MarZ

Somewhere between folk, pop and jazz lies "a place called MarZ" - the "musical universe" of singer, guitarist and songwriter Markéta Zdeňková. Her songs range in theme from honest confessions to pranks to shamanic ritual. He writes mainly in Czech and has the ability to create "imaginative melodies and at the same time preserve the naturalness of his mother tongue".

The core of MarZ is, alongside Markéta, co-founder of the band trombonist and singer Štěpán Janoušek, instrumentalist of the current young Prague (not only jazz) scene. His handwriting is prominently inscribed in band arrangements. The first album At the Crossroads, recorded as a duo, was an introduction to MarZ's sound landscape. In 2018, a five-member band was formed with the arrival of Dalibor Hrubeš (electric guitars), Miloš Klápště (bass guitar, synth, vocals) and Vítězslav Patočka (drums). This formation strengthened and moved Markéta's songs to a new dimension. In March 2020, they released their eponymous album MarZ on the Transistor label.