Holborn Stereo is an indie rock band formed in early 2018. The group consists of Filip Prahl (vocals, guitar), Honza Novotný (bass, vocals) and Artur Čeřovský (drums, vocals).
Filip Prahl (vocals, guitars) - "When you discover your parents' cassette tape with The Beatles and you cannot get away from it, it can lead to your own guitar. And then to an electric guitar. Meanwhile, you are looking for and listening to a lot of British music, and suddenly you find yourself playing your own song. It definitely makes sense to start a band."
Honza Novotný (bass, vocals) - "When you know how a lot of things are difficult to express by words. How stronger the feelings are than the reality of the outside world. Exactly defined terms and any structure melt. The songs disappear and there is just the music itself. It's hard, but it's somewhere there. The reason for the existence of the band."
Artur Čeřovský (drums, vocals) - "For me, music is an escape from everyday reality, a kind of meditation. It has a great gift for bringing people together, I miss that in the "ordinary" world. Life love? Definitely Kiss!! A band that accompanies me throughout my entire, not just musical, life."
Holborn Stereo is a mix of all this. It is not a band where there are members just because their instruments are needed. The music is created by them all.
Basic Data
Location: From Prague via Ústí nad Labem to Děčín, Czech Republic
Number of members: 3
Genre: indie rock (UK) / alternative rock (US)
Gigs played:
40
Influences: The Beatles, Britpop (Oasis, Blur, Pulp), Pink Floyd and a long list of other great music
Achievements
Tha band has played numerous gigs in the Czech Republic, but also in Berlin, Germany.
In December 2019, their video “21st Century” was selected the 3rd best in Festklip 2019 by the jury of proffesionals.
Holborn Stereo was also nominated for Music Talent Awards (MTA) 2019 in "Image and Expression of the Year 2019" category. MTA is a part of Skutečná liga contest.
Timeline
24
Mar
Gig in Děčín
Open Mic Ohusce No. 54 Want to listen to Holborn Stereo's songs in their acoustic versions?
We will perform within the traditional open mic event in Děčín. Come and listen to hundreds of different music styles in a single evening.
Venue: Nádražní restaurace Zámecká zahrada
15.00 – Divadlo Na klice - hraje pohádku "Co se nese v lese"
16.00 – Marek Lepší a Gejza Sendrei
17.30 – Tomáš Frolík a Pavel Kernaševič (guitar duo)
18.30 – Pavel a Káča (folk song duo)
20.00 – Xavier Baumaxa (traditional gig on platform)
Venue: Pod lampou
15.00 – Pavel a Káča (folk song duo)
17.00 – Josef Svoboda (brilliant guitar player from Teplice)
18.00 – Matěj Koudelka (talented singer and guitarist from Chomutov)
19.00 – Holborn Stereo
Venue: Zámecká zahrada – Kavárna na ulici
14.00 – Samuel Němec (multiinstrumentalist)
15.00 – Josef Svoboda (brilliant guitar player from Teplice)
16.00 – Zbyněk Humplík (busker from Teplice)
17.00 – Holborn Stereo
Venue: Hvjezda
15.30 – Matěj Koudelka (talented guitar player from Chomutov)
16.30 – Samuel Němec (multiinstrumentalist)
18.00 – Marek Lepší a Gejza Sendrei
19.30 – Tomáš Frolík a Pavel Kernaševič (guitar duo)
28
Aug
Gig in Most
Neděle ve středu "Multi-genre music festival in Radniční Park"
(Official web site)
Venue: Neděle ve středu
Address: Radniční park, Most (between municipality office and Cascade Hotel)
Start: 4 PM
21
Aug
Gig in Děčín
Rogalo DC "Regular Sunday multi-genre music festival"
(Official website)
Venue: Rogalo DC
Address: Smetanovo nábřeží, Děčín, near to Tyršův Bridge under the castle
Start: 3 PM
Line Up
15:00 - 20 Minutes (pop, neo-folk, rnb)
16:00 - Holborn Stereo (indie rock)
17:00 - Igor Barboi & Petr Zelenka
