If you have not been able to send us your proposals in hard copy, you can still do so electronically by e-mailing them to contest@pohodafestival.sk by noon tomorrow. A quick reminder: the 5th edition of Pohoda Visual Art Contest will offer space also for more demanding realizations, as the selected design will receive up to €3,500. Together with the jury, we look forward to your submissions; the final choice will be made tomorrow in the afternoon. We will announce the selected proposal on Tuesday 14 May at the Pohoda deň_FM. Further information and the registration form can be found here: www.pohodafestival.sk/en/contest → read more

Only until the end of this week you can send your proposals for Pohoda Visual Art Contest. The fifth edition will offer space also for more demanding installations, as the winning design will receive €3,500. Individuals and collectives of authors can design an artistic installation for the festival venue. We will announce the selected proposal next Tuesday at Pohoda Day_FM. You can find more information and application form here:  www.pohodafestival.sk/en/contest → read more

Ventolin – Live electronic music project, one-man-box band with an extremely entertaining live show will perform at Pohoda 2019 too. Throughout the day David Doubek, aka Ventolin, lectures on cultural anthropology at Charles University, at night he entertains people at gigs. During the decade on the scene, he’s become one of the most sought-after electronic producers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. He uses old samplers, analogue synthesizers, and archaic drum machines in his performances. He is a lover of the primitive sound of the Detroit techno and the Italian and Indian 80s disco. In 2009, he released the EP mihanie, in 2012 the album Totem, in 2015 he returned with the EP Playboura and two years ago he released the album Vitajte. That is, according to Hudba.sk, a meticulous musical retro full of electronic toys with topical texts, which also contain quite a bit of philosophy. At the same time, it’s undoubtedly an extraordinarily entertaining record, which is being played in the Pohoda office more and more often. → read more

Guitarist and singer Denis Bango is a genius, a guitar destroyer, a phenomental pianist and a great curator who has been picking bands for our Garage for the second year in a row. Just recently, they released their first video for the song "Čo s tým hnevom" (also created at Pohoda 2018 with a guest from Pussy Riot), which Hudba.sk described as the Video of the Year. At the beginning of the year, they played in one of the biggest venues in the centre of Groningen, De Drie Gezusters, at the alternative Eurosonic event, becoming the most discussed band of the Slovak expedition to ESNS. In two months they’ll perform at Pohoda again, this time at Budiš stage after midnight. → read more

Faktická poznámka came into being in 2002 as an anarchopunky excuse for drinking in a garage. The band, however, gradually ended after a short time. Since there’s never enough suffering in the world, the two surviving members of the original band got an excellent idea to restore the original craziness in 2017. After a year and a half spent rehearsing in a new line-up (Narko, Mates), Faktická poznámka decided to go back to dirty pubs and they’ll present their "classic bungler punk" in our Garage in two months. → read more

The Trnava band -273,15 aka Absolútna nula came into existence in Kubík’s (club in Trnava) mouldy basement sometime in 2018. It’s based on other projects such as Coco Bongo or Pod altánkom, but in this version it is, according to band’s answers in the interview for Piunkgen, "faster, more primitive, more punky and musically more boorish ”. Briefly – drums, bass and echo singing, no ambitions, no equipment, just tough poses and pastry veganism. As they say about themselves, "If you don't know us, you’re not missing out. Absolútna nula (absolute zero).” The Garage curator Denis Bango adds: “Punk as fuck. These boys are the proof that punk in Slovakia has moved into the 21st century in the past eight years, but it has also done so with the respect and reference to "traditional" punk obscurity and the fact it’s unbearable for the masses.” → read more

Another representative in the Garage from the East is Košice nowave/postpunk/free punk band Pokora. It consists of friends enthusiastic for the same thing, Richard & Jany & Raptor (Raptor Koch), and just like Raptor and Vojdi they belong to the label Nepohoda. They define themselves as a band from Košice prairie of boredom – there are no money, but there are emotions. Recently, they played at Žižkovská noc, and shortly before the gig Fullmoonzine wrote about them: "At the same time, they bring unusual humour which can only come from a country where Bez ladu a skladu grew up." → read more

Noisecore band 7 minút strachu will also play at Pohoda. They’ve played 111 concerts and released 77 records with labels from around the world, mostly on tapes and vinyls. In addition to Central Europe they also played in America, Japan and South Korea. Their line-up includes drums, bass, sew and screamo. In their own words, they play classic haraam merzb'n roll mixed with Ulaanbaatar freejazz. Before their gig in Kubík, Consumeanddie collective wrote aptly about them: "Who released the most songs, separate albums and destroyed the most eardrums in Slovakia? These guys. 7 minutes in their name are not just for fun. They really play for 7 minutes. They can't do it longer, because no one would survive." → read more

The emo HC / DIY Košíce band Nabosoposkle consisting of Tomi, Adam, Šimon and Vilo will also play in the Garage. They were using the encrypted name Galikjetajný to talk about rehearsals, crust melodies and DIY debates for about 4 years, which eventually resulted in a fifteen-minute set, the genre being somewhere close to the emotional hc. Immediately after their premiere in Košice Colloseum at the end of 2017, they were praised by Punkgen.sk. The songs talk about the irrational search for enemies, prejudices, or the importance of actively doing something to change the world. They don’t just sing about active involvement, the band members are behind the Food Not Bombs initiative (which gives hot food free to people who need it). → read more

Pohoda 2019 will feature a young punk quartet from Šaľa, Small Town Life, who will play in the Garage. Their music is influenced by the 90’s dirt, following the example of garage groups such as Bass Drum of Death or Ty Segall and a new British punk wave. The band released their debut EP in 2017, played about 40 concerts, including the United Islands of Prague Festival, as well as opening for bands such as Repetitor (SRB) and Soviet Soviet (IT). Two of its members (Jakub and Tomáš) are also part of the band Our Stories, which has had great gigs at Pohoda and Eusosonic. The band is currently recording their debut album, which should be out at the end of 2019. → read more