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Květy formed at the beginning of this century. During the band’s existence, they have made constant and significant changes in their sounds. Since 2016, the band’s been playing in a new line-up and focusing more on electronics.

Even though the experimental band is always on the lookout for new elements to add to their music, they have garnered quite a few followers. The band is acclaimed for its strong lyrics, diverse sound, gorgeous artwork, energetic performances and humour. Their album Květy, Květy released in 2020 was nominated for the Vinyla and Apollo Awards.

In his music, Tomáš Dvořák aka Floex creates a unique atmospheric universe, exploring the possibilities of the coexistence of the electronic and acoustic sound worlds. Strong emphasis is placed on natural musicality on one side and on a cutting-edge approach to electronic music production on the other. He has released two full-length albums, Pocustone (2001) and Zorya (2011) in addition to Gone EP (2014). His very exciting collaboration with Tom Hodge, the album A Portrait of John Doe creates a new level of synergy between classical music and radical “avant-garde” electronic. Today, he’ll play music from the game Machinarium.

Moravian Slovakian/Sudeten band Chief Bromden, with members from e.g. Manon Meurt, Ghost of You and other bands, released its debut album called Slunovrat on 8 April 2020. Just like Ken Kesey’s hero of the same name from his book One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Chief Bromden were until recently a ‘mute’ band, but now they perform in full line-up with a singer. The band thematises folklore and their music is influenced by Moravian Slovakia, Moravia and Sudetenland.

For their music, the Prague-based band Ufajr draw inspiration from listening to their idols and watching Bedtime Stories. Ufajr have already performed twice at Anifilm – in 2015 they prepared a musical tribute to composer Petr Skoumal, whose melodies they adapted in math-rock rhythms, and in 2017, they accompanied the hallucinogenic videoart visions of Petr Skala with their post-rock sound (according to Skala himself, they ‘rocked’). This year, Ufajr’s performance will be purely musical. Their latest song with a running time of 12 minutes, titled ‘Už to vypadalo tak slibně’ (It Looked Promising) is inspired by Skala’s videoart. And maybe there’ll be time for those Bedtime Stories!

badfocus is an emerging project of a Prague-based producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist, Prokop Korb. His music represents an abundant sonic fantasy powered by the endeavour to expand his own musical language. Despite coming originally from a jazz background, badfocus experiments with various genres such as electronica, classical music, hip-hop and indie pop. He released his first ep1 in the spring of 2020 and his debut album wallflower in September of the same year, which strives for genre ambivalence and atmospheric, ambient, yet catchy soundscapes.

Leoš Hort, alias HRTL is a top performer on modular synthesizers, a founder of the Brno-based cassette record label Bükko Tapes and an active member of the famous Bastl Instruments collective, which creates hand-made open-source music hardware. HRTL’s music evolved from post-witch-house towards repetitive rhythms with rich melodic and sound elements, changing atmosphere and playful structures. Be it dirty house with an ‛80s feeling, fluorescent techno or dark, bubbly beats, HRTL never plays the same thing twice. This is because as well as his live performances, his recordings are improvised and built 100% on hardware synthesizers.

Bratři is a new face on the Czech electronic music scene. Their music oscillates around a combination of catchy electronic dance, techno and ambient. The central driving forces are live percussion/drum beats and melodic motifs and sequences on analogue and modular synthesizers, two captivating streams converging on stage in a single, uncompromising flow of electrifying energy. In 2017, Bratři released their first EP, Monster and followed it up in 2018 with a new single called Manual. In February 2020 Bratři commenced work on their debut album in cooperation with a renowned producer of electronic music, Hannes Bieger. 

Manon Meurt are Vojtěch Pejša (guitar, vocals), Kateřina Elznicová (vocals, guitar), Jiří Bendl (drums) and David Tichý (synths and piano). Sparkling songs formed by soft and transcendent vocals, hypnotic bass lines, evolving drums and reverbed guitars are a trademark of this young quartet from the Czech Republic. Inspiration from the British shoegaze movement of the early ‘90s and bands such as My Bloody Valentine, Lush, Ride and Slowdive have clearly helped shape the band’s sound. In 2018, they released MMXVIII, produced by Jan P. Muchow. They are currently working on a new album from which a new single, ‘Beyond Beside’ has already been released.

The group Fekete Seretlek reuses, changes and mixes motifs from world music and makes up its own original compositions. Violoncello, accordion, trumpet, double bass, violin, cajon and five voices. The six musician-actors graduated from the Prague’s DAMU.Their concerts are lively and variable, adapting to different situations: from big stages, to clubs and streets. They are an exceptional musical as well as visual experience.