Lingers

Allow me to introduce you to Lingers

...from a genuinely biased perspective. I have known Lingers since they started out in 1993 in Ústí nad Labem, I have seen them mature as a band, I think they are an amazingly talented group of musicians and I am one of their biggest fans. Their music is original and eclectic, while their lyrics are thoughtful, honest, idealistic and spiritual. Over the years they have developed real stage presence and last time I saw Lingers live (May 2005 in Prague), I felt that they had finally really hit their groove.

As musicians, their skills are masterful and passionate. Tom´s backing vocals are smooth and sensual. Arno´s voice is distinctive, melodic and versatile; he projects both strength and vulnerability with it. You have to hear it to believe it.

The Prague Post called Lingers´ latest album Gallery "a rich musical mix of jazz, funk, rock, reggae and hip-hop". The Czech daily MF Dnes simply called it "Album of the Year 2004".

On behalf of Lingers, I invite you to come in and explore the website, listen to their music, look at some photos, join the mailing list and leave a message in the guestbook if you´d like.

Thank you for visiting.

Miriyam Nitzberg

In 1993 a group of students from Ústí nad Labem in North Bohemia (Czech Republic) formed the band and they started to call themselves Lingers. After they had played covers by their favourites, circling round the local pubs and clubs, they started to compose original music. That first period was captured on a demo tape called Women´s Lament in 1996.

The new era started in 1999. That was a time of changes in the band. Two members of the old band had left and the two remaining original Lingers, Arnošt Sameš - vocalist and drummer and Tomáš Hoskovec playing guitars, started to play with Petr Los on bass guitar and David Singer on guitar and violin. A brand new sound started to linger on filling the air...

In 2002 Lingers managed to release a debut album Beyond at their own expense and without the support of a music company. They started to perform live more and more all over the Czech Republic. The first album features straightforward hits such as "Beyond" and "My Spouse Said", but also more complicated and sophisticated compositions that ask for at least a bit of effort on the part of the listener.

The second album Gallery seems to be more light-hearted than Beyond, with playful tunes and a smooth sound.

The Lingers now release their albums on the prestigious label Indies Records (www.indiesrec.cz).

Arnošt Sameš

was born on 28th March 1974 in Litoměřice. He studied clarinet and saxophone at music school and then played in a group called Cactus from 1988 to 1992. While at university in Ústí nad Labem in 1993, Arno, together with Tom and a couple of other students, formed the original Lingers. In 1997, Arnošt spent some time in the UK, studying music and English literature at the University of Brighton. In 1998 he graduated from Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, with a degree in English and music. Arno was a bass-baritone in the mixed choir Chorea Academica, and he participated in a vocalist workshop under the leadership of Professor E. Klezla in 2000. He conducts interviews with English-speaking musicians for the music magazine Muzikus. Arnošt´s main projects are composing music, playing drums and singing with Lingers, and occasionally he plays drums in Red Hot Chili Nipples with Tom and A. Stivín.

Discography:
LINGERS "WOMEN´S LAMENT" (1996)
LINGERS "BEYOND" (2002)
LINGERS "GALLERY" (2004)

Tomáš Hoskovec

was born in Ústí nad Labem on 17th January 1974. In 1990 at the age of 16 he picked up a guitar and formed the band č.p. 1398 (named after the number of a house where the band used to jam). He also played with some other bands at that time - The Face and The End. He graduated from Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem where his major subjects were Czech and English. It was at the university in 1994 that Tom got together with Arnošt and other schoolmates to form the early Lingers. Tom came through some other interesting music projects besides, such as the folk band Truckeři or the prototypical reggae band Orly W Blotie Europy. In 1998 he moved to Česká Lípa and the next year the new Lingers met up.

Discography:
LINGERS "WOMEN´S LAMENT" (1996)
LINGERS "BEYOND" (2002)
LINGERS "GALLERY" (2004)

Petr Los

was born in1964. At the age of five he took up the piano and has been playing music ever since. After graduating from an agriculture school in Děčín he moved on to Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem where he studied Czech and music; from there he advanced to the State Conservatory in Teplice where he studied double bass under Professor Mojmír Valenta. Since 1987 he has been teaching double bass, bass guitar and keyboards along with sound engineering theory and practice at the Česká Lípa Music School. Petr has played piano and bass guitar in several bands - Jupos 24 and St. Woody, and he was a member of the Děčín Symphony Orchestra. Now he´s a member of Lingers, having taken on the duties of playing bass and recording the band in his own studio. As a correspondent, critic and reviewer he has co-operated with magazines such as Stereo Video, Rock and Pop, Stereomag etc. Currently Petr is an external reviewer of musical instruments, software and studio equipment in the magazine Music Store (www.music-store.cz). Occasionally he makes music for various audio-visual projects, e.g. music for EXPO exhibition of the Dortmund Steelworks, music for the film Golden Bike presenting the Czech bike trial champion Josef Dressler, music for an instructional film on carving skiing and many others. These days Petr is working on a new bass guitar training booklet.

Discography:
ST.WOODY "FANTOMAS LIBERATION" (1998)
LINGERS "BEYOND" (2002)
LINGERS "GALLERY" (2004)

David Singer

was born at the end of April 1970. He spent all of his childhood in the exquisite surroundings of Kamenický Šenov. He is a violin graduate of the State Conservatory in Teplice where he studied with Professor Jiřina Dlouhá. Since 1989 he has been teaching violin at the Česká Lípa Music School. David´s got awesome memories of his rock band projects Stojaté vody and St. Woody from the 90s. In addition to playing with Lingers, he is a member of B4 formation where he´s drowning himself in extemporised electronic music, and he plays chamber music as a member of Helikoptrio.

Discography:
ST. WOODY "FANTOMAS LIBERATION" 1999
B4 "LIVE KLUB MLEJN" 2001
LINGERS "BEYOND" 2002
B4 "ZWICKAU" 2002
LINGERS "GALLERY" 2004
B4 "KLANG" 2004
B4 "JAZZ" 2005

František Kuchař

was born on 21st July 1968. On top of piano lessons he also attended singing and artwork courses. Since he was a boy he has always been involved in singing choirs; his training was harvested at Chorea Academica of Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem. He studied maths and physics there and later also music. He was a member of the band Septet Voices as bass player and he was music director on their CD. In 2003 he took part in Summer Jazz School courses in Frýdlant. At the moment František is a teacher at the grammar school in Mimoň, a singer in several choirs (Bohemiachor, SFS) and a member of Lingers where he has followed in his brother´s footsteps as keyboard player.