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3 TABLE OF CONTENT / KAZALO MENT 2016

5 INTROMENT / UVOD 7 INFO DEPARTMENT / INFO ODDELEK 8 LOCATIONS / LOKACIJE 14 CONCERTS SCHEDULE / KONCERTNI URNIK 16 LINEUP 2016 44 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE / KONFERENČNI URNIK 46 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME / KONFERENČNI PROGRAM 59 PANELISTS / PANELISTI 76 MENT IN 2015 / MENT V LETU 2015 84 RECOMMENT 89 PARTNERS / PARTNERJI 90 COLOPHON / KOLOFON

3 MENT 2016 4 intro MENT 2016 Slovenian Music Information Centre

the primary source of information on Slovenian music, musicians, music professionals and current music events 4 intro MENT 2016 MENT 2016 5 INTROMENT / UVOD MENT 2016

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Welcome to check and experiMENT for yourself: the music commitMENT of our 52 headliners, the knowledgeMENT that our 50 panelists have to share, the engageMENT of our team, the entertainMENT that our programme has to offer!

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7 INFO MENT 2016

Info departMENT / Info oddelek

All the INFO & REGISTRATION is available at Kino Šiška. WEDNESDAY: 2pm - 11pm THURSDAY: 10am - 8pm FRIDAY: 10am - 8pm — Vse INFORMACIJE IN REGISTRACIJA so na voljo v Kinu Šiška. SREDA: 14:00 - 23:00 ČETRTEK: 10:00 - 20:00 PETEK: 10:00 - 20:00

———— QUESTIONS? / VPRAŠANJA? We’re available at / Na voljo smo na:

MANAGEMENT & BOOKING: [email protected] CONFERENCE: [email protected] PRESS: [email protected] TRANSPORT & TREATMENT: [email protected]

———— WWW.MENT.SI Don’t forget to visit www.ment.si, like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram and say hi in person! Ne pozabite obiskati www.ment.si, nas všečkati na Facebooku, slediti na Twitterju in Instagramu ter pozdraviti v živo!

———— Join the ride / Pridružite se vožnji — MENToBUS Thursday / Četrtek, 4. 2. // Friday / Petek, 5. 2. Kino Šiška — Metelkova — Kino Šiška

from 8:30pm - 2am (every 30 minutes) / od 20:30 - 02:00 (vsakih 30 minut)

———— MENT Ljubljana APP The MENT Ljubljana app will give you an overview of the com- plete festival & conference programme. The function “Favouri- tes” enables you to create a personalised timetable. Make one for yourself!

Na mobilni aplikaciji MENT Ljubljana te čaka pregled festival- skega in konferenčenga programa. Ustvari si programski urnik po svoji meri s funkcijo “Favourites”.

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MENT map

KINO ŠIŠKA

Celovška Dunajska

METELKOVA ska vol KINOdvor Ti Gosposvetska STAra ElektrarnaKavarna sem

Kolodvorska

Resljeva Njegoševa KINO ŠIŠKA / Trg prekomorskih brigad 3 Ilirska Bleiweisova AKC METELKOVA MESTO / Masarykova 24 STARA ELEKTRARNA / Slomškova 18

Slovenska KINODVOR / Kolodvorska 13 KAVARNA SEM / Metelkova 2

Use the MENT Ljubljana APP to find locations. / Za iskanje lokacij lahko uporabite tudi mobilno aplikacijo MENT Ljubljana. MENT 2016 9 LOCATIONS / LOKACIJE MENT 2016

MENT map

KINO ŠIŠKA

Celovška Dunajska

METELKOVA ska vol KINOdvor Ti Gosposvetska STAra ElektrarnaKavarna sem

Kolodvorska

Resljeva Njegoševa

Ilirska Bleiweisova

Slovenska

KINO ŠIŠKA

Kino Šiška, Centre for Urban Culture is the center venue. It is a public institute, recently renovated modernist cinema hall, which has instigated new dynamics in the contemporary music and art scene in Ljubljana since its opening in 2009.

Kino Šiška je osrednja institucija za sodob- no, urbano koncertno, a tudi vizualno in uprizoritveno kulturo. S svojim programom Kino Šiška predstavlja in združuje urbanost, multikulturnost, politično neobremenjenost in tehnološko naprednost.

9 MENT 2016 AKC Metelkova Masarykova Masarykova 24 1 Masarykova 1 — Gala Hala 2 — Channel Zero 2

3 — Gromka Metelkova 4 — Menza pri koritu

Metelkova 3 Kotnikova

Resljeva 4

Kotnikova

Metelkova

Kotnikova Maistrova

Metelkova

Slomškova

KAVARNA SEM

Tabor STARA Metelkova 2 ELEKTRARNA

Slomškova 18

Trg Osvobodilne fronte

1 Miklošičeva 2 3

Pražakova Kolodvorska

Slomškova

Kinodvor Kino Šiška

1 — kino šiška / KATEDRALA — 1st floor Kolodvorska 13 2 — kino šiška / KOMUNA — Ground floor 3 — M Hotel Čufarjeva 11 LOCATIONS / LOKACIJE MENT 2016 AKC Metelkova Masarykova 1 Masarykova

Metelkova

Metelkova 3 Kotnikova

Resljeva 4

Gala Hala Photo: Maša Gojić Photo: Kotnikova

Metelkova

Kotnikova Maistrova

Metelkova

Slomškova

KAVARNA SEM AKC METELKOVA MESTO Tabor STARA Maša Gojić Photo: channel zer0 ELEKTRARNA Metelkova operates as an autonomous cultural and social space whose spatial and hi- storical placement makes it one of the most important venues of youth and independent culture, not just in Ljubljana, but all of Slo- venia as well. It enriches the northern part Trg Osvobodilne fronte of the Ljubljana city centre with its relaxed, artistic expression and musical diversity. The MENT Ljubljana festival will take place in the Channel Zero, Gala hala, Gromka and

1 Menza pri koritu clubs. Miklošičeva 2 3 Metelkova deluje kot avtonomni kulturni in channel zer0 Photo: Maša Gojić Photo: družbeni prostor, ki s prostorsko in zgodo-

Pražakova Kolodvorska vinsko umeščenostjo velja za enega najpo- membnejših prostorov mladinske in neod-

Slomškova visne kulture ne le v Ljubljani, temveč tudi v Sloveniji. Severni del ljubljanskega centra bogati s svojo sproščenostjo, umetniško iz- Kinodvor Kino Šiška raznostjo in glasbeno raznovrstnostjo. Fe- stival MENT Ljubljana se bo odvijal v klubih Channel Zero, Gala hala, Gromka in Menza pri koritu. Čufarjeva

Photo: Maša Gojić Photo: menza pri koritu MENT 2016 12 LOCATIONS / LOKACIJE MENT 2016

stara mestna elekrarna

STARA MESTNA ELEKTRARNA - ELEKTRO LJUBLJANA

Once a revolutionary power plant today shines again with new elements, thanks to the syner- gy of economics, heritage and politics. A ma- gnificent technical monument is one of the rare examples of industrial architecture, which is pre- served in Slovenia. Some artists “discovered” this interesting building during the 80's and the 90's and started to fill it with differing artistic components. Today the artistic program is the responsibility of the organization Bunker, which takes care of creative, educational and presen- tational programme.

Nekoč revolucionarna tovarna je danes po zaslu- gi sinergije gospodarstva, dediščine in politike polna novih vsebin. Veličasten tehnični spome- nik, je eden redkih ohranjenih primerov industrij- ske arhitekture v Sloveniji. Stavbo so že v 80. in 90. odkrili umetniki in začeli ta zanimiv prostor napolnjevati z različnimi umetniškimi vsebinami. Danes s prostorom programsko upravlja zavod Bunker, ki skrbi za umetniški, izobraževalni in stara mestna elekrarna predstavitveni program.

12 MENT 2016 13 LOCATIONS / LOKACIJE MENT 2016

kinodvor kavarna sem

KINODVOR

The cinema, originally built in 1923, reopened KAVARNA SEM its doors as "Kinodvor. City Cinema." in 2008. Undoubtedly one of the prettier cinemas in Lju- Kavarna, ki je del Slovenskega etnografskega bljana, its slogan proclaims the focus is on the muzeja, ponuja pester izbor sladic, prigrizkov in cinema-going experience, enriched with special pijač, obenem pa skrbi za raznovrstne dogodke events. - kulturne in plesne večere, predstavitve knjig, koncerte ter razstave. Ljubljanska kinodvorana, ki je bila zgrajena že leta 1923, je svoja vrata kot “Kinodvor. Mestni The Slovenian Ethnographic Museum coffee shop kino.” odprla leta 2008. Brez dvoma gre za eno offers a varied selection of sweets, snacks and lepših ljubljanskih kinodvoran, ki že s sloganom beverages, while at the same time taking care of sporoča, da velik poudarek namenja izkušnji obi- various events – cultural and dancing evenings, ska kina, podprti s posebnimi dogodki. book launches, concerts and exhibitions.

MENT 2016 13 MENT 2016 14 CONCERTS SCHEDULE / KONCERTNI URNIK MENT 2016

Wednesday / Sreda, 3. 2.

19:00 19:15 19:30 19:45 20:00 20:15 20:30 20:45 21:00 21:15 21:30 21:45 22:00 22:15 22:30 22:45 23:00 23:15 23:30 23:45 00:00 00:15 00:30 00:45 01:00 01:15 01:30 01:45 02:00 02:15 02:30 02:45 03:00 03:15 03:30 03:45 04:00 04:15 04:30 04:45 05:00 05:15 05:30 05:45 06:00

Le Grande 19:15 KINO ŠIŠKA - HALL KINO ŠIŠKA Opening Kar Češ Brass Band (SI)

KINO ŠIŠKA 20:15 21:45 23:15 KATEDRALA Jimmy Barka Experience (SI) Noctiferia (si) Repetitor (RS)

KINO ŠIŠKA 21:00 22:30 00:15 KOMUNA Leyya (AT) Nina Bulatovix (SI) ABOP (HR)

Thursday / Četrtek, 4. 2.

19:00 20:00 21:00 KINO ŠIŠKA Ropoporose (FR) IAny Other (IT) Werefox (SI) KOMUNA

19:00 KINODVOR film: Fuck the Atlantic Ocean + concert: Sweet Sweet Moon (AT)

21:15 22:15 STARA ELEKTRARNA Ana Ćurčin (RS) Stray Dogg (RS)

22:00 23:00 00:00 00:00 01:00 GALA HALA The Big Bluff (LV) Prismojeni Profesorji The Scenes (FI) The Scenes (FI) Belo smetje (SI) Bluesa (SI)

21:45 22:45 23:45 00:45 01:30 CHANNEL ZERO Cosovel (PL) Say Yes Dog (LU) Sassja (BiH) Bags (SI) Šuljo (SI)

22:30 23:30 00:30 01:15 KLUB GROMKA The Canyon Observer (SI) Makrohang (HU) Lifecutter (SI) Nova deViator (SI)

22:15 23:15 00:30 MENZA PRI KORITU Bernays Propaganda(MK) Pridjevi (HR) Kagoule (UK)

Friday / Petek, 5. 2.

KINO ŠIŠKA 19:00 20:00 21:00 KOMUNA Jardier (SI) Fismoll (PL) Field Studies (UK)

21:15 22:15 STARA ELEKTRARNA Bowrain (SI) Maarja Nuut (EE)

21:15 22:15 KAVARNA SEM Daniel Vezoja (SI) The Big Bluff (LV) Ghostly International Night 23:00 00:00 00:45 01:30 02:30 GALA HALA Your Gay Thoughts (SI) Heathered Pearls (US) Lord RAJA (US) Shigeto (US) DJ Peglasus & Freeverse (SI)

22:15 23:15 00:15 01:15 02:15 CHANNEL ZERO Karmakoma (SI) Super Besse (BY) Mustelide (BY) Beissoul & Einius (LT) Austrian Apparel (AT)

22:30 23:30 00:30 01:15 KLUB GROMKA Miki Solus (HR) Čao Portorož (SI) Punčke (HR) Matwe Drappenmadchenfeller (SK)

22:00 23:00 00:00 MENZA PRI KORITU Bebè Na Volè (HR) Yung (DK) It’s Everyone Else (SI)

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Wednesday / Sreda, 3. 2.

Le Grande 19:15 KINO ŠIŠKA - HALL KINO ŠIŠKA Opening Kar Češ Brass Band (SI)

KINO ŠIŠKA 20:15 21:45 23:15 KATEDRALA Jimmy Barka Experience (SI) Noctiferia (si) Repetitor (RS)

KINO ŠIŠKA 21:00 22:30 00:15 KOMUNA Leyya (AT) Nina Bulatovix (SI) ABOP (HR)

Thursday / Četrtek, 4. 2.

19:00 20:00 21:00 KINO ŠIŠKA Ropoporose (FR) IAny Other (IT) Werefox (SI) KOMUNA

19:00 KINODVOR film: Fuck the Atlantic Ocean + concert: Sweet Sweet Moon (AT)

21:15 22:15 STARA ELEKTRARNA Ana Ćurčin (RS) Stray Dogg (RS)

22:00 23:00 00:00 00:00 01:00 GALA HALA The Big Bluff (LV) Prismojeni Profesorji The Scenes (FI) The Scenes (FI) Belo smetje (SI) Bluesa (SI)

21:45 22:45 23:45 00:45 01:30 CHANNEL ZERO Cosovel (PL) Say Yes Dog (LU) Sassja (BiH) Bags (SI) Šuljo (SI)

22:30 23:30 00:30 01:15 KLUB GROMKA The Canyon Observer (SI) Makrohang (HU) Lifecutter (SI) Nova deViator (SI)

22:15 23:15 00:30 MENZA PRI KORITU Bernays Propaganda(MK) Pridjevi (HR) Kagoule (UK)

Friday / Petek, 5. 2.

KINO ŠIŠKA 19:00 20:00 21:00 KOMUNA Jardier (SI) Fismoll (PL) Field Studies (UK)

21:15 22:15 STARA ELEKTRARNA Bowrain (SI) Maarja Nuut (EE)

22:15 23:15 00:15 01:15 02:15 CHANNEL ZERO Karmakoma (SI) Super Besse (BY) Mustelide (BY) Beissoul & Einius (LT) Austrian Apparel (AT)

22:30 23:30 00:30 01:15 KLUB GROMKA Miki Solus (HR) Čao Portorož (SI) Punčke (HR) Matwe Drappenmadchenfeller (SK)

22:00 23:00 00:00 MENZA PRI KORITU Bebè Na Volè (HR) Yung (DK) It’s Everyone Else (SI)

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ABOP (Croatia / Hrvaška) Wednesday / Sreda, 3 Feb, 00:15 @ Kino Šiška / Komuna

The story goes something like this: five Croatian musicians with a wealth of experience (Elemen- tal, Lollobrigida, Sinestet, Pips Chips & Video- lineup 2016 clips …) are so bored at a party in Zagreb that they organize an afterparty in their rehearsal space. That afterparty is still going on today. ABOP, an acronym for "After is Better than the Party”, is a band that has two drummers instead of a frontman. The instrumental lineup is a dancing machine - a living jukebox of electro, bre- akbeat, techno and drum’n’bass. Their music is a live mixture of numerous electronic genres - as long as they keep movin’ and groovin’. That is exactly what the audience (and later dancers) do when at an ABOP concert. There's a party in the club, except there are five musicians instead of a DJ on stage. The sight is fascinating.

Zgodba gre nekako takole: Peterica hrvaških glasbenikov s kopico izkušenj (Elemental, Lol- lobrigida, Sinestet, Pips Chips & Videoclips …) na eni od zagrebških žurk tako zeha, da se od- pravi na after v prostor za vaje. In ta after se nadaljuje še danes. ABOP aka "After je Bolji Od Partija" je bend, ki ima namesto frontmana dva bobnarja. Instrumentalna postava je plesna ma- šina - živi džuboks elektra, breakbeata, tehna in drum’n’bassa. Živa zmes mnogih elektronskih žanrov - samo da muva in gruva. In preverjeno to počnejo tudi obiskovalci (pozneje plesalci) na koncertih benda. V klubu je party, na odru pa namesto didžeja pet glasbenikov. Pogled je fa- scinanten.

16 lineup MENT 2016 ANY OTHER (Italy / Italija) ANA ĆURČIN (Serbia / Srbija) Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 20:00 @ Kino Šiška / Komuna Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 21:15 @ Stara Elektrarna And now what, should I quit playing? This is what Born in Baghdad, grew up in Moscow, now li- Adele Nigro, now 21 years old, puzzled over a ving, composing, playing and singing in Bel- year ago, trying to deal with a past that just went grade, no wonder this young Serbian singer- off with her old band and with a future still to be -songwriter has developed her own blend of written. But Adele doesn’t quit. This is how Any Americana, folk and dream pop into a special Other was born, together with Erica Lonardi and musical atmosphere. Her deeply expressive son- Marco Giudici, and an indie rock attitude that will gs have already touched audiences all across the bring you to the 90’s of Modest Mouse and Built Balkans, where she has established herself as to Spill, but also to contemporary songwriters one of the most promising artists in the growing like Courtney Barnett and Waxahatchee. In their regional singer-songwriter scene. Her perfor- debut album, “Silently. Quietly. Going Away” mances include Waves Vienna and a tour in Cro- (out on Bello Records, 2015), you will find stori- atia, Italy, Switzerland, Hungary and Russia, the es about growing up, difficult separations, and a latter together with Stray Dogg frontman Dukat strong desire for taking revenge on the bad thin- Strajnić. Her debut album “Sketches of Belon- gs that happen in our lives. ging” is coming out any time now. In kaj zdaj, naj neham igrati? S tem si je Adele Rojena v Bagdadu, odraščala v Moskvi, sedaj Nigro, sedaj stara 21 let, belila glavo pred enim živi, sklada, igra in poje v Beogradu – nič čudne- letom, ko se je skušala sprijazniti s preteklostjo, ga, da je mlada srbska kantavtorica oblikovala ki je odkorakala z njenim prejšnjim bendom, in lastno zmes Americane, folka in dream popa s prihodnostjo, ki še ni bila napisana. A Adele ne posebnim glasbenim vzdušjem. Njene globoko odneha. Tako se je rodil Any Other, skupaj z Erico ekspresivne pesmi so se že dotaknile poslušal- Lonardi in Marcom Giudicijem ter indie rock držo, cev po Balkanu, kjer se je uveljavila kot ena naj- ki vam bo približala devetdeseta zasedb Modest obetavnejših izvajalk rastoče kantavtorske scene Mouse in Built To Spill, pa tudi sodobnejše kan- v regiji. Med drugim je vknjižila tudi nastop na tavtorice, kot sta Courtney Barnett in Waxahat- festivalu Waves Vienna in turnejo po Hrvaški, chee. Njihov prvenec "Silently. Quietly. Going Italiji, Švici, Madžarski in Rusiji, slednjo skupaj Away" (izdan pri založbi Bello Records, 2015) s frontmenom zasedbe Stray Dogg Dukatom vsebuje zgodbe o odraščanju, težkih ločitvah in Strajnićem. Njen prvenec "Sketches of Belon- močni želji po maščevanju nad slabimi trenutki, ging" naj bi izšel vsak čas. ki se zgodijo v našem življenju.

MENT 2016 17 lineup MENT 2016 BAGS (Slovenia / Slovenija) Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 00:45 @ Channel Zero

Blaž + Šuljo = Bags. Blaž and Šuljo are two producers who share an ambitious work ethic, a love of creating beats and hip-hop roots. Šu- ljo is the musical force behind Maribor-based rap collective Tekochee Kru and has shared his expertise with numerous renowned local and AUSTRIAN APPAREL (Austria / Avstrija) international rappers, including the likes of Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 02:15 @ Channel Zero KRS One. He has released a solo record, as well as regularly deejays and organizes events. Blaž Attention! Live techno band, no laptops on sta- caught the public’s attention in 2014, when ge! Dominik Traun and Sebastian Wasner met he shared his debut record “b” with the world, on a film set as a sound mixer and boom ope- enrapturing audiences in Slovenia with eclectic rator and quickly became friends. Since 2012 live performances, where he is joined by drum- they have been playing a wide range of electro- mer Simon Intihar. They performed at last year’s nic live music, from hip hop and broken beat to MENT, while this year it is time for the premie- ambient and techno. Every sound is played live, re of Bags, hot on the heels of their single Skin without the use of a laptop or pre-sequenced Graffiti. What can be expected remains a myste- synths. They use live-loopers to add and sub- ry, but based on their previous work, we are in tract elements to the mix. The tracks are rehear- for a treat. sed, but of course they sound slightly different every time and are adapted to the duo's daily Blaž + Šuljo = Bags. Blaž in Šuljo sta produ- mood and emotions, which adds personality to centa, ki ju družijo delovna vnema, snovanje every live performance. beatov in hip-hoperske korenine. Šuljo je odgovoren za glasbo mariborskega rap kolektiva Pozor! Živ techno bend, nobenih prenosnikov na Tekochee Kru, sicer pa je svoje znanje delil že z odru! Dominik Traun in Sebastian Wasner sta se mnogimi priznanimi domačimi in tujimi raper- kot mešalec in snemalec zvoka spoznala in hitro ji - med njimi je recimo KRS One. Povil je tudi spoprijateljila na snemanju filma. Od leta 2012 solo ploščo, redno didžeja in organizira dogod- ustvarjata širok nabor elektronskih zvokov v ke. Blaž je nase resneje opozoril leta 2014, ko je živo, od hip hopa in broken beata do ambienta- s svetom delil prvenec “b” in domače občinstvo la in techna. Odigrata vsak zvok, brez prenosni- zasvojil z eklektičnim živim nastopom, pri ka- ka ali pred-nastavljenih sintetizatorjev. Elemente terem se mu pridruži bobnar Simon Intihar. Ta dodajata in odvzemata iz miksa s pomočjo zan- projekt je MENT gostil že lani, letos pa je čas za kanja v živo. Skladbe vadita, seveda pa so v živo premiero sodelovanja, ki ga napoveduje singel vsakič rahlo drugačne in prilagojene vsakodnev- Skin Graffiti. Kaj pričakovati, ostaja skrivnost, nemu razpoloženju ter občutkom, kar nastopom glede na dosedanje delo akterjev pa bo brez doda unikatnost. dvoma poslastica.

18 lineup MENT 2016 BEISSOUL & EINIUS (Lithuania / Litva) Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 01:15 @ Channel Zero

Soulful, seductive vocals, hypnotic electronica and crispy dance rhythms make the style of this fresh Lithuanian duo very special. In 2013 they BEBÈ NA VOLÈ (Croatia / Hrvaška) started to amaze audiences with their ecstatic, Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 22:00 @ Menza pri koritu eccentric live performances, in which they ener- getically blend musical expressivity with surrea- For every 1,000 singers there is one that mana- listic choreography and challenging fashion. The ges to convincingly convey pain and joy with his fact that they are singing in their native Lithua- vocals. For every 7 billion, we get Bebe na volè, nian language, English and also in Ukrainian just who is also a master of the guitar. Adam Semija- adds to the uniqueness of their phenomenon. lac is one of those musicians whose music ma- On stage, unsurprisingly, Beissoul unveils an kes you purse you lips. He is an indie bluesman. enthralling charisma, making a few surrealistic He is Delta 2.0. He is a resounding slide gui- dance steps draped in eccentric clothes, while tar, Beck's blues and a closely guarded secret, Einius keeps his head bent over his machines, exemplified by his collection, “Times of Great sweeping you off your feet with the sounds of Depression”, which represents his “best of” of the future. the last decade. And a must-listen. Čutni, zapeljivi vokali, hipnotična elektronika Na vsakih tisoč pevcev se najde tak, ki uspe s in hrustljavi plesni ritmi so skrivnost posebne- svojim vokalom prepričjivo prevesti bolečino in ga zvoka tega svežega litvanskega dvojca. Leta veselje. Na vsakih 7 milijard pa se najde Bebe na 2013 sta osupnila občinstvo s svojimi ekstatič- volè, ki poleg tega obvlada še kitaro. Adam Se- nimi, ekscentričnimi nastopi, v katerih energič- mijalac je eden tistih izvajalcev, pri poslušanju no spajata glasbeno izraznost s surrealistično katerega človek ne more brez našobljenih ustnic. koreografijo in drzno modo. Petje v litvanščini, Je indie bluzer. Je Delta 2.0. Je odmevajoča sli- angleščini in tudi ukrajinščini le še doda k edin- de kitara, je Beckov blues, je strogo varovana stvenosti njunega fenomena. Na odru Beisso- skrivnost. To dokazuje aktualna zbirka “Times ul razkrije očarljivo karizmo, ko surrealistično of Great Depression”, ki je v bistvu njegov “best poplesuje v ekscentričnih oblačilih, Einius pa je of” zadnjega deseletja. In obenem obvezno po- medtem zatopljen v svoje naprave, s katerimi slušanje. vas popelje na krilih zvokov prihodnosti.

