Behind Gruppo Salsiccia are three personalities from completely different worlds – hip-hop legend Michal Opletal aka Orion, advertising director Giulio de Blasio, and architect Luboš Svoboda. Together, they have created a project where absurdity, pop, and exaggeration come together in a surprising combination that has quickly found fans across generations.

Their debut double album, The Best Of Greatest Hits, is a record of several years of collaborative work in an underground studio in Prague. Gruppo Salsiccia released this musical format, which completely ignores all well-intentioned recommendations, last September on their own endless journey: it defies fashionable fads and trends. The double vinyl contains 24 tracks that reveal the soul of the band more than anything else and draw listeners into a world of happy dreams and wishes. “We did the album our way, without plans and without compromise. We didn’t worry about what was popular, we just enjoyed it. Now the time has come to release it,” says Orion.

Gruppo Salsiccia will demonstrate how this combination of mystification, humor, and infectious energy works live on April 9 at Lucerna Music Bar.