19
Aug
Gig in Ústí nad Labem
Double gig: Don Tichot / Holborn Stereo Start: 7 PM
Venue: KOLOcafé
Address: Střekovské nábř., 400 03 Ústí nad Labem-Střekov
Set List
01 Deep Inside Me
02 Can't Start In Bed
03 Float
04 21st Century
05 Alone
06 I Wanna Know
07 Here And Now
08 If I Were You
09 Lost Above The City
10 Follow Them Up
11 Beauty Catcher/Chemically Sober
12 She Talks Too Much
13 Wait For Ages
---
14 Two Lives
Start: 3 PM
Venue: Altán u Zahradního domu
Address: U zámku 525/1, Teplice
Set List
Deep Inside Me
Float
Can't Start In Bed
Alone In The Tube
Follow Them Up
21st Century
Lost Above The City
I Wanna Know
Here And Now
Beauty Catcher/Chemically Sober
Wait For Ages
Setlist
Float
Can't Start In Bed
Alone In The Tube
Follow Them Up
Lost Above The City
I Wanna Know
Here And Now
Beauty Catcher/Chemically Sober
She Talks Too Much
Wait For Ages
If I Were You
Setlist She Talks Too Much Deep Inside Me 21st Century Alone In The Tube I Wanna Know Through My Memory Neon Garden Reprise Lost Above The City Strange Animals Can't Start In Bed At My Door Float Two Lives Wait For Ages
Line up
11:00 - Beat Sisters (hard rock)
12:12 - Worn Out Jacket (grunge-alternative)
13:30 - Doggybag Band Praha (rock-blues)
14:45 - Crispy Cheeks (rock-blues)
16:00 - Holborn Stereo (indie-rock)
17:15 - Pan Sysel a dalsi (rock-alternative)
18:30 - Vivian (rock)
19:45 - Martin Jáchym & The Common Sense (world music-blues)
21:00 - Hrabě Monte Crazy (rock-alternative)
22:15 - Projekt Parabelum (metalcore-rock)
23:20 - Mad Days (rock-crossover)
Poster
Set list
1. Deep Inside Me
2. 21st Century
3. Alone In The Tube
4. I Wanna Know
5. Through My Memory
6. Neon Garden Reprise
7. Strange Animals
8. At My Door
9. Float
10. Wait For Ages
11. Can't Start In Bed
12. She Talks Too Much
Photo by Lukáš Fousek
20
Jul
"Two Lives" (a single) Released.
"Two Lives" (a single) Released. The new single was produced by Jan Brambůrek.
Recorded in Tajný studio, Ústí nad Labem.
Art design: Barbora Picková
25
Feb
Gig in Usti nad Labem
Australsko-ustecky meeting Venue: Cajovna u Vysmaty Zaby, Winstona Churchilla 2022, Usti nad Labem
Start: 19:00
Line up
18:00 Fuck nev!m (punk)
19:15 Holborn Stereo unplugged (indie rock)
20:30 TM (free noise jazz)
18
Jan
Gig in Praha
Holborn Stereo at Vzorkovna Venue: Vzorkovna, Narodni 11, Praha 1
MTA 2019 Nomination Holborn Stereo is nominated for Music Talent Awards (MTA) 2019 in "Image and Expression of the Year 2019" category. MTA is a part of "Skutecna liga" contest.
1
Dec
3rd in Festklip 2019
3rd in Festklip 2019 Our video for '21st Century' was selected to be the 3rd best in Festklip 2019!
The jury commenting our video:
Final result announced:
And finally, the video itself (just a reminder):
29
Nov
Gig in Berlin
Daysonic live w/Holborn Stereo (CZ) Venue: Zosch, Tucholskystrasse 30, 10117 Berlin (DE)
Start: 20:00
2
Nov
Gig in Podebrady
Holborn Stereo & Collectors Start: 20:00
Venue: Boss Bar, Fugnerova 253/54, 290 01 Podebrady
Entry: --
Set List
Deep Inside Me
Can't Start In Bed
Alone (In The Tube)
I Wanna Know
Here And Now
Through My Memory
At My Door
Somewhere In My Sleep
Lost (Above The City)
The Fairy
21st Century
Float
She Talks Too Much
---
If I Were You
26
Oct
Gig in Praha
Holborn Stereo & Daysonic Entry 100 CZK members & students, 150 CZK non members
Doors: 20:00
Start: 21:00
Venue: ZiZKOVSiSKA gallery, Husitska 888/11, Praha 3
Set List
Deep Inside Me
Can't Start In Bed
Alone (In The Tube)
I Wanna Know
Here And Now
Through My Memory
Float
She Talks Too Much
14
Sep
Gig in Most
Mostecka slavnost 2019 Venue: Kostel nanebevzeti panny Marie v Moste
Holborn Stereo will play on 3rd stage from 6 to 7 PM.