MENT 2016 19 lineup MENT 2016 BERNAYS PROPAGANDA (Macedonia / Makedonija) Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 22:15 @ Menza pri koritu

After hundreds of concerts, 3 albums and a tour of the USA, we can without a doubt say that Ber- nays Propaganda is one of the internationally BELO SMETJE (Slovenia / Slovenija) most recognized bands from Macedonia. The Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 01:00 @ Gala hala danceable post-punk activists are a touring be- ast that was reborn in 2015, when it switched Belo smetje is not a DJ crew. Belo smetje is a the drummer for a machine. Now they’re dri- DJ event. It has been a staple in Ljubljana and ven by an infallible kick and groovy bass lines, elsewhere in Slovenia for more than a decade, upon which layers of noisy and disharmonic gu- both at solo events as well as before and after itar chords make room for a remarkable female concerts (e.g. The Walkmen, Crystal Fighters, voice, shouting socially engaged lyrics. Dance, etc.). It resides at club Gromka in Metelkova clap, sing and celebrate civil disobedience, hu- mesto. The dance music you can hear at these man rights and freedom. Bernays Propaganda events falls somewhere between disco punk and are inviting you to a politically engaged dance! electro pop, or post rock and funky trash. teoP is in charge of navigating the musical gallery, whi- Po več sto koncertih, treh albumih in turneji po le G/6 takes care of the visuals and atmosphere. ZDA lahko brez dvoma trdimo, da je Bernays Propaganda eden od mednarodno najbolj pre- Belo smetje ni didžej kru. Belo smetje je didžej poznavnih bendov iz Makedonije. Plesni post- dogodek. V Ljubljani pa tudi širše se pojavlja že -punk aktivisti so turnejska zver, ki se je ponov- več kot deset let, tako na samostojnih dogod- no prebudila leta 2015 z menjavo bobnarja za kih kot tudi po in pred koncerti glasbenih skupin mašino. Zdaj zasedbo gonijo nezmotljiv ritem in (npr. The Walkmen, Crystal Fighters idr.). Svoj gruvi bas linije, na katerih plasti hrupnih, dishar- domicil ima na Metelkovi v klubu Gromka. Plesna moničnih kitarskih akordov naredijo prostor za glasba, ki se jo sliši na Belem smetju, bi lahko presunljive ženske krike družbeno angažiranih bila uvrščena med disco punk in electro pop ali besedil. Plešite, ploskajte, pojte in slavite civil- med post rock in funky trash. Za navigacijo po no nepokorščino, človekove pravice ter svobodo. glasbeni galeriji skrbi teoP, z vizualijami pa at- Bernays Propaganda vas vabi na politično anga- mosfero obarva G/6-ka. žiran ples!

20 lineup MENT 2016 BOWRAIN (Slovenia / Slovenija) Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 21:15 @ Stara elektrarna

“'Far Out' is reminiscent of the work of Thom Yorke, Four Tet and Massive Attack. This is not "'Far Out' spominja na dela Thoma Yorka, Four just another debut album," says Dutch webzi- Teta in Massive Attack. To ni le še en prvenec," ne Festivalinfo. In addition to such stunning re- so zapisali pri nizozemskem webzinu Festivalin- views, you have to know that Bowrain aka Tine fo. Poleg tako izjemnih recenzij je treba vedeti Grgurevič is a Slovenian composer, pianist and še, da je Bowrain oz. Tine Grgurevič slovenski producer living in Amsterdam. That comes as no skladatelj, pianist in producent, ki biva v Amster- surprise once you learn he actually started his damu. To ne preseneča, če vemo, da je svojo ka- career as a talented jazz composer, recording riero dejansko pričel kot nadarjen jazz skladatelj, his debut in Philadelphia. But jazz is only one ki je prvenec posnel v Filadelfiji. A jazz je le en aspect of his life. He’s definitely keen on expe- vidik njegovega življenja. Več kot očitno rad eks- rimenting - for example with his live act “Duet perimentira – npr. s svojim performansom "Duet with Slavoj Žižek”, a dialogue between his pi- with Slavoj Žižek", dialogom med njegovim kla- ano and philosopher Slavoj Žižek's speech. He virjem in govorom filozofa Slavoja Žižka. Kot has been releasing music as Bowrain since 2014. Bowrain je glasbo pričel izdajati leta 2014, pod This name represents his electronic experimen- imenom, ki predstavlja njegovo elektronsko ek- tal vision, which will shine from his third album. sperimentalno vizijo. Ta bo sijala tudi z njegove- “Distracted” is still in the works and will be a ga tretjega albuma. "Distracted" je še na poti in collaboration with Ljubljana based guitarist and bo predstavljal sodelovanje z ljubljanskim kita- producer UM and Amsterdam based drummer ristom ter producentom UM-om in amsterdam- Robert Nitschke. skim bobnarjem Robertom Nitschkejem.

MENT 2016 21 lineup MENT 2016 COSOVEL (Poland / Poljska) Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 21:45 @ Channel Zero

Cosovel aka Izolda Sorenson might be a Polish singer-songwriter, producer and instrumentalist but she’s definitely named after Slovenian poet ČAO PORTOROŽ (Slovenia / Slovenija) Srečko Kosovel. It's a small world after all! But Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 23:30 @ Klub Gromka this is far from the reason for Cosovel’s appea- rance at MENT. No, it is her approach to music, Čao Portorož do not like long introductions. documented on her 2015 debut, where she and Their songs reflect that. Hard-hitting and con- her bandmates experiment with synthesizers, cise vignettes, where punk and indie guitar rock cello and violins to create something you might intertwine with pop forms. They can be consi- call avant-garde pop, which brings her to Lju- dered as a tribute to nineties alternative rock bljana. Jazz and folk elements are just as much on one hand and the new wave of Yugoslavian a part of this as electronica. Her concerts, whe- rock on the other. They speak a “global” langua- re she’s accompanied by a bass & ukulele player ge, sometimes singing in Serbian, other times in and a lady drummer, are a wild adventure with Slovene or French. In any case, their performan- live visuals. ce is a comprehensible surge of inviting melodies and distorted riffs. Čao Portorož practice on Cosovel oziroma Izolda Sorenson je resda polj- Fridays. They tear the stage up any day. ska kantavtorica, producentka in instrumenta- listka, a ime si je nedvomno nadela po našem Čao Portorož ne marajo dolgih predstavitev. In pesniku Srečku Kosovelu. Svet je res majhen! A taki so tudi njihovi komadi. Udarne in jedrnate to še zdaleč ni razlog, da bo nastopila na MENT- vinjete, kjer se punk in indie kitarski rock preple- -u. Ne, njen pristop do glasbe, ujet na prvencu ta s pop obrazci. Lahko jih pojmujemo kot po- iz leta 2015, na katerem skupaj s svojim bendom klon alternativnemu rocku devetdesetih na eni eksperimentira s sintesajzerji, čelom in violina- in novovalovskim obrazcem jugo šole na drugi mi ter ustvarja izraz, ki bi ga lahko označili za strani. Njihov jezik je “svetski”, enkrat rohnijo v avantgardni pop, je tisti, ki jo bo pripeljal v Lju- srbščini, drugič v slovenščini, tretjič po franco- bljano. Jazz in folk elementi so prav tolikšen del sko. V vsakem primeru je njihov nastop več kot njene glasbe kot elektronika. Njeni nastopi, na razumljiv sunek vabljivih melodij in distorziranih katerih se ji pridružita basist in ukulelist ter bob- riffov. Čao Portorož vadijo ob petkih. Na odru narka, pa so divja avantura z vizualijami v živo. sesujejo kadarkoli.

22 lineup MENT 2016 DANIEL VEZOJA (Slovenia / Slovenija) Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 21:15 @ Kavarna SEM

Daniel is a singer-songwriter, self-described as a melancholic optimist. He comes from the town of Brežice, but feels at home in America- na, folk and alt-country sounds and songs. As of two years ago, his home away from home is Dublin, with its fertile new songwriters' scene. He regularly played at local singer-songwriter DJ PEGLASUS & FREEVERSE nights there, which led to an encounter with Ga- (Slovenia / Slovenija) vin Glass, a Dublin-based producer, with whom Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 02:30 @ Gala hala Daniel recorded his debut solo album, due in spring 2016. He released his first official single I Familiar faces on the Ljubljana club scene and Hope The Wind Knows in November 2015. prominent members of the Filter and Bojler col- lectives, the two now represent a new dynamic Daniel je kantavtor, ki se opisuje kot melanho- duo, encompassing a broad array of bass and lični optimist. Prihaja iz Brežic, domače pa se beats music from all over the world. Words are počuti v zvokih in skladbah americane, folka ter unnecessary – worry not, your feet will be sore alt-countryja. Pred dvema letoma je njegov dru- in the morning. gi dom postal Dublin s svojo plodno novo kan- tavtorsko sceno. Redno je igral na tamkajšnjih Stara znanca ljubljanskih klubov ter vidnejša čla- lokalnih kantavtorskih večerih, kjer je spoznal na kolektivov Filter in Bojler se tokrat predsta- dublinskega producenta Gavina Glassa, s ka- vljata kot nov dinamični duo, ki glasbeno zajema terim je posnel svoj samostojni prvenec. Ta naj širok spekter bass in beatsglasbe z vseh koncev bi izšel spomladi, prvi uradni singel I Hope The sveta. Besede so odveč – brez skrbi, zjutraj vas Wind Knows pa je izdal novembra. bodo bolele noge.

MENT 2016 23 lineup MENT 2016 FISMOLL (Poland / Poljska) Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 20:00 @ Kino Šiška / Komuna

FIELD STUDIES (Great Britain / You may not have heard of the 21-year-old Pole, Velika Britanija) but his single Let’s Play Birds has been played Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 21:00 @ Kino Šiška / Komuna online more that 2.5 million times. And for good reason. For music critics, the most obvious re- These young fellas from Nottingham are masters ference is Bon Iver, while his fans say that he of the indie rock cocktail. Their gentle melodies simply knows how they feel. He is joined in the invoke passionate and distorted waves of emo- studio and on stage by a colourful band, with tion. They already have a tour with the excellent whom he recorded this year’s “Box of Feathers”. Girl Band under their belt, while the BBC featu- For fans of fragile acoustic confessions, the wor- red them at its Glastonbury stage. The reactions ld of fis-moll is just a click away. to their set ranged from “Best band at Glaston- bury” to simply “rawr”. Rawr along with them! Morda za 21-letnega Poljaka še niste slišali, je pa njegov komad Let’s Play Birds na spletu kliknilo Mladeniči iz Nottinghama so mojstri indie rock že več kot 2,5 milijona ljudi. In ne brez razloga. koktajla. Nežne melodije selijo v strastne in di- Za glasbene kritike je najbolj očitna referenca storzirane valove čustev. V biografijo so že zabe- Bon Iver, medtem ko oboževalci pravijo, da pre- ležili turnejo z odlično zasedbo Girl Band, BBC prosto ve, kaj čutijo. Tako v studiu kot na odru pa jih je posadil na svoj oder sredi Glastonbu- ga dopolnjuje pisan bend, s katerim je posnel rya. Komentarji dotičnega nastopa sežejo vse od tudi svoj letošnji album "Box of Feathers". Tisti, “Najboljši bend Glastonburyja” pa do preproste- ki vam je krhka akustična izpoved blizu - čudovi- ga “rawr”. Zarjovite tudi vi! ti svet fis-mola je le še klik stran.

24 lineup MENT 2016 HEATHERED PEARLS (USA / ZDA) / Ghostly International Night Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 00:00 @ Gala hala IT'S EVERYONE ELSE (Slovenia / Slovenija) Heathered Pearls is Polish-born Brooklynite Ja- Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 00:00 @ Menza pri koritu kub Alexander, whose career in music was deeply rooted even before he ever released his own. “A most pleasurable attack on the ears,” wrote As curator for Tycho’s ISO50 blog, co-founder of Christian Maiwald for the German Ox-Fanzine. the Moodgadget label, and A&R at Ghostly In- And he’s more than right. The duo doesn’t mess ternational, Alexander has been entrenched in around. It’s Everyone Else will shatter your pre- the industry since 2002. He was first introduced conceptions about electronic music. They com- to the power of ambient music by his mother at bine distorted synths, glitchy samples and two an early age, discovered techno as a teenager li- merciless vocals to create an eclectic mix of in- ving in the Detroit area, and gradually learned to dustrial, hardcore, noise-rock and pop. They are create his own vision of the genres. His second known for their wild live performances, which full-length, "Body Complex", was released in will leave you feeling violated in the most ple- 2015, blending ambient and techno with imma- asurable way. It’s Everyone Else’s music comes culate 4/4 figurines, glacial tone drifts, and star- directly from their guts, without any regard for ry synth plateaus. rules or expectations. Their second album was released on the Austrian label Noise Appeal and Heathered Pearls je Jakub Alexander, Brooklyn- it’s titled "New Religion" - get it? čan poljskega rodu, ki se je v glasbeni industriji uveljavil že dolgo pred začetkom lastne ustvar- “Izjemno prijeten napad na ušesa,” je za nemški jalne poti. Kot kustos Tychovega bloga ISO50, Ox-Fanzine zapisal Christian Maiwald. In še kako soustanovitelj založbe Moodgadget in iskalec prav ima. Dvojec se ne heca. It’s Everyone Else talentov pri založbi Ghostly International je bil bo razbil vaše ideje o elektronski glasbi. Združu- Alexander v industriji dejaven že od 2002. Moč je distorzirane sinte, cvrkutajoče semple in par ambientalne glasbe mu je že v mladih letih pred- neusmiljenih vokalov, da ustvari eklektično zmes stavila njegova mama, kot najstnik v Detroitu industriala, hardcora, noise-rocka in popa. Znan je spoznal techno, postopoma pa se je naučil je po svojih divjih nastopih, ki vas bodo oskruni- ustvarjati lastno žanrsko vizijo. Svoj drugi dol- li na izjemno prijeten način. Glasba It’s Everyone gometražni album "Body Complex" je izdal leta Else prihaja naravnost iz drobovja, brez oziranja 2015, na njem pa se ambientalna glasba in techna pravila ali pričakovanja. Drugi album je par no prepletata z brezhibnimi 4/4 figurami, lede- izdal pri avstrijski založbi Noise Appeal, naslovil niškimi tonskimi zdrsi in zasanjanimi sint platoji. pa ga je "New Religion" – štekate?

MENT 2016 25 lineup MENT 2016 JARDIER (Slovenia / Slovenija) Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 19:00 @ Kino Šiška / Komuna

Strong, emotionally fueled pop-rock songs with JIMMY BARKA EXPERIENCE (Slovenia / Slovenija) overwhelming warm vocals and sliding guitar Wednesday / Sreda, 3 Feb, 20:15 @ Kino Šiška / Katedrala sounds mark Jardier as one of the most promising new bands on the Slovenian scene. Main Four turntables and one drum set or DJs Bakto author and singer Alex Raztresen draws inspi- and Borka and drummer Marjan Stanić make up ration from the best singer-songwriter, blues, a project that exists outside the framework of folk and Americana traditions, while his band- standard DJ/musician collaboration. They are mates, experienced musicians in their own right, a proper band, a trio which moves away from shape clever, modern arrangements around his the idea of instrumentation, layered over a DJ songs. Their excellent self-titled debut album is sample. The result is a collage of diverse music out now and they are ready to take it around the - from funk, break, afro, all the way to the explo- world with their intense live performances. itation of Balkan music and rock. The audience ends up dancing to their hectic mix on a wild, Močne, čustvene pop-rock skladbe s prelivajo- yet smooth ride from Peru to Baku. čimi toplimi vokali in drsečimi kitarskimi zvoki označujejo Jardier za eno najbolj obetavnih do- Štirje gramofoni in bobni oziroma didžeja Bak- mačih zasedb. Glavni tekstopisec in pevec Alex to in Borka ter bobnar Marjan Stanić sestavljajo Raztresen navdih črpa iz najboljših kantavtor- projekt, ki beži iz okvirov standardnega didžej/ skih, blues, folk in Americana tradicij, njegovi glasbenik sodelovanja. So pravi pravcati bend, sočlani, tudi sami izkušeni glasbeniki, pa okoli trio, ki se odmika od ideje instrumentacije na di- njegovih pesmi izoblikujejo premetene, sodobne džejevsko podlago. Rezultat je kolaž raznovrstne aranžmaje. Bendov izvrsten istoimenski prvenec godbe - od funka, brejkov, afra, vse tja do ek- je že zunaj, zdaj pa je zasedba pripravljena, da sploatacije balkana in rocka. Na koncu zapleše- ga popelje okoli sveta s svojimi intenzivnimi na- mo ob hektični mešanici in se podamo na divjo, stopi v živo. toda ubrano vožnjo od Peruja do Bakuja.

26 lineup MENT 2016 KAGOULE (Great Britain / Velika Britanija) Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 00:30 @ Menza pri koritu

The members of this Nottingham trio have a lot in common with the nineties. To start with, they were born in the middle of the decade. After the first few shows they played, they were a little confused when older audience members com- pared them to bands such as Smashing Pump- kins and Fugazi. They naturally decided to learn more about “the elders”, and fell in love with the discography of legendary label Dischord along the way. The origin of their sound can thus be traced to the echoes of independent rock KAR ČEŠ BRASS BAND (Slovenia / Slovenija) from the 1990s. Fun guitar riffs, a thrumming Wednesday / Sreda, 3 Feb, 19:15 @ Kino Šiška / Hall bass, heavy drums and the combination of male and female vocals on their demos, released The young blood of the Slovenian brass band when they were still in high school, were enough scene! Hailing from the nonconformist jazz and to persuade BBC One and NME. Today they stu- rock town of Cerkno and inspiration-fuelled by dy on the road - whether it be while sharing the Cerkno's unique international Jazz Festival as stage with METZ and Iceage, or while waiting to much as the sounds of New Orleans, this ener- perform at Glastonbury. getic 10-piece has been blowing, banging and hitting the streets and festivals with a repertoire Člani tria iz Nottinghama imajo precej skupne- of well-known brass tunes, as well as its own ga z devetdesetimi. Za začetek je sredina tega music, for over a decade already. International obdobja čas njihovega rojstva. Tako so po prvih appearances include Umbria Jazz Balkanic Win- koncertih malce začudeno gledali, ko so starej- dows /Belgrade, Jazzfest Gronau, Femuka, Jazz ši ob njihovi glasbi omenjali benda Smashing Saalfelden and many others. Pumpkins in Fugazi. Seveda so se pustili pouči- ti o “starinah” in se vmes zaljubili v diskografijo Mlada kri slovenskih godb na pihala! Doma iz legendarne založbe Dischord. Izvor zvoka mla- nekonformističnega jazzerskega in rockerskega deničev in mladenke lahko tako iščemo v od- Cerkna ter navdahnjena tako s tamkajšnjim edin- mevih neodvisnega rocka devetdesetih. Zabavni stvenim mednarodnim jazz festivalom kot z zvo- kitarski riffi, hrumeč bas, težki bobnarski udarci ki New Orleansa, ta energična desetčlanska za- in spoj moškega ter ženskega vokala so že na sedba že več kot desetletje piha, tolče in udarja demo posnetkih, ko so bili člani še šolarji, pre- po ulicah in festivalih z repertoarjem dobro po- pričali BBC One in NME. Danes študirajo na poti znanih napevov in lastne glasbe. Mednarodni na- - pa naj bo to medtem ko si delijo odre z METZ stopi vključujejo Umbria Jazz Balkanic Windows in Iceage ali pa ko čakajo na svoj nastop na Gla- /Beograd, Jazzfest Gronau, Femuko, Jazz Saal- stonburyju. felden in številne druge.

MENT 2016 27 lineup MENT 2016 LEYYA (Austria / Avstrija) Wednesday / Sreda, 3 Feb, 21:00 @ Kino Šiška / Komuna

Chaos vs. Routine, Woman vs. Man, Art vs. Pop — the sound of Vienna-based electronic-pop KARMAKOMA (Slovenia / Slovenija) formation Leyya creates a foreign yet familiar Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 22:15 @ Channel Zero surrounding; spherical, floating, but also violent and impulsive. The experimental combination of The electro-rock duo combines dancing and an- vocal melancholy and electronic beats makes its ger. Synths and punk. The self-assured rhythm softness sound edgy and creates comfort zones, of Benjamin Kovač and the range of Enej Mavsar, just to push you out of them into the vastness of who we know from psychedelic experimental the unpredictable. The creative duo of Sophie band The Lift, this time taking on synths in ad- Lindinger and Marco Kleebauer has released its dition to guitar and vocals. Their debut “Imagi- debut album "Spanish Disco" in May 2015, with nation & Mechanical Metamorphoses” (ZARŠ, critics comparing their sophisticated, detailed 2014) still resonates, be it from radio speakers and deep sound to Portishead’s "Dummy". On or TV commercials, while the duo is already gro- stage, the duo becomes a quartet, delivering a oving towards the future. Their latest single Re- performance of rare intensity. miss is distinctly more electronic, club oriented, calm and mature. Nonetheless, Karmakoma’s Kaos proti rutini, ženska proti moškemu, ume- live performances are still a rock blast. tnost proti popu – zvok dunajske elektro-pop zasedbe Leyya ustvari nepoznan, a vseeno do- Elektro-rockovski tandem spaja ples in jezo. Sin- mač ambient; sferičen, lebdeč, a hkrati nasilen in te in punk. Suveren ritem Benjamina Kovača in impulziven. Zaradi eksperimentalne kombinacije širino Eneja Mavsarja, ki ga poznamo še iz psi- vokalne melanholije in elektronskih beatov meh- hedelično raziskovalnega benda The Lift, tokrat koba zveni ostro ter ustvarja cone udobja, le da pa poleg vokalov in kitare prevzame še sinte. Pr- vas že naslednji hip iz njih potisne v širnost ne- venec “Imagination & Mechanical Metamorpho- pričakovanega. Kreativni duet Sophie Lindinger ses” (ZARŠ, 2014) še vedno odmeva, naj bo iz in Marca Kleebauerja je svoj prvenec "Spanish radijskih zvočnikov ali televizijskih reklam, duo Disco" izdal maja 2015, kritiki pa so njun sofisti- pa že gruva v prihodnost. Aktualni singel Remiss ciran, podroben in globok zvok primerjali s Por- je očitno bolj elektronski, klubski, umirjen in zrel. tisheadovo ploščo "Dummy". Na odru se dvojec Kljub temu je Karmakoma v živo še vedno rock- prelevi v četverec in nastopi z redko videno in- ovska petarda. tenzivnostjo.

