benefit compilation and re-released the record Three Days Later on iTunes and Amazon.com. Cooperating with this same label, Dreamwalk are also preparing and will soon release their next album.

In 2014, the band's independently produced video for the single "Next Big Thing" won a gold MTV Video Play Award, having been aired on the regional MTV Adria channel over 200 times throughout the course of the year.

Dreamwalk - Next Big Thing (Official Video) by BrainFuseTV on YouTube

External links

Interview with the band's singer (in Slovenian)
Dreamwalk appearance on the Express radio show (in Slovenian)

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-[[Dreamwalk]] [[established::1999]]
+Established in [[established::1999]] by a group of then teenagers, [[Dreamwalk]] is a slightly uncharacteristic band for these parts. Not only in that they have managed a relatively impressive international success right from the start, their mix of "skatepunk" or pop punk, neo grunge, emocore, and alternative rock is also rarely played around here nowadays. Their fashionably produced and written songs, along with quality lyrics and catchy melodies, mark the band as one of the more internationally minded amongst the young Slovene rock musicians.
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-The track Sidewalk princess, a symbol of the then exceedingly popular »skatepunk« style, became an anthem of local youth culture and continues to remain a favorite with the young alternative audience to this day.
-emocore
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+Dreamwalk's current line-up consists of [[Jeremi Slak]] on vocals, [[Tamir Gostiša]] and [[Jaro Jelovac]] on guitars, [[Tomaž Vidmar]] on bass guitar, and [[Jaka Skočir]] on drums. The latter has also been a member of [[Leaf-Fat]], a punk-rock band that used to be quite popular and is currently not active.
-Dreamwalk, ki ga sestavljajo vokalist Jeremi Slak, kitarista Tamir Gostiša in Jaro Jelovac, bas kitarist Tomaž Vidmar ter bobnar Jaka Skočir.
-Vaš član, Jaka Skočir, je bil sicer znan bobnar ljubljanske skupine Leaf-Fat,
 ==Discography, gigs & awards==
-signed to the European premiere major label, Multimedia records, in 2000 when most of band members were still in their teens. Multimedia records is a licensee for Universal Music Group.
+In 2000, the band signed with Multimedia records, a licensee for Universal Music Group, and thus managed to procure a release of their début album on a major label. With the album, titled ''Far Away From L.A.'' (2001), came a number of very popular music videos and also a nomination for the ''Bumerang'' [boomerang] award.
-ed desetletjem so Dreamwalk doma poželi prve uspehe in pod založbo Multimedia Records izdali album Far Away From L.A. (2001). Z videospoti so kotirali visoko na lestvicah Videospotnic , nominirani so bili za nagrado Bumerang, po številnih nastopih doma in v tujini pa so v Izštekanih z Juretom Longyko odigrali svoj repertoar tudi v akustični izvedbi. V želji po mednarodnem občinstvu so se z drugo ploščo Three Days Later (2004) osredotočili izključno na angleška besedila, razlike v interesih pa so privedle do prijateljskega razhoda z založbo. Skupina je stroške celotnega albuma in deloma tudi videa za skladbo »What If« krila iz lastnega žepa. Po manjši evropski turneji so se za daljši čas umakni s scene, ter se posvetili osebnemu življenju in študiju.
+While their first album also featured some songs in Slovenian language, their second record ''Three Days Later'' (2004) was wholly sung in English. It was self-released by the band and was then followed by a short tour around Europe and also an appearance on the cult radio show ''Izštekani'' [Unplugged] on radio station [[Radio Slovenia Second Channel - VAL202|VAL 202]]. After that, even though the band went into a hiatus, their album still circulated on the Internet and actually got rather big on the website Download.com, achieving around 200,000 downloads.
-Prav v času odsotnosti pa so skladbe z albuma na sedaj že ukinjenem glasbenem portalu Download.com, takrat enem vodilnih spletnih medijev za izmenjavo glasbe, dosegle neverjetnih 200 tisoč prenosov in skupino na alternativnih lestvicah postavile ob bok svetovno znanim imenom, kot so Fall Out Boy, Paramore, Silverstein in Underoath. Po večletnem sanjarjenju je tako glasba Dreamwalk dobila noge in v svet odšla kar sama. Lani je album na spletu pritegnil pozornost založbe Brain Fuse Records, ki je na eni izmed kompilacij izdala skladbo “Simple”, takrat pa so se začeli tudi dogovori o podpisu pogodbe. Ploščo Three Days Later je skupina, tokrat pod založbo Brain Fuse Records, februarja letos ponovno izdala na spletnih mestih iTunes in Amazon.com.
+In 2012, the album drew the attention of the Brain Fuse Records label, which later released one of their songs on its benefit compilation and re-released the record ''Three Days Later'' on iTunes and Amazon.com. Cooperating with this same label, Dreamwalk are also preparing and will soon release their next album.
-We're very happy to announce our song is featured on a benefit CD to help people affected by Hurrican Irene
+In 2014, the band's independently produced video for the single "Next Big Thing" won a gold MTV Video Play Award, having been aired on the regional MTV Adria channel over 200 times throughout the course of the year.
-Ta je, tako kot njihov videospot za skladbo Lonely boy, na takratnih glasbenih videolestvicah kotiral visoko, nekateri mediji so skupino označevali za eno prvih neo grunge skupin pri nas, ki se naslanja na zvok ameriške skupine Green Day.
-Leta 2004 je izšla njihova druga plošča Three Days Later, zanimanje pa so vzbudili pri avtorju in voditelju priljubljene oddaje Izštekani Juretu Longyki in se tako junija javnosti predstavili še v akustični različici. Drugi album, ki so ga v Münchnu posneli v sodelovanju s producentom Jurgenom Yogijem Langom, je prinesel nov zvok, ki so ga opredelili kot zmes alter rocka in emo cora, plošča pa je bila takrat med najbolj prodajnimi domačimi glasbenimi proizvodi v angleškem jeziku.
-Dreamwalk self-recorded a video for the single “What if” that became an instant success and stayed on top of Slovenian video charts for several weeks. The band toured Germany and Italy in the coming year and entered talks with SonyBMG, which eventually failed to materialize to the band’s great disappointment.
-http://www.brainfuserecords.com/label/artists/dreamwalk/
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 == External links ==
-*[http://www.dreamwalkmusic.com/ Dreamwalk website]
-*[https://www.facebook.com/DreamwalkMusic Dreamwalk on Facebook]
-*[https://soundcloud.com/dreamwalkmusic Dreamwalk on Soundcloud]
-*[https://myspace.com/dreamwalk Dreamwalk on Myspace]
-*[http://www.reverbnation.com/dreamwalk Dreamwalk on Reverbnation]
 *[http://www.dnevnik.si/kultura/1042526406 Interview with the band's singer] (in Slovenian)
+*[http://www.val202.si/2013/07/express-dreamwalk-ameriskim-sanjam-naproti/ Dreamwalk appearance on the ''Express'' radio show] (in Slovenian)
+[[Category:Music]]
+[[Category:Rock]]
+[[Category:Pop music]]
+[[Category:Music groups, ensembles and orchestras]]

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