Liudni Slibinai

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LIUDNI SLIBINAI (en. Sad Dragons) is a theatrical music project by the Lithuanian actors of the new generation. Fusing together classical Lithuanian poetry with the modern sound, these musical hooligans cannot be pigeon-holed into any conventional genre. The band is well known for its energetic performances, stage antics, positive sadness, witty and self-depreciating irony.

AWARDS
Liudni Slibinai has been awarded Saulius Mykolaitis memorial prize. For two consecutive years, actors received numerous nominations in M.A.M.A. music awards, picking up the Best Band award at M.A.M.A. Awards 2012. Liudni Slibinai also won the People’s Choice Award at the alternative music awards T.E.T.E. 2011. In 2012, the smallest member of the band Dominykas Vaitiekunas have been recognized as the Most Charismatic Artist of the Year.

MUSIC & PERFORMANCES
The band’s music is an original take on well-known Lithuanian poetry or folk songs lyrics incorporating pop, rock, hip-hop and even drum&bass elements. Borrowing the lyrics from the poems by such Lithuanian classical poets as Maironis, K. Donelaitis, A. Baranauskas, J. Marcinkevicius, H. Radauskas, these hooligans-actors-musicians-comedians touch upon the issues that a modern man faces.
Over a short period of five years since its inception, the Liudni Slibinai has been awarded the Best Lithuanian Band title, and has performed around 250 concerts in the largest Lithuanian cities and festivals and brought their music to the UK, Germany, USA.

ALBUMS
In autumn 2010, the Liudni Slibinai released their debut album entitled “Albumas, raginantis tauta“ (The Album Calling the Nation”. In autumn 2012 the band has successfully launched their second album “Albumas be jokiu E;” (An Album Without Es), a call for people to get rid of soul preservatives. In autumn 2013, to mark their fifth anniversary, the Liudni Slibinai released an electronic song collection “Imkit mane ir klausykit” (Take Me and Read Me) inspired by the writings of the renowned Lithuanian poets.

Liudni Slibinai is coming to London to show what it is to party like a true Lithuanian!

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More info:
www.liudnislibinai.lt
facebook.com/Liudnislibinai
twitter.com/LiudniSlibinai

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