Longital
THE BAND
Longital is femme fatale Shina on bass and vocals, mad mathematician Daniel Salontay on guitars, bow and voice, and a flying table called Xi Di Nim with laptop and touchscreen Lemur Jazz Mutant on the board.
THE STORY
He dreamed a lot. She wrote poetry. He sharpened his imagination and built aeroplanes and ships. She sang and played the 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 blues. She did graphic design and photography. He found some wrecked guitars and rescued them. She left some 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 dream of White Tiger telling them THE SECRET
THE SECRET
according to Longital is "...to follow the path of heart which never lets us astray. We have done this since we decided to leave proper jobs and dive in the music completely. It takes a courage not to keep plan B just in case. This is what our music is about : seeking the own way and finally realizing that we are already on THE OWN WAY
THE OWN WAY
Shina and Dano have been going their own way since 2001
Selected apearances at festivals UK - The Big Chill (2005), Small Nations Festival (2008) / SK - Pohoda (2001-2008) / IE - International Guitar festival Clonakilty (2006) / HU - Mediawave (2005), Regionconference Budapest (2008) / CZ - United Islands of Prague (2004, 2006, 2009), Colours of Ostrava (2004, 2006, 2008) / D – Nacht der Schonheit Berlin (Piranha prod. 2007) / CH – Gena Festival, Geneve (2008) / 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), Le printemps de Bourges (2009)
Selected club gigs UK - London (Cargo, Spitz, The Big Chill Bar) / IE - Cork (Cyprus Avenue), Clonakilty (Debarra) / CZ - Prague (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,Blue Note), Lodz (Jazga) / AT – Wien (Ost-klub, Wuk), Salzburg (Rockhouse), Graz (Orpheum), Linz (Posthof) / D - Berlin (Kulturforum) / FR – Marseille (Le Balthazar), Grenoble (La Bobine).
Longital shared stage with Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova (the Swell Season), Emiliana Torrini, Moloko, The Ruby Suns, Tujiko Noriko, Lali Puna, The Frames, Black, Claire Di Terzi, Aaron, Xploding plastix, Medeski-Martin-Wood, Ralph Myerz, The Levelers, Susanne and the Magic Orchestra and Nina Hynes.
Tours 2002-2009 : UK, France, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Ireland, Russia, Finland, Hungary.
Recordings of Longital Gloria (2008), Vyprava/Voyage (2006), Sveta diely/Continents (2004).
All releases of Longital are available on www.slnkorecords.sk, and also available on iTunes and Cdbaby.com.
Shina and Salontay previously recorded with the band Dlhe diely, albums : Šina In Virgo (2003), Tu (2002), Šinadisk (2001), September (2001).
LONGITAL REMIX Of COLDCUT‘S “EVERYTHING IS UNDER CONTROL” received top ten award in Ableton remix contest, selected by Matt Black/Ninja Tune.