Dabasu Durovys is a

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band, formed at the beginning of 2006 in

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. Most lyrics of their songs are written in Latgalian. The band's name is Latgalian for "the doors of the sky". Dabasu Durovys is one of the first rock bands that started to write music in Latgalian, and it can be considered the member of the " Latgalian Music New Wave". The band has recorded the first ever Latgalian

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(''Vipingys blūzs'') and

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(''Vacais mašinists''). The band has taken influences from the 60's

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. In 2008, the band released their first music album ''Lepetnīks'' ('Butterfly'). Like many other new bands, Dabasu Durovys has taken part in many contests for young bands, with some success in 2007 (Mic Rec bārs Open) and 2010 (Četri balti krekli New Music Contest).The band has also participated in the notable Latvian music festival "Bildes". In 2012 their album ''Styklu Vītā Skaņa'' ('Sound instead of glass') was nominated as one of top 5 best pop rock albums of 2012 in the Annual Latvian Music Awards (''Latvijas Mūzikas Gada Balva''). Apart from playing more than 20 concerts a year, Dabasu Durovys has also participated in festivals abroad –

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(2007, 2009, 2011, 2012),

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(2010),

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(2011) and

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(2015). In 2016, the band released their fourth album ''Pādys Runoj'' ('The Footprints Talk').

Radio singles

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Latvijas Radio 2
Radio SWH , Lepetnīks , - , 2006 , Vipingys Blūzs , Latgales Radio , Lepetnīks , - , 2006 , Bezprotā , Latgales Radio
Fit FM
Latvijas Radio 2 , Lepetnīks , - , 2008 , Trejūs naktī , Latgales Radio

LTV LTV may refer to: Television * Lagos Television, a TV channel in Nigeria. * Lanarkshire TV, a defunct local television channel in Scotland - later replaced by Thistle TV * Latvijas Televīzija, Latvian Television * LRT televizija, formerly LTV, Li ...

program ''Sems'' , Lepetnīks , - , 2008 , Tai tam byus byut , Latgales Radio
Latvijas Radio 2
Kurzemes Radio , Styklu Vītā Skaņa , - , 2009 , Muoksleigi kameisi , Latgales Radio
Latvijas Radio 2
Radio Naba , Styklu Vītā Skaņa , - , 2010 , Lai jau kreit , Latgales Radio , Styklu Vītā Skaņa , - , 2011 , Grēku fani ,

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Latvijas Radio 1
Latvijas Radio 2
Latgales Radio

Latviešu Radio Latvian (, ), also known as Lettish, is an East Baltic language belonging to the Indo-European language family. It is spoken in the Baltic region, and is the language of the Latvians. It is the official language of Latvia as well as one of the ...

, Styklu Vītā Skaņa , - , 2011 , Trešais pagarinuojums , Latviešu Radio
Latgales Radio , Styklu Vītā Skaņa , - , 2012 , Pusnakts Triādis , Latgales Radio , Styklu Vītā Skaņa , - , 2014 , Sejas Grāmata , Muzikālā Banka , Bāka

Discography

* Lepetnīks (2008) * Styklu Vītā Skaņa (2012) * Bāka (2014) * Pādys Runoj (2016)

External links

Official website
Latvian rock music groups Latvian pop rock music groups Daugavpils Musical groups established in 2006