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.
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Eastern Haze: April 2014
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.
Eastern Haze: March 2014
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.
Eastern Haze: February 2014
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.
Eastern Haze: January 2014
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.
Eastern Haze: December 2013
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.
Eastern Haze: November 2013
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.
Eastern Haze: October 2013
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.
Eastern Haze: September 2013
Each month, Lucia Udvardyova tracks the movements of the best of the Central and Eastern European sonic underground. With Lutton Lento, Miron Ghiou & more.
Eastern Haze: August 2013
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.
Eastern Haze: July 2013
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.
Eastern Haze: June 2013
In her monthly report, Lucia Udvardyova tracks the movements in and from the best of the Central and Eastern European sonic underground.
Eastern Haze: May 2013
In her monthly report, Lucia Udvardyova tracks the movements in and from the best of the Central and Eastern European sonic underground.
Eastern Haze: April 2013
In her monthly report, Lucia Udvardyova tracks the movements in and from the best of the Central and Eastern European sonic underground.
Eastern Haze: February
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.
Eastern Haze: January
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.
Eastern Haze: December
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.
Eastern Haze: November
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
Eastern Haze: October
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.
Eastern Haze: September
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
Eastern Haze: August
Get a new batch of sounds from Eastern Europe, including sounds from RAP CAT$ founder Fat Kid Beny, Mik Musik, and Sultan Hagavik.
Eastern Haze: July
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
Eastern Haze: June
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
Eastern Haze: May
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
Eastern Haze: April
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
Why We’re Stoked About Eastern Europe’s Cassette Scene
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 Editor’s Picks:Lucia Udvardyova
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.
Hear The Sound Of Ukraine’s Creative New Experimental Underground
This intrepid audio diary guides you through the thrilling sounds of Ukraine’s experimental electronic scene.
Budapest’s UH Festival Takes You Off the Grid
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: March 2nd, 2013
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.
24 hours in Prague – Part three
The third installment of a seven-part series looking at the subcultural practitioners who keep Prague’s artistic impulse alive.
Andras’ Choice: January
Travel along with our Budapest editor to get an inside look at a variety of rising Eastern European artists including Headshotboyz, Silf, and Polyklinik.
A week in the life of EB: Our picks from the last seven days
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.
The last hundred days…
Discover our favorite articles and events, compiled from the beginning of the first day of EB.net’s redesign.
10 x 4 – Jakub Adamec
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
This Podcast Takes You Into The Heart Of Bratislava’s Experimental Underground
The music scene is thriving in the rapidly-changing Slovakian capital.
Electronic Beats Writers’ Reflections 2013
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.
Videodrome #42 – This week’s best videos
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
Interview: Rainbow Arabia
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