28 lineup MENT 2016 LORD RAJA (USA / ZDA) / Ghostly International Night Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 00:45 @ Gala hala LIFECUTTER (Slovenia / Slovenija) Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 00:30 @ Klub Gromka I want to make songs that sound like visuals, help take people somewhere bigger than their He likes synths, effect pedals, distortion and dif- standard headspace.” No wonder that such an ferent types of heavy music, and makes music artistic vision got Chester Raj Anand aka Lord because he has to. Domen Učakar, the man be- Raja signed to Ghostly International. He was fa- hind the electronic adventure featuring electro, scinated from his early childhood by the possi- techno and experimenting, is far from a newco- bilities of music production software, studied mer to musical exploration. He travelled down piano and jazz percussion, and was inspired by that road with a number of local bands. With the dance genres as well as hip-hop and the scari- Lifecutter project, he’s exploring on his own - ness of Aphex Twin. Through innovative use of avoiding customary and well-established track new and old music technology, he has brought structures. He uses different types of sound all these elements together on the new, styli- synthesis and an array of stomp boxes to make stically diverse album "PARA". What unifies his music. He derives from the noise scene and "PARA" is its ability to reference an encyclopae- takes that mentality into his electronic music to dia of dance genres while maintaining an aura of make a palette of dark atmospheric tension, a mystery and calm. And while the music it conta- packed energy bomb that dilutes the border be- ins is forward-thinking, it remains approachable tween analogue and digitally produced sounds. — easy to enter, easier still to get lost inside. It can pulsate, break rhythmically or take you on a cinematic journey. “Želim ustvarjati skladbe, ki zvenijo kot vizuali- je in ki popeljejo ljudi na miselni nivo, večji od Rad ima sinte, efekte, distorzijo in različne zvr- običajnega.” Nič čudnega, da je takšna umetni- sti težkih godb, glasbo pa ustvarja, ker mora. ška vizija Chesterja Raja Ananda oz. Lorda Raja Domen Učakar, mož za elektronsko avanturo pripeljala do pogodbe z Ghostly International. electra, techna in eksperimentacije, še zdaleč ni Že od zgodnjega otroštva ga fascinirajo možno- novinec v glasbenem raziskovanju. Na to pot se sti, ki jih ponuja programska oprema za glasbe- je podal že s številnimi lokalnimi bendi. S pro- no produkcijo. Študiral je klavir in jazz tolkala jektom Lifecutter raziskuje na lastno pest in se ter iskal navdih tako v plesnih žanrih kot tudi v pri tem izogiba običajnim, ustaljenim struktu- hip-hopu in strašljivosti Aphex Twina. Z inovativ- ram. Glasbo ustvarja s pomočjo različnih zvočnih no uporabo nove in stare glasbene tehnologije sintez in z naborom stomp boxov. Izhaja iz nojz je vse te elemente uspešno združil na stilistično scene, to mentaliteto pa prenaša v svojo elek- raznolikem novem albumu "PARA". Rdeča nit al- tronsko glasbo. S tem oblikuje paleto temačne buma je sklicevanje na enciklopedijo plesnih ža- ambientalne napetosti, nabito bombo energije, nrov, a obenem ohranjanje avre skrivnostnosti in ki briše mejo med analogno in digitalno proizve- umirjenosti. In čeprav je glasba napredna, ostaja denimi zvoki. Lahko pulzira, se ritmično lomi, ali dostopna – preprosta za vstop, še bolj preprosta pa odpelje na filmsko potovanje. za izgubljanje v njej.

MENT 2016 29 lineup MENT 2016 MAARJA NUUT (Estonia / Estonija) Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 22:15 @ Stara elektrarna

The enchanting music of this lovely fiddler and singer combines traditional dance tunes, songs, and stories with live electronics, creating a space where minimalism and experimental music meet Estonian musical traditions. Maarja is se- arching for a lively and relaxed state like a cat ready to pounce. She says this state "gives rise MAKROHANG (Hungary / Madžarska) to music and makes me want to prolong being Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 23:30 @ Klub Gromka in the moment while altering ways of seeing, he- aring and perceiving”. In the spring of 2013, she #jazzformetalheads is the tag invented by the released her debut album “Soolo” that genera- Hungarian instrumental band that combines a ted quite a bit of buzz in Europe, including many wide variety of genres. The young threesome glowing reviews and a surprise Twitter shout- partially formed at The Liszt Ferenc Academy -out from Duran Duran frontman Simon LeBon. in Budapest creates a sonic world influenced by Maarja’s second album is to be released in early jazz, rocking guitar sounds and heavy bass li- 2016. nes.In 2014 Makrohang won Talentometer talent contest organized by the well recognized venue Očarljiva glasba te prikupne goslačke in pevke A38 Ship as the first instrumental act and achie- združuje tradicionalne plesne napeve, pesmi in ved national recognition. After a few locally well zgodbe z živo elektroniko, pri tem pa ustvarja received releases, the new album is already on prostor, v katerem se minimalizem in eksperi- the way. mentalna glasba srečujeta z estonsko glasbeno tradicijo. Maarja išče živahno in sproščeno #jazzformetalheads je hashtag, ki ga je za opis stanje, kot mačka v pripravljenosti. Pravi, da se svoje multižanrskosti izumil madžarski instru- ji v tem stanju “pojavi glasba in v meni vzbudi mentalni bend. Mlada trojica, delno ustanovlje- željo, da podaljšam bivanje v trenutku, medtem na na Akademiji Liszta Ferenca v Budimpešti ko predrugači moje videnje, slišanje in dojema- ustvarja soničen svet z vplivi jazza, rockerskih nje”. Spomladi 2013 je izdala svoj prvenec “Soo- kitar in težkih basovskih linij. Leta 2014 je Ma- lo”, ki je v Evropi povzročil kar nekaj navdušenja, krohang kot prvi instrumentalni bend, zmagal na vključno s številnimi recenzentskimi pohvalami natečaju Talentometer, ki ga organizira poznana in presenetljivo Twitter omembo frontmena za- koncertna ladja A38. Z zmago je nase opozoril sedbe Duran Duran, Simona LeBona. Maarjin celo državo, dobro sprejeti pa so bili tudi njegovi drugi album naj bi izšel v pričetku leta 2016. dosedanji izidi. Novi je seveda že na poti.

30 lineup MENT 2016 MUSTELIDE (Belarus / Belorusija) MATWE DRAPPENMADCHENFELLER Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 00:15 @ Channel Zero (Slovakia / Slovaška) Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 01:15 @ Klub Gromka “The electronic princess of Belarus”, as Nataliya Kunitskaya aka Mustelide is labeled by the press, Are you ready for some neo-swing madness? is indeed a special personality in the Eastern Matwe is a music selector who focuses on swing, European electro-pop scene. She released her nu-jazz, indie and alternative electronica. He has debut album “Secret” on Russian label Soyuz been exposed to various musical genres since Music and at the same time, she is getting re- his childhood. His father organized swing nights cognition in the West, having one of the Top 30 in Trenčianske Teplice, which were a fundamen- tracks of the San Francisco based SomaFM radio tal influence on Drappenmadchenfellers' altere- station. As a producer, songwriter and singer, go. Don’t mistake neo-swing for electro swing – handling 2 synthesizers, a Groovebox, sampler this is a genre that merges instrumental ferocity, and vocals in her solo live performances, she is dynamic drums and a striking brass section. Ma- really shaping and directing her artistic vision by twe adds elegance and passion, and his contagi- herself. Spacey electronic atmospheres, groovy ous musical joy is converted into eccentric dan- rhythms and sensual, shady vocals create a my- ce creations on the stage. Matwe loves clubs and sterious yet warm atmosphere, recalling Chro- festivals as a visitor, as well as an organiser. His matics-style synth-pop with Italo flavour. But home festival is Pohoda, where he is a member hey, Belarusians do it better! of the organising team. "Elektronska princesa Belorusije", kot Nataliyo Ste pripravljeni na neo-swing norost? Matwe Kunitskayo oz. Mustelide označujejo mediji, je je glasbeni selektor, ki se osredotoča na swing, vsekakor posebnica na vzhodnoevropski elek- nu-jazz, indie in alternativno elektroniko. Že od tro-pop sceni. Svoj prvenec "Secret" je izdala pri otroštva je izpostavljen različnim glasbenim ža- ruski založbi Soyuz Music, hkrati pa pridobiva na nrom. Njegov oče je v kraju Trenčianske Teplice prepoznavnosti na Zahodu, saj ima eno od Top prirejal swing večere, ki predstavljajo poglaviten 30 skladb na radiu SomaFM, ki je stacioniran v vpliv na Drappenmadchenfellerjev alter ego. Ne San Franciscu. Kot producentka, skladateljica in zamešajte neo-swinga za electro swing – gre za pevka v svojem solo nastopu upravlja z dvema žanr, ki združuje instrumentalen bes, dinamične sintesajzerjema, Grooveboxom, semplerjem in še bobne in udarno sekcijo trobil. Matwe doda ele- poje. Tako res povsem sama oblikuje in usmerja ganco in strast, njegovo nalezljivo glasbeno ve- svojo umetniško vizijo. Vesoljski elektronski am- selje pa se na odru preliva v ekscentrične plesne bienti, gruvi ritmi in čutni, rahlo temačni vokali stvaritve. Zaljubljen je v klube in festivale, kot ustvarjajo skrivnostno, a hkrati toplo vzdušje, ki obiskovalec in tudi kot organizator, njegov do- v spomin prikliče synth-pop Chromaticsov s pri- mači festival je Pohoda, kjer je tudi član organi- okusom Italo-disca. Ampak Belorusinje to poč- zacijske ekipe. nejo bolje!

MENT 2016 31 lineup MENT 2016 NOCTIFERIA / TRANSNATURA live & unplugged (Slovenija / Slovenia) Wednesday / Sreda, 3 Feb, 21:45 @ Kino Šiška / Katedrala

Legendary Slovenian metalheads unplugged, with a string quartet, horn section and updated arrangements. Legendarni slovenski metalci v izštekani različi- ci, z godalnim kvartetom, pihalci in osveženimi The most important Slovenian metal band is ce- aranžmaji. lebrating its 20th anniversary this year, along with the 10th anniversary of the current line-up, Najpomembnejši slovenski metal bend letos which was enhanced by a Macedonian keybo- praznuje prvih 20 let delovanja in prvih 10 let ardist three years ago. Over the past two deca- ustaljene postave, ki jo je pred tremi leti dopol- des, the band toured all over Europe, shared the nil makedonski klaviaturist. V dveh desetletjih je stage with legends such as Enslaved, Cannibal bend iz Šiške obredel vso Evropo, si delil odre z Corpse, Deicide, Kataklysm, Immolation, Dim- legendarnimi Enslaved, Cannibal Corpse, Deici- mu Borgir, Samael, In Flames and Hypocrisy, and de, Kataklysm, Immolation, Dimmu Borgir, Sa- went on a trip to China last year. Across five al- mael, In Flames in Hypocrisy, lani pa zavil še na bums, it switched metal genres, from black me- Kitajsko. Pet studijskih albumov je menjalo metal to technical death, nowadays being classified talske predoznake - iz black metala v tehnični as industrial metal. Seeing as the group appa- death, danes pa jih uvrščajo v industrial metal. rently has no difficulties switching styles, it -re Ker žanrska širina zasedbi očitno ne predstavlja sponded to the challenge of the legendary "Un- težav, je tu še aktualna verzija “slečene” Nocti- plugged" (Izštekani) radio show on Val 202. The ferie. Ta je skladbe z zadnjih treh albumov pre- band stripped songs from its last three albums oblekla v akustiko, jim spremenila zvok in aranž- into acoustic versions, changing their sound and maje ter jih prestavila v raznovrstne žanre - celo arrangements and shuffling them into various v jazz, gypsy swing in country - ali pa posula s genres – even jazz, gypsy swing and country – španskim temperamentom. Obenem se je obo- or peppering them with Spanish temperament. rožila še s trobili, z godali in ženskim vokalom. Enhanced by a horn section, a string quartet and Eksperiment je seveda sprožila legendarna od- female vocals, Noctiferia is ready to unplug for daja Izštekani na Valu 202. Tokrat se bo Noctife- MENT as well! ria izštekala še za MENT!

32 lineup MENT 2016 NINA BULATOVIX (Slovenia / Slovenija) Wednesday / Sreda, 3 Feb, 22:30 @ Kino Šiška / Komuna

NOVA DEVIATOR (Slovenia / Slovenija) A post-punk band that gave a voice to the anti- Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 01:15 @ Klub Gromka -establishment. Bass, drums and vocals instead of protest signs, demonstrations and stones. Luka Prinčič is a musician, sound designer and Started as a rebellious act against the reckless media artist. He currently works at Emanat Insti- practices of the local administrations regarding tute and runs Kamizdat, a music label for adven- the city of Maribor as the European Capital of turous music. He has been writing music, crea- Culture in 2012 and their plans for renovating ting sound art, performing, and manipulating the Pekarna Cultural Centre. In both cases, the new media in various ways since the mid ’90s. attitude towards the importance of undergro- He specialises in computer music, elaborated und and alternative culture was overly dismis- funk beats, immersive soundscapes, inciden- sive and completely lacked understanding. But tal music for live arts & video, and digital media Nina rose up to the task of setting things strai- experiments. He has performed at festivals such ght with lucid cries of dissatisfaction, relentles- as Ars Electronica, EMAF, Netmage and Trouble, sly holding up a mirror to those empty words travelling all across Europe and further (New and gesticulations, to polluted and narrow min- York and New Zealand) with his work. Luka is ds. Their career might have started with the passionate about free software, science fiction, members being threatened with a lawsuit for social awareness, critical expression and the pe- defamation, but their 2014 second full-length culiarity of contemporary human condition. At “Jate” was praised by critics and the band's MENT Nova will show off his dj skills. Expect de- name slowly got a new meaning. Here’s a les- viations! son: Don’t erase. Change.

Luka Prinčič je glasbenik, zvočni oblikovalec in Post-punk bend, ki je dal glas kontra-establi- medijski umetnik. Trenutno dela na zavodu Ema- šmentu. Bas, bobni in vokala namesto transpa- nat in vodi založbo za drzno glasbo Kamizdat. rentov, protestov in granitnih kock. Rodil se je Sam piše glasbo, ustvarja zvočno umetnost, na- kot znak upora proti nepremišljenim potezam stopa in manipulira nove medije na različne nači- mestnih oblastnikov v zvezi z Mariborom kot ne že od sredine devetdesetih. Njegova speciali- Evropsko prestolnico kulture 2012 in njihovim teta so računalniška glasba, razdelani funk beati, načrtom za prenovo kulturnega središča Pe- poglobljene zvočne krajine, spremna glasba za karna. V obeh primerih je bil odnos do pomena žive performanse in video, ter raziskovanje di- podtalne in alternativne kulture pretirano brez- gitalnih medijev. Nastopil je na festivalih, kot so brižen ter povsem brez razumevanja. A Nina je Ars Electronica, EMAF, Netmage in Trouble, s stvari postavila na pravo mesto z lucidnimi kri- svojim delom pa je prepotoval Evropo in še dlje ki nezadovoljstva, neizprosno držeča ogleda- (New York in Nova Zelandija). Njegove strasti lo praznim besedam in gestam, pokvarjenim in so brezplačna programska oprema, znanstvena ozkoglednim mislim. Začetek bendove kariere je fantastika, družbena ozaveščenost, kritično iz- pospremila grožnja s tožbo zaradi razžalitve, a ražanje in nenavadnost sodobnega človeškega s hvaljenim drugim dolgometražcem "Jate" leta stanja. Na MENT-u bo Nova predstavil svoje di- 2014 je bendovo ime počasi dobilo nov pomen. džejevske sposobnosti. Pričakujte deviacije! Nauk zgodbe: Ne izbriši. Spremeni.

MENT 2016 33 lineup MENT 2016 PRISMOJENI PROFESORJI BLUESA (Slovenia / Slovenija) Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 23:00 @ Gala hala

PRIDJEVI (Croatia / Hrvaška) Nutty professors of blues! Considering their age, Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 23:15 @ Menza pri koritu they seem to be students rather than career aca- demics, but, boy, when they grab their guitar, Pridjevi means adjectives. Psychedelic. Melodic. harmonica, bass and drums, they really go nuts Dreamy. Popish. Dancing. Experimental. Prid- and become virtuoso professors that will give jevi. Croatian critics named their self-titled al- you a lesson to remember! Good old rock’n’roll bum, which was released by Chicago label Tro- with young blood and spirit, taking the best uble in Mind, as one of the best albums of 2014. from the heritage of blues, funk and psychede- The band’s story started just a year earlier, when lic rock’n’roll and making their own explosive mastermind Dino Santaleza merged his ideas mixture to blow your ears and hearts away while with renowned singer-songwriters Ivana Picek your legs do funny things. The Professors have and Nina Romić. Soon after, the trio grew into a been one of the hardest working live bands in sextet and started receiving praise from the lo- the past year, taking to the stages at all man- cal audience. Their quality was also recognized ner of clubs, bars, streets, venues and TV shows abroad, including by online portal Allmusic, whi- in Slovenia. Each gig increased their word of ch described their convincing blend of genres as mouth reputation and number of nutty fans that a dizzying concoction of baroque pop, pseudo- range from teenagers to the elderly. Their debut -tropicalia, trebly acid rock and psych-blasted album is slated for the beginning of 2016. worldbeat. Glede na starost so prej študenti kot akademiki, Pridevniki. Psihedelični. Melodični. Zasanjani. ampak, madona, ko zagrabijo kitaro, orglice, bas Popovski. Plesni. Eksperimentalni. Pridjevi.Hr- in bobne, se jim res utrga in postanejo virtuozni vaški kritiki so istoimenski album, izdan za či- profesorji, ki vam bojo dali pošteno lekcijo! Do- kaško založbo Trouble in Mind, uvrstili skoraj bri stari rokenrol z mlado krvjo in dušo, ki pobira na vse lestvice najboljših albumov leta 2014. In najboljše iz zapuščine bluesa, funka in psihede- zgodba se je začela šele leto prej, ko se je idejni ličnega rokenrola ter ustvarja eksplozivno zmes, vodja Dino Santaleza povezal s prepoznavnima da vam odpihne ušesa in srca, medtem ko vaše kantavtoricama Ivano Picek in Nino Romić. Hip noge počnejo hecne stvari. Profesorji so en naj- pozneje je trio prerasel v sekstet in pričel navdu- bolj trdo garajočih koncertnih bendov pretekle- ševati lokalno občinstvo. Kvaliteto so prepoznali ga leta, saj so nastopali na vseh mogočih in ne- tudi izven meja – čudili so se recimo pri porta- mogočih odrih klubov, barov, ulic, dvoran in TV lu Allmusic, kjer so prepričljivo žanrsko mešani- oddaj v Sloveniji. Z vsakim nastopom se širi do- co opisali kot vrtoglavo zmes baročnega popa, ber glas o njih in raste število prismojenih fenov, psevdo-tropikalije, visokofrekvenčnega acid roc- od najstnikov do starejših. Njihov prvenec naj bi ka in s psihedelijo prežetega worldbeata. izšel v pričetku leta 2016.

34 lineup MENT 2016 PUNČKE (Croatia / Hrvaška) Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 00:30 @ Klub Gromka

Punčke means girls. And they rock! They unfor- tunately had to cancel their performance at last year’s MENT due to health issues, but this time around we're keeping our fingers crossed. They first came to the public's attention with their ROPOPOROSE (France / Francija) debut album "Sunčano s povremenom naob- Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 19:00 @ Kino Šiška / Komuna lakom”, which made it onto most best-of-the- -year lists in the region. Their quality is not only Pauline just finished high school. Romain is her limited to the studio - the three-girl band, who- older brother. Together they make up Ropopo- se music is rooted in rock, whether preceded by rose, an impervious and insanely talented indie the adjectives “punk”, “indie” or “alternative”, rock duo. Live loops form the basis of their so- has held over 300 concerts to date. They ope- und, whose layers divulge both simple melodi- ned for Queens of the Stone Age twice and have es and noisy guitars. No wonder that the two list performed at numerous regional festivals: EXIT, Yann Tiersen and Sonic Youth among their favo- Sziget, INmusic and Terraneo. Punčke are loud, urite artists. Despite their youth, they have done emotional and explosive. Let them shake you countless shows in France, performing on small too. stages as well as numerous festivals, introduced themselves to a Canadian audience in Septem- Punčke means girls. And they rock! Lani so bile ber, and now they will finally take a right turn on zaradi zdravstvenih težav primorane odpovedati the map. Allons-y! nastop na MENT-u, tako da v drugo držimo pe- sti. Nase so prvič resneje opozorile z leta 2013 Pauline je ravno zaključila srednjo šolo. Romain izdanim prvencem "Sunčano s povremenom na- je njen starejši brat. Skupaj sta Ropoporose. Ne- oblakom", ki je v regiji prišel na tako rekoč vse prebojen in blazno talentiran indie rock tandem. lestvice najboljših albumov leta. A ne gre le za Živi loopi oz. zanke predstavljajo osnovo njune- uspešno studijsko realizacijo, bend treh deklet, ga zvoka, ki nato skozi plasti razkriva tako vpliv ki so glasbeno zakoreninjene v rocku, pa naj bo preprostih melodij kot hrupnih kitar. Ne čudi, da ta s pridevnikom punk, indie ali alternativen, ima med najljubšimi naštejeta Yanna Tiersena in So- za sabo več kot 300 koncertov. Med drugim tudi nic Youth. Francijo sta kljub rosni mladosti prei- dva kot predskupina zasedbi Queens of the Sto- grala po dolgem in počez, od najmanjših odrov ne Age in na kopici regijskih festivalov: EXIT, Sz- do obilice festivalov, septembra sta se predsta- iget, INmusic in Terraneo. Punčke so glasne, ču- vila kanadskemu občinstvu, tokrat pa končno po stvene in eksplozivne. Naj pretresejo tudi vas. zemljevidu v desno. Allons-y!

MENT 2016 35 lineup MENT 2016 REPETITOR (Serbia / Srbija) Wednesday / Sreda, 3 Feb, 23:15 @ Kino Šiška / Katedrala

Ever since their debut album came out in 2008, the Belgrade trio have been the main regional ace in the hole of the alternative scene. Gara- ge rock and post-punk are lax descriptions of a Beograjski trio je že vse od izida prvenca leta band that leaves its sweat, blood and heart on 2008 glavni regionalni adut alternative. Garažni stage. Drummer Milena could undoubtedly rock rock in post-punk sta ohlapna opisa benda, ki na Dave Grohl's socks off, Ana-Marija is a fountain odru pusti znoj, kri in srce. Bobnarka Milena bi of dirty bass line energy, while guitarist and lead brez dvoma sezula Dava Grohla, Ana-Marija je vocalist Boris Vlastelica is - without doubt and vrelec energije umazanih basovskih linij, kitarist exaggeration - the voice of a generation, a punk in glavni vokalist Boris Vlastelica pa - brez dvo- poet and a feral soul without inhibition on stage. ma in pretiravanj - glas generacije. Punkovski Repetitor have played countless shows all over poet, na odru pa podivjana duša brez zavor. Re- the Balkans, booked several European tours, im- petitor so odigrali nešteto koncertov širom Bal- pressed in China, and performed at all major fe- kana, več evropskih turnej, navdušili Kitajce ter stivals in the region (Sziget, Exit, Pohoda, INmu- nastopili na vseh ključnih festivalih v regiji (Szi- sic, Terraneo, SuperUho, Lent …). Wherever they get, Exit, Pohoda, INmusic, Terraneo, SuperUho, play, be it a festival stage or an abandoned ruin Lent ...). Kjerkoli igrajo, naj bo ogromen festival- at the edge of town, one thing is for certain - ski oder ali zapuščena luknja na robu mesta, je they always leave the audience wanting more. ena stvar jasna - po koncu so vsi za še.

36 lineup MENT 2016 SAY YES DOG (Luxembourg / Luksemburg) SASSJA (Bosnia and Herzegovina / Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 22:45 @ Channel Zero Bosna in Hercegovina) Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 23:45 @ Channel Zero It was Fusion Festival in Germany that turned friends into a band. The three of them wanted to Sassja, a songwriter and MC from Tuzla in cen- go to the festival, no matter what. Sadly, Fusion tral Bosnia, is one of the very few female MCs in was sold out. But Say Yes Dog had a plan. They the region.Combining a street hip-hop style and asked a friend to film them performing, sent the various descendants of Jamaican music with clip to Fusion and unbelievably managed to get lyrics in Bosnian-Tuzla slang, Sassja has establi- a slot at the festival. “Now we had tickets for the shed herself as a voice of many in the young ge- entire gang, but we didn’t have enough songs to neration of music enthusiasts in the broader ex– fill a set. So what happened was, we sat down Yugoslavian region. Her successful singles Clash and wrote a couple more.” Said and done. But and Etikete have scored more than 1 million You- this was only the beginning. Their catchy synth- Tube views each and have prepared the ground -pop “with more hooks than a fisherman's tac- for her debut album “Taktički praktično”, which kle box" (says Time Out London) has substance. came out in spring 2015. Her quirky and char- Hey, they played Primavera Sound two times in a ming personality, combined with a “don’t mess row! Their debut “Plastic Love” was released in with me” attitude, make her performances a vi- September, so hop on the plastic train. vid and energetic live music experience. Festival Fusion v Nemčiji je bil tisti, ki je iz prija- Sassja, producentka in raperka iz Tuzle, je ena teljev naredil bend. Trojica je za vsako ceno žele- redkih ženskih raperk v regiji. Z združevanjem la na festival, a je bil na žalost razprodan. A čla- uličnega hip-hopa in različnih potomcev jamaj- ni so imeli načrt. Kolega so prosili, naj posname ške glasbe z besedili v domačem slengu se je njihov nastop, video poslali na Fusion in neverje- uveljavila kot glas številnih v mladi generaciji tno uspeli dobiti nastop na festivalu. "Tako smo glasbenih navdušencev širše ex-Yu regije. Nje- imeli vstopnice za celo druščino, a nismo imeli ni uspešnici Clash in Etikete sta na YouTubu za- dovolj komadov za nastop. Zato smo se usedli beležili že več kot milijon ogledov vsaka in pri- in jih napisali še nekaj." Rečeno, storjeno. A to pravili teren za prvenec "Taktički praktično", ki je bil šele začetek. Nalezljiv sint-pop, ki sede v je izšel spomladi 2015. Njena hecna in prikupna uho kot maslo na kruh ima vsebino. Hej, na festi- osebnost ter "ne se zafrkavat z mano" odnos pa valu Primavera Sound so igrali dvakrat zapored! na odru poskrbita za doživet in energičen na- Prvenec "Plastic Love" je izšel septembra, zato stop. skočite na plastični vlak.

