How was the Bratislava’s Next Festival this year?
Next Festival has been alienating the Bratislava subculture into niche explorative parts of music for 23 years. A lot of people compare Next festival to Polish Unsound or Lunchmeat festival in Prague, but Next has its own subtle and eclectic identity, which creates a...
Chilean community-label Club Quimera: Where dystopia meets cute sci-fi in the Global South
Welcome to the vibrant world of Club Quimera! Born in September 2021, Club Quimera is a relatively new dynamic musical community based in Valparaíso, Chile. It seeks avant-garde hybrid sounds with a focus on free and mutating expression. In nearly three years of...
On Yvu’s new EP, Brazilian artist combines intriguing sound design and sinuous narratives
We are presenting the single from an upcoming project by São Paulo-based artist Yvu. Yvu (aka Yan Higa) work and soundscapes, as much as their DJ sets, converge genre-defying compositions, intriguing sound design, rhythmic complexity, and sinuous narratives. Yan is...
Denník z 27. ročníku filmového festivalu Ji.hlava
Medzinárodný festival dokumentárnych filmov v Jihlave aj tento rok priniesol viac ako 300 filmov a množstvo sprievodného programu, ako aj industry program pre profesionálne filmárstvo. Počas môjho predĺženého víkendového pobytu v Jihlave som mala možnosť vidieť...
KILLA SELFIE – new Ukrainian duo based in Bratislava is releasing their debut album
KILLA SELFIE is a musical dialogue between two generations, genders and creative approaches. The duo from Kharkiv remaps the legacy of electronic dance music, mixing techno, grime, breakbeat, electro, juke, and jungle with Ukrainian folklore and the spirit of...
Japanese artist W.ANNA.W presents her most ambitious project on POSTWORLD
Japanese artist W.ANNA.W has had an impressive 2023, releasing a solo project called Narrative Therapy on Tokyo's Mizuha (which we covered in the past) label and a collaborative EP Crystalline with Quit Life on Soul Feeder. Her POSTWORLD debut is arguably her most...
From field recordings to small prayers and lost rituals. Aires and Canadian Rifles new EP
After several years trailing their own individual paths, new EP Sky-Wide, Fading sees Aires and Canadian Rifles share common ground once again. Based on research into the extensive sound archive of the cultural and musical association Xarabanda in Madeira Island, the...
Jsou Slauson Malone 1… dobrý? (Report)
Report: Slauson Malone 1 + Rachika Nayar + dné + eastworks. Praha – Studio hrdinů, 16.11.2023. Heartnoize. Popsat-li večer jednoduše, potom mnoho interpunkčních znamének a něco ve smyslu „struny ad absurdum.“ Chodím nahoru a dolů mezi bunkrem a kavárnou. Přišla jsem...
On „ANARKXBELLAKX Vol. 2“ Santa Sede presents contemporary club sounds from Latin America
ANARKXBELLAKX Vol. 2 is the second part of a collaborative V/A project that was born 2 years ago, with the release of ANARKXBELLAKX Vol. 1. The compilation by Argentinian label Santa Sede featured new and well-established artists within the Latin American electronic...