Set List
Deep Inside Me
Can't Start In Bed
Alone In The Tube
I Wanna Know
Here And Now
Through My Memory
At My Door
Somewhere In My Sleep
Lost Above The City
The Fairy
21st Century
Float
She Talks Too Much
7
Sep
Gig in Praha
Skutecna liga Stredoceskeho kraje Performing at the competition.
Start: 13:30
Venue: KD Mlejn, Praha
Entry: FREE
Set List
Lost Above The City
Alone In The Tube
At My Door
She Talks Too Much
30
Aug
Gig in Praha
Open Mic Holborn Stereo will play within traditional Friday's Open Mic session.
Start: 7 PM
Venue: Pyrat Bar, Vlastislavova 96/2, Praha 4
Free entry
17
Aug
Gig in Slany
Slansky Woodstock 2019 Event celebrating 50th anniversary of the legendary music festival in Woodstock in 1969. Organised by Spolecnost patriotu Slaneho, z. s.
Line up
14:00 The BladderStones
15:00 Bohous Jezek
16:00 Holborn Stereo
17:00 Madam Royal
18:00 Traffic Jam
19:00 Miss Woodstock 2019
19:30 Consortium Camerale Slanense
20:00 Janis Joplin Revival
21:00 Funny Ukulele Band
Entry: CZK 250, CZK 200 in pre-sale / GET TICKETS
Venue: Letni kino Slany, Politickych veznu 1493/9, 27401 Slany
Poster
5
Jul
Gig in Slany
Music on the Square / Hudba na namesti Start: 20:00
Venue: Masarykovo namesti, Slany
FREE ENTRY
Set List
Deep Inside Me
Can't Start In Bed
Alone (In The Tube)
I Wanna Know
Here And Now
Through My Memory
At My Door
Somewhere In My Sleep
Lost (Above The City)
The Fairy
21st Century
Float
She Talks Too Much
---
Two Lives
25
Jun
Gig in Praha
Blessed Mess & Holborn Stereo Double gig with Blessed Mess (geek rock for escapists)
Line up
20:00 Holborn Stereo
21:00 Blessed Mess
Start: 20:00
Venue: Fatal Music Club, Rokycanova 29, Praha 3
Entry: CZK 90
Set List
Deep Inside Me
Can't Start In Bed
Alone (In The Tube)
I Wanna Know
Through My Memory
At My Door
Somewhere In My Sleep
Lost (Above The City)
21st Century
She Talks Too Much
15
Jun
Gig in Louny
Dobrodeni 2019 A charity event organised by Dobrodej z. s.
Line up 18:00 Deficit 19:00 Harfa Band 20:00 Definitivni Ententyk 21:00 Paralet 22:00 Holborn Stereo
Start: 14:00 Venue: Stromovka, Louny
Poster
Setlist Deep Inside Me Can't Start In Bed Alone (In The Tube) I Wanna Know Through My Memory At My Door Somewhere In My Sleep Lost (Above The City) 21st Century She Talks Too Much --- Float
I Wanna Know Video by Zuzana Sediva
Somewhere In My Sleep Video by Zuzana Sediva
13
Jun
Gig in Praha
Holborn Stereo & Heavy Waves Double gig with Heavy Waves (indie rock)
Set List
Deep Inside Me
She Talks Too Much
Through My Memory
Two Lives
I Wanna Know
Here And Now
Lost (Above The City)
The Fairy
At My Door
Alone (In The Tube)
Somewhere In My Sleep
Can't Start In Bed
21st Century
If I Were You
Float
11
May
Gig in Ústí nad Labem
Útulek Fest 2019 18th open air festival supporting animal shelters in Usti region.
