Clarinet Factory is a Czech

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formed in

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in 1994. The group plays

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, minimalist, electronic, and soundtrack music. The quartet is composed of Jindřich Pavliš, Luděk Boura, Vojtěch Nýdl, and Petr "Pepino" Valášek.

Eternal Seekers

In 2008,

Lenka Dusilová Lenka Dusilová (born 28 December 1975) is a Czechs, Czech singer-songwriter and multiple-Anděl Awards, Anděl Award winner. Career Early years: 1988–2000 Dusilová began her career in 1988, joining the Bambini di Praga children's choir at ...

, together with

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and Clarinet Factory, launched a project called Eternal Seekers. They recorded a self-titled album the same year, for which Dusilová won an

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in the Best Singer category. The track "Smiluje" was used as the opening song for the 2011 film ''

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'' by

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Band members

Current * Jindřich Pavliš – clarinet * Luděk Boura – clarinet * Vojtěch Nýdl – clarinet * Petr "Pepino" Valášek – bass clarinet Past * Jiří Sedláček

Discography

* ''Echoes from Stone'' (2003) * ''Polyphony'' (2005) * ''Eternal Seekers'' (2008) with Lenka Dusilová and Beata Hlavenková * ''Out of Home'' (2010) * ''Echoes of Colors'' (2012) * ''Worx and Reworx'' (2014) * ''Meadows'' (2017) * ''Pipers'' (2020)

Eternal Seekers

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