A brand new single “Bez Miega Zirgi” will be published on September 6. The song has been produced in collaboration with “Gas of Latvia” and Sandris Savickis (“Starring Two”) for the upcoming compilation “Strāvoklis”.

Latvian lyrics, as well as the English translation is already available at the lyrics section.

Tracklist:

01 Bez Miega Zirgi (Gas of Latvia Mix)
02 Gadalaiku Cilvēki
03 Autumn News (Live in Helsinki 2010)
04 Lapsu Nakts (Live in Helsinki 2010)

Video:

01 Animals of Our Kind
02 Tādi Zvēri Kā Mēs
03 Sådana djur som vi

In addition, a couple of new concert dates are confirmed: October 14 @ festival “Bildes 2010″, Riga and October 23 @ “Nabaklab”, Riga.

STandART guitarist Mārtiņš Links’ main band “Ēnu kaleidoskops” (featuring Kalvis Kluburs on keyboards) has released its first full-time studio album “Ēnu kaleidoskops”. The album is available via all our websites, at the concerts and at “Nabaklab”, Riga.

The time schedule of LABADABA festival has been announced.

STandART will play on Saturday, August 7, at 17:00, on the Bear Stage

Ēnu Kaleidoskops will play on Saturday, August 7, at 20:30,  on the Hedgehog Stage

Full time schedule HERE.

Kalvis Kluburs has joined Latvian electronic band “Starring Two” to record the vocals for their album after the original singer Edgar Kurik was forced to move away from Latvia.

10 songs have already been recorded (2 of them in Swedish), with 2 remaining to be done in the nearest time. As soon as the vocals will be completed, the mixing of the album will start, and its release is planned for this autumn. The title of the album has been set – “Portraits & Landscapes”.

More about “Starring Two” HERE.

STandART will play at LABADABA Open Air Festival: August 6-8, the exact date and time yet to be announced. Most likely, it will be the first chance to hear a new STandART song live.Other participants include such bands as the other band of Kalvis and Mārtiņš – “Ēnu Kaleidoskops”; “Dzelzs Vilks”, “Gas of Latvia” and many, many more.

More info at Labadaba.lv

“Tādi Zvēri Kā Mēs” – the Latvian version of “Animals of Our Kind” – is this week’s no.1 @ Radio NABA Latvian Top10. Your support is still necessary HERE :

Free download of the new single is available on STandART’s last.fm profile (registration is not obligatory):
http://www.last.fm/music/STandART (choose the “albums” section in the menu).

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The new STandART single “I’m the Voices” / “Autumn News” will be released digitally on October 19. It will be available on the Internet as a free download.

The release date of the new STandART album “Autumn News” is November 6. The album release party will take place on the same day @ club “Barons”, Riga. Some more live dates are confirmed now and some are still to follow.

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The recording of the new STandART album is finished. Now we start the mixing. The album will contain 11 songs and it is going to be released in Autumn 2009.

Keep a watchful eye,
Black Horse