We are Hyjé, a post-folk band, and we are releasing our debut album.
After relentless debates, we have chosen thirteen songs (from our repertoire which currently includes around 80 songs) which encompass our musical world as fully as possible.
Thirteen glimpses into a musical labyrinth which distorts the boundary between folk and folklore.
Help us create our first album!
We are folk bandits, European carollers, ethnomusicological pranksters and tireless dancers with 2¾ instruments per member.
We enjoy moving around musical liminal spaces – between Bucharest and Prague, between Loch Lomond and Tálinský rybník, between Poland and Moravia.
Hyjé are:
- Jan Mrázek (singing, guitar, banjolele, clarinet, harmonica)
- Kristýna Větévka (singing, violoncello)
- Matouš Vinš (singing, cajon, drum, clarinet, saxophone, low whistle)
- Bořivoj Putna (singing, French horn, accordion, tinwhistle)
What will we use the money for:
If we manage to raise 78 000 CZK, we will have made back the initial investment into recording the album.
If we manage to raise 95 000 CZK, we will have made back the money put into the mixing and the mastering of the album.
If we manage to raise 120 000 CZK, we'll be able to release the album physically and properly pay the artist creating the visuals.
If we manage to raise 160 000 CZK, we'll be able to create a professional music video for one of the songs on the album.
And if we manage to raise 220 000 CZK, we'll be allowed to undertake a long residency, which we will use to work on the material for our next album (there are plenty of songs still waiting to be recorded)!
