Author: Easterndaze

Pavilon and Terra Kontra join forces for a small festival coalition

This year, you don't have to choose which small festival to attend. We've looked into what to expect from the joint venture between Pavilon and Terra Kontra this July in Felsőtárkány.

Published June, 2024

Ored Recordings: Punk ethnography and the sounds of the North Caucasus

Founded in 2013 by Bulat Khalilov and Timur Kodzoko, Ored Recordings is a pioneering label dedicated to documenting and preserving the traditional and post-traditional music of the North Caucasus. Through field recordings, dinner parties, communal gatherings and local festivities, the label has captured a wide range of musical traditions and manifestations, from Circassian epic sagas to Cossack songs and Sufi rituals in Chechnya.

Published June, 2024

The Muscut and Shukai sounds of lost futures

At first glance, the sonic worlds of Ukrainian labels Muscut and Shukai sound very similar. While the aesthetics of both share the sound of the nostalgic allure of blurred, overdubbed tape loops, they diverge in their creative approach.

Published June, 2024

Punkraves in pubs, forests, factories and clubs — nearing a decade-long run, PÉNZ debuts their new mixtape

The PÉNZ collective coined (invented?) a trademark sound and vibe within the Budapest nightlife scene. Considering that they’ve been active for almost a decade, perhaps it’s not too much of a stretch to discuss their “life’s work”.

Published May, 2024

With mappa on the fluid boundaries between fictional and real sound worlds

Between Lučenec and Banská Štiavnica, Jakub Juhás, founder of the mappa label, forms soundscapes that naturally wander between the real and the fictional. Be it sonic ecosystems of ponds or eclectic electronics drowned in the meditative sound of organs.

Published May, 2024

We essentially do the same thing, just better – interview with makrohang

Not many bands have had as big an impact on me as Makrohang. I was in mourning for quite a while when they disappeared from the scene.

Published May, 2024

“After the success I wanted to erase everything, I will always be the Rat King.” Vojtík on his work, the periphery and the mainstream.

He discovered his musical role models on TV Očko when he was thirteen years old. He grew up listening to alternative pop by Ethel Cain and Lana del Rey, and developed his own musical expression in the folklore ensemble Romka.

Published April, 2024

“It’s just wild that all of this exists, that we are here to experience it.”

Lukasz Polowczyk is a Berlin-based sound artist, poet, and educator. His artistic practice is based around the protocols of translating the poetic intentionality of an idea across a variety of expressions and media.

Published April, 2024

EM GUIDE – A new network of independent music magazines

In this article we talk about independent music journalism, challenges and solutions, and a new project to tackle some of the challenges and implement some of the solutions.

Published March, 2024

Cultivating tenderness through listening with Warm Winters Ltd.

Bratislava-based label Warm Winters Ltd. strives to weave a tender musical tapestry.

Published March, 2024