Eastern Haze

In her monthly report, Lucia Udvardyova tracks the movements in and from the best of the Central and Eastern European sonic underground. – more

In her monthly report, Lucia Udvardyova tracks the movements in and from the best of the Central and Eastern European sonic underground. – more

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. – more

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. – more

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. – more

  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 – more

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. – more

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 – more