Friday - 2 stages
17:00 BREED 18:00 VIBES 19:00 WILL EIFELL & MULTICULTIVITAMIN BAND 20:00 DO ŘADY! 21:00 OFFBEAT FOUNDATION 22:00 GEM REFLECTION
Saturday - 3 stages
11:00 Simon Koleček 11:30 EREDAR 12:00 Joie Cawsey 12:30 HOLBORN STEREO 13:00 Erdela Terierová 13:30 MICHAL SEPS & REGGIMENT 14:10 The Worrisome Ankletrout 14:40 ŠOULET 15:20 Eva Vargo 15:50 STUMBLING DISTRICT 16:30 11Strings Hell and Kyti 17:00 LOUTY 17:40 ?? 18:10 VLTAVA 19:00 Tom77 19:30 ZNOUZECTNOST 20:20 Mysthica 20:50 HENTAI CORPORATION 22:00 MOČOVÝ KHAMENI 23:00 HADEM PRO MÉHO MUNGA
SETLIST
Deep Inside Me
She Talks Too Much
Through My Memory
Two Lives
I Wanna Know
Here And Now
Somewhere In My Sleep
Lost Above The City
The Fairy
At My Door
Alone (In The Tube)
Can't Start In Bed
21st Century
If I Were You
Float
Holborn Stereo + Dee Zeebra First gig in Usti. Together with Dee Zeebra.
Start: 20:00
Entry: 150 CZK
Venue: Phoenix Sport Bar, Moskevska 1, 400 01 Usti nad Labem
SETLIST
She Talks Too Much
Deep Inside Me
Through My Memory
Float
The Fairy
At My Door
Alone (In The Tube)
Lost Above The City
Can't Start In Bed
Two Lives
21st Century
I Wanna Know
If I Were You
7
Mar
Gig in Praha
Holborn Stereo + Nola Dis Two Prague brit pop / indie bands double headliner gig
Entry 100 CZK members & students, 150 CZK non members Doors: 20:00 Start: 21:00 Venue: ZiZKOVSiSKA gallery, Husitska 888/11, Praha 3
SETLIST She Talks Too Much Deep Inside Me Through My Memory Float The Fairy At My Door Alone (In The Tube) Lost Above The City Can't Start In Bed Two Lives 21st Century I Wanna Know If I Were You
2018
17
Dec
Music Video for '21st Century' Released
Music Video for '21st Century' Released The band's first music video was released. Available on YouTube.
23
Nov
Gig in Praha
Holborn Stereo & MiTo First Holborn Stereo's gig.
Start: 19:00
Venue: Jamm Club, Pod kastany 3, Praha
SETLIST
She Talks Too Much
Deep Inside Me
Through My Memory
The Fairy
Float
At My Door
I Wanna Know
Alone (In The Tube)
21st Century
If I Were You
Video teaser - 'Neon Garden Intro'
Facebook event banner
20
Oct
Song Featured in IOL 008 Podcast
Song Featured in IOL 008 Podcast Holborn Stereo's song 'She Talks Too Much' was featured in Indie Originals Live 008 Podcast (US).
24
Sep
First (Demo) Songs Released
First (Demo) Songs Released The band recorded 3 songs ('She Talks Too Much', 'At My Door' and '21st Century') plus live version of 'Neon Garden Intro'.
She Talks Too Much
At My Door
21st Century
Neon Garden Intro
As used as an ad for the gig in Jamm Club on 23rd November 2018.
The songs were recorded in MACAC studio in Usti nad Labem.
10
Jun
The Band's Got the Final Name
The Band's Got the Final Name Finally, the band name was chosen. It's 'Holborn Stereo'. Previously used 'Rocket Science' was not free, there was an active Australian band using it.
