Ostava

Towards the end of January, Ostava will play two concerts in Romanian clubs. The musicians are to travel to Bulgaria’s northern neighbour by invitation from the local superstars KUMM. The gigs are dated on January 27 in Cluj and on January 29 in Bucharest.

The two bands have a long history of mutual concerts, which begins as early as the summer of 2008, when the two bands played on the same stage of Sziget, the cult Hungarian festival. Subsequently, the Romanians visited Bulgaria by invitation from the Plovdiv club Petnoto. The bands’ latest playing together took place this summer at the sea bars Music Beach (Shkorpilovtsi) and Swingin’ Beach (Lozenets).

“We’ve been planning to play with KUMM in Romania for a long time” – explains drummer Dani – “We had agreed to play the their new album promotion. But it got delayed and the plans complicated due to a variety of reasons. Now everything is set and I’m certain there will be a cool party.”

“The clubs hold about 300-400 people and I hope they will be full” – adds Joro (guitar, vocals) and confides that he is overwhelmed by the opportunity to travel to Transylvania, where lay the legendary lands of Count Dracula.

For the first time in Bulgaria’s northern neighbour, Ostava will present live the songs from their latest studio album “Rock’n’Roll Song Designers?” (on the market by Virginia Records). Naturally, the Romanian Ostava fans will listen to all the other hits too.

Aside from the numerous participations in clubs at home, the musicians from Ostava are hard at work on new material. While the details about a new studio album are still secret, they could reveal that a live acoustic CD is to be released in the next few months.

Meanwhile, the revamped band site, www.ostava.com, was released hours before the coming of the new 2010 year. Apart from the new platform, expanded information and a totally different vision, it is now integrated with the social networks Facebook and Twitter. A mobile version is in place, to make it easier for the fans. Soon, the site will start selling band merchandise.

www.ostava.com
www.virginiarecords.com

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