MENT 2016 37 lineup MENT 2016 SWEET SWEET MOON (Austria / Avstrija) Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 19:00 @ Kinodvor (film + concert)

Matthias Frey is Sweet Sweet Moon. Someti- mes on his own, sometimes with friends, he uses a violin and his cracked voice to create folk Matthias Frey je Sweet Sweet Moon. Včasih sam, symphonies. His best friend is the loop effect drugič v družbi, na odru z violino in počenim and he also knows his way around drums, guitar glasom ustvarja folkovske simfonije. Njegov naj- and accordion. He plays everywhere, preferably boljši prijatelj je loop efekt, v studiu pa poprime in unusual settings or on the street – among the tudi za boben, kitaro in harmoniko. Igra povsod, people. His performances are charming, emotio- zdi se, da najraje v nenavadnih prostorih ali pa nal and simply endearing. And apparently, they na ulici - med ljudmi. Njegovi nastopi so očar- can easily impress people from the other side ljivi, čustveni in preprosto simpatični. Očitno of the world as well. This unordinary tale be- pa zlahka navdušijo tudi ljudi na drugem koncu gan with a simple street video by Austrian team sveta. Ta nenavadna zgodba se je začela s pre- They Shoot Music, which exploded on YouTu- prostim uličnim posnetkom avstrijske ekipe They be and seemingly charmed audiences in South Shoot Music, ki je zaživel na YouTubu in očitno America. Comments, messages and invitati- očaral predvsem občinstvo v Južni Ameriki. Za- ons started raining down, and in 2013, the team čeli so deževati komentarji, sporočila, prošnje in went to meet Matthias's biggest fans – across leta 2013 se je ekipa odpravila spoznati Matthi- the Atlantic Ocean. The result is Fuck the Atlan- asove največje oboževalce - čez Atlantski oce- tic Ocean, a documentary that tells the strange an. Tako je nastal dokumentarni film Fuck the story of a Viennese musician, a viral YouTube Atlantic Ocean, nenavadna zgodba dunajskega clip and a long journey. glasbenika, viralnega YouTube posnetka in dol- ge poti. Fuck the Atlantic Ocean will be screened ahead of the concert — on Thursday, February 4th, at 19.00 in Film Fuck the Atlantic Ocean si boste lahko ogledali pred Kinodvor. nastopom — v četrtek, 4. 2. ob 19:00 v Kinodvoru.

38 lineup MENT 2016 FILM: Fuck the Atlantic Ocean CONCERT/ KONCERT: Sweet Sweet Moon

Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 19:00 @ Kinodvor (film + concert)

A film about an Austrian band, a YouTube hit and a journey to the far side of the world. A packed cultural centre in Buenos Aires, the best party in town in Mar del Plata, a secret gig with a Chilean star in Valparaíso: Fuck The Film o avstrijskem bendu, YouTube hitu in poto- Atlantic Ocean portrays the Viennese band Swe- vanju na drugo stran sveta. et Sweet Moon on their unconventional journey Napolnjen kulturni dom v Buenos Airesu, naj- through Argentina and Chile. It all started with a boljša zabava v mestu Mar del Plata, skrivni YouTube video of a charming Sweet Sweet Moon nastop čilsko zvezdo v Valparaisu: Fuck The street performance that went viral. The video Atlantic Ocean predstavlja neobičajno potova- gained the young artist a surprisingly large and nje dunajske zasedbe Sweet Sweet Moon po enthusiastic fanbase in South America, althou- Argentini in Čilu. Vse se je začelo z YouTube vi- gh Sweet Sweet Moon have neither played nor deom očarljivega uličnega nastopa benda Sweet released music there. Clicks were followed by Sweet Moon, ki je zaokrožil po spletu. Video je manifold expressions of love and euphoric in- mladi zasedbi prinesel presenetljivo veliko nav- vitations, so Sweet Sweet Moon seized the mo- dušenih oboževalcev v Južni Ameriki, pa čeprav ment to embark on a journey across the Atlantic Sweet Sweet Moon tam nikoli ni igral ali izdal Ocean to meet their biggest fans … In 2011 the glasbo. Klikom so sledile številne izpovedi lju- Vienna video bloggers They Shoot Music Don’t bezni in evforična vabila, zato je bend izkoristil They filmed the band Sweet Sweet Moon during trenutek in se podal na potovanje čez Atlantski a spontaneous live session in the streets of Vi- ocean, na obisk k svojim največjim fenom …Leta enna. The video exploded on YouTube, reached 2011 so dunajski videoblogerji They Shoot Mu- over 650.000 views and gained the band a sur- sic Don’t They posneli bend Sweet Sweet Moon prisingly large and enthusiastic fanbase in South med spontanim koncertom na ulicah avstrijske America. In March 2013 Sweet Sweet Moon em- prestolnice. Video je eksplodiral na YouTubu, do- barked on an adventurous journey through Ar- segel več kot 650.000 ogledov in bendu prine- gentina and Chile, from the Atlantic to the Pa- sel presenetljivo veliko navdušenih oboževalcev cific Ocean, and They Shoot Music joined the v Južni Ameriki. Marca 2013 se je Sweet Sweet travelling party to film the trip. Along the route Moon podal na pustolovsko potovanje po Argen- Sweet Sweet Moon played free house shows for tini in Čilu, od Atlantika do Pacifika, They Shoot their biggest fans and performed intimate and Music pa se jim je pridružil s kamero. Na poti je spontaneous sessions in unusual places (from bend za največje fene odigral brezplačne hišne a car graveyard to a natural amphitheatre to a koncerte in izvedel intimne spontane nastope winding road in Valparaiso). They met fans who na nenavadnih krajih (od avtoodpada do narav- have long waited for this to happen, and stum- nega amfiteatra in ovinkaste ceste v Valparaisu). bled into chance encounters with strangers Srečal se je z oboževalci, ki so dolgo čakali na that helped them understand why Sweet Sweet ta trenutek, in po naključju naletel na tujce, ki so Moon’s music strikes such a chord with South mu pomagali razumeti, zakaj se Južnoameričani Americans. tako najdejo v njegovi glasbi.

MENT 2016 39 lineup MENT 2016 SHIGETO (USA / ZDA) / Ghostly International Night Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 01:30 @ Gala hala

At the forefront of the mighty Ghostly Internati- V ospredju večera mogočne založbe Ghostly In- onal label mission at MENT, here comes the be- ternational na MENT-u najdemo ritmičen, s te- at-driven, richly textured sound design of Shi- ksturami bogat zvočni dizajn Shigeta. Dve leti geto. Two years after the release of his second po izidu njegovega drugega dolgometražnega full-length album and after working with a new albuma in po nastopanju z novo koncertno sku- live ensemble, playing electronics in a jazz quar- pino, igranju elektronike v jazz kvartetu ter sne- tet and recording with rappers, the busy Detro- manja z reperji, smo dočakali nov material izpod it polymath, born Zach Saginaw, is finally back prstov izvajalca, rojenega kot Zach Saginaw, ne- with exciting new material. "Intermission EP", umornega polihistorja iz Detroita. "Intermission released in the end of October, is a new celebra- EP", ki je izšel konec oktobra 2015, je novo sla- tion of percussive, polyrhythmic grooves, am- vljenje udarnih poliritmičnih vzorcev, ambien- bient depth and complexity, which at moments talne globine in kompleksnosti, ki na trenutke results in beatless, textural drifts. Sonic diversi- zaide v teksturne zdrse brez beatov. Zvočna ra- ty that evokes a dynamic sense of exploration, znolikost, ki prikliče dinamičen občutek razisko- excitement, and stylistic freedom. vanja, vznemirjenja in stilistične svobode.

40 lineup MENT 2016 THE BIG BLUFF (Latvia / Latvija) Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 22:00 @ Gala hala Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 22:15 @ Kavarna SEM

Rock'n'roll and blues are bursting from the La- tvian trio, which leans on the legacy of giants such as Elvis and Dylan, while at the same time remaining aware of the fact that a convincing live performance is the main asset of such per- formers. The expressive and self-sacrificing voice of lead singer Ilja invokes the great vocalists of the sixties and seventies, who were able to pour their souls out over the microphone. Their debut album was nominated for best Latvian rock album in 2014, and the band sticks to the ŠULJO (Slovenia / Slovenija) recipe of continuous touring. Jump into a Ca- Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 01:30 @ Channel Zero dillac, put on your sunglasses and let the tires screech on the hot asphalt! The world of wild Šuljo is the king of hip-hop beats. He is the mu- rock’n’roll is just around the corner. sical force behind Maribor-based rap collective Tekochee Kru, and has shared his expertise with Rokenrol in blues vreta iz latvijskega tria, ki se numerous renowned local and international ra- opira na zapuščino velikanov, kakršna sta Elvis ppers, including the likes of KRS One. He has re- in Dylan, obenem pa se zaveda, da je prepričljiv leased a solo record, as well as regularly deejays nastop glavni adut tovrstnih izvajalcev. Izrazit in and organizes events. požrtvovalen vokal pevca Ilje spomni na odlič- ne vokaliste šestdesetih in sedemdesetih let, ki Šuljo je šef hip-hoperskih beatov. Je odgovoren so znali čez mikrofon izliti svojo dušo. Njihov pr- za glasbo mariborskega rap kolektiva Tekochee venec je bil nominiran za najboljši latvijski rock Kru, sicer pa je svoje znanje delil že z mnogimi album leta 2014, sicer pa se bend drži recepta priznanimi domačimi in tujimi raperji - med njimi stalnega koncertiranja. Skok v cadillaca, sončna je recimo KRS One. Povil je tudi solo ploščo, re- očala na nos in naj gume zavrejo razgreti asfalt! dno didžeja in organizira dogodke. Svet divjega rokenrola je le še nekaj ulic stran.

MENT 2016 41 lineup MENT 2016 WEREFOX (Slovenia / Slovenija) Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 21:00 @ Kino Šiška / Komuna

The quartet from Prekmurje is a rock machine of dirty riffs that exudes sonic stoner sex appeal. A THE CANYON OBSERVER (Slovenia / Slovenija) collective of renowned musicians, who played a Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 22:30 @ Channel Zero notable role in shaping the new Prekmurje scene in bands such as Psycho-Path, Sphericube The Canyon Observer is a wandering monster and Manul, found shelter in Werefox and rele- that slogs through the murky depths of sludge ased their debut in 2013, stating: "I Am Memo- and post-metal. Its path leads from the aliena- ry". They are back with their sophomore record, ted rumbling of abandoned beasts in dried out entitled “Das Lied der Maschinen”, which will wastes to extreme volume and velocity - all the make its debut at MENT. The record was produ- way to atmospheric black metal. It has found its ced by the band’s long-time friend and the for- way to all corners of Europe as well as the UK’s mer frontman of Austria's legendary noise rock biggest independent festival Bloodstock. The band Sans Secours, Hannes Jaeckl. Clench your release of its latest album “FVCK” was suppor- teeth, addictive melodies are about to sink their ted by the magazine New Noise and the webzine claws into you, while the bushy tail of a broad No Clean Singing, among others. If it’s too loud, array of alt-rock sweeps you off your feet. you’re too old. If it’s sooo heavy, you’re at a The Canyon Observer gig. Prekmurski kvartet je rockovska mašina umazanih riffov in stonerski zvočni seksapil. Banda po- The Canyon Observer je tavajoča pošast, ki bro- znanih glasbenikov, ki je v bendih Psycho-Path, di po močvirjih sludga in post-metala. Na svojih Sphericube in Manul krojila dobršen del nove poteh sega vse od odtujenih šušljanj zapuščenih prekmurske scene, je pred nekaj leti svoje zave- zveri izsušene pustinje do ekstremnih glasnosti tišče našla v zasedbi Werefox in že z leta 2013 in hitrosti - vse tja do atmosferičnega black me- izdanim prvencem najavila: “I Am Memory”. tala. Pot jo je peljala po mnogih koncih Evrope Zdaj udarja v drugo. Z novo ploščo naslovlje- pa vse do največjega neodvisnega otoškega fe- no “Das Lied der Maschinen”, ki jo bo premier- stivala Bloodstock. “FVCK” je naslov bendovega no predstavila prav na MENT-u. Produciral jo je frišnega izdelka, ki sta ga s premierama ob izi- Hannes Jaeckl, dolgoletni prijatelj članov in ne- du podprla tudi revija New Noise in webzine No koč frontman legendarnega avstrijskega noise Clean Singing. If it’s too loud, you’re too old. If rock benda Sans Secours. Stisnite zobe, zagrabili it’s sooo heavy, you’re at a The Canyon Obser- vas bodo kremplji zasvojljivih melodij, košati rep ver gig. cele palete alt rocka pa vam bo spodnesel tla.

42 lineup MENT 2016 YOUR GAY THOUGHTS (Slovenia / Slovenija) Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 23:00 @ Gala hala YUNG (Denmark / Danska) Your Gay Thoughts is an audio-visual collective Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 23:00 @ Menza pri koritu of Ljubljana-based musicians, producers, DJs and visual artists, intensively recording the vibe Screaming guitars, riffing drums, bang-your- of the local creative urban scene of today and -soul-out vocals. Yung are young and jiggling tomorrow. Their lyrical post-pop music, inspi- and spraying all over the overwhelming sonic red by instrumental hip-hop and future beats, energy of their seductive punk rock songs. Led features live drums, keys, bass, guitars, electro- by 21-year-old frontman and songwriter Mikkel nics, vocals and vivid live visuals on stage. Their Holm Silkjær, this group hailing from Aarhus has international festival appearances so far inclu- just released the “These Thoughts Are Mandato- de Waves Vienna, INmusic Festival and Reeper- ry Chores,” EP on legendary Mississippi label Fat bahn. Their debut album "The Watercolors" was Possum Records, joining their impressive roster co-produced by Headshotboyz in Budapest and including The Black Keys, Al Green, Fat White after being presented locally in September, its Family, Youth Lagoon and many more. Anthemic international release is slated for January 2016 guitars and driving rhythm, insistent to the point via Canadian label King Deluxe. The video for of impatience, show angst acting as a powerful the second single Among The Lull was premie- fuel for self-expression. Yung is gasoline poured red by Thump. on a fire already fed by youthful energy.

Your Gay Thoughts je avdio-vizualen kolektiv, Tuleče kitare, rifajoči bobni, vokali iz dna duše. ki sestoji iz ljubljanskih glasbenikov, producen- Zasedba Yung je mlada in migajoča in prevze- tov, DJ-jev in vizualnih umetnikov, ki intenzivno majočo sonično energijo svojih zapeljivih punk- beležijo utrip lokalne urbane scene sedanjosti -rock pesmi šprica vsepovsod. Pod poveljstvom in prihodnosti. Njihovo lirično post-pop glasbo 21-letnega frontmena in skladatelja Mikkela navdihujejo instrumentalni hip-hop in futuristič- Holma Silkjærja je skupina iz Aarhusa ravnokar ni beati, ob spremljavi bobnov, klaviatur, basa, izdala kratkometražnik "These Thoughts Are kitar, elektronike, vokala in z živahnimi vizuali- Mandatory Chores" pri legendarni založbi iz Mi- jami na odru. Nastopali so že na mednarodnih sisipija Fat Possum Records ter se pridružila festivalih Waves Vienna, INmusic in Reeperbahn. njenemu impresivnemu naboru izvajalcev, kot Njihov prvenec "The Watercolors" je koprodu- so The Black Keys, Al Green, Fat White Family, ciral dvojec Headshotboyz v Budimpešti. Lokal- Youth Lagoon in številni drugi. Himnične kitare ni izdaji v septembru bo januarja 2016 sledila in goneč ritem, vztrajen že skoraj do nepotrpe- mednarodna pri kanadski založbi King Deluxe. žljivosti, tesnobo prikazujejo kot močno gorivo Videospot za drugi singl Among The Lull je pre- za izražanje. Yung je bencin, dolit na ogenj, ki ga mierno predvajal Thump. že hrani mladostna energija.

MENT 2016 43 lineup MENT 2016 44 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE / KONFERENČNI URNIK MENT 2016

