Daniel Salontay
BRATISLAVA
LONGITAL ARE Shina (bass, vocal), Daniel Salontay (guitars, bow, voc), Marian Slavka (drums, keyboards)
A SHORT HISTORY OF LONGITAL
He dreamed a lot. She wrote poetry. He sharpened his imagination and built aeroplanes and ships. She sang and played piano. He got a guitar and loved jazz. She ran college radio and played folk. They both loved music and skiing. He graduated in maths. She graduated in engineering. He taught computer science and played the blues. She did graphic design and photography. He found some wrecked guitars and rescued them. She lost old friends. They met and became friends. He went to Cleveland to study jazz. She stayed in Bratislava. He missed her. She missed him. They met again in the US. They fell in love. They returned home. He discovered bow. She got bass guitar. He wrote songs. She wrote songs. They moved to a beautiful place on a hill called Dlhe Diely (Long Yards) They formed the band Dlhe Diely with some friends
They started their record label Slnko records (www.slnkorecords.sk). They quit their proper jobs. They recorded few albums and lost few drummers. They discovered electronics and started to use ambient sounds and loops. They discovered that the hill Dlhe diely was previously called Longital. They formed the new band Longital. And finally came the drummer, and the dream of White Tiger telling them the SECRET
SELECTED FESTIVAL CONCERTS: US - SXSW Austin (2010, 2012), CAN - Canadian Music Week Toronto (2012), UK - The Big Chill (2005), Small Nations (2008) / SK - Pohoda (2001-2007, 2012) / IE - International Guitar festival Clonakilty (2006) / HU - Sziget Festival (2014) / CZ - United Islands of Prague (2004, 2006), Colours of Ostrava (2004, 2006, 2008) / D – Nacht der Schonheit Berlin
(2007) / FR - Les Oreilles en Pointe Unieux (2006), Europavox Vichy (2007), Mimi Marseille (2007), Electro choc Bourgon (2008), Gare aux Oreilles Coustellet (2008), Musiques Innovatrices St.Etienne (2008), Les Nuits Europeennes Strasbourg (2008), Regionconference Budapest (2008)
SELECTED CLUB GIGS: UK - London (Cargo, Spitz, The Big Chill Bar) / IE - Cork (Cyprus Avenue), Clonakilty
(Debarra) / CZ - Prague (Archa, Palac Akropolis, Delta, Lucerna music bar) / FIN - Turku (Koulu) / RU - Moscow (OGI), St.Petersburg (Platforma) / HU - Budapest (Trafo, Take5), Gyor (Romer Haz) / PL - Krakow (Lokator, Re, Gwarek), Warszawa (Jazzgot), Poznan (Eskulap) / AT – Wien (Ost-klub, Wuk), Salzburg (Rockhouse), Graz (Orpheum), Linz (Posthof) / D - Berlin (Kulturforum) / FR – Marseille (Le Balthazar), Grenoble (La Bobine), PL Warszawa (Stodola)
LONGITAL SHARED STAGE WITH: Hidden Orchestra, Moloko, Tujiko Noriko, Lali Puna, Black, Claire Di Terzi, Aaron, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova (recent Oscar winners for music in the movie Once), Emiliana Torrini, Medeski-Martin-Wood, Ralph Myerz, The Levelers, Susanne and the Magic Orchestra, AND TOURED WITH Nina Hynes, The Frames, The Swell Season
TOURS 2002-20015 US, Canada, UK, France, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Ireland, Russia, Finland, Ukraine.
RECORDINGS OF LONGITAL:
A To Je Vsetko?/Is That all? (2015), Teraz/Now (2010), Gloria (2008), Vyprava/Voyage (2006)
All releases of Longital are available on www.slnkorecords.sk, and also available on iTunes, Amazon and major streaming services.
Shina and Salontay previously recorded with the band Dlhe diely, albums : , Svetadiely/ Continents (2004), Šina In Virgo (2003), Tu(2002), Šinadisk (2001), September (2001).
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