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Björk
Björk has been a part of music industry since 1977, when at the age of 11 she released album Björk. In the 1980s, she played in several bands such as KUKL or The Sugarcubes and she kicked off her career as a solo artist in 1993, a year that saw the release of her debut album named Debut.…
Omar Souleyman - makeover of mid east dance Dabke
One could be tempted to say that he still represents a kind of Syrian wedding show but that wouldn’t have earned him rave reviews from Pitchfork; Björk wouldn’t have invited him to record three remixes for the second disc of her Crystalline Series and Caribou wouldn’t have picked him when…
Tom Vek - multi-instrumentalist from the garage
He spent the 90s writing and rehearsing in his parents’ garage. 2005 saw the release of his debut album We Have Sound. TV series O.C. featured one of his songs (“I Ain’t Saying My Goodbyes”) and Tom also contributed to the Grand Theft Auto IV soundtrack. A boy from garage made it to the front…
Heymoonshaker – world-class Beatbox Blues from the streets of New Zealand
Angry bluesman Andrew Balcon and fizzling beatboxer Dave Crowe kept on improving their art mainly in front of the most straightforward club in the world – the street. And it was the street (at the opposite end of the world) where these musicians met. From South Island they went to Sweden and…
Fufanu - made in Iceland
In 2009, Fufanu started as an electronic duo that soon played festivals such as Roskilde or Iceland Airwaves. The duo with singular Icelandic names, Hrafnkell Flóki Kaktus Einarsson and Guðlaugur Halldór Einarsson (a.k.a. Kaktus and Gulli) exchanged Macbooks and DJ booths for guitars and switched…
Tiken Jah Fakoly – top-class reggae from Ivory Coast
Compared to the “Jamaican branch”, the African take on reggae is a few degrees hotter. Following the old saying “a prophet is not without honor, but in his own country,” the hot-blooded Fakoly became persona non grata in his homeland Ivory Coast as well as in Senegal. The singer simply just…
Good news for Slovak bands from Eurosonic
It`s the result of five-year cooperation of the promoters of the region in the CEETEP program (The Central Eastern European Talent Exchange). It means that each country has guaranteed at least one place in the Eurosonic program. After many years of absence, the Slovak artists will show up again in Groningen.…
EFA Award ceremony ruled by Arctic Monkeys, band made of festival pros with Michal Kaščák played during galas
And the European Festival Awards (EFA) winners are... Hungary’s Sziget Festival reclaimed its title amongst the Best Major Festival. Sea Dance Festival from Montenegro was awarded in our “weight category” of Medium-Sized Festivals. The Best Small Festival went to Poland’s Tauron Nowa Muzyka.…
African legend Les Ambassadeurs – World class musicians from Mali
From 1970 to 1985 Les Ambassadeurs not only formed the musical elite of west Africa, but also helped the national pride of its younger nations. After 30 years they have reformed and are here to remind us all of the true meaning of the term, “world music”. Amongst them are some of their most famous…
Bo Ningen – Japanese acid punk on the banks of the river Thames
The answer in music, rather than words, is offered up by the psychedelic rock and acid punk of Bo Ningen. At first sight they look like hipsters or a retro hippie quartet, but they certainly won’t serve up meadow honey or beansprouts! They will however hit you with reverb-drenched vocals, pounding…