Conference Festival, SK), Slobodan Milunović (MetalDays, The Echo of 2015, the Sound of 2016 / In a time when artists can publish their music festivala Helena Sildna imenovana za estonsko SI), Dan Panaitescu (Sziget, HU), François Odmev leta 2015, zvok leta 2016 directly and promote their work independent- Državljanko leta zaradi podpore civilni iniciati- Wednesday / Sreda, 3. 2. Programme / Audigier (Europavox, FR) ly, many expected that the digital world would vi za tolerantno družbo. TMW je postal orodje Konferenčni Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 13:30 @ Katedrala render record labels obsolete. However, despite sprememb, orodje za boljšo družbo in navdih, 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 13:00 13:30 14:00 14:30 15:00 15:30 16:00 16:30 17:00 17:30 18:00 18:30 19:00 program The festival industry has been on the rise in the all the digital possibilities and the reputation of kako lahko kreativnost poganja celotno državo. 18:00 last few years and it is no surprise newcomer HOST / VODI: Richard Foster (The Quietus, labels (be it justified or not), bands still want Prisluhnimo Helenini viziji in zgodbi na MENTu! bands often view festival performances as their WORM, Smikkelbaard, NL) to sign with record labels and record labels still komuna Ex-YU Experience Ex-YU Experience / Ex-YU izkušnja main opportunity and the biggest step to suc- SPEAKERS / GOVORCI: Nick Hobbs (Charmen- have something extra to offer. There is still an --- cess. But let’s check the reality behind it. How ko, TR), Helen Sildna (Tallinn Music Week, EE), obvious need and a place for independent re- Wednesday / Sreda, 3 Feb, 18:00 @ Komuna do festivals discover and select young and up- Scott Cohen (The Orchard, UK) cord labels in the digital age. Let’s find out how Lost & Found in Digital / Kako se znajti v coming bands? How are the musicians treated? record labels cope with the present situation digitalnem HOST / VODI: Hannes Tschürtz (Ink Music, AT) What is their standing in the festival line-up? Is 2015 is over. It is time for a music overview and and survive in these turbulent times. SPEAKERS / GOVORCI: Login Kočiški (Pass- there any room to promote newcomer bands analysis of the most notable events, interesting Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 17:00 @ M Hotel word, MK), Mirna Zarić (Charmenko, TR), Nikola within the festival promotion? Do festivals rep- moments and key changes in the music indus- V dobi, ko lahko glasbeniki sami izdajo in pro- Sekulović (Dallas, SI), Sanjin Đukić (LAA, HR) resent that big step forward in a band’s career? try that marked the past year. How did the con- movirajo svojo glasbo, so mnogi pričakovali, da HOST / VODI: Scott Cohen (The Orchard, UK) Thursday / Četrtek, 4. 2 cert and festival industries experience 2015? bo digitalni svet izpodrinil založbe. A kljub vsem SPEAKERS / GOVORCI: Simon Wheeler (Beg- During the opening panel, speakers from four Festivalska industrija je v zadnjih letih v vzpo- gars Group, UK), András Bozán Bodrogi (Google 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 13:00 13:30 14:00 14:30 15:00 15:30 16:00 16:30 17:00 17:30 18:00 18:30 19:00 How did the record industry survive another digitalnim možnostim in slovesu založb (upravi- different countries of former Yugoslavia and nu in ni presenetljivo, da novi bendi nastope na year, and is vinyl still on the rise? What’s new čenem ali ne), bendi še vedno želijo pod okrilje Ground Budapest, HU), Dartsya Tarkovska 10:00 12:15 from different backgrounds (manager, musi- festivalih pogosto dojemajo kot glavno prilož- in media/tech/business? Lastly, what do music glasbenih založb, glasbene založbe pa še vedno (Soundbuzz, UA) komuna Speed Listening cian, booking agent, PR, festival, label) will nost in najpomembnejšo stopničko k uspehu. professionals expect 2016 will bring? imajo nekaj dodatnega za ponuditi. Očitno tudi Networking: Session offer a broad introduction into the hills and val- A preverimo, kako je v resnici. Kako festivali v digitalnem veku obstajata potreba in prostor It seems that the digital age has brought about Kafana leys of the ex-YU music market - its specifics, odkrivajo in izbirajo mlade & vzhajajoče bende? Leto 2015 je mimo. Čas je za glasbeni pregled in za neodvisne glasbene založbe. Poglejmo, kako endless new possibilities in the music industry Skopje – differences, unwritten rules, best practices, op- Kako z njimi ravnajo? Kje se nahajajo v seznamu analizo najbolj pomembnih dogodkov, zanimivih se te spopadajo s trenutno situacijo in preživijo – streaming, digital distribution, social me- Ljubljana portunities, as well as bust some of the myths nastopajočih? Je v okviru promocije festival kaj trenutkov in ključnih sprememb v glasbi, ki so v teh burnih časih. dia, Youtube, various digital platforms – all of and mysteries of this restless region. It is the prostora tudi za promocijo mladih bendov? So zaznamovale preteklo leto. Kaj so izkušnje kon- which are fantastic, user-friendly promotion katedrala 11:00 13:30 16:00 perfect opportunity to find out first-hand what festivali res tisti tako želeni korak naprej v ben- certne in festivalske industrije? Kako je založbe- --- tools with immediate effects. However, one can Festivals The Echo Talk: you have always wanted to know about the re- dovi karieri? na industrija preživela še eno leto in ali je vinil še quickly get lost and miss out on the main ben- and New of 2015, Helen Sildna gional music scene! v vzponu? Kaj je novega v medijih/tehnologijah/ Talk: Helen Sildna / Tallinn Music Week efits, due to a lack of understanding of what is Talents the Sound (Tallinn Music Week) --- poslu? In nenazadnje, kaj glasbeni strokovnjaki actually happening in the broad picture. What of 2016 Na uvodni okrogli mizi bodo govorci iz štirih raz- pričakujejo v letu 2016? Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 16:00 @ Katedrala is the role of promotion in the digital world, the ličnih držav bivše Jugoslavije in različnih strok Listening Session / Poslušalnica value of data and the importance of analytics, (menedžer, glasbenik, agent, piarovec, festival, --- Tallinn Music Week – A Tool for Change the need for understanding the shift from own- 12:30 14:45 17:00 m hotel založba) v splošnem predstavili višave in globi- Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 12:15 @ Komuna ership to access to music, and recent changes Music Export The New Lost & Found ne ex-YU glasbenega trga, njegove posebnosti, The ABC of D: Social Media in Music / Družbeni Tallinn Music Week was founded in 2009 with in revenue flows? All this needs to be taken Office in Life of Indie in Digital razlike, nenapisana pravila, najboljše prakse in HOST / VODI: Jernej Sobočan (Val 202 / musi- mediji in glasba a very clear goal - to make the music indus- into account before opening a discussion of Action Labels priložnosti ter razkrili nekaj mitov in skrivnosti cian / glasbenik, SI) try work in Estonia. The festival steadily grew the possibilities, common errors and misunder- tega nemirnega območja. Odlična priložnost, da SPEAKERS / GOVORCI: Si Hawkins (journalist Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 14:00 @ M Hotel 2 stronger and broader and became a launching standings, best practices, tricks and secrets of iz prve roke izveste vse, kar ste kadarkoli želeli / novinar, UK), Mariusz Herma (beehype, PL), pad for both local and also regional artists each specific platform. vedeti o regionalni glasbeni sceni! Barbora Šubrtová (United Islands of Prague, SPEAKER / PREDAVA: from all music genres, providing them with a m hotel 2 14:00 CZ), Leo Vidmar (Potlista, HR) Andrew Apanov (Dotted Music, US) Zdi se, da je digitalna doba s sabo prinesla The ABC of D: fair chance in the international music industry --- neskončne nove možnosti v glasbeni industri- Social Media circles. Today it is a major international event A group of international music professionals ji – streaming, digitalno distribucijo, družbene in Music You are likely to agree: there are too many so- with around 25.000 visitors and international Speed Networking / Hitro mreženje: will go on a blind date with songs by select- cial media platforms available for musicians, participants from more than 50 countries. Mu- medije, Youtube, razne digitalne platforme – Kafana Skopje – Ljubljana ed MENT artists, who will receive immediate, and there is too little time to manage even a sic, from classical to punk, remains the core fantastična, uporabniku prijazna promocijska direct and honest feedback. We bet you don’t few, let alone all of them. What social networks part of its programme, but the festival hosts a orodja s hitrim izkupičkom. A zaradi pomanjka- Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 10:00 @ Komuna often get a chance to hear an honest analysis are worth focusing on in 2016? Which tools to variety of creative and educative programmes nja razumevanja, kaj se dogaja v širšem smislu, of individual songs by internationally renowned use to spend as little time as possible on man- for a curious mind: design, arts, cuisine, tech- se lahko hitro izgubite in zgrešite glavne pred- Kafana is the lively welcoming place where Bal- music experts – so don’t miss this one! aging your social media world? How to com- nology, science, urban spaces, talks and dis- nosti. Kaj so vloga promocije v digitalnem sve- Friday / Petek, 5. 2. kan people meet, socialize, drink and discuss bine different social media platforms and what cussions. Through its seven years of existence, tu, vrednost podatkov in pomembnost analitik, business, politics and life. Enjoy a coffee or Skupina mednarodnih glasbenih strokovnjakov should be the interaction between them? What TMW has played a significant role in setting razumevanje premika od lastništva do dostopa 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 13:00 13:30 14:00 14:30 15:00 15:30 16:00 16:30 17:00 17:30 18:00 18:30 19:00 even a morning rakija to boost your network- bo imela zmenek na slepo s skladbami izbranih is too much and what is not enough? Andrew up the Music Estonia music export office and do glasbe in nedavne spremembe v toku pri- ing and meet influential people from the music nastopajočih na MENT-u, ti pa bodo takoj in ne- Apanov will run through the key social media lobbying for creative industries policies and hodkov? Vse to je potrebno upoštevati, preden 11:00 markets and scenes of ex-YU countries. A great posredno izpostavljeni direktnemu in iskrenemu platforms that every artist needs these days tourism strategies on a governmental level, as se lotimo razpravljanja o možnostih, pogostih komuna The Future opportunity to network with delegates from all mnenju. Stavimo, da nimate pogosto priložnosti – from Facebook and Twitter to SoundCloud well as standing up for some of the core values napakah in nesporazumih, najboljših praksah, of Music corners of the music industry (management, la- slišati iskrene analize posamezne skladbe s stra- and Patreon – and explain exactly how each of in the society – openness, equal opportunities trikih ter skrivnostih določene platforme. Media bels, booking agencies, festivals, journalists ...) ni mednarodno priznanih glasbenih strokovnja- them is applied to the world of music. By the and respect for all cultures and forms of free and to create new business opportunities! kov, zato Poslušalnice ne gre zgrešiti! end you will know exactly where to invest your self-expression. In 2015 the festival’s founder --- time and energy. Helen Sildna was awarded the Citizen of the To participate in the speed networking --- Year title in Estonia for backing a citizens’ ini- The Future of Music Media / 12:45 15:00 16:00 session, please register in advance - write to: Music Export Office in Action / Verjetno se boste strinjali: na voljo je vse pre- tiative in support of a tolerant society. TMW Prihodnost glasbenih medijev Keynote Talk: KEYNOTE [email protected]. “Music Export Office” v akciji več družbenih medijev za glasbenike, časa za has become a tool for change, a tool for a bet- katedrala Interview: Bastl INTERVIEW: The number of participants is limited. Registra- upravljanje z nekaterimi od njih, kaj šele vsemi, ter society and an inspiration on how creativity Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 11:00 @ Komuna Martin Instruments Jeff Owens tion functions on a first come, first served basis. Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 12:30 @ M Hotel pa je daleč premalo. Na katera družbena omrež- can drive the whole country. Let’s hear Helen’s Elbourne (Ghostly ja se velja osredotočiti v letu 2016? S katerimi vision and story at MENT! HOST / VODI: Izak Košir (journalist / novinar, SI) (Glastonbury) International) Kafana je živahen, domač prostor, kjer se Bal- HOST / VODI: Virgo Sillamaa (Music Estonia, EE) orodji se jih lotiti, da boste z njihovim upravlja- SPEAKERS / GOVORCI: Jan Clausen (Factory kanci srečujejo, družijo, pijejo in razglabljajo SPEAKERS / GOVORCI: Michał Hajduk (AMI, njem izgubili čim manj časa? Kako kombinirati Tallinn Music Week – Orodje sprememb 92, DE), Daniel Koch (Intro Magazine, DE), 11:30 14:00 o poslu, politiki in življenju. Privoščite si kavo PL), Riku Salomaa (Music Finland, FI), Hannes različne družbene medije in kakšna naj bo njiho- Michael Luger (They Shoot Music, AT), Lenart J. m hotel Introducing Agent’s ali celo jutranjo rakijo in se tako podkrepljeni Tschürtz (Ink Music, AT) va medsebojna interakcija? Kaj je preveč in kaj Tallinn Music Week je bil ustanovljen leta 2009 Kučić (Delo, SI) Belarus Panel - The mrežite ter spoznavajte vplivne posameznike z ni dovolj? Andrew Apanov bo šel skozi ključne z zelo jasnim ciljem – narediti glasbeno industri- Art of Band glasbenih trgov in scen držav nekdanje Jugosla- Ever wondered what “Music Export Office” družbene medije, ki jih glasbenik te dni potre- jo v Estoniji delujočo. Festival je vztrajno rasel v Digitalisation has turned the music media Picking vije. Odlična priložnost za navezovanje stikov z means and what it really does for artists? We buje – od Facebooka in Twitterja do SoundClo- moči in obsegu ter postal odskočna deska tako sphere upside down – and keeps turning it to delegati vseh delov glasbene industrije (mene- will discuss the basic idea behind MEOs, their uda in Patreona – ter pojasnil, kako točno vsa- za lokalne kot regionalne izvajalce vseh ža- this day (anyone remember Myspace?). Let’s džmenta, založb, agencij za booking, festivalov, roles and missions, how they work, their ad- kega od njih uporablja glasbeni svet. Po koncu nrov, saj jim je nudil pošteno možnost v krogih question the future of music media and see 15:00 novinarjev …) in izoblikovanje novih poslovnih vantages, best practices, results and long-term predstavitve boste točno vedeli, kam vložiti svoj mednarodne glasbene industrije. Danes je po- where radio, web/printed magazines, blogs, m hotel 2 Ex-YU priložnosti! effects, various experiences, organizational čas in energijo. memben mednarodni dogodek z okoli 25.000 music journalists, live sessions, new media for- Express forms, as well as how they ensure a represen- obiskovalci in mednarodnimi udeleženci iz več mats and platforms are heading. Which media Za udeležbo je potrebna predhodna rezervacija tative selection of artists and maximize their --- kot 50 držav. Glasba, od klasične do punka, je will new generations turn to in the future? – pišite na: [email protected]. benefits. The New Life of Indie Labels / še vedno v jedru njegovega programa, poleg Število udeležencev je omejeno. Registracija po- Novo življenje neodvisnih založb tega pa vključuje širok nabor kreativnih in izo- Digitalizacija je glasbene medije obrnila na glavo teka po vrstnem redu prijav. – in jih že kar nekaj časa še naprej prevrača (se 17:00 Ste se kdaj že vprašali, kaj pomeni “Music braževalnih programov za radovedne ume: di- Export Office” in kaj res naredi za glasbenike? še kdo spomni Myspacea?) Preprašajmo priho- KINO ŠIŠKA Presentation: Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 14:45 @ M Hotel zajn, umetnost, kulinariko, tehnologijo, znanost, --- Govorili bomo o osnovni ideji MEO, njihovih vlo- dnost glasbenih medijev in poglejmo, v katero HALL - UP Stereosun urbane prostore, pogovore in debate. V sedmih Festivals and New Talents / gah & nalogah, kako delujejo, njihovih prednos- HOST / VODI: Chris Eckman (Glitterbeat letih obstoja je TMW igral pomembno vlogo pri smer grejo radio, spletne/tiskane revije, blogi, Festivali in novi talenti tih, najboljših praksah, rezultatih & dolgoročnih Records, SI/US) vzpostavitvi agencije za mednarodno promocijo glasbeni novinarji, live sešni, nove medijske ob- učinkih, različnih izkušnjah, organizacijskih ob- SPEAKERS / GOVORCI: Tony Duckworth ([PIAS] glasbe Music Estonia in pri lobiranju za politike like in platforme. H katerim medijem se bodo Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 11:00 @ Katedrala likah in kako zagotovijo reprezentativen izbor Poland and Eastern Europe, PL), Andy Bibey kreativnih industrij ter turistične strategije na nove generacije obračale v prihodnje? glasbenikov ter maksimirajo njihove koristi. (One Little Indian Records, UK), Dace Volfa (I vladnem nivoju, pa tudi v bran nekaterih temelj- 44 MENT 2016 HOST / VODI: Tatjana Domany (Austrian Music Love You Records, LV), Miran Rusjan (Moonlee nih družbenih vrednot – odprtosti, enakih mož- --- Export, AT) --- Records, SI) nosti in spoštovanja vseh kultur ter oblik svobo- All the panels and presentations are in English / SPEAKERS / GOVORCI: Michal Kaščák (Pohoda dnega izražanja. Leta 2015 je bila ustanoviteljica Vse okrogle mize in predavanja so v angleškem jeziku. 45 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME / KONFERENČNI PROGRAM MENT 2016

Conference Programme / Konferenčni program

All the panels and presentations are in English / Vse okrogle mize in predavanja so v angleškem jeziku.

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Ex-YU Experience / Speed Networking / Hitro mreženje: Ex-YU izkušnja Kafana Skopje – Ljubljana

Wednesday / Sreda, 3 Feb, 18:00 @ Komuna Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 10:00 @ Komuna

HOST / VODI: Kafana is the lively welcoming place where Hannes Tschürtz (Ink Music, AT) Balkan people meet, socialize, drink and di- SPEAKERS / GOVORCI: Login Kočiški (Password, MK), scuss business, politics and life. Enjoy a coffee Mirna Zarić (Charmenko, TR), Nikola Sekulović or even a morning rakija to boost your net- (Dallas, SI), Sanjin Đukić (LAA, HR) working and meet influential people from the music markets and scenes of ex-YU countries. During the opening panel, speakers from four A great opportunity to network with delega- different countries of former Yugoslavia and tes from all corners of the music industry (ma- from different backgrounds (manager, mu- nagement, labels, booking agencies, festivals, sician, booking agent, PR, festival, label) will journalists ...) and to create new business offer a broad introduction into the hills and opportunities! valleys of the ex-YU music market - its specifics, differences, unwritten rules, best practi- To participate in the speed networking sessi- ces, opportunities, as well as bust some of the on, please register in advance - write to: myths and mysteries of this restless region. [email protected]. The number of partici- It is the perfect opportunity to find out first- pants is limited. Registration functions on a -hand what you have always wanted to know first come, first served basis. about the regional music scene! Kafana je živahen, domač prostor, kjer se Bal- Na uvodni okrogli mizi bodo govorci iz štirih kanci srečujejo, družijo, pijejo in razglabljajo različnih držav bivše Jugoslavije in različnih o poslu, politiki in življenju. Privoščite si kavo strok (menedžer, glasbenik, agent, piarovec, ali celo jutranjo rakijo in se tako podkrepljeni festival, založba) predstavili višave in globine mrežite ter spoznavajte vplivne posamezni- ex-YU glasbenega trga, njegove posebnosti, ke z glasbenih trgov in scen držav nekdanje razlike, nenapisana pravila, najboljše prakse in Jugoslavije. Odlična priložnost za navezova- priložnosti ter razkrili nekaj mitov in skrivnosti nje stikov z delegati vseh segmentov glasbe- tega nemirnega območja. Odlična priložnost, ne industrije (menedžmenta, založb, booking da iz prve roke izveste vse, kar ste kadarkoli agencij, festivalov, novinarjev …) in iskanje no- želeli vedeti o regionalni glasbeni sceni! vih poslovnih priložnosti!

Za udeležbo je potrebna predhodna rezervacija – pišite na: [email protected]. Število udeležencev je omejeno. Registracija poteka po vrstnem redu prijav.

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Listening Session / Poslušalnica Festivals and New Talents / Festivali in novi talenti

Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 12:15 @ Komuna Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 11:00 @ Katedrala

HOST / VODI: Jernej Sobočan (Val 202, musician / glasbenik, SI) HOST / VODI: Tatjana Domany (Austrian SPEAKERS / GOVORCI: Si Hawkins (journalist / Music Export, AT) novinar, UK), Mariusz Herma (beehype, PL), SPEAKERS / GOVORCI: Michal Kaščák (Pohoda Barbora Šubrtová (United Islands of Prague, Festival, SK), Slobodan Milunović (MetalDays, CZ), Leo Vidmar (Potlista, HR) SI), Dan Panaitescu (Sziget, HU), François Audigier (Europavox, FR) A group of international music professionals will go on a blind date with songs by selec- The festival industry has been on the rise in ted MENT artists, who will receive immedia- the last few years and it is no surprise new- te, direct and honest feedback. We bet you comer bands often view festival performan- don't often get a chance to hear an honest ces as their main opportunity and the biggest analysis of individual songs by internationally step to success. But let's check the reality be- renowned music experts – so don't miss this hind it. How do festivals discover and select one! young and upcoming bands? How are the musicians treated? What is their standing in the Skupina mednarodnih glasbenih strokovnja- festival line-up? Is there any room to promote kov bo imela zmenek na slepo s skladbami newcomer bands within the festival promoti- izbranih nastopajočih na MENT-u, ti pa bodo on? Do festivals represent that big step for- takoj in neposredno izpostavljeni njihovemu ward in a band's career? direktnemu in iskrenemu mnenju. Stavimo, da nimate pogosto priložnosti slišati iskrene ana- Festivalska industrija je v zadnjih letih v vzpo- lize posamezne skladbe s strani mednarodno nu in ni presenetljivo, da novi bendi nastope priznanih glasbenih strokovnjakov, zato Poslu- na festivalih pogosto dojemajo kot glavno pri- šalnice ne gre zgrešiti! ložnost in najpomembnejšo stopničko k uspehu. A preverimo, kako je v resnici. Kako festivali odkrivajo in izbirajo mlade & vzhajajoče bende? Kako z njimi ravnajo? Kje se nahajajo v seznamu nastopajočih? Je v okviru promocije festivala sploh kaj prostora tudi za promocijo mladih bendov? So festivali res tisti tako žele- ni korak naprej v bendovi karieri?

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The Echo of 2015, the Sound of 2016 / Talk / PREDSTAVITEV: Odmev leta 2015, zvok leta 2016 Helen Sildna / Tallinn Music Week

Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 13:30 Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 16:00 @ Katedrala @ Katedrala

HOST / VODI: Richard Foster (The Quietus, WORM, Tallinn Music Week – A Tool for Change Smikkelbaard, NL) SPEAKERS / GOVORCI: Nick Hobbs (Charmenko, TR), Tallinn Music Week was founded in 2009 with Helen Sildna (Tallinn Music Week, EE), Scott a very clear goal - to make the music indust- Cohen (The Orchard, UK) ry work in Estonia. The festival steadily grew stronger and broader and became a launching 2015 is over. It is time for a music overview pad for both local and also regional artists and analysis of the most notable events, inte- from all music genres, providing them with a resting moments and key changes in the mu- fair chance in the international music industry sic industry that marked the past year. How circles. Today it is a major international event did the concert and festival industries experi- with around 25.000 visitors and internatio- ence 2015? How did the record industry survi- nal participants from more than 50 countri- ve another year, and is vinyl still on the rise? es. Music, from classical to punk, remains the What's new in media/tech/business? Lastly, core part of its programme, but the festival what do music professionals expect 2016 will hosts a variety of creative and educative pro- bring? grammes for a curious mind: design, arts, cuisine, technology, science, urban spaces, talks Leto 2015 je mimo. Čas je za glasbeni pregled and discussions. Through its seven years of in analizo najbolj pomembnih dogodkov, zani- existence, TMW has played a significant role mivih trenutkov in ključnih sprememb v glas- in setting up the Music Estonia music export benem svetu, ki so zaznamovale preteklo leto. office and lobbying for creative industries Kakšne so izkušnje koncertne in festivalske in- policies and tourism strategies on a gover- dustrije? Kako je založništvo preživelo še eno nmental level, as well as standing up for some leto in ali je vinil še v vzponu? Kaj prinašajo of the core values in the society – openness, novi mediji/tehnologije/poslovni modeli? In equal opportunities and respect for all cultu- nenazadnje, kaj glasbeni strokovnjaki pričaku- res and forms of free self-expression. In 2015 jejo v letu 2016? the festival's founder Helen Sildna was awarded the Citizen of the Year title in Estonia for backing a citizens’ initiative in support of a tolerant society. TMW has become a tool for change, a tool for a better society and an inspiration on how creativity can drive the whole country. Let's hear Helen's vision and story at MENT!

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Music Export Office in Action / “Music Export Office” v akciji

Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 12:30 @ M Hotel

HOST / VODI:: Virgo Sillamaa (Music Estonia, EE) Tallinn Music Week – Orodje sprememb SPEAKERS / GOVORCI: Michał Hajduk (AMI, PL), Riku Salomaa (Music Finland, FI), Hannes Tschürtz Tallinn Music Week je bil ustanovljen leta (Ink Music, AT) 2009 z zelo jasnim ciljem – narediti glasbeno industrijo v Estoniji delujočo. Festival je vztraj- Ever wondered what "Music Export Office" no rasel v moči in obsegu ter postal odskočna means and what it really does for artists? We deska tako za lokalne kot regionalne izvajalce will discuss the basic idea behind MEOs, their vseh žanrov, saj jim je ponudil boljše priložno- roles and missions, how they work, their ad- sti v krogih mednarodne glasbene industrije. vantages, best practices, results and long- Danes je pomemben mednarodni dogodek -term effects, various experiences, organi- z okoli 25.000 obiskovalci in mednarodni- zational forms, as well as how they ensure a mi udeleženci iz več kot 50 držav. Glasba, od representative selection of artists and maxi- klasične do punka, je še vedno v jedru njego- mize their benefits. vega programa, poleg tega pa vključuje širok nabor kreativnih in izobraževalnih programov Ste se kdaj že vprašali, kaj pomeni "Music za radovedne ume: dizajn, umetnost, kulina- Export Office" in kaj res naredi za glasbeni- riko, tehnologijo, znanost, urbane prostore, ke? Govorili bomo o osnovni ideji MEO, njiho- pogovore in debate. V sedmih letih obstoja vih vlogah & nalogah, kako delujejo, njihovih je TMW igral pomembno vlogo pri vzpostavi- prednostih, najboljših praksah, rezultatih & tvi agencije za mednarodno promocijo glas- dolgoročnih učinkih, različnih izkušnjah, orga- be Music Estonia in pri lobiranju za politike nizacijskih oblikah in kako zagotovijo repre- kreativnih industrij ter turistične strategije na zentativen izbor glasbenikov ter maksimirajo vladnem nivoju, pa tudi v bran nekaterih te- njihove koristi. meljnih družbenih vrednot – odprtosti, enakih možnosti in spoštovanja vseh kultur ter oblik svobodnega izražanja. Leta 2015 je bila ustanoviteljica festivala Helena Sildna imenovana za estonsko Državljanko leta zaradi podpore civilni iniciativi za tolerantnejšo družbo. TMW je postal orodje sprememb, orodje za boljšo družbo in navdih, kako lahko kreativnost poganja celotno državo. Prisluhnimo Helenini viziji in zgodbi na MENTu!

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The New Life of Indie Labels / Lost & Found in Digital / Novo življenje neodvisnih založb Kako se znajti v digitalnem

Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 14:45 @ M Hotel Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 17:00 @ M Hotel

HOST / VODI: Chris Eckman HOST / VODI: Scott Cohen (The Orchard, UK) (Glitterbeat Records, SI/US) SPEAKERS / GOVORCI: Simon Wheeler (Beggars SPEAKERS / GOVORCI: Tony Duckworth ([PIAS] Group, UK), András Bozán Bodrogi (Google Poland and Eastern Europe, PL), Andy Bibey Ground Budapest, HU), Dartsya Tarkovska (One Little Indian Records, UK), Dace Volfa (I (Soundbuzz, UA) Love You Records, LV), Miran Rusjan (Moonlee Records, SI) It seems that the digital age has brought about endless new possibilities in the music In a time when artists can publish their mu- industry – streaming, digital distribution, soci- sic directly and promote their work indepen- al media, Youtube, various digital platforms – dently, many expected that the digital world all of which are fantastic, user-friendly promo- would render record labels obsolete. Howe- tion tools with immediate effects. However, ver, despite all the digital possibilities and one can quickly get lost and miss out on the the reputation of labels (be it justified or not), main benefits, due to a lack of understanding bands still want to sign with record labels and of what is actually happening in the broad pic- record labels still have something extra to of- ture. What is the role of promotion in the di- fer. There is still an obvious need and a place gital world, the value of data and the impor- for independent record labels in the digital tance of analytics, the need for understanding age. Let's find out how record labels cope the shift from ownership to access to music, with the present situation and survive in these and recent changes in revenue flows? All this turbulent times. needs to be taken into account before opening a discussion of the possibilities, common V dobi, ko lahko glasbeniki sami izdajo in pro- errors and misunderstandings, best practices, movirajo svojo glasbo, so mnogi pričakovali, tricks and secrets of each specific platform. da bo digitalni svet izpodrinil založbe. A kljub vsem digitalnim možnostim in včasih vprašlji- Zdi se, da je digitalna doba s sabo prinesla vemu slovesu založb (upravičenem ali ne), si neskončne nove možnosti v glasbeni industri- bendi očitno še vedno želijo pod okrilje glas- ji – streaming, digitalno distribucijo, družbene benih založb, glasbene založbe pa še vedno medije, Youtube, razne digitalne platforme – imajo nekaj dodatnega za ponuditi. Očitno fantastična, uporabniku prijazna promocijska tudi v digitalni dobi obstaja potreba in prostor orodja s hitrimi rezultati. A zaradi pomanjka- za neodvisne glasbene založbe. Poglejmo, nja razumevanja, kaj se dogaja v širšem smi- kako se te spopadajo s trenutno situacijo in slu, se lahko hitro izgubite in zgrešite glavne preživijo v teh burnih časih. prednosti. Kakšna je vloga promocije v digitalnem svetu, vrednost podatkov in pomembnost analitik, razumevanje premika od lastništva do dostopa do glasbe in nedavne spremembe v strukturi prihodkov? Vse to je potrebno upo- števati, preden se lotimo razpravljanja o mo- žnostih, pogostih napakah in nesporazumih, najboljših praksah, trikih ter skrivnostih dolo- čene platforme.

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The ABC of D: Social Media in Music / The Future of Music Media / Družbeni mediji in glasba Prihodnost glasbenih medijev

Thursday / Četrtek, 4 Feb, 14:00 @ M Hotel 2 Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 11:00 @ Komuna

speaker / predava: Andrew Apanov (Dotted HOST / VODI: Izak Košir (journalist / novinar, SI) Music, US) SPEAKERS / GOVORCI: Jan Clausen (Factory 92, DE), Daniel Koch (Intro Magazine, DE), Michael You are likely to agree: there are too many so- Luger (They Shoot Music, AT), Lenart J. Kučić cial media platforms available for musicians, (Delo, SI) and there is too little time to manage even a few, let alone all of them. What social net- Digitalisation has turned the music media works are worth focusing on in 2016? Which sphere upside down – and keeps turning it to tools to use to spend as little time as possible this day (anyone remember Myspace?). Let's on managing your social media world? How question the future of music media and see to combine different social media platforms where radio, web/printed magazines, blogs, and what should be the interaction between music journalists, live sessions, new media them? What is too much and what is not eno- formats and platforms are heading. Which ugh? Andrew Apanov will run through the key media will new generations turn to in the fu- social media platforms that every artist needs ture? these days – from Facebook and Twitter to SoundCloud and Patreon – and explain exac- Digitalizacija je glasbene medije obrnila na tly how each of them is applied to the world of glavo – in jih že kar nekaj časa še naprej pre- music. By the end you will know exactly where vrača (se še kdo spomni Myspacea?) Prepra- to invest your time and energy. šajmo prihodnost glasbenih medijev in poglejmo, v katero smer grejo radio, spletne/tiskane Verjetno se boste strinjali: na voljo je vse pre- revije, blogi, glasbeni novinarji, live sešni, nove več družbenih medijev za glasbenike, časa za medijske oblike in platforme. H katerim medi- upravljanje z nekaterimi od njih, kaj šele vse- jem se bodo nove generacije obračale v priho- mi, pa je daleč premalo. Na katera družbena dnje? omrežja se velja osredotočiti v letu 2016? S katerimi orodji se jih lotiti, da boste z njihovim upravljanjem izgubili čim manj časa? Kako kombinirati različne družbene medije in ka- kšna naj bo njihova medsebojna interakcija? Kaj je preveč in kaj ni dovolj? Andrew Apa- nov bo šel skozi ključne družbene medije, ki jih glasbenik te dni potrebuje – od Facebooka in Twitterja do SoundClouda in Patreona – ter pojasnil, kako točno vsakega od njih uporablja glasbeni svet. Po koncu predstavitve boste točno vedeli, kam vložiti svoj čas in energijo.

