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Ash Koosha
Ashkan Kooshanejad, also known as Ash Koosha, is an Iranian multi-instrumentalist, composer, record producer and film director living in London. He was also duo Take It Easy Hospital’s singer. He played the lead role in a Cannes jury-award-winning film No One Knows About Persian Cats. Last year,…
Monsieur Periné
The latino-swing tracks of this band, that is relatively unknown in Slovakia, have over 50 million views on YouTube. Monsieur Periné are recent winners of the Latin Grammy for Best New Artist. Their second album Caja de Música was nominated for the best album of the year within the Latin…
Honeyblood
Stina Marie Claire Tweeddale and Shona McVicar recorded their first two tracks on a cassette in a bathroom with a single mic and named the record Thrift Shop. Despite its poor sound and lo-fi roar, Honeyblood drew the attention of fans and of a record label, and received positive reviews from NME, Pitchfork…
Poliça
Justin Vernon of Bon Iver told Rolling Stone that Poliça are the best band he’s ever heard. According to Rolling Stone, “the sound of heartbreak and celebration happens simultaneously” in their music and Q praises their debut as “bewitching, urgent, magical.” They…
Nederlands Dans Theater 2
“Nederlands Dans Theater is the best dance company currently dancing on this planet”, said about the Dutch company Nederlands Dans Theater Mário Radačovský, the former head of the Ballet Company of the Slovak National Theatre, who has cooperated with NDT in the past. The company…
Easy Star All-Stars
Easy Star All-Stars originally formed as a studio band for artists at New York based label Easy Star Records. Cover versions of famous albums of even more famous artists turned the side project into one of the label’s flagships. However, there is more to Easy Star All-Stars than just being…
Oratnitza
Forgotten folk melodies, Aboriginal motifs and orthodox chanting mixed with trap, hip-hop, dubstep or D'n'B. Band Oratnitza have enriched the traditional Bulgarian music with a contemporary sound. They make ancient harmonies, modern rhythms and timeless melodies with the use of didgeridoo,…
Hańba!
Punk did not arise in British clubs during the noisy seventies: it did in blue-collar suburbs of the Polish Krakow in interwar period! At least so claims the fiction used for the creation of Polish street rebels who perform under the name Hańba!. The band Hańba! was started by musicians with…
My Baby
If you missed out on Dutch band My Baby’s show at St. Vincent de Paul low threshold night shelter, you will get another chance to see them at the 20th edition of Pohoda Festival. The band combines funk-blues roots with dance music. This mix of styles wills you to dance and fall into (according…
Anna Meredith
Performed in the BBC Last Night of the Proms, her music was broadcast to 40 million people. She's a former composer-in-residence with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and her music featured in the last year's PRADA Spring/Summer fashion campaign. Her projects include Concerto for Beatboxer…