Very Cool People - Heya, Some Kind of Fish! (2017)

“To call themselves VERY COOL PEOPLE they got to have good sense of humour or huge self confidence – almost verging on arrogance. After listening to the band you are happily entitle to say they are rightful to call themselves VERY COOL PEOPLE even if they meant it seriously.”

Music magazine “Muzikas saule”

Very Cool People is a jazz-funk, fusion band originated in Riga, Latvia, by guitarist Elvijs Grafcovs. With a backbone in jazz and funk, incorporating influences from rock and hip hop, Very Cool People is creating modern, complicated and listenable music for a wide audience. The band using contemporary tools is trying to put jazz back to dancefloor and make it more accessible to ordinary, nowadays persons.

In the beginning of summer 2009 VCP released a self-titled debut, which had a great feedback from music critics, bouth jazz & mainstream audiences. VCP’s debut had been nominated in two 2009 Latvian music award nominations- “Best instrumental album” & “Best debut”.

Very Cool People also doesn’t raise any objection to new experiments and experience featuring vocals, MC’s or other instrumentalists. They have worked with different artists (vocalists, MCs & instrumentalists) from Latvia, UK, USA, Germany & Spain.

From 2010 till 2011 VCP had released several singles, but these tunes are not included in any of bands albums. Most of them featuring some great guest artists with whom VCP have played some nice gigs as well. Two of these singles – Hugo & Cool People’s House – came out with cool video animations made by latvian artists Liene & Maija Mackus(Hugo) and Liene Rubane(Cool People’s House).

In October of 2012th guys had released their second album Cruising In The Trolley. It has been nominated as best jazz album 2012 in Latvian music Awards.

In October 2015th VCP released there 3rd album FUNKOLOGY featuring guest artists Ralfs Eilands, Kristīne Prauliņa, Aija Vītoliņa, Jānis Stībelis, Evilena Protektore, Dinara Rudan & Oskars Stolse-Semerovs. It the first bands live album.

The band has a great performing experience which has lead them through a lot of festivals & clubs around Latvia, Spain, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland & Austria. VCP is an active-giging band in which all the members love & enjoy to perform live shows more than anything. When they are on the stage they “blow the roof off” of the place & charge audience’s batteries with energy that is coming out from the guys when they are in act.

Tracklist:

01 - Camel's Desert Party
02 - Spiediens
03 - Squahs Express
04 - Bouncy Balls
05 - Cats Don't Speak
06 - Piper
07 - Conde de Pimentos
08 - Bug Race
09 - Hugo