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Keynote Interview / Talk / Predstavitev: Osrednji Intervju: Bastl Instruments Martin Elbourne (Glastonbury Festival) Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 15:00 @ Katedrala

Bastl Instruments is a dynamic and commu- Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 12:45 @ Katedrala nity driven company focused on producing hand-made electronic musical instruments. MODERATOR: Dijana Lakuš (MusicGlue, UK/HR) The products they make mainly spring from SPEAKER / GOST: Martin Elbourne (Glastonbury their needs they have as musicians and ran- Festival, UK) ge from tabletop instruments and utilities to modules for eurorack modular systems. They Dijana Lakuš will interview Martin Elbourne, are based in Brno, Czech Republic where they whose career spans an impressive 35 years in also run a small shop called noise.kitchen. It the music industry (primarily live music). Let's all started in 2011 as Standuino and transfor- hear his experiences from when he was the med into Bastl in 2013. MENT (with Ljudmi- agent for The Smiths and New Order and co- la) will hold a 2-day workshop which will end -founding WOMAD festival with Peter Gabriel, with a little performance on Friday night. all the way to working with the Glastonbury festival, co-founding The Great Escape festival Bastl Instruments je dinamično in skupnostno in Brighton, and everything in between. Get orientirano podjetje, ki se osredotoča na pro- ready for some spicy "backstage" stories! dukcijo ročno izdelanih elektronskih glasbenih inštrumentov. Njihovi izdelki vznikajo pred- Dijana Lakuš bo preizprašala Martina Elbo- vsem iz potreb, ki jih imajo kot glasbeniki ter urna, čigar kariera šteje impresivnih 35 let v vključujejo vse od namiznih instrumentov in glasbeni industriji (predvsem koncertni). Pri- pripomočkov do modulov za eurorack mo- sluhnimo njegovim izkušnjam iz časov, ko je dularne sisteme. Skupnost Bastl Instruments zastopal zasedbi The Smiths in New Order ter sestavljajo glasbeniki, hekerji, umetniki, izu- s Petrom Gabrielom soustanovil festival WO- mitelji, oblikovalci, didžeji in inženirji, ki gojijo MAD, pa vse do njegovega sodelovanja s festi- strast do oblikovanj inovativnih zvočnih okolij valom Glastonbury in soustanovitve festivala in družbenih situacij. Njihovi instrumenti zve- The Great Escape v Brightonu ter vsega vmes. nijo edinstveno, so DIY in prilagodljivi ter tako Pripravite se na pikantne zgodbe iz zaodrja! gonilci družbenih interakcij na spletu in v živo. Delujejo v Brnu na Češkem. V okviru MENT-a (v sodelovanju z Ljudmilo) se bo odvila tudi dvodnevna delavnica, ki se bo zaključila z nastopom v petek zvečer. MENT 2016 53 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME / KONFERENČNI PROGRAM MENT 2016

workshop: Bastl InstruMENTs: Trinity Two day workshop of building and hacking the Trinity synth with Bastl Instruments! / Dvodnevna delavnica izdelovanja in hekanja univerzalnega sintiča in modularnega grooveboxa Trinity z Bastl Instruments!

DATE / DATUM: Thursday and Friday, 4 and 5 February // 4 – 8 pm MENTORS / MENTORJI: Bastl Instruments (Václav Peloušek, Ondřej Merta and Peter Edwards) LOCATION / LOKACIJA: Vodnikova domačija, Vodnikova cesta 65, 1000 Ljubljana

Application is necessary - check www.ment.si / Prijave so nujne - preverite www.ment.si

Trinity is a universal musical instrument and original sounding modular groovebox. It can function as any type of digital synthesizer, sequencer, controller, arpeggiator or almost anything that can be programmed into a micro-controller. Trinity is designed to be connected and combined with other Trinities of different functions in a chain, so that you can create your own music making environment. The first day of the workshop is focused on building and learning the Trinity synthesizer, while the second day is focused on hacking the instruments with possibility of attaching sensors or coding entirely new firmware. The building process will be guided by explaining the basics of electronics and soldering. Because the Tri- nity can be re- -programmed every participant will learn how to upload different kinds of fir- mwares and understand their software architecture which is a gate into hacking the synthesizer. The Trinity synthesizer is Arduino compatible and all hacking can be further expanded by the users by the powerful open-source online knowledge base. The Trinity can be used as drum machine - drone synth - polyphonic synth voice or noisy fm synth. The Trinity can natively speak MIDI and with side connectors the different Trinity Instruments can be easily connected and synchronized.

Trinity je univerzalno glasbilo in izvirno zveneč modularni groovebox, saj lahko deluje kot ritem mašina, drone ali noizerski fm sintetizator in polifonični sintetizator glasu. Delavnica se bo prvi dan osredotočala na sestavljanje in učenje uporabe Trinity sintetizatorja zvoka, drugi dan pa bo namenjen hekanju zgrajenih sintov, ki jim je možno dodajati senzorje ali pa za- nje skodirati povsem novo strojno programsko opremo. Da bo proces sestavljanja instrumenta lažji, bodo podrobno razložene osnove elektronike in spajkanja. Ker je vsak Trinity lahko preprogramiran, se bo vsak udeleženec naučil, kako nanj naložiti različno strojno programsko opremo ter razumeti njegovo programsko arhitekturo, ki je vhod za samo hekanje sintetizatorja. Trinity je kompatibilen z Arduinom, močna spletna open source baza znanja pa uporabnikom omogoča še številne možnosti nadaljnjega hekanja. Trinity lahko uporabljamo kot ritem mašino, drone sintetizator, polifonični sintetizator glasu ali noizerski fm sintetizator. Materni jezik Trinity-ja je MIDI, z različnimi stranskimi konektorji pa lahko raznorodne Trinity inštrumente povezujemo med seboj in jih sinhroniziramo. Delavnici bo sledil skupinski nastop udeležencev delavnice.

www.bastl-instruments.com

Production / Produkcija: Ljudmila, Art and Science Laboratroy, Projekt Atol Institute, Kino Šiška, in collaboration with Vodnikova domačija. With support from Ministry of Culture and Municipality of Ljubljana, Department for Culture.

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Keynote Interview / Osrednji Intervju: Jeff Owens (Ghostly International)

Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 16:00 @ Katedrala

MODERATOR: Relja Bobić (Dis-Patch, RS) SPEAKER / GOST: Jeff Owens (Ghostly International, US)

Independent record labels that have endured the rapidly changing lan- dscape of the music industry in the last 15 years are much more than mere music publishers. They have become globally recognizable platforms for showcasing the best music, visual arts and creative innovati- on in terms of connecting to new audiences and following the digital business trail. Ghostly International is exactly that - a multi-platform cultural curator, tightly knit aesthetic universe fulfilling the roles of art gallery, design house, clothing designer, technology innovator, music- -publishing company and - yes, a record label. Jeff Owens has been with the company for about 11 years, and is currently director of the Ghostly International and Spectral Sound labels. In conversation with Relja Bobić he will reveal some of their creative and business strategies and reflect on the ever-changing state of the independent music industry. Good, quality music is just the foundation for building a great record label. Jeff will reveal all of the other ingredients.

Neodvisne glasbene založbe, ki so preživele v hitro spreminjajoči se krajini glasbene industrije v zadnjih 15 letih, so mnogo več kot le izda- jateljice glasbe. Postale so globalno prepoznavne platforme za predstavitev najboljše glasbe, vizualne umetnosti in kreativne inovacije novim občinstvom ter za sledenje digitalnemu poslovanju. Ghostly In- ternational je točno to – kulturni kustos na več platformah, tesno po- vezan estetični univerzum, ki izpolnjuje vloge umetniške galerije, di- zajnerske hiše, oblikovalca oblačil, tehnološkega inovatorja, izdajatelja glasbe in – da, glasbene založbe. Jeff Owens je tam zaposlen že okoli 11 let, trenutno kot direktor založb Ghostly International in Spectral Sound. V pogovoru z Reljo Bobićem bo razkril nekaj svojih kreativnih in poslovnih strategij ter razpravljal o vedno spreminjajočem se stanju neodvisne glasbene industrije. Dobra, kvalitetna glasba je le temelj za grajenje izvrstne založbe. Jeff bo razkril še vse ostale sestavine.

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Introducing Belarus / Agent’s Panel - The Art of Belorusija iz prve roke Band Picking / Agenti - Umetnost izbiranja bendov Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 11:30 @ M Hotel Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 14:00 @ M Hotel HOST / VODI: John Robb (Louder Than War, UK) SPEAKERS / GOVORCI: Dmitri Bezkorovainyi HOST / VODI: Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt (IMMF, UK) (Experty.by, BY), Natallia Kunitskaya (Mustelide SPEAKERS / GOVORCI: Bob Van Heur (Belmont - artist, BY) Bookings, Le Guess Who? Festival, NL), Steven Thomassen (Toutpartout, BE), Anita Richelli Belarus is a country of almost 10 million pe- (Paper And Iron Booking, DE), Mirna Zarić ople, a thriving music scene and growing (Charmenko, TR) presence on the European showcase festival circuit. It is next door to Latvia, Lithuania, Young artists often dream of playing at po- Poland, Russia and Ukraine, which makes it pular festivals and legendary venues, and a a market you cannot afford miss, should you good booking agent should be the person to go on tour to the Baltic countries or Russia. make their dreams come true. However, the In honour of the premiere performances of reality is that agents often strive to work with two Belarus artists at MENT Ljubljana, we in- established and popular artists. It is therefo- vite everyone to learn more about Belarus and re interesting to find out how agents find and its music scene. Meet Dmitri Bezkorovainyi choose the artists they work with; how much (Experty.by journalist and promotion mana- room is there for upcoming bands, especi- ger) and Natallia Kunitskaya (Mustelide). ally if they come from smaller, less established and more difficult markets? What are the Belorusija je država s skoraj 10 milijoni pre- agents' expectations, plans and strategies for bivalcev, cvetočo glasbeno sceno in rastočo young artists? Are booking agents also the la- prisotnostjo na evropskih showcase festiva- bels’ A&R people? Let's dive into the agents' lih. Leži poleg Latvije, Litve, Poljske, Rusije in mindset and understand their perspective! Ukrajine, zaradi česar je trg, ki ga ne smete zgrešiti, če se odpravljate na turnejo po balti- Mladi glasbeniki pogosto sanjajo o nastopih ških državah ali Rusiji. V čast prvih nastopov na popularnih festivalih in legendarnih prizori- beloruskih izvajalcev na MENT-u ste vabljeni, ščih, dober booking agent pa naj bi bil tisti, ki da izveste več o Belorusiji in njeni glasbeni jim te sanje uresniči. A v resničnosti si agenti sceni. Spoznajte Dmitrija Bezkorovajnija (novi- običajno prizadevajo sodelovati z že uvelja- nar Expert.by in vodja promocije) in Natallijo vljenimi in priljubljenimi izvajalci. Zato je za- Kunitskajo (Mustelide)! nimivo slišati, kako agenti najdejo in izberejo glasbenike, s katerimi delajo – koliko prostora je za vzhajajoče bende, še posebej tiste z manjših, manj uveljavljenih in težavnejših trgov? Kakšna so pričakovanja, načrti in strategije agentov za mlade glasbenike? So booking agenti prevzeli vlogo iskalcev talentov za za- ložbe? Poglobimo se v miselnost agentov in poskušajmo razumeti njihov vidik!

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Ex-YU Express / Presentation / Predstavitev: Ekspresno iz ex-Yu Stereosun

Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 15:00 @ M Hotel 2 Friday / Petek, 5 Feb, 17:00 @ Kino Šiška - hall - UP / zgoraj HOST / VODI: Maja Valjak Nagy (Menart, HR) SPEAKERS / GOVORCI: Bogdan Benigar (Cankarjev Stereosun is a tool for DJing and live perfor- dom, SI), Login Kočiški (Password, MK), Dijana mance for producers, developed by a small Lakuš (MusicGlue, UK/HR) team of Slovenian music and UX enthusiasts. Instead of using faders, knobs and buttons, It is no secret there are not many instances you control your tracks by moving them aro- of bands, festivals, managers and labels from und in space. It is not just another controller, former Yugoslavian countries breaking thro- but unique software that is designed speci- ugh and gaining recognition on the interna- fically for touchscreen technology. It is cur- tional stage. Let's hear the main reasons for rently available for the iPad and packed with this situation, the key deficiencies and what standard sound controls and other exciting fe- needs to be done to change it, as well as exa- atures. Check it out live at MENT! mine and analyze some of the success stories, attempting to define long-term strategies for Stereosun je orodje za vrtenje glasbe in t.i. more frequent international success stories. “live performance” za producente, ki ga raz- vija majhna ekipa slovenskih glasbenih in UX Ni skrivnost, da ni veliko bendov, festivalov, entuziastov. Namesto z drsniki in gumbi zvoke menedžerjev in založb iz držav nekdanje Ju- nadzoruješ tako, da jih premikaš po prostoru. goslavije, ki jim je uspel preboj na mednaro- Stereosun težko umestimo v razred klasičnih dnem nivoju. Poglejmo glavne razloge za ta- kontrolerjev prav zaradi vmesnika, ki je na kšno stanje, poglavitne pomanjkljivosti in kaj specifičen način prilagojen zaslonom na do- je potrebno spremeniti, ter preglejmo in ana- tik. Trenutno je Stereosun na voljo za iPad in lizirajmo nekatere od uspešnih primerov in po- vsebuje vse standardne kontrole zvoka ter cel skušajmo oblikovati dolgoročne strategije za kup dodatnih funkcij, ki so privzeto vključene pogostejše zgodbe mednarodnega uspeha. v aplikacijo. Preverite jo v živo na MENT-u!

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Andrew Apanov (Dotted Music, US) François Audigier (Europavox, FR)

Andrew Apanov, the “Musician’s François Audigier is the lead Euro- Web Keeper”, is the founder of pean booker at Europavox Festival, PANELISTS / Dotted Music, a music industry which celebrated its 10th edition blog and digital marketing agency last year. Europavox Festival is a for music brands. He's also the global project entirely dedicated to PANELISTI creator of a training and community the promotion of European musical platform for artists called WeSpin. diversity. Since its creation, the Andrew has been in the music festival has welcomed 360 bands business for over a decade, as an and artists, 120.000 festivalgoers Editor-in-chief of Ultimate-Guitar. and more than 2.500 professionals. com, live events promoter, drum & Its ambition is to talk about Europe bass DJ, consultant, blogger and in a positive way, with a human speaker. He is also a host of the approach, and to prove that "unity weekly WeSpin Recipes podcast. in diversity" can apply to young Europeans in creative fields such as Andrew Apanov, "skrbnik interneta music. Since 2006, Europavox has za glasbenike", je ustanovitelj bloga become one of the key actors in the o glasbeni industriji in digitalne European popular music business, marketinške agencije za glasbene thanks to diversified actions. blagovne znamke Dotted Music. Poleg tega je tudi zasnoval platform François Audigier je glavni evropski za urjenje in grajenje skupnosti booker festivala Europavox, ki je lani glasbenih izvajalcev WeSpin. V praznoval svojo deseto obletnico. glasbenem poslu je že več kot Europavox je globalen projekt, desetletje, med drugim kot glavni posvečen promociji evropske urednik spletne strani Ultimate- glasbene raznolikosti. Od nastanka -Guitar.com, organizator koncertov, je dobrodošlico izrekel že 360 izva- drum & bass DJ, bloger in govorec. jalcem, 120.000 obiskovalcem in več Je tudi en od voditeljev tedenske- kot 2.500 delegatom. Njegov cilj je ga podkasta WeSpin Recipes. govoriti o Evropi na pozitiven način, s človeškim pristopom, in dokazati, da lahko "enotnost v raznolikosti" velja tudi za mlade Evropejce na kreativnih področjih, kot je glasba. Od leta 2006 je Europavox zahvaljujoč raznolikim dejavnostim en ključnih akterjev evropske popularne glasbe.

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59 Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt Bogdan Benigar (Cankarjev dom, SI) Dmitri Bezkorovainyi (Experty, BY) (International Music Managers Forum, UK) Music editor at Radio Student from Founder of the independent website 1991-92. Co-founder of the Druga Experty.by – the biggest source Jake manages composer Peter Godba organisation, he has been on Belarusian albums with ratings, Gregson and advises a number working with the Druga Godba reviews and free full album stream- of artists on rights management festival since 1992. In 1995 joined the ing. Music consultant for various live and career development. He is the European Forum of Worldwide Music events, helping bring artists from policy advisor to the International Festivals (EFWMF). Attended all neighbouring countries to Belarus. Music Managers Forum (IMMF), an Womex (World Music Expo) editions, Promotion manager, working with organisation that brings together in 2006 as a member of its jury. Cur- a variety of projects from local top artist representative associations rently employed by Cankarjev dom artists and festivals to interna- from 30 countries. It represents as director for jazz & world music, tional ones, from indie/alternative managers and the artists they work including Jazz Festival Ljubljana. In club events to big arenas. As of with to establish better trading 2008 joined the Europe Jazz Net- 2013, working on the international conditions for creators through work (EJN). In 2008 co-organised promotion of Belarusian music. networking, sharing and discussions. the Slovenian Music Festival in Representative of Vilnius Music New York. In 2011 co-founded the Week, Tallinn Music Week, Music Jake je menedžer skladatelja Ljubljana Jazz Series with Pedro & Media, Moscow Music Week and Petra Gregsona in svetuje številnim Costa (Clean Feed). Jury member MENT Ljubljana festivals in Belarus. glasbenikom glede upravljanja s of Jazzahead in 2013 and 2016. pravicami in razvoja kariere. Je tudi Ustanovitelj neodvisne spletne svetovalec za oblikovanje politike Glasbeni urednik na Radiu Študent v strani Experty.by – največje zbirke pri Mednarodnem forumu glasbenih v letih 1991-1992. Soustanovitelj or- beloruskih albumov z ocenami, menedžerjev (International Music ganizacije Druga Godba, s festivalom recenzijami in brezplačnim predva- Managers Forum – IMMF), organiza- Druga Godba sodeluje od leta 1992. janjem plošč. Glasbeni svetovalec za ciji, ki združuje zveze glasbenih me- Leta 1995 se je pridružil Evropskemu različne dogodke, pomaga pripeljati nedžerjev iz 30 držav. IMMF zastopa forumu festivalov glasb sveta (Euro- glasbenike iz sosednjih držav v Be- menedžerje in njihove varovance pean Forum of Worldwide Music Fe- lorusijo. Promotor, ki sodeluje z z namenom vzpostavitve boljših stivals – EFWMF). Udeležil se je vseh različnimi projekti, od lokalnih do trgovskih razmer za ustvarjalce prek izdaj Womexa (World Music Expo), mednarodnih vrhunskih izvajalcev mreženja, izmenjave in razprav. leta 2006 kot član žirije. Trenutno je in festivalov, od indie/alternativnih zaposlen v Cankarjevem domu kot klubskih dogodkov do velikih aren. vodja programa jazza in glasb sveta, Od 2013 se ukvarja z mednaro- vključno z Jazz festivalom Ljubljana. dno promocijo beloruske glasbe. Leta 2008 se je pridružil evropski Predstavnik festivalov Tallinn Music jazz mreži (European Jazz Network Week, Music & Media, Moscow Music – EJN). Leta 2008 je soorganiziral Week in MENT Ljubljana v Belorusiji. festival slovenske glasbe Slovenian Music Festival v New Yorku. Leta 2011 je s Pedrom Costo (Clean Feed) soustanovil založbo Ljubljana Jazz Series. Član žirije festival Jazzahead v letih 2013 in 2016.

60 PANELISTS / PANELISTI MENT 2016 Andy Bibey (One Little Relja Bobić (Dis-patch, RS) András Bozán Bodrogi Indian Records, UK) (Google Ground Budapest, HU) Independent curator, producer, Andy spent around 3 years on the music promoter, radio DJ and author, András is a digital music consult- road across the UK & Europe as a occasional musician, translator and ant, certified YouTube expert and tour manager in his early 20’s, living journalist. He was the initiator and Google Regional Trainer. He worked the rock and roll dream (in a beaten artistic director of the Dis-patch in various fields of the Hungar- up old LDV van). After many a late festival of cutting-edge music and ian music industry (EMI Hungary, night and hard floor, Andy joined the related arts from 2002–2010, and Music Export Hungary, WM Music team at One Little Indian Records continues to be active as the Crea- Distribution ...) as a new business in 2011. He has been in charge of tive Director of Dis-patch Collective and marketing manager, gained the International department at the (formerly Belgradeyard Sound expertise in digital music and helped label for the last 3 years, handling System). Since 1999, he has authored many labels and artists in this campaigns globally for Björk, Asgeir, and contributed to numerous challenging era of music content Cody ChesnuTT, The Computers, projects in Serbia, the region and creation and performance. Currently Samaris & Sinead O’ Connor. broader – in the fields of contem- he is an expert trainer partner of porary music and art education, Google Hungary, helping local Andy je v svojih zgodnjih dvajsetih radio, new media, contemporary YouTube partners, agencies, brands kot vodja turneje približno tri leta visual culture and beyond. He has and content creators reach their preživel na cestah po Veliki Britaniji participated in many festivals and goals with audio-visual content. in Evropi, živeč rokenrol sanje (v conferences in the region and across razpadajočem starem kombiju Europe, USA and Canada as a guest András je svetovalec za digital- LDV). Po mnogih poznih nočeh in curator, lecturer, performer, panel- no glasbo, certificiran YouTube trdih tleh se je leta 2011 pridružil list or member of the organizing strokovnjak in regijski učitelj pri ekipi založbe One Little Indian. team. Since 2012 he is also active Googlu. Delal je na raznih področjih Zadnja tri leta vodi mednarodni as Program Manager at Design madžarske glasbene industrije (EMI oddelek s svetovnimi kampanjami incubator Nova Iskra in Belgrade. Hungary, Music Export Hungary, za izvajalce, kot so Björk, Asgeir, WM Music Distribution ...) kot Cody ChesnuTT, The Computers, Neodvisni kurator, producent, glas- vodja novih poslov in marketinga, Samaris & Sinead O’ Connor. beni organizator, radijski DJ in avtor pridobil izkušnje s področja digitalne oddaj, občasni glasbenik, prevajalec glasbe in številnim založbam ter in novinar. Bil je ustanovitelj in v letih izvajalcem pomagal v tej zahtevni 2002–2010 umetniški vodja festivala dobi ustvarjanja glasbenih vsebin Dis-patch, namenjenega najsodob- in nastopanja. Trenutno je strokovni nejši glasbi in sorodnim umetnostim, učitelj pri madžarski podružnici Goo- ter ostaja kreativni vodja kolektiva gla, kjer pomaga lokalnim YouTube Dis-patch (prej Belgradeyard Sound partnerjem, agencijam, znamkam System). Od leta 1999 je zasnoval in ustvarjalcem vsebin doseči cilje z ali sodeloval pri številnih projektih avdiovizualnimi vsebinami. v Srbiji, regiji in širše – s področij sodobne glasbe in umetnostne vzgoje, radia, novih medijev, sodobne vizualne umetnosti ipd. Kot kurator, predavatelj, performer, razpravljavec ali član organizacijske ekipe sodeluje pri številnih festivalih in konferencah v regiji, pa tudi širše v Evropi, ZDA in Kanadi. Od leta 2012 je aktiven tudi kot vodja programa v beograjskem obliko- valskem inkubatorju Nova Iskra.

