ČAUČESKU - CD

The album is named in reference to the Prime Minister's Facebook speeches to voters, ČAUČESKU, and highlights pressing political issues of recent times. "It all started innocently; I was simply writing a reflection on the times and the world, what I see, what I hear, what I feel, and suddenly I had songs for a whole album," said Tomáš Klus, who collaborated on the recordings with music producer Jiří Burian and investigative journalist and writer Jaroslav Kmenta, who deals with domestic political cases, the connections between political, business, and mafia circles, and the exposure of corruption. "Because I wanted to include facts along with emotions, I asked Jaroslav to write some context for each song. A sort of argumentative pocket. Many of his texts served as a springboard for the mindset towards the songs on ČAUČESKU," Tomáš Klus clarifies. According to Klus, the duty of a songwriter is authenticity, and through his songs, he aims to spark discussion on topics that have often been deliberately overshadowed by new scandals. With the album ČAUČESKU, the songwriter confronts society's rapid forgetting of politicians' actions that should never be forgotten. "They say politics is dirty, but it cannot be dirty in and of itself. Politics only comes alive with...