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AFTERSONIC – we are bringing the atmosphere of ESNS 2019 to Slovakia on Monday morning
We’ll start at 6 p.m. with the Slovak premiere of Martina Slováková's documentary Ostrov hudby Film (The Island of Music Film in English) and shortly after we’ll screen the first video cut by B. Šmotlák and S. Boyd depicting the atmosphere of Groningen. At…
The biggest showcase festival ESNS 2019 focused on Slovak music ended brilliantly
If Eurosonic was a turning point for Slovak music, it was equally essential for Pohoda festival. In addition to two awards at the European Festival Awards, Pohoda also won the A Greener Festival Award at the ESNS 2019. Along with other award-winning festivals, the members of our production crew accepted…
Pohoda Festival won The Take A Stand Award and The Award for Excellence and Passion for Michal Kaščák
Michal Kaščák took the Award for Excellence and Passion from the last year winner’s hands, Fruzsina Szép. In her long introductory speech, she highlighted the way Michal approaches the organization of the festival, hinting to the previous award: "When Michal sees any…
Charlotte Gainsbourg at Pohoda 2019
Charlott Gainsbourg started her musical career as a 13-year-old with a controversial duet with her father called "Lemon Incest". The well-known artist provocateur continued in the topic of "borderline" relationship with his daughter in the film Charlotte for Ever, and in his daughter's…
Pohoda to present The Wilderness, Raptor Koch and Vojdi in Groningen
The Wilderness The Wilderness are an absolute proof that punk in its best form is not dead. Guitarist and singer Denis Bango is a genius, a guitar destroyer, and a great curator. Renat Khallo described them in a review using the following words: "Heavy punk without cliché and infantile…
Shibuya Motors at Pohoda 2019
Shibuya Motors. Tough, but liberating. Grindcore, free improvisation, free jazz, heavy metal and noise all in one. Shibuya Motors is a band founded by Slávo Krekovič and Miroslav Tóth in 2006. Gradually, the best European drummers joined them – Didi Kern (Fuckhead, Bulbul, etc.)…
Mac DeMarco at Pohoda 2019
From Edmonton to Vancouver, from there to Montreal, New York to finally land in Los Angeles. Mac DeMarco was drawing new inspiration in all of these cities, yet he remained faithful to his unmistakable style, which is a trend for others. His songs are dominated by a guitar with a distinctive chorus and…
Sink Ya Teeth at Pohoda 2019
Tereza Maco discovered this band for us and describes them as follows: “For me, Sink Ya Teeth represent an archive of reference points: dance punk, dark discotheque threat, New Order synthetic ecstasy and cold-blooded Donna Summer. They managed to rumple the sounds of the 80s so good that I…