DVA is a Czech

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music duo consisting of the siblings Bára Kratochvílová and Jan Kratochvíl. DVA have described their style as "folk music of nonexistent nations", which consists of a mix of tango, cabaret, circus, pop, beatboxing, freak folk, and acoustic electro, among a variety of other eclectic styles. The lyrics of their songs are made up of nonsensical words that mix German, Hungarian, and Swedish, among others.

History

DVA (which means "two" in Czech) was formed in 2006 by Bára Kratochvílová and Jan Kratochvíl, who were both previously associated with Divadlo DNO in

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. They simultaneously launched their own home-based record label, Label Home Table. Their debut album, titled ''Fonók'', was released in 2008. They followed it a year later with ''Kollektt8'', a collection of unreleased tracks, which they gave away for free. The duo has since released two further studio albums, ''HU'' in 2010 and ''Nipomo'' in 2014. Dva's stage performances are often accompanied by projections created by Markéta Lisá and Magdalena Hrubá (under the name 2M) from the electro group Midi lidi.

Video game soundtracks

In 2012, DVA composed the soundtrack for the

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video game ''

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''. The record received an Independent Game Festival Award for Excellence in Audio. In 2018, the duo wrote the soundtrack for another video game by Jaromír Plachý, this one titled ''

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''. They named the album ''Cherries on Air''. The soundtrack was released as their sixth album. In 2021, Dva published the soundtrack for the latest Amanita Design project, also designed by Jaromír Plachý, titled ''

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''.

Band members

* Bára Kratochvílová – vocals, wind instruments * Jan Kratochvíl – guitar, banjo, looping, beatboxing, vocals Touring members * 2M (Magdalena Hrubá and Markéta Lisá) – projections

Discography

Studio albums * ''Fonók'' (2008) * ''Kollektt8'' (2009) * ''HU'' (2010) * ''Nipomo'' (2014) Soundtracks * ''Lappop'' (Soundtrack to the play ''Ledové techno, tedy lapohádky'' – 2007) * ''Mélies'' (Soundtrack to

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films – 2008) * ''Caligari'' (Original music for reinterpretation of ''

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'' – 2008) * ''Vše pro dobro světa a Nošovic'' (Documentary soundtrack – 2010) * ''Medvědí ostrovy'' (Documentary soundtrack – 2010) * ''

'' – (Video game soundtrack – 2012) * ''Cherries on Air'' – (''

'' soundtrack – 2018) * ''

'' – (Video game soundtrack – 2021) Other albums * ''Bezděčné vítězství'' (Radio play broadcast – 2006) * ''Nunovó Tango'' (Mini-album – 2006) * ''Elektro a kusto'' (Mini-album – 2006) * ''Kapitán Demo'' (Compilation of ''Nunovó Tango'', ''Elektro a kusto'', ''Lappop'', ''Caligari'', ''Zvonění do mobilních telefonů'', et al. – 2007) * ''Zvonění do mobilních telefonů'' (2008)

Selected awards

* Nominated at the 2008

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for Best Alternative Music Album, ''Fonók'' * 2010

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, Best Alternative Music Album for ''HU''

References

External links

* {{Authority control Czech alternative rock groups Video game musicians Musical groups established in 2006 Video gaming in the Czech Republic Male–female musical duos 2006 establishments in the Czech Republic