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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…
Astronautalis
“If Beck were a decade or so younger and had grown up more heavily immersed in hip-hop, his debut album likely would have sounded much like Astronautalis,” says Allmusic portal about Andy Bothwell's debut album. This short summary characterizes Andy's genre range that has…
Public Service Broadcasting
London-based duo Public Service Broadcasting released their debut in 2013. Last year, they won Progressive Music Awards in the category of best anthem (“Gagarin”). Willgoose and Wrigglesworth combine electronic instruments with guitar, banjo and drums. According to The Guardian, their music…
ODESZA
ODESZA is responsible for No. 1 song in iTunes Electronic Chart, Billboard Electronic Chart, and Spotify US Viral Chart, half a million of followers on Soundcloud and Last.fm, and performances at festivals such as Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza... and the next one will be Pohoda 2016! ODESZA is…
Gogol Bordello
Eugene Hütz, an immigrant from the Ukraine, founded his band Gogol Bordello in 1999. According to Pitchfork, he created “one of America's most chaotically enthralling live acts.” Their show full of energy mesmerized Pohoda festival-goers in 2006, too. Those who didn’t see them…
PJ Harvey
Three albums listed on Rolling Stoneʼs 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, 8 nominations for Brit Awards, 6 nominations for Grammy, the first artist to receive the Mercury Prize twice. This is the list of accolades the singer-songwriter, composer, writer and multi-instrumentalist Polly Jean Harveyhas under…