THE EMBASSY OF LITHUANIA IN SWEDEN TOGETHER WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION REPRESENTATION IN SWEDEN WARMLY INVITE YOU TO SEE "MILKY LASERS" PERFORMING IN STOCKHOLM ON THE 9TH OF MAY - THE EUROPE DAY!
Updated 2007-05-07
„MILKY LASERS“ performing in Stockholm on the 9th of May 2007 – the Europe Day!
The Embassy of Lithuania in Sweden together with the European Commission Representation in Sweden warmly invite you to a concert of the famous Lithuanian band “Milky Lasers” (for more information about the band see bellow).
“Milky Lasers” will perform in the event on the Europe Day, the 9th of May (the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the European Union), organized at the Stockholm City Hall garden by the City of Stockholm together with the European Commission Representation in Sweden in cooperation with the embassies of EU countries in Stockholm.
TIME: 17.00 (the whole event starts at 15.00)
VENUE: the Stockholm City Hall garden (Stadshusparken), Stadshuset, Ragnar Östbergs Plan 1 (Kungsholmen), Stockholm
VENUE: the Stockholm City Hall garden (Stadshusparken), Stadshuset, Ragnar Östbergs Plan 1 (Kungsholmen), Stockholm
Members of the band „Milky Lasers“:
Giedrė Kilčiauskienė (vocal), Vygintas Kisevičius (saxophone), Vytis Smolskas (keyboards), Andrius Šarapovas (producer, leader of the band), Živilė Kazlauskaitė (drums, percussion)
Giedrė Kilčiauskienė (vocal), Vygintas Kisevičius (saxophone), Vytis Smolskas (keyboards), Andrius Šarapovas (producer, leader of the band), Živilė Kazlauskaitė (drums, percussion)
Concert is organized by: the Lithuanian Embassy in Sweden in cooperation with the European Commission Representation in Sweden and the Stockholm City Hall
Supported by: the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania, the Lithuanian Embassy in Sweden and the European Commission Representation in Sweden
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Information about „MILKY LASERS“
(their music can be listened to at: http://www.digital-tunes.net/artists/milky_lasers )
(their music can be listened to at: http://www.digital-tunes.net/artists/milky_lasers )
The second album of the band was released by Phazz-a-Delic in Germany. The German musical magazine Partysan BW gave the new album 4.5 points out of five. The introduction to the CD says: “The 14 songs recorded are so pleasant that you can listen to them for hours on end forgetting everything else in the end. It’s the album to raise your spirits.”
The Milky Lasers was formed four years ago, and although its first recordings were not very professionally produced, the group quickly attracted many fans.
Their cooperation with Phazz-a-delic started more than two years ago, when the recording company noticed the promising young performers at a 2004 dance music festival, called “Saulės smūgis”, and later offered them a contract.
In less than a year, the Milky Lasers song “Never Fall” was included in the collection “Female Future”.
The summer of 2005 saw the group’s successful debut recording “Voyage”, released in Germany. The group was invited to tour Germany presenting the album in clubs. During the tour, the musicians recorded a song in Lithuanian for the company’s latest album with the producer Pit Baumgartner.
Phazz-a-delic plans to release an album for the Japanese market. It will include a song written in Lithuanian and Japanese specially for the album. “The stylish production of the studio has a whiff of light madness and energy, and at the same time is wonderfully reserved and mature.” This is how Haluk Peters, one of the company’s founders and leaders, characterised the new CD. He claims that “Kitchen”, compared to The Milky Lasers’ first album “Voyage”, is more mature and sophisticated, and marked by a wider range of musical stylistics.
According to Peters, some songs in the album “Kitchen” are reminiscent of Moloko or the Cardigans. There is a trace of the rhythms of the 1960s, as well as a mix of musical trends, from Bobby McFerrin to Sugarhill Gang.
What The Milky Lasers do can be divided into two trends: the milky direction is quiet and nostalgic music, based on jazz keyboards, saxophone and guitar; and the laser direction is active and electric punk.
Music by The Milky Lasers is full of “milk”, quiet, soft and white jazz, which is made to sparkle by “lasers”, witty, ironic and electrified punk. “Electro-jazz-punk” is an official description of the group’s style. It is a theoretical name, as their music contains much more.
The group likes to experiment with various musical styles, and to surprise with an unexpected synthesis of instruments and sounds.
The Milky Lasers were voted the discovery of 2003 in Lithuania.
Lithuania in the World, 2006 No 5
The Milky Lasers was formed four years ago, and although its first recordings were not very professionally produced, the group quickly attracted many fans.
Their cooperation with Phazz-a-delic started more than two years ago, when the recording company noticed the promising young performers at a 2004 dance music festival, called “Saulės smūgis”, and later offered them a contract.
In less than a year, the Milky Lasers song “Never Fall” was included in the collection “Female Future”.
The summer of 2005 saw the group’s successful debut recording “Voyage”, released in Germany. The group was invited to tour Germany presenting the album in clubs. During the tour, the musicians recorded a song in Lithuanian for the company’s latest album with the producer Pit Baumgartner.
Phazz-a-delic plans to release an album for the Japanese market. It will include a song written in Lithuanian and Japanese specially for the album. “The stylish production of the studio has a whiff of light madness and energy, and at the same time is wonderfully reserved and mature.” This is how Haluk Peters, one of the company’s founders and leaders, characterised the new CD. He claims that “Kitchen”, compared to The Milky Lasers’ first album “Voyage”, is more mature and sophisticated, and marked by a wider range of musical stylistics.
According to Peters, some songs in the album “Kitchen” are reminiscent of Moloko or the Cardigans. There is a trace of the rhythms of the 1960s, as well as a mix of musical trends, from Bobby McFerrin to Sugarhill Gang.
What The Milky Lasers do can be divided into two trends: the milky direction is quiet and nostalgic music, based on jazz keyboards, saxophone and guitar; and the laser direction is active and electric punk.
Music by The Milky Lasers is full of “milk”, quiet, soft and white jazz, which is made to sparkle by “lasers”, witty, ironic and electrified punk. “Electro-jazz-punk” is an official description of the group’s style. It is a theoretical name, as their music contains much more.
The group likes to experiment with various musical styles, and to surprise with an unexpected synthesis of instruments and sounds.
The Milky Lasers were voted the discovery of 2003 in Lithuania.
Lithuania in the World, 2006 No 5
