Biography

Dolchamar is a band that makes electronic rock music in the international language, Esperanto, for an international audience. They are famous for a dancey beat, daring lyrics and an energetic live performance. The band has played at several Esperanto youth and culture festivals in Finland, Sweden, Germany, Poland and France. Dolchamar have made two albums for the French record company Vinilkosmo, which specialises on Esperanto music. 

The first album, Lingvo Intermonda (2000), was particularily a success at festival discos around the world with the first hip hop song ever to be recorded in Esperanto, Chu vi pretas ?! With two contributions on Vinilkosmo's electronic compilation, Elektronika kompilo (2003), the "bad boys" of Esperanto rock have been the ones to bring real Esperanto music to the Esperanto dance floor, followed by other artists.

Dolchamar's second album Rebela Sono (2005) introduced a live 6-piece-band with a garage rock sound and a more political tone. With two editions - one international and the other exclusively released in Finland, their native - Rebela Sono gained a lot of publicity in the Finnish media and has become one of the biggest selling Esperanto cd's ever.

The members of Dolchamar are Patrik Austin (guitar and vocals), Hannu Linkola (drums and percussion), Toni Mäki (bass guitar) and Andrei Dumitrescu (keyboards).