Litošt
Background and members:
Litošt was formed in 2006 as psychedelic experimental guitar - synth duo by Boštjan Franetič and Vitja Balžalorsky - one of most productive, established and recognised jazz guitar musician of younger generation. His musical expression as a guitarist varies from free jazz, experimental electronic vibes to mainstream modern jazz, while he is also fond of analogue synthesis and experimenting with different old school synthesizers in bends such as Zlatko Kaučič Kombo, Balžalorsky / Drašler 3o, Buche 4 and legendary metal band Ophidian.
Current members are drummer Balžalorsky on electronics, Bojan Krhlanko (also part of Stroj Machine, Free Willys, and other jazz line-ups) and Boštjan Simon (TRUS!, Vanilla Riot) on saxophone and electronics, who joined quite quickly after Franetič hiatus in 2012.
Album and performances:
Litošt self-released their début album in March 2013. The promotional concert following the record release in Menza pri koritu was their first live appearance with the new line-up and was quickly followed by The album gained great critical reception and was well received on
Genre: One of the hardest parts of defining Litošt is their musical expression. The critics used various terms like IDM and, but the band members strongly rejected the genre labels. In most cases
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