''Holomráz'' is the second studio album of the Czech pop group

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. Released on November 3, 2017 by

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. He was recorded in the DC Sound studio from March to September 2017 and his production was in charge of Dalibor Cidlinský. He is also the author of the music by Sla Lukáš Bundil guitarist, lyrics written by musician

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. The author's trio began composing the song at the beginning of 2017, with the entire album finished in September of that year. The final mix of the album was made by Vlado Meller, holder of two

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s. The main theme of the album is the slogan "Though Black frost is out, the heat is in us" (in the original: "Ač Holomráz je venku, žár je v nás"), which combines all the songs. According to

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, the album was about "passing on a positive view of the world." Before publishing the album, the band released two digital singles; April 23, 2017, the song "Ani vody proud" and on

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, 2017 the title track "Holomráz". The album debuted in the Czech charts according to IFPI on the second position. In the hit chart of Hitradio Orion, the Holomráz song is second. In the order of the seventh song "Na srdci", Slovak singer

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appeared together with the singer of the band Petr Lexa.

Track listing

Personnel

– singing * Lukáš Bundil – guitar

Other

* Jan Cidlinský – bass guitar *

– composing texts *

– singing in the song "Na srdci"

Technical support

* Dalibor Cidlinský Jr. – production *

Vlado Meller Vlado Meller is a Slovak audio mastering engineer, currently with Vlado Meller Mastering in Charleston, South Carolina. Meller works across many genres of music, with credits on rock, hip-hop, pop, jazz, metal, dance, opera, Broadway, and classica ...

– mix

References

{{Slza 2017 albums Czech-language albums Slza albums Universal Music Group albums