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Iva Bittova

'Superchameleon'

(MAM320-9) DVD

Label - Indies Records, Czech Rep
Released 2007

From record label:
"There has already been written enough on Iva Bittová, on her multi-genre music or talent, her success in the country and abroad. And again Iva Bittová can surprise us by something new. All this is included in her new DVD, called Superchameleon. The first DVD of Iva Bittova contains, as the title is already suggesting, very various material. DVD can be divided into three parts.

The basis is a ninety-minute exceptional concert with the ensemble of contemporary music from New York called Bang On A Can All-Stars, which was recorded in Akropolis in Prague on 26 March 2006. On the concert the songs were heard from album called Elida, which was recorded in New York with BOAC All-stars and won the general appreciation. It was just the concerts in September of the last year to suggest by their great atmosphere the preparation of recording of this year’s concert. However not only pieces from Elida were heard on the concert, but also the songs from older repertory, which Iva Bittová played solo – only vocals and violin. And so we can remind ourselves again, thanks to DVD, of the mesmeric atmosphere, which Iva Bittová can create, no matter if she is alone on the stage or together with BOAC, when she uses All-Stars as her orchestra. Prolonged piano lines mingle with strings, while clarinet improvisation meets the noise of electric guitar. Music is at the same time sophisticated and direct, sharp and nostalgic, combining the classical music of the eastern Europe and folk customs. Untraditional connection of Iva Bittová vocals and piano creates inspiring melodies. The concert recording was directed by the director, Jakub Kohák, who has won many awards and in this case he managed again to ennoble the result from the classic sterile concert recording to the excellent symbiosis of video, audio and atmosphere arisen in the hall of Palace Akropolis in Prague.

The second, no less important part of DVD is the selection from the Czech Television archive. The result is 18 carefully selected songs. In total it is a sixty-minute material, which shows Iva Bittová in different periods and in various projects, rock, folk, folkloric or classical ones. The oldest record with the band Maňana is from 1984. Further these are the pieces, which Iva Bittová recorded for example with Škampovo kvarteto (Škampa Quartet), band Dunaj, with Dutch group N.B.E or with Pavel Fajt. DVD of course cannot omit the pieces from the top album called Bílé inferno, which Iva Bittová recorded with Vladimír Václavek or the legendary popularized ballad Zabili, zabili from musical Balada pro banditu (Ballad for Bandit) of Divadlo na provázku, which she recorded with Miroslav Donutil.

The shortest 12-minute part of DVD is formed by the exclusive videocollage, which was created specially for this DVD. In the edited collage divided into five parts, one can see Iva Bittová also in her first film role in the film Růžové sny (Rosy Dreams) and in other often rarity scenes. As a whole it makes the impression about the very indefinable artist with very wide scope of production."


"Trust me, Iva Bittová is pretty much a sure-fire guarantee of exquisite, unrepeatable musical experiences. Whether what emerges is high-flown or sensual, earthy or erotic, you don’t just hear her music, you experience it. Yet no matter how heady the ‘audio experience’ may be, if you know her music you remain keenly aware that hearing is but one of six senses. For the complete Bittová experience, that vital visual element must be imbibed too. … ……..
Ken Hunt, journalist

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Iva Bittova

'Superchameleon'

(MAM320-9) DVD

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1. Ne nehledej - hudba Iva Bittova / text Karel David 2. Bells - hudba Iva Bittova 3. Improvizace - hudba Iva Bittova 4. Dest - hudba Iva Bittova / text Karel David 5. Huljet - hudba Iva Bittova / text Mordechaj Gebirtig 6. Arapua (arranged by Evan Ziporyn) - hudba Hermeto Pascoal 7. Kazu - hudba Iva Bittova 8. Nejsi - hudba Iva Bittova 9. Maliri v Parizi - hudba Iva Bittova / text Richard Muller 10. Bolis me, lasko - hudba Iva Bittova / text Richard Muller 11. Samota - hudba Iva Bittova / text Richard Muller 12. Zapiskej - hudba Iva Bittova / text Vladimir Vaclavek 13. Elida - hudba Iva Bittova / text Vera Chase 14. Zeleny vinecek - hudba a text lidovy, aranzma Iva Bittova 15. Elida - zaverecna cast - hudba Iva Bittova TV archive pieces: 1. Polajka 2. Ej lasko 3. Hajicku zeleny 4. Muzikanti co delate 5. Divna slecinka 6. Francouzska 7. Sirka v louzi 8. Huljet 9. Sto let 10. Uspavanka 11. Proudem mleka 12. Kase 13. Dunaj 14. Cina 15. Zvon 16. Zabili, zabili 17. Ples upiru 18. Beranek

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