Ondrej Smeykal – Didgeridoo Solo

A one-man Didgeridoo orchestra is perhaps the best way of describing the extraordinary music of phenomenal Didgeridoo player Ondrej Smeykal. His highly original style of play is the result of a life completely devoted to his instrument. For well over a decade and with ever increasing intensity, Ondrej has been developing and redefining his own unique approach to the Didgeridoo. His predominant use of unusually long Didges and “extensions” of up to 4 metres in length, enable him to play incredibly deep tones and to produce a much wider range of sounds and overtones than are possible on regular didgeridoos. Each composition, or song, as he refers to it, is very different in style, ranging from break-beat and organic Didgeridoo techno, to trance, ambient and anywhere in between

“Didgeridoo Solo was my first attempt at playing and recording the Didgeridoo without any other accompanying instruments and in this album I tried to maintain an upbeat rhythmical feel similar to dance music. After years of playing with other musicians, my resolution to play solo had ripened and resulted in hundreds of concerts and years of searching and analysing. Didgeridoo Solo is the result of this period and of my evolution as a Didgeridoo player up to and around the year 2004″.

http://www.smeykal.com/

1. Cestovani
2. Tezka Radost
3. Flamenco
4. Cardas
5. Odpoved
6. Jeden Den
7. Digital
8. Ticha Voda
9. Posledni

[Ondrej Smeykal]