DISCOGRAPHY
*** Bittová & Fajt: [Panton 1987 STEREO 8107951311]
*** Bittová & Fajt: [Panton 1987 STEREO 8107952311]
*** Svatba: [Review Records 1988 rere117mcd]
*** Dunaj a Iva Bittová: [Panton 1989 STEREO 8108161311]
*** DUNAJ: Rosol: [Pavian Records 1991 PM0002-2311]
*** Fajt & Meneses Songs for the Drums: [Pavian Records 1993 PM0006-2311]
*** Homler / Waegeman / Fajt: Macaronic Sines: [Lowlands 1995 LOW002]
*** Iva Bittová, Pavel fajt, DUNAJ: Pustit musíš: [Rachot / Behémót 1996 R0007]
*** Pavel Fajt & Pluto: [Indies Records 1996 MAM040-2]
*** Homler / Waegeman / Fajt: : Corne de Vache: [Victo 1997 CD047]
*** Bittová & Fajt: [Bonton 1997 710535-2]
*** Pluto: Tři: [Indies Records 1998 MAM072-2]
*** Fajt & Chadima Průhlední lidé: [Black Point 1998 BP0106-2]
*** The Danubians: [Cuneiform Records 2000]
*** Pavel Fajt solo: DrumTrek: [Indies Records 2001 MAM148-2]
*** Iva Bittová: Divná slečinka: [BMG Ariola ČR 1991 74321-42891-2]
*** Iva Bittová: Ne nehledej: [BMG Ariola ČR 1994 74321-24858-2]
*** Bittová & Fajt: Kolednice: [BMG Ariola ČR 1995 74321-33521-2]
*** Pavel Fajt – Ladakh 567 [Indies Records 2005]
*** Slet bubeníků: The Gathering of Drummers – Fajt, Cutler, Meneses, Vitouš, Vacík, Urna etc ) [Indies Records 2005] www.myspace.com/thegatheringofdrummers
*** Slet bubeníků: The Gathering of Drummers – Drumming Brew: Fajt, Bangoura, Yumiko, Vacík, Goldin, Vitouš [Indies Records 2007] www.myspace.com/thegatheringofdrummers
*** Pavel Fajt, Autopilote [EMI 2008] www.myspace.com/autopilote
*** compilations & others
*** A Classic Guide to No Man's Land: Bittová & Fajt: Svatba: [No Man's Land 1988 nml8813cd]
*** Live at the Knitting Factory Vol. IV.: Bittová & Fajt: Strom: [A&M Records 1990 M75021-5332-2]
*** Step Across the Border (Soundtrack): Bittová & Fajt & Frith: Lost and Found /
*** Bittová & Fajt: Morning Song: [RecRec Music (Switzerland) 1990 RecRec 30 (LP),
RecDec 30 (CD); East Side Digital (USA) 1991 EAS80462]
*** The ReR Quarterly (Selections from Vol. II): Bittová & Fajt: The Wedding: [ReR 1992 QCD2]
*** Hermit 1992, Growthrings 1993, Transparent Messenger 1994, Meridian Crossings /
Entarctic Shelf Festival 1995 (Hermit I.-IV.: Plasy): záznamy ze sólových koncertů: [Hermit]
*** Everything is Low: Homler & Waegeman & Fajt: Volapluk Smile: [Lowlands 1996 LOW004]
*** Ring Ring 1997 (Belgrade Music Festival): Fajt & Meneses: Basically: [Radio B92 1997 D016cd]
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DRUMTREK CD review by allmusic.com
Drummer Pavel Fajt's signature sound has graced albums by many Czech artists, but what happens when it is left on its own? On this solo CD, Fajt plays drums live, without any overdubs. This approach is highly unusual for a drummer who always remained rooted in the beat. This is no free improvisation, but instant rock composition. The hi-hat opens and closes to provide a pulse followed by Fajt's other limbs. He established a groove, develops a theme, adds variations, and bring things to a conclusion. Sometimes a groove box (the same one he used on the Danubians CD) will allow him to stretch a little more, at others he'll use homemade electronics to bring a sense of melody. On "Drum Trek" they sound like steel drum notes, giving the song a feel very similar to his group Pluto's third album — but played by a one-man band. Limitations of this approach are obvious: Fajt is an inventive drummer, but apart from changes in dynamics, he can't bring much diversity to the table. Rock drummers will appreciate the mastery, while fans of Pluto and the Danubians will have the impression of hearing skeletons of songs. — François Couture
Since the mid-'80s, Pavel Fajt (pronounced "fight") has been one of the most prominent musicians on the Czech alternative rock scene. As a drummer, a composer, and a bandleader, he has been instrumental in the shaping of a distinctive Czech rock identity. Back home, he first got noticed among the seminal group Dunaj. Internationally, he is best-known for his duo with Iva Bittová and for his appearance in the film and on the soundtrack Step Across the Border about avant-garde guitar hero Fred Frith.
Born the day after Christmas in 1957 in Brno (also Bittová's hometown), Fajt got seriously involved with music rather late. He began to work as a composer of music for dance and theater in the early '80s and started as a professional musician in 1983 in groups that left little or no trace (Nucleus, Manana, Jeste Jsme Se Nedohodli). 1983 was also the year he co-founded Dunaj, promising to quickly become the mother of a new rock scene in Czechoslovakia, its siblings populating the catalog of the record label Indies.
In 1985, Fajt began to collaborate with singer/violinist Iva Bittová. This project yielded a couple of critically acclaimed albums in the late '80s; took the duo around Europe, America, and Japan; and attracted the attention of Fred Frith, who performed with both of them at the 1988 MIMI Festival (France) (ex-Etron Fou Leloublan guitarist Ferdinand Richard would do the same a year later). The first half of the 1990s saw a number of projects filling Fajt's schedule: the Joseph Boys with ex-Dunaj guitarist Vladimír Václavek, the Vogel Europas, Macaronic Sines with Anna Homler and Geert Waegeman, and duos with Extempore leader Mikolás Chadima and drummer Jim Meneses (the Stickmen, Zero Pop, Palinckx).
Fajt founded his own group, Pluto, in 1995, recruiting singer Václav Bartos, guitarist Petr Zavadil, and bassist Tomás Fröhlich, who would remain a trusty sideman in the drummer's other projects. Pluto brought out the best in Fajt, channeling his heavy yet subtle playing style in energy driven songs that were generally accessible yet always on the verge of something avant-garde. The group's two CDs — Pavel Fajt & Pluto, 1996, and Tri, 1998 — stand among his best work. In the late '90s, he participated in the Danubians with Amy Denio and members of the Hungarian avant-rock group Kampec Dolores. He released his first solo album, Drum Trek, in 2001. — François Couture
thanks for the add :) >>>>>>>>>>>>and, i really enjoyed one of your gigs at one of the underground bars-clubs in prague 6 or 7 years ago !!! cheers! e.
