Petr Muk (4 February 1965 – 24 May 2010) was a

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pop musician, composer, and performer, famous in the

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and

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. Muk began playing music at the age of fifteen, performing with various underground punk bands including Dural and Gas, together with classmate and later bandmate Petr Kučera. From 1985 until 1993, he led the Czech

synth-pop Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s ...

group

Oceán Petr Muk (4 February 1965 – 24 May 2010) was a Czech pop musician, composer, and performer, famous in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Muk began playing music at the age of fifteen, performing with various underground punk bands including Dural ...

, after which he founded the synth-pop group

Shalom ''Shalom'' ( he, שָׁלוֹם ''šālōm''; also spelled as ''sholom'', ''sholem'', ''sholoim'', ''shulem'') is a Hebrew word meaning ''peace'', ''harmony'', ''wholeness'', ''completeness'', ''prosperity'', ''welfare'' and ''tranquility'' and ...

(1992–1996). Both these ensembles were heavily influenced by the English synth-pop duo

Erasure Erasure () is an English synth-pop duo formed in London in 1985, consisting of lead vocalist and songwriter Andy Bell with songwriter, producer and keyboardist Vince Clarke, previously known as co-founder of the band Depeche Mode and a membe ...

, a band whose UK tour Oceán had supported between 1989 and 1990. In 2004, Muk released a

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EP to his idols. Since 1997, when he released his first solo album, Muk performed as a solo artist, often in musicals and operas such as ''

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'', ''Joan of Arc'' ( cs), Karel Svoboda's ''Golem'' ( cs), and Janek Ledecký's ''Galileo''. On his solo records he also covered songs by artists including

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Václav Neckář Václav Neckář (born 23 October 1943 in Prague) is a Czech singer and actor. He is best known for his performance as Miloš Hrma in ''Closely Watched Trains''. Between 1978 and 1979 he cooperated with Polish singer Anna Jantar during their perf ...

, and Karel Černoch. In 2010, Muk was found dead by his wife in their home in

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. The official cause of death was asphyxia from vomit inhalation, and an autopsy and blood work revealed he had medical drugs and alcohol in his blood. Muk had

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Awards

Český slavík Český slavík ( en, Czech Nightingale) is a Czech award meant to recognize outstanding achievement and annual popularity in the Czech music industry. It was established in 1996 as the successor to the Zlatý slavík awards, which was establishe ...

– Silver (2002), (2003) *

– Bronze (2004) * TýTý television viewers' awards (2001), (2004) *

Anděl Awards The Anděl Awards ( cs, cena Anděl) is a Czech music award ceremony organized by the Czech Academy of Popular Music. It is a successor to the Annual Czechoslovak Music Award (Czech: ''Výroční československé hudební ceny'') established i ...

, several nominations

Discography

Solo

Studio albums * ''

Petr Muk Petr Muk (4 February 1965 – 24 May 2010) was a Czech pop musician, composer, and performer, famous in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Muk began playing music at the age of fifteen, performing with various underground punk bands including Dural ...

'' (1997) * '' Jizvy Lásky'' (2000) * '' Dotyky Snu'' (2002) * '' Osud Ve Dlaních'' (2005) * '' Muzikál a Film'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2010) EPs * ''Loď ke hvězdám'' (1997) * ''Ona se brání/Zrcadlo'' (2000) * ''

Oh L'Amour "Oh L'amour" is a song by English synthpop duo Erasure, released in April 1986 as their third single. Written by Erasure members Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, it is a lament from someone experiencing unrequited love ''("broke my heart / now I'm ...

'' (2004) – tribute to

Compilations * '' Slunce / To Nejlepší'' (2007) * '' Outro'' (2011) – posthumous release * ''Od A do Z'' (2011) – posthumous release * ''Předtím...A Potom'' (2017) – posthumous release * ''Sny zůstanou (Definitive Best of)'' DVDs * ''Zrcadlo (Videoklipy 1992–2004)'' (2004) – collection of music videos * ''L'Amour Tour 2004'' (2005) – concert filmed in Prague on 12 December 2004

with Oceán

* ''Dávná zem'' (1990) * ''Pyramida snů'' (1991) * ''2 1/2'' (1992)

with Shalom

* ''Shalom'' (1992) * ''Brány vzkazů'' (1994)

References

External links

Official website
(in Czech) {{DEFAULTSORT:Muk, Petr 1965 births 2010 deaths 21st-century Czech male singers People with bipolar disorder People from Český Krumlov Alcohol-related deaths in the Czech Republic 20th-century Czech male singers