Eastern Haze: May 2014
Lucia Udvardyova tracks the movements in and from the best of the Central and Eastern European sonic underground. This month explores the sounds of Lutto Lento, Piotr Kurek and Bratislava’s Triple Sun label.
Lucia Udvardyova tracks the movements in and from the best of the Central and Eastern European sonic underground. This month explores the sounds of Lutto Lento, Piotr Kurek and Bratislava’s Triple Sun label.
Lucia Udvardyova tracks the movements in and from the best of the Central and Eastern European sonic underground. This month: remembering Věra Chytilová and new music from mysterious Slovak producer BDY, Alley Catss and S Olbricht.
In her monthly report, Lucia Udvardyova tracks the movements in and from the best of the Central and Eastern European sonic underground. Featuring Machine Woman, Sister Body and Sound Sleep.
In her monthly report, Lucia Udvardyova tracks the movements in and from the best of the Central and Eastern European sonic underground, distilling the best of her Easterndaze blog.
In this special edition of our monthly column on the Central and Eastern European underground, Agata Pyzik—Polish cultural writer and author of the forthcoming book Poor But Sexy: Culture Clashes in Europe East and West—identifies some of the most intriguing artists currently operating in her home country.
Each month, Lucia Udvardyova tracks the movements of the best of the Central and Eastern European sonic underground. This instalment features Steaua De Mare, Plevna, Somnoroase Pasarele and more.
Each month, Lucia Udvardyova tracks the movements of the best of the Central and Eastern European sonic underground. This instalment features Alpár, Nava Spatiala, .soundscapes and Daniel Kordík.
Each month, Lucia Udvardyova tracks the movements of the best of the Central and Eastern European sonic underground. With Imre Kiss, Somnoroase Pasarele and Hypnosaurus.
Each month, Lucia Udvardyova tracks the movements of the best of the Central and Eastern European sonic underground. With Lutton Lento, Miron Ghiou & more.
In her monthly report, Lucia Udvardyova tracks the movements in and from the best of the Central and Eastern European sonic underground. Featuring Della La, a lecture by Kenneth Goldsmith and Dženana Aganspahic.
In her monthly report, Lucia Udvardyova tracks the movements in and from the best of the Central and Eastern European sonic underground. Featuring S Olbricht, Lightning Glove and a new mixtape by the Signals of Arkaim label recontextualising the claustrophobic productions of the Brno Czechoslovak TV studio.
In her monthly report, Lucia Udvardyova tracks the movements in and from the best of the Central and Eastern European sonic underground.
In her monthly report, Lucia Udvardyova tracks the movements in and from the best of the Central and Eastern European sonic underground.
In her monthly report, Lucia Udvardyova tracks the movements in and from the best of the Central and Eastern European sonic underground.
As Eastern Europe’s sense of political discontent grows, February’s edition of Eastern Haze explores how music is reacting to and reflecting the collective mood.
The latest installment of Eastern Haze gives you the secret to making it through the fag-end of January. Clue: involves Stratasoul, Alley Catss and Manasyt.
Our December installment is no year-end retrospective overview since there are plenty of aural novelties emitted to the sonisphere courtesy of all the tireless evangelists.
November embodies melancholia, that’s a given. I continue my homeless, nomadic existence, a wannabe-sailor whose playground isn’t the deep blue sea but chaotic urban mazes. At the moment I’m stationed in Budapest, a city that basks in its golden Austro-Hungarian past with its grand boulevards and derelict inner city townhouses, inviting you to dine … Continued
Riding in a train from Prague to Košice, Lucia Udvardyova reflects on new releases from labels Farbwechsel, Mik Musik!, Local Records and the polish music magazine Glissando.
In Bulgaria, the much-maligned chalga industry is booming and its main star is of course Azis, the transvestite singer whose infamy long transgressed the borders of this southeastern state
Get a new batch of sounds from Eastern Europe, including sounds from RAP CAT$ founder Fat Kid Beny, Mik Musik, and Sultan Hagavik.
We shall commence our monthly explorations of Eastern beats, bass and other sonic ephemera from the fringes of the musical spectrum with the aptly-titled RSS Boys, a perfect nerdy evocation of sizzling summer settings. Taking cues from afro-beat, the members of the project claim they met while travelling in Africa. Brushing off tired house, their … Continued
Like a Phoenix that rose from the ashes, Jakub Wojciechowski decided to abandon his former musical context and embrace a lighter aural sonisphere. Having cut his teeth in the Polish witchhouse scene (as well as on the label Cowshed Records), Wojciechowski went on to develop his sound into brighter, house-driven compositions under his nom de … Continued
Our second installment of the explorations of the freshest beats, tunes and all sorts of aural weirdness from the region of Eastern Europe starts with a crash course for the uninitiated. Easterndaze Vol 2: Judgment Day is a collaboration between Polish experimental label AudioTong and the Easterndaze project, a compilation which charts some noteworthy up-and-coming … Continued
I’ll start this column with a disclaimer: I’m not trying to reinforce Cold War rhetoric. It would be foolish to suggest that in today’s globalised hyper-world, the geographical distinctions still matter – or do they? Online, we are supposedly all interconnected within a virtual bubble regardless of whether we come from Ohio or Opava. For … Continued
Of all the cassette scenes in the world, Eastern Europe’s is probably the coolest. Here are 10 highlights from the depths of the post-Soviet underground.
2012 is nearly over but Eastern Haze columnist Lucia Udvardyova has some final words on a year that threw up some outstanding moments. Including a memorable performance from Жълти Стъклa atop a Soviet monument in Varna.
This intrepid audio diary guides you through the thrilling sounds of Ukraine’s experimental electronic scene.
The Ultrahang festival is similar to festivals like Unsound and CTM, but deeper underground. We review Hungary’s hidden gem of experimental music.
The Week in EB feature is a platter of the finest cuts of EB content, served up in one place, once a week. Miss anything? Here’s your chance to get up to speed.
The third installment of a seven-part series looking at the subcultural practitioners who keep Prague’s artistic impulse alive.
Travel along with our Budapest editor to get an inside look at a variety of rising Eastern European artists including Headshotboyz, Silf, and Polyklinik.
The weekly digest of all our favorite content from the preceding seven days that may have slipped under the radar. Time to kick back with your beverage of choice and get stuck in.
Discover our favorite articles and events, compiled from the beginning of the first day of EB.net’s redesign.
Jakub Adamec is one of those (post-)modern Renaissance men, who skillfully navigate their career through various forms of art, while retaining a red thread that goes through their oeuvre. Adamec is a member of the electric, eclectic Silesian band I Love 69 Popgeju, the author of quite a bit of video work (the latest for … Continued
The music scene is thriving in the rapidly-changing Slovakian capital.
For more insight into the people behind Electronic Beats—the ones who voted for our Releases of the Year—we asked our contributors for a list of their own devising and a few words about their year.
Another week – another round of living pictures handpicked by our editors. No filler, all killer. #1 Nina Kraviz – Ghetto Kraviz (directed by David Terranova) With her debut album released today this year’s house superstar Nina Kraviz drops some ghetto shit filmed on the streets of Berlin. /// #2 Death Grips – Get Got … Continued
Rainbow Arabia are husband and wife Danny and Tiffany Preston who combine dance pop with the obscure side of the world music spectrum. Think Nguzunguzu or Crystal Castles playing a DJ set in a scene from Disney’s Aladdin. The ‘Rainbow’ part of the band’s name speaks volumes about their kaleidoscopic sound. They were darlings of … Continued