Leslie Mandoki comments: “It is about generational justice. We will only master the global challenges - pandemic, financial and economic crisis, migration and integration, climate change - if we overcome the divisions across all borders, the old rebels and the young rebels together.”
At the end of August, thousands of enthusiastic fans celebrated the stage return of the Mandoki Soulmates in front of St. Stephen's Basilica in the heart of Budapest, where they performed ‘Utopia For Realists: Hungarian Pictures’ in full, ahead of its release in September. After the pandemic break, this was the legendary band's first performance since their show at the Berlin Concert Hall to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Get a taste of this incredible evening here: https://youtu.be/upwS8kAkxd8
Alongside the original remixed and remastered music, a brand new Blu-ray audio-visual album is part of the package, combining the recording of the concert film of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with an impressive cinematic realization of the individual musical episodes. It also provides exclusive insights behind the scenes of the Soulmates production live and in the studio, a "making of". The album is also available as a standalone Gatefold 2LP+CD+LP-Booklet, and a standard CD jewelcase.
Order now here: https://mandokisoulmates.lnk.to/UtopiaForRealists-HungarianPictures
Watch the recently released video for the track ‘Sessions in the Village’ here: https://youtu.be/KpKwF611WmM
Watch the video for ‘Barbaro’ here: https://youtu.be/xPHHIHbgEEs
On ‘Utopia For Realists: Hungarian Pictures’, Leslie Mandoki plays together with Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), Jack Bruce (Cream), Nick van Eede (Cutting Crew), Chris Thompson (Manfred Mann’s Earth Band), Bobby Kimball (Toto), David Clayton-Thomas (Blood, Sweat and Tears),
John Helliwell (Supertramp), Al di Meola, Mike Stern, Randy Brecker, Till Brönner, Bill Evans, Cory Henry, Richard Bona, Tony Carey (Ritchie Blackmores Rainbow), Jesse Siebenberg (Supertramp), Steve Bailey, and Julia Mandoki
Mandoki Soulmates staged a global live stream event earlier this year which has achieved over half a million plays on Youtube and over 700.000 on Germany's leading TV channel ARD since its release.
Watch it in full here: https://youtu.be/gDDpdhuC4Rg
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