BIOGRAPHY
The wanting in rock and roll is the same passion for truth and love that exists in the heart of every child, every priest, every heart that beats. We want to tear down every wall that separates us from the wonder of being who we are. No bullshit, no dogma, no do it this way or that way. Do it from the head and heart and loins of your very soul. That is the rock and roll way. That is the essence of King Shaolin. Tell the truth of what you want. Be wholly alive to the rhythms of life, of pleasure, of being in the embrace of a beauty that will kill you, but be alive, alive and never stop pushing at that rock and roll mountain. New-Age Popsters KING SHAOLIN announce the release of their highly anticipated debut album Road To The Machiavelli Valley out December 15, 2012. Mixed in Los Angeles the album features 12 original tracks written by Dominik Stofko. King Shaolin offer a fresh take on the term soul-pop. Punchy and clear with well timed breaks and beats, King Shaolin's sound is a crisp, clean, soul-pop potpourri telling tales of life, love, and rowdy pleasure. Lead singer Dominik pounds out each word he sings with a passionate urgency, the lively lyrics spilling from his soul with hard won experience and burning with truth. Since March 2013 the band has played more than 650 concerts and several TV shows in 7 European countries. In 2014 King Shaolin was nominated in Radio Head Awards as the artist of the year and the band of the year and in ZAI music awards as the new talent. King Shaolin's singles got into the daily rotation of Slovak and Czech TV stations such as MTV CZ, OCKO TV and MUSIQ 1 TV. The latest single FRIEND has made it to the daily rotation of Fun Radio, Radio Expres other Slovak radio stations. In June 2015 KING SHAOLIN won second prize at the CARPATHIA FESTIVAL - International song contest in Rzeszow (Poland). Dominik Štofko also received a prize for best song composition. March 2016 the band released single "Money In My Soul", featured daily on Europa 2 radio. In March 2017, the band released their second studio album PLAY AGAINST THE RULES. They also announced a four-week tour to support the record, which was to begin on March 03, 2017. 2018 King Shaolin with Celeste Buckingham played like and opening act on Aerodrome festival. They appeared at Sziget Festival with Celeste Buckingham in 2019 joining the Europa Stage.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------New-age popová kapela vznikla v roku 2011 a za 11 rokov aktívnej činnosti sa stala stálicou slovenskej scény, tvoria ju spevák, gitarista a skladateľ Domi Stoff, basgitarista Norbert Neuschl, bubeník Lukáš Vajda a gitarista a hráč na sampler a perkusie Michal Neffe. Single zoskupenia sa dostali do rotácií a hranosti všetkých slovenských rádií. Ich videoklipy sa tiež objavili v českej MTV, ÓČKO TV, MUSIQ 1TV. Formácia má na konte tri albumy, tri EPčka a viac ako 650 koncertov v siedmych krajinách Európy. Už tradične každý rok v marci absolvuje klubové turné po slovensku. V roku 2014 kapelu nominovali v kategóriách: interpret roka a koncertná kapela roka v rámci Radiohead Awards a na objav roka v hudobných cenách ZAI. O rok neskôr KING SHAOLIN získali druhé miesto na medzinárodnom festivale piesne v poľskom Rzeszowe a ocenenie za najlepšiu kompozíciu za skladbu „Friend“ bolo odovzdané Dominikovi Štofkovi. Ich najznámejšia skladba „Money In My Soul“ sa držala 9 týždňov v prvej stovke najhranejších skladieb na Slovensku. Na svojom konte má kapela tieto spolupráce: s Celeste Buckingham, s českou speváčkou LENNY, Vladisom, Bokim, Janou Kirschner. Po boku Celeste Buckingham sa kapela predstavila na Aerodrome Festivale, Sziget Festivale a mnohých ďaľších.