EMIL FRÁTRIK
ABOUT
...born in 1968 in Czechoslovakia and raised in musician family. He took his first piano lessons at age of six, but his passion for rhythm and groove was stronger, so he started studying drums at fourteen years of age at the Conservatory of Music in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Emil started to perform professionally at age of 17, when he joined one of the most popular new wave bands in Slovakia - BANKET. Since then, he has been working as a "first call" session and touring drummer with great number of local and international artists. He also worked for major labels such as Sony/ BMG, Universal, EMI, Mute, and more. Up till now, with his unique and tight sound, he has already participated on more than eighty records, four musicals and six original soundtracks. Moreover, he appeared in various TV show house bands (e.g., Czech Pop Idol 2004 - 2006) and played thousands of gigs and international festivals.
At the present time, he works mainly as a studio player.
CREDITS
International credits:
- Ivan Kral ( Patti Smith Group, Iggy Pop, David Bowie )
- Delmar Brown ( Gill Evans Orchestra, Sting )
- Eric Marienthal ( Chick Corea, Jeff Lorber )
- Gary Bias ( Earth Wind and Fire )
- VINX ( Jungle Funk )
- Landgraf Gmbh Germany: Band leader and music director for musical production "Blue Jeans" ( 1998-2003 ) and band member for B. Brecht´s "Die Dreigroschenoper ( 1998-99 )
- co-production of Henry Toth & "Big H" album Spirit of Memory (feat. Delmar Brown, Lew Soloff, Vesta Maxey)
- Abingdon Theatre Company NY/NY, readings for Czech musical "Hamlet" ( 2004, 2005 )
Local credits Czech Republic/Slovak Republic
( in alphabetical order )
- A conto - Adriena Bartošová - Andrej Šeban - Anita Soul - Ash Band- Banket - Bára Basiková - Burma Jones - Chill Pill Live Band I.- CoCoCaFe - Dara Rolins - Deep´n Space - Demikát - Dežo Ursíny- Eggnoise - Felix Slováček Big Band - Finally -- Gustav Brom big band- Henry Tóth & Big H - Ilona Csáková - InTime - Janek Ledecký- Karpatskí Pastieri - Leona Machálková - Lucia Šorálová - Marco Pillo Band - Marián Čekovsky band - Marián Varga- Marika Gombitová - Michael Kocáb - Michal Pavlíček - Miro Žbirka- Ondřej Soukup - Oskar Rozsa Quartet - Otta Balage band- P.P.F - P.S. - Pajky Pajk – Pavol Habera - Peter Lipa Band - Rado Tariška Radio band - Richard Müller - Robo Grigorov- RYTMUS (Král Spiš Tour 2010) - Šani Sássi band - Team - Tublatanka- TUTU - VV Systém - Žáha...and many others…
OST for movies
- Fontana pre Zuzanu 2 1993
- Vasnivy bozk 1994
- Polcas rozpadu 2007
- Muzika 2008
- Svata ctverice 2012
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY
1988 – Banket: Druhá doba?!
1990 – Miro Žbirka: K. O.
1990 – Banket: Vpred?
1991 – Robo Grigorov: Noconi
1992 – Dežo Ursiny: Ten istý tanec
1992 – Tutu: Mr. Jazzman
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1993 – Richard Stanke: Kiss the Sky
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1993 – Isabelle: Odvrátená tvár
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1993 – Adriena Bartošová: Blue Afternoon
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1993 –Fontana pre Zuzanu 2
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1994 – Miro Žbirka: Samozrejmý svet
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1994 – Dežo Ursiny: Príbeh
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1994 – Monika Absolonová: Dál jen při mně stůj
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1994 – Ivan Kral: Nostalgia
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1994 – Andrej Šeban: Čo som dal
1995 – Peter Lipa: Naspäť na stromy
1995 – Janek Ledecký: Některý věci jsou jenom jednou
1995 – La Rubia: Fiesta
1995 – Berco Balogh: Farbami dýcha noc
1995 – Demikát: Grejtst Hic
1995 – Dežo Ursiny: Posledný pribeh -Live
1996 – The Big H: Breath
1996 – PPF: PPF
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1996 – Rasťo Novotný: Prvá kvapka
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1996 – Voloď: Biele miesta tiel
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1997 – Lenka Filipová: Svet s zblaznil
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1997 – Janek Ledecký: Mít kliku
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1999 - Rusalka Musical
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1999 - Hamlet Musical
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2000 – Henry Tóth: The Spirit of Memory
2000 – Team: 7edem
2000 – P. S.: Dobré ráno
2000 – Voloď: Čas, keď si sám
2000 – Pavol Habera: Boli sme raz milovaní
2000 – Pavol Habera: Habera 2
2002 – Lucia Šoralová: Zblízka
2002 – Ivan Kral: Photoalbum
2002 - Galileo Musical
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2003 – Miro Žbirka: The best of 93 – 03
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2003 – P. S.: Info
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2004 – Petra Janů: Jsem jaká jsem
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2005 – Leona Machálková: Voda divoká
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2005 – Elixir zivota musical
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2006 – Bohouš Josef and Burma Jones: Všechno má svůj čas
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2006 – Henry Tóth: Breath and Blue (2CD)
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2006 – P. S.: Bez zbytočných rečí
2006 – Pavol Habera: To sa stáva
2006 – Michael Foret: Forte
2007 - Eggnoise Albumen
2008 - Chill Pill One night only DVD
2008 - Müller spieva Lasicu,Lasica spieva Müllera - Lasica a Müller spievajú Filipa
2010 - Finally Myspace
2010 - Eggnoise Yolk
2013 - Eggnoise 4
2013 - Peter Lipa Návšteva po rokoch
2016 - Ramon Muzika
2019 - In Time Krajina hudby
2019 - Karpatskí Pastieri
2021 - Ivan Dimitrov And So It Is
2021 - PPF ( limited vinyl edition )
INSTRUMENTS
SNARE DRUMS
Emil is well known for playing quite a few instruments, including these three beautiful custom hand-made pieces. These are 13” x 5” 26mm thick beech shell snare made by Hittrich Drums, 13" x 7 maple "F-Series Red dot Signature snare and "14” x 6,75“ maple snare with mahogany reinforcement hoops, both made by M-Drums-Miro Moskal.
CHECK OUT MY NEW SIGNATURE SNARE DRUM
- 13“x7“ maple block shell ( 10mm shell thickness )
- Mahogany reinforcement hoops
- Black matt finish
- Double ended tube lugs,
- Silver matt „F" badge,
- RedDot air vent
- 2,3 mm Power hoops
- Sonor Dual Glide snare strainer
- Puresound 13x24 wires
- Evans Heads fitted as standard
SPECIAL THANX TO
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