Smiles dissolve in pain
I'm on my own again
There's no shadow
'Cos there's no light
Searching for a man hiding inside
And shivering
Looking for a way
To put all my grief away
There's no rainbow
'Cos there's no sun
Searching for a unity of one
And shivering
In the daytime I try to forget
All from my childhood I've ever cried for
In the daytime I try to forget
All the chances I've had and lost
In the daytime I try to forget
All my fucked up dead end friendships
In the daytime I try to forget
Gone are some of those I've loved the most
In the daytime I try to forget
And when the night comes
It all waits at my door
And when the night comes
It all waits at my door
And when the night comes
They all wait at my door
Oh, yeah the night came
They are waiting at my door
Somedays, I don't wanna show
That I don't know
Why you're with me
Sometimes, I feel so tired
That I wanna hide
I'm afraid to fly
It may be easy, I know
To slip away, I know
And feel the world a bit more
And go the way that you
The way you went before
Way you went before
Mornings, wanna know my dreams
I know how it seems
I wanna my dreams
Sometimes, I feel so tired
That I wanna hide
I'm afraid to fly
It may be easy, I know
To slip away, I know
No real world any more
And go the way that you
The way you went before
Way you went before
We could be chemically sober
When the night's over
We could be chemically sober
When the night's over
We could be chemically sober
When the night's over
We could be chemically sober
When the night's over
We could be chemically sober
When the night's over
We could be chemically sober
When the night's over
We could be chemically sober
When the night's over
We could be chemically sober
When the night's over
Suddenly I cannot be
The one I used to know
It's getting hard to say the words
I used to say before
I'm looking for what has changed
The day or the time
It feels like I'm loosing my old days
Deep inside me
It feels like I'm loosing my old days
Deep inside me
Suddenly we cannot be
The ones we used to know
It's getting hard to say the words
We used to say before
I'm looking for what has changed
The day or the time
It feels like I'm loosing my old days
Deep inside me
It feels like I'm loosing my old days
Deep inside me
I'm falling about my old days
Deep inside me
It feels like I'm loosing my old days
Deep inside me
One day being close to the edge
That day we will disappear
One day when we get to the end
That day we will disappear
Shining spaceships will come up in the sky
(The spaceships in a dark night sky)
Shining spaceships will come up in the sky
(The spaceships in a dark night sky)
Silver people with the x-ray eyes
(people with their glowing hearts)
Silver people with the x-ray eyes
(people with their open minds)
We’ll learn their language at a speed of thought
(and then the language is all understood)
We’ll learn their language at a speed of thought
(and when the language’s fully understood)
We will follow them up
We will follow them up
We will follow them up
We will follow them up
Let me show you places I once knew
And take you down to my Strawberry Fields
You don't have to be afraid
We won't walk too far
And coach is included in price
Let me tell you stories I once knew
And take you through the mirror to my Alice's world
You don't have to be afraid
We won't talk too much
And couch is waiting right by our door
So get on the trip through my memory
Get on the trip through my memory
Get on the trip through my memory
Get on the trip through my memory
Let me help you find out who I am
I knew that when I got up this morning
I'm not sure 'bout it now
I have to find it out
Am I sitting in the coach
I need you by my side
I need you next to me
Get on the trip through my memory
Get on the trip through my memory
Get on the trip through my memory
Get on the trip through my memory
Get on the trip through my memory
Get on the trip through my memory
Get on the trip through my memory
Get on the trip through my memory
It's another morning
She gets up and does the things
She always do
Life is not true
She stares out of the window
Looks at the faces
The faces she once knew
Life is not true
She lives in her dreams
Can never get out of it
She lives two lives
Who really cares for it
She lives in her dreams
Can never get out of it
She lives two lives
Who really cares for it now
She closes her eyes
Flies beyond the sea
To the places she once knew
Her tears are true
No one can dry them
No one can heal her wounds
'Cause she's not here
She lives in her dreams
Can never get out of it
She lives two lives
Who really cares for it
She lives in her dreams
Can never get out of it
She lives two lives
Who really cares for it
She lives in her dreams
(It's another morning)
She lives in her dreams
(She gets up and does the things)
She lives in her dreams
(It's another morning)
She lives in her dreams
(It's hard to say which one's ...)
She lives in her dreams
(It's another morning)
She lives in her dreams
(She gets up and does the things)
She lives in her dreams
(It's another morning)
She lives in her dreams
(It's hard to say which one's true)
Recorded in Tajný studio, Ústí nad Labem in spring and summer 2020
Produced by Jan Brambůrek
Cover art by Barbora Picková
Basic Information EN (PDF)
