Czech Republic

In just three years, Gipsy.cz has become one of the most famous Czech music acts in the world, and has played at prestigious festivals and clubs in 15 countries, from Glastonbury to Ljubljana, from Lisbon through Kiev to Seoul.

The leader of the band is the Romani rapper, musician and singer Radoslav "Gipsy" Banga who has been performing since the age of 13; Vojta Lavicka, co-creator of the project Gipsy.cz, plays the violin and sings. The band is famous for its energetic live performances spiced with a good dose of distinct humour and self-irony.

In addition to many television performances, Gipsy.cz has also performed twice in the national rounds of Eurosong in 2007 and 2008.

Gipsy.cz has significantly helped the mutual understanding and better communication between minorities and "mainstream society" in the Czech Republic. In 2007, Radoslav Banga became the Czech national ambassador for the European Year of Equal Opportunities for All.

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The great position of Gipsy.cz on the international scene is proven by its participation at the legendary Glastonbury Festival, where they became the first ever Czech band to perform. Gipsy.cz have also performed in the Netherlands - at the Dunya Festival in Rotterdam, the Mundial Festival in Tilburg and in the legendary Paradiso Hall in Amsterdam. The band also performed at the Couleur Café Festival in Brussels, at Bestival on the Isle of Wight, the Pulse Festival in London and the Sziget Festival in Budapest. The unexpectedly enthusiastic reception brought the band twice to the World Music Festival in Ulsan, South Korea.

The band's albums have sold well in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Great Britain, Japan, Italy, Spain, Portugal, South Korea, etc. The songs from both albums are in many compilations dedicated to world music as well as Romani and modern music fusions. In fact, the latest issue of the prestigious British magazine Songlines gave Reprezent five stars, referring to it as "Top of The World".