Daniel Landa

Daniel Landa
Daniel Landa in Prague, 2007
Background information
Born	November 4, 1968 (1968-11-04) Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Genres	Rock
Occupations	Musician, Singer, Racer
Years active	1987–present
Associated acts	Orlík

Daniel Landa (born 4 November 1968) is a Czech musician, actor and racer.^{[citation needed]}

Born in Prague, Landa began his musical career in 1987 when he along with David Matásek founded the oi! band Orlík. He graduated from the Prague Conservatory in the area of Music and Drama. After the breakup of the band in 1992 he began his solo career. Daniel lives with his wife Mirjam Müller since 1990. They have a daughter Anastázie and twin daughters Roxana and Rozálie. He used to be interested in autocross, now he's interested in rallying. In 2003, collaborating with Roman Kresta, he founded the Malina foundation, which promotes safe driving.^{[citation needed]} After 3 years of the last tour Landa is planning a new tour named Vozová hradba.

Controversies

Landa was labeled controversial by his critics in the first years of his career. His first two albums revolved around skinheads and the song Bílá liga (White League) was obviously racist, particularly against the Romani.^{[citation needed]}

Landa claims to have grown out of his racially biased debuts, and nowadays pronounces himself a patriot, although his critics call his opinions excessively nationalist. His initiative from 2005, an order "Ordo Lumen Templi", was compared to the proto-Nazist "Ordo Novi Templi" in media.

On 31 January 2008 Czech prime minister Mirek Topolánek cited his verse Dyť i to největší hovado má svůj strop! (Even the biggest idiot has his limit) from the song Forbes in the concept album Smrtihlav (1998).

Discography

1. Orlík: Oi! (1990)
2. Orlík: Demise (Demision, 1991)
3. Valčík (Waltz, 1993)
4. Chcíply dobrý víly (The Good Fairies Died, 1995)
5. Krysař I. (The Pied Piper I, 1996), with other artists
6. Krysař II. (The Pied Piper II, 1996), with other artists
7. Pozdrav z fronty (Greeting From the Front, 1997)
8. Smrtihlav (1998) – with other artists
9. Konec (The End, 1999)
10. Best of Landa (2000)
11. 9mm argumentů (9mm of Arguments, 2002)
12. Vltava Tour (live) (2003)
13. Best of Landa 2 (2004)
14. Neofolk (2004)
15. Tajemství (The Secret, 2005) – with other artists
16. Bouře (live) (Storm, 2006)
17. Kvaska (Kvaska, 2007)
18. Touha (Desire, 2009)
19. Nigredo (Nigredo, 2009)

Other appearances

• 2006: Strážce plamene with Petr Hapka & Michal Horáček
• 2007: Strážce plamene v obrazech with Hapka & Horáček

External links

• Official Site