Tomáš Botló – a singer and musician, playing amateur guitar, playing piano mostly, studied at the State conservatory in Bratislava. He writes his own songs, he built his recording studio at home where he proved being an excellent sound mixer. Tomas mixis Romani music with modern genres such as jazz, funk, hip-hop, latino, flamenco, pop and this kind of genre syncretism makes him multi-cultural and multi-genre musician. He cooperated with several Slovak as well as foreign rappers and artists. His musical idol is George Benson. The video presents his talk about his muscial begginings, studies, principal influence shaping his musical production, or specific features and ways the Romani music in Slovakia takes.
Recorded: November 21, 2013