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Velvet Sky
12+ albums
alternativeHip-Hopslovakia
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There are two bands with the name Velvet Sky: 1) Bratislava, Slovakia Formed in 2001 Velvet Sky has shown a somewhat bizarre shifting of genres and attitudes to the music production. Evolved from mostly art-rock and folk acoustic beginnings to more complex conceptual projects later overshadowed by their recent electronic sample-based creations. Originally a studio band went live in 2009 with The Beaulique Project vs Velvet Sky project and occasional DJ-set appearances. By 2014 Velvet Sky released 12 albums, the recent We Never Close, I Will Not Buy This Record, Days We Remember and The Great Drive By were released under official labels. Velvet Sky's discography is a tangible demonstration of their evolution in musical styles perception and sound. The recent sample-based era with a broad mix of genres including nu-jazz, downtempo, synthpop or disco-house was launched by the Samplified LP and followed by I Will Not Buy This Record LP. However, released not too long before that, the acoustic Rok slnečníc (A Year of the Sunflowers) LP offered simple live-recorded folk/rock songs while the Imaginary OST dived into comprehensive experimenting with score themes for a fictive movie. Both were preceded by the Projekt: Prasa (Project: The Pig) which is a conceptual attempt to describe an inner world of a swine before getting scoffed at a gluttony garden party. Velvet Sky’s early LPs Suburban Clouds and Podivný experiment (The Weird Experiment) contain a substantial mixture of the ac
