Another re-confirmed name of Pohoda 2021 is the American producer of experimental electronic music Yves Tumor and its band. His latest albums Heaven to a Tortured Mind and Safe in the Hands have reached several selections of the best albums of the year. As xlr8r wrote:: “Yves Tumor set the benchmark extremely high for experimental music. It was difficult to place him into any genre; shoegaze, trip-hop, noise, alt-rock, and pop all come to mind. It’s hard to think of a more memorable and original album this year.” → read more

“It is like if LCD Soundsystem attempted to make a B-52’s song.”—this is how portal Stereogum described the song “The Cleaner” by the rising star from Brighton, band Squid. They came to the attention of media with the great EP Town Center, which was praised also by Pitchfork, DIY, The Guardian, and NME, saying that it is a wonderfully catchy recording by one of the most exciting current British bands. The BBC seconded that with a strong rotation and inclusion of the song in the BBC Sound of 2020 shortlist.  → read more

Pohoda Day_FM will take place on May 7th, 2021 in the Slovak Radio Building. Usually we announce this event no more than month ahead, but we have a very good reason to do so this early. Today, Donny Benét, Australian showman, great musician and sweetheart of Pohoda goers is announcing his European tour. This time he will return to Slovakia with a new album, Mr. Experience. Only short while ago, he released new shiny music video to song Moving up that gives an idea what his European fans could look forward to during Spring 2021. → read more

Watch the aftermovie of the Pohoda in the Air festival, complete with footage from our virtual visitors. Music: Midi Lidi – “Na co nesmíš zapomenout” Aftermovie: Roadtrip studio, recordings of performances at Pohoda in the Air and videos from friends of Pohoda   → read more

For one year, we have been cooperating with the We Love Green Festival, Boom Festival, and Dour Festival on the Green Europe Experience project (GEX project). Pohoda is represented by the head of our production, Michal Sládek, and our friends from Kreatívna Európa interviewed him about this. In addition to the GEX project itself, our court ecologist, musical ethnologist, and inter-rail globetrotter talks in the video about his favourite country, international food, the pitfalls of writing and creating projects and what projects make sense, the establishment of the Union of World States, and his favourite currency ducat.  → read more

The band Bez ladu a skladu is going on an autumn tour. From October 9 to December 4, they will perform 19 concerts, mostly in small clubs in 17 cities in Czechia and Slovakia. The almost two-hour concerts will feature also several songs that were last played live more than 25 years ago, such as “Xmetov” and “Sociologický prieskum”. The concerts will be preceded by screenings of their performance at the Dotyky a spojenia festival in 1987.   → read more

We are back to the office again after the summer break and we have some good news that we are going to announce gradually. We are starting with revealing that another re-confirmed name of Pohoda 2021 are The Comet Is Coming. Their latest album Afterlife is a neo-jazz afro-futurist soundtrack to an apocalypse. As the The Guardian wrote: "Brace for impact!" → read more

In an article on their website, the Kronos Quartet described the challenge (especially from technical point of view) of their livestream for Pohoda in the Air at the time of quarantine. This has also been possible thanks to long-term collaboration with the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) at Stanford University. → read more

Due to the still complicated situation in connection with the pandemic, the management of the band Lola Marsh decided to reschedule the Central European tour of the band from this September to February 2021. The situation is also made more complex by the fact that Israel is still not on the EU's list of safe countries. In any case, the band can't wait to return to Slovakia and perform live the great songs from their new album Someday Tomorrow Maybe. You can purchase tickets at www.pohodafestival.sk/sk/shop. → read more

The first year of the Pohoda in the Air festival could not have turned out better. The festival was filled with the tremendous commitment of all those who took part in it and the fantastic approach of the artists with which they responded to this challenge; it also received countless support reactions from the spectators. Michal Kaščák says about the festival: “Thanks to the creativity of many people, Pohoda in the Air was a great artistic and technical adventure. It became a three-day installation, in which the empty airport was filled with culture in its various forms—from music through performances, visual arts, literature, and film to debates. I think taking this direction was a fortunate decision. Amazing things were created; we received an intense feedback from the spectators, we met great people, real enthusiasts and professionals in their fields, we learned a lot of new things. I am convinced that thanks to the creativity combined with consistency, trust, and support of many people, we have managed to do an exceptional thing.”   → read more