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Dabasu Durovys

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Dabasu Durovys
Background information
OriginDaugavpils, Latvia
GenresPop rock
Blues rock
Years active2006–present
LabelsLatgolys Producentu Grupa
MembersArnis Slobožaņins (lead vocals, guitar)
Valdis Rundzāns (bass guitar)
Romāns Sladzis (back vocals, electric guitar)
Egils Kulmanis (Back Vocals, Saxophone)
Aleksandrs Tamans (drums)
Past membersSergejs Čakāns
Edgars Kluss
Jānis Veliks
Mihails Šaiters
Kristaps Strods
Websitedraugiem.lv/dabasudurovys

Dabasu Durovys is a Latvian pop rock band, formed at the beginning of 2006 in Daugavpils. Most lyrics of their songs are written in Latgalian. The band's name is Latgalian for "the doors of the sky".

Dabasu Durovys is one of the first rock bands that started to write music in Latgalian, and it can be considered the member of the "Latgalian Music New Wave". The band has recorded the first ever Latgalian blues (Vipingys blūzs) and Dixieland (Vacais mašinists). The band has taken influences from the 60's pop and rock, folk rock, blues music and British pop rock.

In 2008, the band released their first music album Lepetnīks ('Butterfly'). Like many other new bands, Dabasu Durovys has taken part in many contests for young bands, with some success in 2007 (Mic Rec bārs Open) and 2010 (Četri balti krekli New Music Contest).The band has also participated in the notable Latvian music festival "Bildes". In 2012 their album Styklu Vītā Skaņa ('Sound instead of glass') was nominated as one of top 5 best pop rock albums of 2012 in the Annual Latvian Music Awards (Latvijas Mūzikas Gada Balva). Apart from playing more than 20 concerts a year, Dabasu Durovys has also participated in festivals abroad – Lithuania (2007, 2009, 2011, 2012), Portugal (2010), Australia (2011) and Poland (2015). In 2016, the band released their fourth album Pādys Runoj ('The Footprints Talk').

Radio singles

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Year Single Radio station Album
2006 Čajs ar madu Latgales Radio
Latvijas Radio 2
Radio SWH
Lepetnīks
2006 Vipingys Blūzs Latgales Radio Lepetnīks
2006 Bezprotā Latgales Radio
Fit FM
Latvijas Radio 2
Lepetnīks
2008 Trejūs naktī Latgales Radio
LTV program Sems
Lepetnīks
2008 Tai tam byus byut Latgales Radio
Latvijas Radio 2
Kurzemes Radio
Styklu Vītā Skaņa
2009 Muoksleigi kameisi Latgales Radio
Latvijas Radio 2
Radio Naba
Styklu Vītā Skaņa
2010 Lai jau kreit Latgales Radio Styklu Vītā Skaņa
2011 Grēku fani Radio Valmiera
Latvijas Radio 1
Latvijas Radio 2
Latgales Radio
Latviešu Radio
Styklu Vītā Skaņa
2011 Trešais pagarinuojums Latviešu Radio
Latgales Radio
Styklu Vītā Skaņa
2012 Pusnakts Triādis Latgales Radio Styklu Vītā Skaņa
2014 Sejas Grāmata Muzikālā Banka Bāka

Discography

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  • Lepetnīks (2008)
  • Styklu Vītā Skaņa (2012)
  • Bāka (2014)
  • Pādys Runoj (2016)
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