Following his mesmerizing debut last year, the now Bratislava-based Jacques Kustod returns with a synth-driven triple journey into various sonic cosmic territories. We asked Jacques to shed some light on the inspiration and process of creation of his latest EP Trois Visages, which you can download for free.
Published May, 2012
One and a half years after VA - Easterndaze Vol 1, we are back with another selection of our favourite sounds from this region. It doesn’t aim to be an all-encompassing, comprehensive survey of the current state of sonic production in these parts of the world, but an offering of the stuff we think deserves recognition and stands out for various, individual reasons.
Published May, 2012
Slovak and Czech bass electronica producers have teamed up to give a sonic tribute to the prolific Slovak singer and musician Vašo Patejdl, know for his dominance of 80’s synthpop music and collaboration in a plethora of different projects on the Slovak scene. Patejdl was in a way a key figure, however his former fame has slowly turned into a ambivalent fascination with his past.
Published May, 2012
Gazsi Rap Show and ∑BOL∆ ∆P∑, two protagonists of our impending release party in Budapest, have teamed up to deliver an AV invite. Reblog this video on tumblr until Friday noon, and win a pair of combo tix (valid for 2 ppl) for our compilation release party in Budapest AND the Blackbird Blackbird gig on Sunday, 13 May also in Budapest.
Published May, 2012
The dreamy Polish collective/label Please Feed My Records has geared up their sonic powers and prepared a special podcast for us featuring its roster, including rosinski, Monosylabikk, ODDAGE or CH-CH-CHING. Aside from original tracks, there are also edits and various refashionings.
Published May, 2012
Bedroom pop and lo-fi in Hungary has evolved to the next stage since early 2011. The first record label to cover this scene, Golf Team Records, was born a few days ago.
Published April, 2012
Published April, 2012
Route 8 has dropped his first EP Never Ending Stories just two months ago - we also featured his 4-track debut a while ago - and for now he’s working hard on his live set debut at the release party for the imminent second compilation of Easterndaze on 11th of May in Budapest’s Roham Bar. We’re eagerly looking forward to seeing his ‘synthpop-house’ tunes live.
Published April, 2012
After last year’s techno boom, with several more than decent comebacks of mavericks like Surgeon or Regis, straightforward pounding beats started to invade the minds of the music producers around the globe once again. Hungary is no exception and that’s the place from where SYNUS0006 puts out his latest release on the B4CK6ROUNDNO1SE sub-label of the Hungarian Panel Trax imprint.
Published April, 2012
Whimsical, fairy-tale soundtracking, delving into nonexistent past. Piotr Kurek’s Heat is out on Foxy Digitalis.
Published April, 2012