MENT 2016 61 PANELISTS / PANELISTI MENT 2016 Jan Clausen (Factory 92, DE) Scott Cohen (The Orchard, UK) Sanjin Đukić (LAA, HR)

Jan is a managing partner and Scott Cohen is the co-founder Has been in the business since 1996. co-founder of FACTORY 92, a of digital distribution pioneer Started as a member of the market- Hamburg-based agency that offers The Orchard. The Orchard is the ing department at EMI’s Croatian PR, marketing, consulting and largest digital distributor in the licensee, Dallas Records (1996- management services, targeted world with offices in more than 25 2010). Founder of Pozitivan koncert towards the international music countries. As a well-recognized and Mars Festival. Former PR of industry. FACTORY 92 sees itself as public speaker and lecturer, Scott Hartera Festival, Culture Club Revelin a truly European company, work- travels the world evangelizing new Dubrovnik and MTV Hrvatska. Head ing for European festivals such as business models for the digital age. of marketing and promotion at Los Roskilde or Sziget, bands such as Scott’s music career started in Angeles Agency (LAA) since 2013, Kraftwerk, Massive Attack etc., and the late 80’s in independent and also the leader of Exit Festival’s for labels such as Secretly Canadian, major label artist management. Croatian team and PR of Zagreb Call- Sub Pop, Grönland and Morr Music. In addition to his responsibilities ing. LAA is a Zagreb-based agency, at The Orchard, he manages the mainly focused on music and TV, Jan je upravni družbenik in sou- Raveonettes, the Dum Dum Girls, promoting, booking and managing stanovitelj hamburške agencije Dan Owen and Fallulah. He is a hu- regional and international artists. FACTOY 92, ki mednarodni glasbeni man rights activist and strict vegan. LAA is also the official agency of Cul- industriji nudi PR, trženje, svetovanje ture Factory Zagreb, AXN Adria (re- in menedžment. FACTORY 92 se Scott Cohen je soustanovitelj pionirja gionally) and Exit Festival (Croatia). vidi kot resnično evropsko podjetje, digitalne distribucije The Orchard, ki dela za evropske festivale, kot največjega svetovnega digitalnega V poslu od leta 1996. Začel je kot sta Roskilde in Sziget, bende, kot distributerja s pisarnami v več kot član marketinškega oddelka pri hr- sta Kraftwerk in Massive Attack, ter 25 državah. Kot uveljavljen govorec vaškem imetniku licence EMI, Dallas založbe, kot so Secretly Canadian, in predavatelj potuje po svetu ter Records (1996-2010). Ustanovil Sub Pop, Grönland in Morr Music. širi dober glas o novih poslovnih Pozitivan koncert in Mars festival. modelih za digitalno dobo. Njegova Nekdanji piarovec pri festivalu glasbene kariera se je začela v Hartera, klubu Culture Club Revelin poznih osemdesetih z menedž- Dubrovnik in kanalu MTV Hrvatska. mentom glasbenikov neodvisnih Vodja marketinga in promocije pri in velikih založb. Poleg njegovih agenciji Los Angeles Agency (LAA) zadolžitev pri The Orchard je še od 2013 in vodja hrvaške ekipe menedžer izvajalcev The Raveo- festivala Exit ter piarovec festivala nettes, Dum Dum Girls, Dan Owen Zagreb Calling. LAA je zagrebška in Fallulah. Scott je tudi aktivist za agencija, ki se osredotoča predvsem človekove pravice in strog vegan. na glasbo in TV, promocijo, booking in menedžment regionalnih ter mednarodnih glasbenikov. LAA je tudi uradna agencija zagrebške Tvornice kulture, kanala AXN Adria (regio- nalno) in festivala Exit (Hrvaška).

62 PANELISTS / PANELISTI MENT 2016 Tony Duckworth ([PIAS] Poland Tatjana Domany (Austrian Chris Eckman (Glitterbeat and Eastern Europe, PL) Music Export, AT) Records, US/SI)

Tony Duckworth has over 30 years As of 2011, Tatjana is responsible Chris Eckman has a long history of experience in the music industry for export activities at the Austrian both as a musician (The Walkabouts, across a number of roles, having Music Fund/Austrian Music Export. Dirtmusic) and record producer worked in the UK in sales, marketing Her tasks include supporting Aus- (Tamikrest, Bassekou Kouyate & and general manager roles for distri- trian artists and record companies in Ngoni Ba, Bambi Molesters). In 2013, bution companies, a major label and the implementation of international he co-founded the label Glitterbeat a digital aggregator. Made the move tours and releases, as well as the Records, which is based in both to Poland eleven years ago, setting promotion and funding of interna- Germany and Ljubljana. Glitter- up his own sales, marketing, PR and tional showcases. Since 2008 she has beat specializes in "vibrant global distribution company, which eventu- worked for Viennese electronic mu- sounds" and promotes artists that ally merged with the largest inde- sic label G-Stone Recordings (Kruder are both culturally committed and pendent distributor in Poland. Now & Dorfmeister, Tosca, Rodney Hunter resolutely contemporary. These the General Manager of the Warsaw- ...) and as a freelancer in music and artists come from West and North based [PIAS] Poland and Eastern culture marketing for local record Africa, Europe, Asia, Mexico and Europe office, overseeing operations labels, promoters and organisations. South America. In both 2014 and in Poland, Czech, Hungary, Estonia, 2015 Glitterbeat won the pres- Slovakia, Slovenia, Latvia, Lithuania, Od leta 2011 je Tatjana zadolžena tigious "Best Label" award at the Serbia, Croatia and Romania. za izvozne dejavnosti pri avstrij- global music conference WOMEX. skem skladu Austrian Music Fund/ Tony Duckworth ima več kot 30 let Austrian Music Export. Njene naloge Chris Eckman ima dolgo zgodovino izkušenj v glasbeni industriji, saj je vključujejo podporo avstrijskim kot glasbenik (The Walkabouts, v VB delal v prodajnih, trženjskih izvajalcem in založbam pri realiza- Dirtmusic) in tudi kot producent in vodstvenih vlogah pri distribu- ciji mednarodnih turnej in izdaj, ter plošč (Tamikrest, Bassekou Kouyate terjih, veliki založbi ter digitalnem promocijo in financiranje mednaro- & Ngoni Ba, Bambi Molesters). Leta agregatorju. Na Poljsko se je preselil dnih showcasov. Od leta 2008 dela 2013 je soustanovil nemško-sloven- pred enajstimi leti in tam ustanovil za dunajsko elektronsko založbo sko založbo Glitterbeat Records, ki svoje lastno podjetje za prodajo, G-Stone Recordings (Kruder & se specializira za "živahne globalne marketing, PR in distribucijo, ki se je Dorfmeister, Tosca, Rodney Hunter zvoke" in promocijo izvajalcev, sčasoma združilo z največjim neod- ...) ter pogodbeno v glasbenem in ki so kulturno predani in odločno visnim distributerjem na Poljskem. kulturnem trženju pri lokalnih založ- sodobni. Ti glasbeniki prihajajo iz Zdaj kot generalni direktor varša- bah, promotorjih in organizacijah. zahodne in severne Afrike, Evrope, vskega urada [PIAS] Poland and Azije, Mehike in Južne Amerike. Eastern Europe nadzoruje poslovanje V letih 2014 in 2015 je založba na Poljskem, Češkem, Madžarskem, Glitterbeat na konferenci globalne Slovaškem, v Estoniji, Sloveniji, La- glasbe WOMEX prejela prestižno tviji, Litvi, Srbiji, Hrvaški in Romuniji. nagrado za najboljšo založbo.

MENT 2016 63 PANELISTS / PANELISTI MENT 2016 Martin Elbourne (Glastonbury, UK) Richard Foster (The Michał Hajduk (Adam Quietus, WORM, NL) Mickiewicz Institute, PL) Martin Elbourne first started promoting bands in the late seven- Richard Foster is a music journal- An alternative and jazz music ties while at Bristol University. He ist, label owner and artist. Between expert, Michał Hajduk created and founded the Bristol Recorder (label 2005 and 2015 he was editor-in- developed a strategy for the magazine). In 1982 he co-promoted chief of Incendiary magazine. He alternative music sector, and co- the first WOMAD festival with writes regularly for The Quietus, organized a number of events and Peter Gabriel. In 1983 he moved Louder than War, Vice (Noisey), conferences in Poland and around to London, worked for the Rough True Faith, Luifabriek and Sounds the world. He is actively working on Trade booking agency, looking after XP. As well as his journalist work, he introducing an international cultural acts including The Smiths and New works at WORM Rotterdam, is the exchange. In various fields in the Order, and began his long involve- co-founder of the Dutch "existential- music business, Michał plays an ment with the Glastonbury festival. ist nonsense" label Smikkelbaard, important role as both an event and During the nineties he managed and runs the AA club nights in concert organizer, under the label bands, continued working with New Leiden. He is currently research- “Don`t Panic We're From Poland”, Order and increased his Glaston- ing the Dutch post-punk and punk for world leading showcases and bury involvement to become the movements, and his research will conferences such as SXSW, CMJ, Cul- main booker. In the last decade, his be published in the course of 2016. ture Collide, The Great Escape, Liver- focus has been on festivals, events pool Sound City, Reeperbahn Festi- and conventions, for example, co- Richard Foster je glasbeni novinar, val, C/O Pop, Eurosonic Noorderslag, founding The Great Escape festival. založnik in izvajalec. Med letoma Primavera Pro, Waves Vienna, Tallinn 2005 in 2015 je bil glavni urednik Music Week, Berlin Music Week, Martin Elbourne je z organizacijo revije Incendiary. Redno piše za Jazzahead, WOMEX, Zandari Festa. koncertov začel v poznih sedem- The Quietus, Louder than War, Vice desetih, ko je obiskoval univerzo (Noisey), True Faith, Luifabriek in Kot strokovnjak za alternativno v Bristolu. Ustanovil je založbeno Sounds XP. Poleg novinarskega dela glasbo in jazz je Michał Hajduk za- revijo Bristol Recorder. Leta 1982 je s je zaposlen pri neprofitni fundaciji snoval in razvil strategijo za segment Petrom Gabrielom so-organiziral prvi WORM Rotterdam, je soustanovitelj alternative glasbe ter sodeloval pri festival WOMAD. Leto kasneje se je nizozemske "eksistencialistično organizaciji številnih dogodkov in preselil v London, delal pri booking nesmiselne" založbe Smikkelbaard konferenc na Poljskem in drugod agenciji Rough Trade, kjer je skrbel in vodi klubske večere AA v Leidnu. po svetu. Aktivno deluje tudi na za bende, kot sta The Smiths in New Trenutno raziskuje nizozemska področju spodbujanja mednarodnih Order, ter začel svoje dolgotrajno post-punk in punk gibanja, njegova kulturnih izmenjav. Na različnih sodelovanje s festivalom Glastonbu- raziskava pa bo objavljena letos. področjih glasbene industrije ry. V devetdesetih je bil menedžer ima Michał pomembno vlogo kot bendov, nadaljeval delo z New Order organizator dogodkov in koncertov in povečal svoje sodelovanje z Gla- pod imenom "Don`t Panic We're stonburyjem do te mere, da je postal From Poland" na ključnih showcase glavni booker. V zadnjem desetletju festivalih in konferencah po svetu, se je osredotočil na festival, dogodke kot so SXSW, CMJ, Culture Collide, in konference, med drugim je sou- The Great Escape, Liverpool Sound stanovil festival The Great Escape. City, Reeperbahn Festival, C/O Pop, Eurosonic Noorderslag, Primavera Pro, Waves Vienna, Tallinn Music Week, Berlin Music Week, Jazza- head, WOMEX in Zandari Festa.

64 PANELISTS / PANELISTI MENT 2016 Si Hawkins (journalist Mariusz Herma (beehype, PL) Nick Hobbs (Charmenko, TR) / novinar, UK) Mariusz Herma is the founder of Nick Hobbs is the owner of Char- Si Hawkins began his journalism beehype, a website run by 85+ menko, Charmworks & Charm Music career 15 years ago, initially writing journalists from around the world Poland, and co-owner of Charm about dance music despite being and presenting the best music from Music Czechia. He’s a promoter and an indie kid at heart. He became the local scenes. Since 2014, beehype a festival and venue talent buyer main UK correspondent for the Cal- presented over 1300 artists from 120 who has been specialized in Eastern ifornia-based electronica/hip-hop countries. Mariusz is also a culture Europe and the Middle East since the magazine URB, surreptitiously intro- journalist/editor of Polityka, the early 80’s. The artist agency, Charm- ducing guitars into their pages, after leading Polish weekly magazine, and works, has an eclectic roster and which he served as the news editor a music critic for some other publica- works everywhere in Europe and be- for Clash, the London-based music tions. He also lectures and blogs. yond, especially representing excep- and fashion bible, for five years. Still tional artists from Eastern Europe, involved with Clash, Si also writes Mariusz Herma je ustanovitelj spletne the Balkans and the Middle East. about bands and beats for Virgin strani beehype, s katero sodeluje več Music, Culture Collide (USA), several kot 85 novinarjev s celega sveta in Lastnik istanbulskih agencij Char- newspapers, and the occasional ki predstavlja najboljšo glasbo z lo- menko in Charmworks ter solastnik brand and record company. Away kalnih scen. Od leta 2014 je beehype agencije Charm Musics Czechia & from music, he has written about predstavil več kot 1300 izvajalcev iz Poland Nick Hobbs je organizator football, art, comedy, travel, theatre, 120 držav. Mariusz je tudi kulturni no- koncertov ter kurator programov food – you name it – for the BBC, vinar/urednik pri vodilnem poljskem za festivale in koncertna prizori- FourFourTwo, Vice, various in-flight tedniku Polityka in glasbeni kritik pri šča, že od zgodnjih osemdesetih publications, and, most prestig- nekaterih drugih publikacijah. Poleg specializiran za Vzhodno Evropo iously in his mind, the Leyton Orient tega je tudi predavatelj in bloger. in Bližnji vzhod. Vodi tudi agencijo Football Club matchday magazine. za glasbenike Charmworks, ki ima eklektičen nabor glasbenih ustvar- Si Hawkins je svojo novinarsko karie- jalcev in je aktivna po vsej Evropi in ro začel pred 15 leti, sprva s pisanjem širše, še posebej pa je usmerjena v o dance glasbi, čeprav je po srcu zastopanje glasbenikov z Vzhodne indie mulec. Postal je glavni britanski Evrope, Balkana in Bližnjega vzhoda. dopisnik kalifornijske elektronske/ hip-hop revije URB in v njene strani skrivoma vpeljal kitare. Zatem je bil pet let urednik novic za londonsko glasbeno in modno biblijo Clash, s katero še vedno sodeluje. Poleg tega o bendih in beatih piše tudi za Virgin Music, Culture Collide (ZDA), več ča- sopisov ter občasno tudi za blagovne znamke in založbe. Pisal je tudi o nogometu, umetnosti, komediji, po- tovanju, gledališču, hrani – kar vam pade na pamet – za BBC, FourFour- Two, Vice, razne letalske revije in, po njegovem najprestižnejše, za revijo nogometnega kluba Leyton Orient.

MENT 2016 65 PANELISTS / PANELISTI MENT 2016 Michal Kaščák (Pohoda Festival, SK) Daniel Koch (Intro Magazine, DE) Login Kočiški (Password, MK)

Michal Kaščák, born in 1972, Trenčin, As of spring 2014, Daniel Koch Promoter, football player, A&R man- Slovakia. Musician, promoter. Since is the editor-in-chief of INTRO ager, father, event/party organiser, 1985 he has been a member of the Magazine, one of the biggest free bambus drinker, label manager, band Bez ladu a skladu, where he pop culture magazines in Germany, booking agent, publisher, fan of bas- writes the music and lyrics, and since with a circulation of 120.000 printed ketball team Metalski Zavod Tito. He 2000 also of the band Neuropa. He copies. Earlier he was the editor of has been active in the music industry has composed music for various FESTIVALGUIDE for three years and for the last 20 years. He set up the movie and theatre projects in Slo- the online editor of the German Roll- record label and artist management vakia and the Czech Republic. He is ing Stone for another three years. agency Lithium Records, working the founder and director of Pohoda He also studied Creative Writing and with the most renowned Macedonian festival. Starting as a local event (8 Cultural Journalism in Hildesheim, artists. When his wife didn’t give bands in 1997), it has become the sold beer at British festivals for him permission to name his son Pass- most prestigious festival in Slovakia, several years, had a small indie word, he re-branded his company which annually hosts about 200 radio show called Popcrawl, and name into Password Production. He bands and DJ’s from more than 20 learned "something decent“ (as his is the founder and director of the countries. Apart from music, other grandfather would say) as well - he biggest Macedonian music festival forms of art such as dance, theatre, was a salesman before he decided Taksirat, as well as D festival, Pivo- movies, photography, literature and to study again and turn his passion lend, Green Beach Festival and Aqua fine arts are heavily represented at for music and writing into a job. Park Festival. Login has been the the event every year, which makes promoter of more than a thousand the festival an exceptional artistic Daniel Koch je od pomladi 2014 glav- local, regional and international encounter with a broad range. ni urednik revije INTRO, ene največjih concerts, weddings and funerals, brezplačnih revij o pop kulturi v and has worked as a production Michal je rojen leta 1972 v Trenčinu Nemčiji, z naklado 120.000 izvodov. manager, mother or godfather of na Slovaškem. Od leta 1985 je član Pred tem je bil tri leta urednik vodiča the biggest regional festivals. zasedbe Bez ladu a skladu, za katero FESTIVALGUIDE in spletni urednik piše glasbo in besedila, od leta 2000 nemškega Rolling Stonea, prav Organizator koncertov, nogometaš, pa je tudi član zasedbe Neuropa. tako tri leta. Študiral je kreativno A&R menedžer, oče, organizator Ustvaril je glasbo za številne filmske pisanje in kulturno novinarstvo v dogodkov, pivec bambusa, vodja in gledališke projekte na Slovaškem Hildesheimu, več let prodajal pivo založbe, booking agent, založnik, in Češkem. Sicer je ustanovitelj in na britanskih festivalih, vodil majhno navijač košarkarske ekipe Metalski direktor festivala Pohoda. Ta je bil indie radijsko oddajo Popcrawl in se Zavod Tito. V glasbeni industriji sprva dogodek lokalnega dosega izučil tudi "nečesa spodobnega", kot je Login prisoten že dvajset let. (8 skupin leta 1997), sčasoma pa bi rekel njegov dedek – bil je trgovec, Ustanovil je diskografsko založbo in je postal najprestižnejši festival na preden se je ponovno posvetil agencijo za glasbeni management Slovaškem, na katerem vsako leto študiju in svojo strast do glasbe Lithium Records, v okviru katere je nastopi preko 200 zasedb in DJ-sjev ter pisanja spremenil v službo. sodeloval z najbolj uveljavljenimi iz več kot dvajsetih držav. Poleg makedonskimi glasbeniki. Ko mu glasbe so na njem močno zastopane žena ni dovolila, da bi sina imenoval tudi druge vrste umetnosti – ples, Password, je svoje podjetje preime- gledališče, film, fotografija, lite- noval v Password Production. Je tudi ratura in likovna umetnost, zaradi ustanovitelj in direktor največjega česar je Pohoda edinstveno stičišče makedonskega glasbenega festivala umetnosti širokega razpona. Taksirat, organizira pa tudi festivale D festival, Pivolend, Green Beach Festival in Aqua Park Festival. Login je organiziral več kot tisoč lokalnih, regionalnih in mednarodnih koncertov, porok in pogrebov. Kot vodja produkcije na največjih festivalih v regiji je njihov svojevrstni boter, mama in tata v enem.

66 PANELISTS / PANELISTI MENT 2016 Izak Košir (journalist / novinar, SI) Lenart J. Kučić (Delo, SI) Natallia Kunitskaya (Mustelide, BY)

Izak Košir is a journalist, column- Lenart is a technology and media “The electronic princess of Belarus”, ist, musician and music critic. He is correspondent, commentator and as Natallia Kunitskaya aka Mustelide currently working for the weekly columnist at the biggest Slovenian is labelled by the press, is indeed a magazine Mladina, is the founder national daily, Delo. He also works as special personality in the Eastern and editor-in-chief for the digital a researcher and an invited lecturer European electro-pop scene. She newspaper Torek ob petih and hosts for several academic institutions. released her debut album “Secret” his own podcast called Torpedo. In He finished an MA programme on the Russian label Soyuz Music the past he hosted a music TV show at Goldsmiths College, London and is gaining recognition in the at TV Slovenia, was the editor of (with distinction) in Transnational West, winning a place as one of the culture for several years at Žurnal Communication and Global Media. Top 30 tracks of the San Fran- newspaper and has participated as During his studies he worked as a cisco based SomaFM radio station. a juror for various music festivals UK correspondent and specialised As a producer, songwriter and and competitions. Over the years in research and IT journalism at the singer, handling two synthesizers, he has engaged in many public Guardian newspaper. As a researcher a Groovebox, sampler and vocals debates about the music industry and a journalist, he follows the trends in her solo live performances, she and has interviewed probably every in information and communication is firmly in charge of shaping and important musician that has played technologies (ICT) and analyzes the directing her artistic vision. in Slovenia (local and international) changes brought about by the con- in the last ten years. In 2010 he vergence of the communication and "Elektronska princesa Belorusije", released his first album with The media industries. He is also the au- kot Natallijo Kunitskayo oz. Mustelide Toronto Drug Bust, where he is the thor and co-author of several books, označujejo mediji, je vsekakor po- lead vocalist and main songwriter. expert articles and studies on the sebnica na vzhodnoevropski elektro- subjects of media ownership and new -pop sceni. Svoj prvenec "Secret" je Izak Košir je novinar, kolumnist, media. He is a member of the council izdala pri ruski založbi Soyuz Music, glasbenik in glasbeni kritik. Trenutno of the Pod črto institute for investiga- hkrati pa pridobiva na prepoznavno- je zaposlen pri tedniku Mladina, je tive journalism and a co-founder of sti na Zahodu, saj ima eno od Top 30 ustanovitelj in glavni urednik digital- the Marsowci podcast network. skladb sanfranciškega radia SomaFM. nega časopisa Torek ob petih in vodi Kot producentka, skladateljica lasten glasbeni podkast Torpedo. Lenart je specializirani novinar za in pevka v svojem solo nastopu Pred tem je vodil glasbeno oddajo področje tehnologije in medijev, upravlja z dvema sintesajzerjema, na TV Slovenija, več let bil kulturni komentator in kolumnist pri dnev- Grooveboxom, semplerjem in še urednik pri Žurnalu ter kot žirant nem časniku Delo. Poleg tega kot poje. Tako res povsem sama oblikuje sodeloval pri številnih glasbenih raziskovalec in gostujoči predavatelj in usmerja svojo umetniško vizijo. festivalih in tekmovanjih. Čez leta je sodeluje s številnimi akademskimi prispeval k številnim javnim debatam institucijami. Na Goldsmiths Collegu o glasbeni industriji in verjetno in- v Londonu je (z odliko) dokončal tervjuval vse pomembne glasbenike magistrski program iz transnacional- (domače in tuje), ki so v Sloveniji nih komunikacij in globalnih medijev. nastopili v preteklem desetletju. Med študijem je bil dopisnik iz Velike Leta 2010 je z zasedbo The Toronto Britanije, pri časniku Guardian pa je Drug Bust, v kateri je glavni vokalist opravljal specializacijo iz preisko- in pisec, izdal svojo prvo ploščo. valnega in IT novinarstva. Kot raziskovalec in novinar spremlja trende v informacijskih in komunikacijskih tehnologijah ter analizira spremembe, ki jih povzroča zbliževanje komunikacijskih in medijskih industrij. Je tudi avtor in soavtor številnih knjig, strokovnih člankov in študij s področij lastni- štva medijev in novih medijev. Je član sveta zavoda za preiskovalno novinarstvo Pod črto in soustanovitelj mreže podkastov Marsowci.

