Endless Illusion is a Prague-based collective which has been exploring various forms of analogue sound through genres like minimal wave, electro, acid and techno. Aside from organising events and a radio show on the respected Dutch radio Intergalactic FM, they also release music – the current under an eponymous name and historical under the moniker Jupiter08.
Published May, 2017
Genot Centre is one of the latest additions to the thriving tape label scene. As has become typical for this medium and its milieu, their output is eclecitc, ranging from drone to footwork.
Published June, 2016
Meteorismo is a Prague-based label which explores a so-called invisible scene. It sources obscure recordings from various remote areas – both musical and geographical.
Published April, 2016
Prague has had a fairly thriving minimal/synth wave scene in the last couple of years, mirroring the upsurge of interest in forgotten obscurities created on primitive equipment in Western European countries such as Germany, Belgium or France in the 1980s, packed and polished for 21st century listeners by labels like Minimal Wave. Jan Jiskra aka Moduretik has made music since 2001.
Published April, 2014
Although the activities of the Prague based Klangundkrach collective seem to have been put on a halt as of late, the legacy of this post-noise label/collective, which was quite an extraordinary achievement in Central Europe (check out our podcast about this scene here), remains. From the fertile sonic soil of this relatively small group the increasingly successful Lightning Glove, now signed to Tesla Tapes, has emerged.
Published March, 2014
Signals From Arkaim is a Prague-based imprint, following in the footsteps of CC-licensed, virtually existent releases of the once thriving netlabel scene. They mostly focus on uncompromising fringes of the experimental underground, but also have such releases as the noteworthy mixtape consisting of soundbytes from Czechoslovak TV series.
Published December, 2013
Red For Color Blind by Easterndaze on Mixcloud The podcast created by the makers of the Red For Colour Blind blog, which is dedicated to an “invisible scene”, gathers various projects from the fringes of the Prague post-noise underground, mainly associated with the label and DIY collective KLaNGundKRaCH, which, coincidentally celebrates its 6th anniversary this November. Aside from Czech producers and ensembles, it also features foreigners active on the scene including Core of the Coalman or Romano Krzych.
Published November, 2013
Published November, 2013
The burgeoning Prague-based label Landmine Alert has just released the debut LP of its most idiosyncratic band to date - Vložte Kočku. The LP titled Táta is composed of 7 songs that incorporate elements of postrock, hard-core, electronica, hiphop and spoken word into a very perplexing and multifacetted sound (using electronic violin instead of a guitar), that is at the same time utterly unique in the Czech scene and also very typical in some respect (considering the vocal delivery style common for a plethora of Czech bands).
Published March, 2012
There’s nothing like a dose of existential witch house, made in the darkest corners of Eastern Bloc, to get through a sweltering summer’s day. Tempelhof’s self-titled debut is out now on Prague’s AM Discs.
Published July, 2011
The Prague-based duo Reverend Dick has a penchant for second hand analogue synthetizers which they find in thrift stores and waste dumps. The two members of the project – Richard Bakeš and Daniel Vlček – are also visual artists and members of the activist art collective Groupe Guma Guar.
Published May, 2011
The Prague-based Sperm Festival is an annual showcase of electronic music. Since 2006 it has brought the likes of Dan Deacon or Mouse on Mars to the Czech Republic.
Published April, 2011
Moduretik is a 24 year old musician from Prague. He started producing in 2001 with stints in experimental/IDM duo Moon Projekt and screamo/hc band Kill! Kill! Kids! Subsequently he went on a solo path, releasing several albumsthat saw him experiment with IDM/ambient and buoyant 8 BIT sounds and samples from Czechoslovak comedies.
Published March, 2011