Jakub Šimanský

Jakub Šimanský is a Czech musician who has been on the music scene for several years. His music is characterized by its experimental and independent approach to acoustic instruments such as steel guitar, lap steel (Hawaiian) guitar or banjo. Šimanský has already released two full-length albums. The first is Face to Face Against American Primitivism in Eastern Europe Vol. 1 which was released on Stoned to Death Records in 2016. The record was well received at home and abroad especially in the subculture of the "American primitivism" genre from which he drew to some extent but the music is very much marked not only by his own approach to playing variety in tuning and rhythm but also by a sense of strong melodies which also draws on the tradition of Czech folk or Eastern music. Three years later in 2019 he started a collaboration with Full Moon Magazine and its publishing platform Full Moon Forum which resulted in the follow-up album Face to Face Against American Primitivism in Eastern Europe Vol. 2. Šimanský's playing style is based on the first album but he begins to experiment more in terms of sound and techniques and to find new possibilities for his acoustic instruments. He is also a member of the active guitar duo Šimanský Niesner with whom he performs extensively both at home and abroad and with whom he has released three full-length albums on the Stoned To Death Records and Korobushka Records labels.