The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa explained

Background:	group_or_band
The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa
Origin:	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Years Active:	–present
Current Members:	Jan P. Muchow Kateřina Winterová
Past Members:	Jan Gregar Petr Wegner Irna Libowitz Petr Němeček Petr Macháček Ondřej Anděra

The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa is a Czech alternative rock band formed in 1990 by Jan Muchow, Jan Gregar, Petr Wegner, and Irna Libowitz.^[1]

The band released the EP Pigment in 1991. This album, along with 1992's Susurrate, featured a feedback-drenched psychedelic rock sound.

From there, the band moved into ambient and techno-influenced soundscapes, as evidenced by their 1993 album, Free-D, produced with Guy Fixsen (Laika). Free-D marked the end of the original lineup and something of a hiatus for the band. For the next six years, they only released the 1994 remix EP AstralaVista.^[2] ^[3]

1999's In Dust 3 featured Muchow and actress Kateřina Winterová on eleven tracks of pop and post rock sounds. This was followed in 2003 by Slowthinking,^[4] released with the accompanying Fastmoving/Slowthinking DVD.

The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa released Watching Black in 2006, and in 2011, a DVD titled 101010 came out, featuring a live performance recorded on 10 October 2010.

Band members

Current

Jan P. Muchow – guitar, bass, programming
Kateřina Winterová – vocals

Past

Jan Gregar (1990–1994)
Petr Wegner – drums (1990–1994)
Irna Libowitz – vocals (1990–1994)
Petr Němeček – drums (1997–1998)
Petr Macháček (1997–1998)
Ondřej Anděra (2002–2003)

Discography

Studio albums

Susurrate (1992)
Free-D (1994)
In Dust 3 (1999)
Slowthinking (2002)
Thirteen Years in Noises (2004)
Watching Black (2006)

EPs

Pigment (1991)
...fluidtrance centauri... (1993)
AstralaVista (1994)
Dumb It rmx's (2000)
I'm (Not Really) Optimistic (2002)
Local Distortion (2003)
Happy R (2003)
It (2005)

Compilations

4B4 (2001)

DVDs

Fastmoving / Slowthinking (2003)
101010 (2011)

Notes and References

Web site: The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa | Biography & History. AllMusic. 21 November 2020.
Web site: the ecstasy of saint theresa- 4B4 . freemusic.cz . 7 November 2001 . 2 January 2022 . cs . 20 December 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091220004820/http://www.freemusic.cz/clanky/938-the-ecstasy-of-saint-theresa-4b4.html . dead .
Web site: Když byla Extáze ještě mladá a kytarová... . musicserver.cz . 30 October 2001 . 2 January 2022 . cs . When Ecstasy was still young and guitar-driven ....
Web site: The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa - Slowthinking . techno.cz . 30 April 2003 . 2 January 2022 . cs.