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PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC WITH WE ARE DOMI
INTRODUCTION
Hi there, it’s Benjamin, Casper and Dominika, or as our band is called: We Are Domi. We currently live in Prague and are also representing the Czech Republic in Eurovision 2022. Our music has always been difficult to put under one genre, but having been through our phases with drum and bass, Scandi pop, electronica and heartfelt ballads, we have finally come to terms with labelling our music as electro-pop. The three of us met when we
were studying in the UK, or more specifically Leeds, when Dominika needed musicians for her vocal recital. She was into Aurora and Norwegian pop at that point, so when she laid her eyes on a couple of Norwegians in the year below her, she didn’t have to think twice about who to ask to create the music she wanted. As we were all into Norwegian pop as well, it was an easy decision to give this a try. We all vibed straight away, both emotionally and musically, and decided to continue being a band after the vocal recital. Since then, we have released seven singles, lived together during lockdown, and played a lot of fun gigs together. When we lived together during lockdown in Leeds, the world was at a standstill. We saw this as an opportunity to do what we had not-so-seriously 12
discussed many times, move to Dominika’s homeplace, one of our favourite cities - where we also had most of our listeners at the time - Prague.
PUBS/BARS
As pilsner/lager was invented in Czechia, it is only natural that we begin by talking about the pubs and drinking culture here, in the land with the highest beer consumption in the world. Moving from Leeds to Prague, we are also moving from one place where people generally like to drink, to another. However,
