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| SOUTHERN CROSS are Pavel Cingl | Pavel Krtous | Jarda Kvasnicka |
| Pavel Cingl >> violin, guitar, mandolin, backing vocals |
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| Pavel Cingl was born in Teplice, Czech
Republic. When he was six years old he started to study classical violin in Pardubice.
Later, when his father won a musical competition and joined a professional orchestra in
Prague, the whole family moved to the city. While still at secondary school, Pavel founded a rock band in which he played guitar and sang, and out of this developed a punk band called Ineptus. They played in local clubs and at a few festivals, but after two years the group was banned by officials of the Czechoslovak Communist Party on the grounds that they were "negative and anti-social". Pavel later met singer/songwriter Ivan Hlas and became a founder member of his band Nahlas ("Too Loud"), which enjoyed wide popularity in the Czech Republic. At the same time he was playing in Dan Kohout‘s trio, Dobrohošt', as well as in the Pout'ový Promenadnà Orchestr. In 1992 he met the American singer/guitarist/songwriter Brad Stratton, and together with Australian Grahame Ryan they formed a band called Snake Eaters. In 1997 Pavel became a member of Phil Shoenfelt's group Southern Cross, and now plays rhythm guitar and mandolin in the band, as well as violin. During his musical carreer he has played as a guest with many bands and theatre companies, and in addition has contributed to the recording of a wide range of CDs, film soundtracks, TV shows and theatre performances, both in the Czech Republic and abroad. Pavel has performed live in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Austria, France, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Poland, Hungary, Ukraine, Switzerland, Greece and the USA. Educated at: Basic art school Prague 1, Voršilská str. EPs & Singles: Ivan Hlas & Nahlas - "Trable s Katerinou" (EP) LPs & Albums: Ivan Hlas & Nahlas - "Rockový maraton 2"
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| Pavel Krtous >> bass |
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| Jarda Kvasnicka >> drums, percussion, loops |
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| Jarda Kvasnicka was born 3.12.1967 in PÃsek,
Czech Republic. He began playing drums at the age of fourteen, and in 1991 attended the
prof. Veselý school for drums and percussion in Prague for a period of one year. After
playing in a series of regional bands from South Bohemia, he joined the Pisek band P.E.Q.
in 1989, and in 1990 he began to play with the Ceské Budejovice group Harlem. With
Harlem, Jarda played in Austria and Germany as well as the Czech Republic, and developed a
reputation for powerful, solid drumming tinged with the syncopated rhythms of jazz. In
1993, on the basis of this reputation, he was asked to join the well-known Czech pop/rock
band Tichá Dohoda, and spent the next two years touring the country and performing on
numerous TV and radio shows. Tichá Dohoda was a commercially successful band, and the two
CDs Jarda recorded with them sold about 15.000 copies each. In August 1994, the musicians
from Tichá Dohoda supported Phil Shoenfelt on his first Czech tour, learning his songs
and ensuring that he was exposed to large audiences, and during the course of this tour a
strong rapport developed between Phil, Jarda and Tichá Dohoda’s bass player Pavel Krtouš.
When the two musicians quit the band 1995 they teamed up with Shoenfelt to form Southern
Cross, and since that time they have played in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Austria,
Switzerland, Greece, Denmark and the Ukraine. Jarda also plays drums and percussion with the Snake Eaters, a group which features the American singer/songwriter Bradley Stratton, and in January 2000 they went to New York for a series of dates which included performances at such well-known clubs as The Bitter End and the Dark Star Lounge. Discography: Harlem - "„Doufám, Ze to vyjde“ Supraphon 1990.
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