Interview for NAVINY.BY

The Belarusian band DALI has recently returned from Scotland, where the guys took part in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Meanwhile the boys gave several concerts, made some useful acquaintance, enjoyed the local scenery and shot two clips.

Viktar Rudenka, the soloist of DALI, and Ivan Zaprutski, the managing director of the band, talked about their trip in detail in the interview for Naviny.by.

- What was the festival like? Is it unique?

- Ivan: the Festival took place in different Edinburgh cafes and pubs. Summerhall was the main stage, the others were in various city establishments (about 500). Every day several bands appeared on the stages of those pubs and cafes; performances and films were shown. Our Belarus Free theatre also took part in the Festival.

In the majority of cases the shows were free. Participation in the Festival, travel and housing expenses for a lot of musicians and theatrical troupes were also free. Both professional musicians and amateur bands took part in Edinburgh Festival Fringe. When we arrived, most of the band names were unknown to us, although they are extremely popular there nowadays.

What is more, they have another attitude to music. If the representatives of a band want to play in a pub, they can just come and play without any arrangements, the stage is free for them.

Виктор Руденко

(c) «Тузін Гітоў»

The DALI performed their new unprecedented neo-classical version of Silver Sky for Tuzin Hitou - the biggest independent non-governmental initiative in Belarus.

TV Show Intro with a short interview:

Автор и ведущий проекта Олег Титков в своей программе «Живой звук» проводит  открытую беседу со звёздами белорусской эстрады, альтернативными группами и другими артистами страны. Задаёт им вопросы не только о музыке, но и "о жизни", пытается показать артистов такими, какие они есть на самом деле, со своими привычками, недостатками, увлечениями и развлечениями.