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5 Names from the Slovak Scene
5 new names were added to this year’s lineup: Legend of Slovakian hip-hop Vec is coming with Škrupo and live band. B-Complex will offer a mix of drum and bass vitamins and Zlokot a blend of basically everything. Purist will bring ambitious electro-pop and Elections In The Deaftown will present…
Korben Dallas Symphony
Korben Dallas was founded in 2010 by relatively seasoned musicians; however, the meteoric success, which the band has earned over the five years of existence, must have been a pleasant surprise for them as well. The debut Pekné cesty (2011) originated as a live concert recording and was immediately…
Record-breaking festival edition: festival-goers withdrew more than 410,000 € from ATMs
Compared to previous festival editions, the sum of money withdrawn most frequently increased significantly. During previous editions, it was 20 €; this year, it was 50 €. A number of ATM transactions increased as well: Pohoda-goers made more than 6,355. The record amount of money withdrawn from an…
Summer flowers in the heart of the festival again
As Lucia of Kvitnúce záhrady (Flowering gardens) told, the summer flowers mixture for 2015 contains 13 kinds of flowers. Their colour variety is based on two primary colours - red and yellow. These are the warmest colours that evoke a sense of energy and momentum. All of the work was done in early…
Gonsofus & Medial Banana
The young Russian artist Sasha Mamaev is the leader of the project Gonsofus. He has been performing under this name with various musicians or giving one-man-shows since his student days in Boston, and that is why many fans do not recognize him under his own name, but they do when they…
Parov Stelar: pioneer of electro swing at Pohoda
Füreder started out as a DJ at Austrian nightclubs during the mid-late 1990s. In 2003, he founded the record label Etage Noir Recordings. A year later, he started to perform under the stage name Parov Stelar. His first EP, Kiss Kiss, was immediately picked up by the influential Austrian radio station…
Bez Ladu a Skladu
There was the “good fairy of the Czech alternative music” Lenka Zogatová with the band E who offered an invitation to the Pragueʼs Rockfest 86; since then, the band played mostly for Czech alternative clubs and festivals. Important concerts before 1989, however, were also those at the Slovak festival…
Kiasmos
Ólafur Arnalds is an Icelandic composer and multi-instrumentalist, and the holder of BAFTA award for the music for the British series Broadchurch. His mixing of genres is not a random stop but the trip itself and in his songs, piano and strings mingle with ambient electronics. In the past,…
Bilderbuch
At the time of band’s formation (2005), its members were only 14 to 15 years old. They merge indie, rock, RnB and hip-hop in their music, but they take inspiration from other genres as well. The band members wear glamour accessories you would hardly find in fancy Viennese boutiques: they are mostly…
Elektro Guzzi - outstanding instrumental techno
Elektro Guzzi produce dance music in an analogue rock set up. Their concerts thus resemble a rock concert with their realisation, but their music is rather an energizing DJ set with some elements of minimalism and dub; however, originally they were miles away from techno music. As said in an interview…