MENT 2016 67 PANELISTS / PANELISTI MENT 2016 Dijana Lakuš (Music Glue, HR/UK) Michael Luger (They Shoot Music, AT) Slobodan Milunović (MetalDays, SI)

Passionate for music, festivals and Michael Luger is a filmmaker, video Many people might know Boban as events, she has worked as a produc- producer and journalist based in the owner and promoter of the big- tion manager, project manager, Vienna, Austria. In 2008 he co- gest festival in Slovenia, MetalDays, event manager, booking agent, PR founded the award-winning music where he is in charge of the entire manager, artist manager, promoter website theyshootmusic.com, which management and booking of the and tour manager all over Europe. features live sessions and video por- festival. But actually he spent his Currently she lives in London traits of national and international whole life in the music industry, and, among many other things, is acts. In 2013 he co-produced and from playing in various bands and involved in festival production, from directed the full-length music docu- being a tour manager, to owning Glastonbury to Secret Garden Party, mentary "Fuck The Atlantic Ocean" a recording and mastering studio, and Music Glue, the leading global about the sudden popularity of the where he handled mastering and music-to-fan e-commerce platform. Austrian band Sweet Sweet Moon in production. Don’t be surprised if you South America. Michael works as a find his name on the album sleeve of Strastno predana glasbi, festivalom freelance journalist for the Austrian artists in a wide variety of genres. in koncertom je Dijana kot vodja newspaper Der Standard and as a produkcije, projektna vodja, koordi- video producer for various clients. Bobana mnogi najverjetneje po- natorica dogodkov, booking agentka, znajo kot lastnika in organizatorja PR agentka, menedžerka glasbeni- Michael Luger je dunajski filmar, vi- največjega slovenskega festivala kov, organizatorica in vodja turneje deo producent in novinar. Leta 2008 MetalDays, kjer je odgovoren za delala že širom Evrope. Trenutno je soustanovil nagrajeno glasbeno celoten menedžment in booking. A v živi v Londonu, kjer je poleg vsega spletno stran theyshootmusic.com glasbeni industriji je že celo življenje, ostalega vključena v organizacijo z živimi sešni in video portreti do- od igranja v raznih bendih in vodenja festivalov, od Glastonburyja do mačih ter tujih izvajalcev. Leta 2013 turnej, do ustanovitve studia, v Secret Garden Party, ter v Music je ko-produciral in režiral glasbeni katerem je skrbel za mastering in Glue, vodilno svetovno platformo za dokumentarec "Fuck The Atlantic produkcijo. Naj vas ne preseneti, elektronsko poslovanje, ki povezuje Ocean" o nenadni priljubljenosti če njegovo ime zasledite na ovitku glasbo in glasbenike ter oboževalce. avstrijske zasedbe Sweet Sweet albumov iz široke palete žanrov. Moon v Južni Ameriki. Kot novinar pogodbeno sodeluje z avstrijskim časnikom Der Standard, kot video producent pa z različnimi strankami.

68 PANELISTS / PANELISTI MENT 2016 Jeff Owens (Ghostly Dan Panaitescu (Sziget, HU) Anita Richelli (Paper and International, US) Iron Booking, DE) Involved with the music business for Jeff Owens has been with Ghostly more than 20 years. Educated to be Anita Richelli is a booking agent International for about 11 years – 8 an economist, he turned into a roadie for the Berlin-based Paper & Iron years as label manager and now and later tour manager for Hungarian Booking Co. She also works as director of the label group Ghostly artists, touring the countryside and a promoter for shows in Berlin. International and it's sub-label sister, the cities. Started working for Sziget She started organizing gigs in her Spectral Sound. He has worked festival from almost the launch of hometown in high school, organ- out of the company's tri-coastal the event. Dan is the booker, taking izing summer DIY events in a place offices, which include Ann Arbor care of almost all the international called Casetta Lou Fai. Later she (65 kilometres from Detroit), New bookings of the event (with the became part of Interzona, a cultural York and currently Los Angeles. He's exception of the world music artists association in Verona, where she was handled everything, including press, and some of the DJs). He is also the involved as a volunteer and DJ, as radio, digital marketing, A&R, artist booker of international artists for well as responsible for program and management, budgeting, projecting Volt Festival, Balaton Sound festival communication. In 2012 she spent management and more. Addition- and Strand festival. When Sziget was some time at Cultural Centre REX ally, Jeff has owned and run his own requested to book the international in Belgrade. She also loves writing, record label called felte since 2012. line-up of Rock’n Coke festival in traveling (which includes tour man- Istanbul, this task was also assigned aging) and learning new languages. Jeff Owens je del Ghostly Inter- to Dan, and fulfilled successfully. national že okoli 11 let – osem kot Anita Richelli je agentka za booking vodja založbe in zdaj kot direktor V glasbenem poslu že več kot pri berlinski agenciji Paper & Iron založb Ghostly International ter 20 let. Ekonomist po izobrazbi Booking Co. Je tudi promotorka podzaložbe Spectral Sound. Delal je postal roadie in kasneje vodja tamkajšnjih koncertov. Z organizacijo je v podružnicah založbe na vseh turneje za madžarske izvajalce ter z koncertov je pričela v domačem koncih ZDA – v mestu Ann Arbor (65 njimi prekrižaril madžarska mesta in mestu v srednji šoli, kjer je prirejala kilometrov od Detroita), New Yorku podeželje. Za festival Sziget je začel poletne DIY dogodke na prizorišču in sedaj Los Angelesu. Odgovoren delati tako rekoč ob prvem zagonu Casetta Lou Fai. Kasneje je postala je bil že za vse, vključno z mediji, dogodka. Kot booker je zadolžen za članica veronske kulturne zveze radiem, digitalnim marketingom, skoraj vse mednarodne nastopajoče Interzona, kjer je delala kot prosto- A&R, menedžmentom glasbenikov, na dogodku (z izjemo izvajalcev voljka in DJ-ka ter bila odgovorna za financami, projektnim vodenjem svetovne glasbe in nekaterih didže- program in komunikacije. Leta 2012 in še in še. Poleg tega od leta 2012 jev). Je tudi booker mednarodnih je nekaj časa preživela v beograj- vodi svojo lastno založbo, felte. glasbenikov za festivale Volt, Balaton skem kulturnem centru REX. Rada Sound in Strand. Ko je istanbulski piše, potuje (vključno z vodenjem festival Rock'n Coke prosil Sziget za turnej) in se uči novih jezikov. angažma mednarodnih nastopajočih, pa je na Danova ramena padla še ta naloga – izpolnil jo je uspešno.

MENT 2016 69 PANELISTS / PANELISTI MENT 2016 John Robb (Louder Than Miran Rusjan (Moonlee Riku Salomaa (Music Finland, FI) War, Membranes, UK) Records, MENT Ljubljana, SI) Riku Salomaa is responsible for the John was rescued by punk rock in the Miran has been active on the inde- international activities of Music 1970s. He put together the influen- pendent music scene for almost two Finland in the United Kingdom, tial post-punk band The Membranes decades and gained experience in Germany and Central Europe. Music and went on to be one of the leading different roles (musician, promoter, Finland promotes the awareness and UK music writers of his generation, label owner, agent, fan), which gives success of Finnish music at home and being the first to interview bands him special insight and understand- abroad. It creates and manages a like Stone Roses and Nirvana as ing of the independent music habi- wide variety of services, market- well as making up the term Britpop. tat. In 2004 he founded Moonlee ing programs, events, networking In the past year the reformed The Records, an independent record opportunities, training, consultancy, Membranes released a critically ac- label, which slowly became one of research, information and funding claimed double album, "Dark Matter/ the most important labels in the programs. These activities aim Dark Energy", which combined their ex-Yu region (Repetitor, Damir Avdić, to maximize success for Finnish original ground breaking post-punk Bernays Propaganda, Nikki Louder, music and music companies, and with a psychedelic drone and dealt Vuneny ...). In the last few years, he increase Finnish music export with the Universe, sex and death. increasingly focused on booking revenues. In 2015-2016, the Finn- The band also recently debuted a shows for Moonlee bands, which re- ish music industry is focusing on live gig in Estonia with a 20-piece sulted in the birth of Moonlee Book- Germany, Switzerland and Austria choir, which got great reactions. ing. Occasionally he organises shows with 'Aus Finnland' - the biggest John also recently declared that (mostly in Ljubljana) and still plays Finnish music export project ever. "print's not dead" and turned his big guitar in Analena. He is also the con- UK music website into a magazine. ference director of MENT Ljubljana. Riku Salomaa je odgovoren za med- He also writes books on punk rock narodne dejavnosti Music Finland and music culture. He is currently Miran je na neodvisni glasbeni sceni v Veliki Britaniji, Nemčiji in Srednji writing the definitive book on post- dejaven že skoraj dve desetletji, Evropi. Music Finland promovira punk and goth culture and fronts a izkušnje pa je pridobil iz različnih poznavanje in uspeh finske glasbe music culture TV show in the UK. vlog (glasbenik, promotor, založnik, doma in na tujem. Ustvarja in vodi agent, fen), kar mu daje poseben širok nabor storitev, trženjskih Johna je v sedemdesetih rešil punk vpogled in razumevanje neodvisne programov, dogodkov, priložnosti za rock. Sestavil je vplivno post-punk glasbene sfere. Leta 2004 je usta- mreženje, urjenj, svetovanj, razisko- skupino The Membranes in postal novil neodvisno založbo Moonlee, ki vanj, informiranj in financiranj. S temi eden izmed vodilnih britanskih glas- je sčasoma postala ena najpo- dejavnostmi želi maksimirati uspeh benih piscev svoje generacije – med membnejših založb v regiji nekdanje finske glasbe in glasbenih podjetij ter drugim je bil prvi, ki je intervjuval Jugoslavije (Repetitor, Damir Avdić, povečati obseg finskega glasbenega zasedbe, kot sta The Stone Roses in Bernays Propaganda, Nikki Louder, izvoza. V letih 2015-2016 se finska Nirvana, ter skoval izraz Britpop. V Vuneny …). V zadnjih letih je vedno glasbena industrija osredotoča na preteklem letu so ponovno zbrani več pozornosti posvečal bookingu Nemčijo, Švico in Avstrijo z "Aus Membranesi izdali kritiško hvaljen nastopov za Moonlee bende, iz Finnland" – največjih finskim glas- dvojni album "Dark Matter/Dark česar je nastal Moonlee Booking. benim izvoznim projektom do zdaj. Energy", ki njihov prelomni izvirni Občasno prireja koncerte (večinoma post-punk združuje s psihedeličnim v Ljubljani) in še vedno igra kitaro pri dronom, tematsko pa se loteva Veso- Analeni. Je tudi vodja konferenčnega lja, seksa ter smrti. Bend je nedavno programa festivala MENT Ljubljana. tega v Estoniji nastopil z 20-članskim zborom in prejel odlične odzive. John je pred kratkim tudi razglasil "tisk ni mrtev" in svojo uspešno britansko glasbeno spletno stran spremenil v revijo. Poleg tega piše knjige o punk rocku in glasbeni kulturi. Trenutno piše najpopolnejšo knjigo o post-punk in goth kulturi ter vodi britansko glasbeno oddajo na TV.

70 PANELISTS / PANELISTI MENT 2016 Nikola Sekulović (musician/ Helen Sildna (Tallinn Music Week, EE) Virgo Sillamaa (Music Estonia, EE) glasbenik, Dallas, SI) Helen has been a music promoter Virgo Sillamaa is the director of A member of influential Slovenian and events producer for 15 years. In Music Estonia, the local music export bands (Laibach, Borghesia, Demoli- 2009 she established her own music and industry development office. He tion Group), currently with Dan promotion company Musiccase, is a recognized musician in the field D. Over 2,000 live performances, which has promoted Morrissey, Air, of jazz and improvised music, an avid more than 50 music albums, dozens Sigur Ros, Patti Smith, Feist, Swans, activist and developer in the field of of theatrical and movie produc- etc. Helen is the founder and owner musical education, and the founder tions. Expert in music business of Tallinn Music Week, a showcase and chair of the Estonian Rhythmic issues, worked with top artists festival and music industry confer- Music Education Society. Through his in the region. Close collabora- ence, set up in 2009. The event company Avarusmusic OÜ he releas- tor with Dallas Records and Mars has grown into one of the biggest es records, manages several jazz/ Music (Sony ATV). Lecturer at SAE city festivals in the Baltic-Nordic new music artists and organises con- Institute Ljubljana, adviser to several region (around 200 artists, 900 certs, conferences and other events. businesses and music festivals. industry professionals and over 25,000 festival visitors each year). Virgo Sillamaa je direktor Music Član vplivnih slovenskih bendov Helen is a board member of Music Estonia, estonske agencije za med- (Laibach, Borghesia, Demolition Estonia, currently also a member of narodno promocijo glasbe in razvoj Group), trenutno z Dan D. Več kot Estonian President Toomas Hendrik glasbene industrije. Je uveljavljen 2.000 nastopov, več kot 50 plošč, Ilves’ Think Tank. In 2014 Helen was glasbenik na področjih jazza in na ducate gledaliških in filmskih awarded the Tampere Music Award improvizirane glasbe, zavzet aktivist produkcij. Strokovnjak za glasbeni at Music & Media Finland’s industry in razvijalec na področju glasbene- posel, sodeloval z najvidnejšimi gala for Exceptional Achievements in ga izobraževanja, ter ustanovitelj glasbeniki v regiji. Tesno sodeluje z Music Business, and in 2015 she was in vodja Estonian Rhythmic Music Dallas Records in Mars Music (Sony nominated the Citizen of the Year Education Society. Prek svojega ATV). Predavatelj na SAE Institute by the Estonian Ministry of Culture. podjetja Avarusmusic OÜ izdaja plo- Ljubljana, svetovalec številnim šče, je menedžer več jazz/novejših podjetjem in glasbenim festivalom. Helen je glasbena promotorka in glasbenikov in organizira koncerte, producentka dogodkov že 15 let. konference ter druge dogodke. Leta 2009 je ustanovila svoje lastno podjetje za promocijo Musiccase, ki je promoviralo izvajalce, kot so Mor- rissey, Air, Sigur Ros, Patti Smith, Fe- ist, Swans itd. Helen je od istega leta ustanoviteljica in lastnica showcase festivala in konference glasbene industrije Tallinn Music Week. Dogo- dek je sčasoma postal en največjih mestnih festivalov v baltsko-nordijski regiji (okoli 200 izvajalcev, 900 dele- gatov in več kot 25.000 obiskovalcev vsako leto). Helen je članica uprave Music Estonia, trenutno pa tudi čla- nica možganskega trusta estonskega predsednika Toomasa Hendrika Ilvesa. Leta 2014 je na svečanem dogodku finske glasbene in medijske industrije prejela nagrado Tampere Music Award za izjemne dosežke v glasbenem poslu, leta 2015 pa jo je estonsko ministrstvo za kulturo nominiralo za državljanko leta.

MENT 2016 71 PANELISTS / PANELISTI MENT 2016 Jernej Sobočan (Val 202, SI) Barbora Šubrtová (United Dartsya Tarkovska (Soundbuzz, UA) Islands of Prague, CZ) Jernej Sobočan is a music editor, Dartsya Tarkovska is the founder of host and journalist at the national Barbora Šubrtová is the Head of Pro- the digital music agency Soundbuzz, radio Val 202. In the past he was a gram of Prague open air music festi- which works with artists from all over member of the team that launched val United Islands and club shows or- the world. The agency promotes the RSQ music magazine when it ganised throughout the whole year. music online and creates projects was still just a "bitchass rocknroll Her favourite musical activities are connected with music monetiza- webzine". He spent some time in discovering new talents and DJ-ing, tion, online PR, crowdsourcing, etc. advertising, then continued his even though it happens only occa- Dartsya is known as the author of (music) journalist career at MMC sionally these days. She discovered educational projects in the sphere RTV Slovenija. After a trip to the and introduced Czech audiences to of music marketing. In addition, national radio's news programme, artists such as Parov Stelar Band, Au- Dartsya Tarkovska is the head of he again ended up in musical waters, diobullys, Aloe Blacc and Ella Eyre. international music conference in which he has been swimming Colisium in Ukraine, the organizer for nearly two decades. Not just Barbora Šubrtová je programska of the Music Business forum and as a journalist and editor, but as a vodja praškega festivala na prostem a co-organizer of the Music Day musician as well. As the drummer United Islands in klubskih dogodkov in UA conference, dedicated to of ŠKM banda for over 15 years, tekom celega leta. Najraje odkriva the export of Ukrainian music. he has left his sweat on numerous nove talente in didžeja, čeprav se stages in Slovenia and abroad. to v zadnjem času zgodi le redko. Dartsya Tarkovska je ustanoviteljica Odkrila je in na Češko pripeljala digitalne glasbene agencije Soun- Jernej Sobočan = Prekmurec na izvajalce, kot so Parov Stelar Band, dbuzz, ki sodeluje z izvajalci s celega (začasnem) delu v Ljubljani. Je Audiobullys, Aloe Blacc in Ella Eyre. sveta. Agencija promovira glasbo na glasbeni urednik, voditelj in novinar spletu in lansira projekte v povezavi na nacionalnem radiu Valu 202. V z monetizacijo glasbe, spletnim preteklosti del ekipe začetnih ustvar- piarjem, množičnim financiranjem jalcev glasbene revije RSQ, ko je bila itd. Dartsya je znana kot avtorica še zgolj spletna edicija ("bitchass izobraževalnih projektov na področju rocknroll webzine"). Nekaj časa glasbenega marketinga. Poleg tega je preživel v oglaševalskih vodah, je vodja mednarodne glasbene nato pa (glasbeno) novinarsko pot konference Colisium v Ukrajini, nadaljeval na MMC RTV Slovenija. organizatorka foruma Music Business Po izletu v informativni program in so-organizatorka konference Music nacionalnega radia je znova pristal Day in UA, posvečene promovi- v glasbenih vodah, v katerih sicer ranju ukrajinske glasbe v tujini. plava skoraj dve desetletji. Ne samo kot novinar in urednik, ampak tudi kot muzičar. Kot bobnar zasedbe ŠKM banda, v kateri ustvarja več kot 15 let, je pustil švic na številnih odrih po Sloveniji in v tujini.

72 PANELISTS / PANELISTI MENT 2016 Steven Thomassen (Toutpartout, BE) Hannes Tschürtz (Ink Music, AT) Maja Valjak Nagy (Menart, HR)

Toutpartout is a European booking Founder of the music agency and la- Maja Valjak Nagy started her career agency and promotor for good bel Ink Music in Vienna, which books as a student working in the back- music in Belgium and Holland. and promotes more then 400 shows/ stage for REM, Pearl Jam, Depeche Steven is also the promotor behind year in Central and Eastern Europe Mode ... At the end of her studies, the Autumn Falls festival - an and focuses on artist development. she left for France to work, returning indoor city festival in Brussels in Teaches Music Business, is a well- after one year. Soon after, she got the last week of November. He booked speaker for music business the PR/Marketing manager position is currently writing a script with events and a board member of the at Lupa Promotion Ltd, where she the following keywords: High Austrian Music Fund. Writes articles got to be in charge of shows by Voltage, Evolution, A White Talk- on the music business for magazines Beyonce, U2, Iron Maiden, Lenny ing Dog, Sleep & Dreams, and a and papers and is the co-owner of a Kravitz, Depeche Mode, Madonna House on a Hill surrounded with ticketing start-up (NTRY Ticketing). ... In 2009 she became the Head Sunflowers. Steven sometimes acts of BPM department at the Menart as a tour manager. He needs to like Ustanovitelj dunajske glasbene agen- label. Since then she has been in the music and the humans behind cije in založbe Ink Music, ki organizira charge of producing shows/tours the music (at least they need to be in promovira več kot 400 koncertov for foreign and local artists, as well interesting). Sat in his car/van in na leto v Srednji in Vzhodni Evropi as for managing artists and bands the past: Kurt Vile & The Viola- ter se osredotoča na razvoj izva- like Rundek Cargo Trio, SASSJA, tors, Quasi, Michael Gira (Swans/ jalcev. Poučuje Glasbeni posel, je Amel Ćurić (X Factor Adria winner) Angels of Light), The Thermals, reden govorec na dogodkih glasbene and BOA. She is the co-author Scout Niblett, Vincent Gallo … industrije ter član upravnega odbora of the Croatia Music Adventures sklada Austrian Music Fund. Piše project taking place in Dubrovnik. Toutpartout je evropska agencija za članke o glasbenem poslu za revije booking in promocijo dobre glasbe in časnike ter je solastnik startupa za Maja Valjak Nagy je svojo kariero v Belgiji in na Nizozemskem. Steven prodajo vstopnic NTRY Ticketing. pričela kot študentka v zaodrju je tudi organizator dvoranskega koncertov REM, Pearl Jam, Depeche festivala Autumn Falls v Bruslju v Mode ... Po koncu študija je odšla zadnjem tednu novembra. Trenutno delati v Francijo, po enem letu pa piše scenarij s sledečimi ključnimi se je vrnila. Kmalu zatem je dobila besedami: visoka napetost, evolucija, mesto PR/marketing menedžerke bel govoreč pes, spanje & sanje, ter pri Lupa Promotion Ltd, kjer je bila hiša na hribu, obdana s sončnicami. odgovorna za nastope Beyonce, Steven včasih dela tudi kot vodja U2, Iron Maiden, Lennyja Kravitza, turneje. Morajo mu biti všeč glasba Depeche Mode, Madonne ... Leta in osebe za glasbo (oziroma morajo 2009 je postala vodja oddelka biti zanimive). V njegovem avtu/ BPM pri založbi Menart. Od tokrat kombiju so že sedeli: Kurt Vile & producira nastope/turneje tujih in The Violators, Quasi, Michael Gira domačih izvajalcev in je menedžer- (Swans/Angels of Light), The Ther- ka glasbenikov in zasedb, kot so mals, Scout Niblett, Vincent Gallo … Rundek Cargo Trio, SASSJA, Amel Ćurić (zmagovalec X Factor Adria) in BOA. Je soavtorica projekta Croatia Music Adventures v Dubrovniku.

MENT 2016 73 PANELISTS / PANELISTI MENT 2016 Bob Van Heur (Belmont Bookings, Leo Vidmar (Potlista, HR) Dace Volfa (I Love You Records, LV) Le Guess Who? Festival, NL) Leo Vidmar began his journey into Dace Volfa has been part of the Bob van Heur is an agent and music by inheriting his father's Latvian music scene since the early promoter for Belmont Bookings in record player. He soon moved to 1990s. After working as a radio and Amsterdam and the founder and CDs and non-stop cassette listening club DJ, head of music at a rock programmer/artistic director for on his walkman. A leap was made station and freelance journalist for Le Guess Who? Festival in Utrecht. when he began working as a DJ, various internet and printed media, Represents artists like Destroyer, host, editor, show creator and writer she became the label manager at Black Mountain, SUUNS, Julia Holter, at Zagreb's college radio station I Love You Records in 2010. Based Ought, Annette Peacock, Selda, Radio Student. In 2009 one of in Riga, Latvia, I Love You Records Royal Headache, Total Control and the shows he worked on launched is an independent label, home to many more in Europe. He launched into cyberspace and became the Alise Joste (LV), Momend (LV), Le Guess Who? Festival 10 years ago idiosyncratic music web portal Super Besse (BY), and Sibyl Vane and it grew into one of the most criti- potlista.com. He contributes reviews (EE), among other artists. cally acclaimed wintertime festivals in various genres, along with some in Europe. He also founded the 24 photo and video work. His favourite Dace Volfa je v latvijsko glasbeno Hour Drone Event in Hudson, New band is the Beastie Boys. Sometimes sceno vpletena že od zgodnjih York, and programs Beaches Brew his favourite colour is green. devetdesetih. Sprva je delala kot in Ravenna, a free entrance music radijska in klubska DJ-ka, vodja festival on the Adriatic beach of Italy. Leo Vidmar je prve korake v glasbeni glasbenega programa na rock radiu svet naredil, ko je podedoval očetov in pogodbena sodelavka pri raznih Bob van Heur je agent in pro- gramofon. Kmalu je presedlal na spletnih in tiskanih medijih, leta 2010 motor pri amsterdamski agenciji CDje in non-stop poslušanje kaset pa je postala vodja založbe I Love Belmont Bookings ter ustanovitelj in na walkmanu. Do preskoka je prišlo, You Records v Rigi. Pod okrilje te umetniški vodja festivala Le Guess ko je pričel delati kot DJ, voditelj, neodvisne založbe med drugim spa- Who? v Utrechtu. V Evropi zastopa urednik, ustvarjalec oddaje in pisec dajo Alise Joste (LV), Momend (LV), izvajalce kot so Destroyer, Black na zagrebškem Radiu Študent. Leta Super Besse (BY) in Sibyl Vane (EE). Mountain, SUUNS, Julia Holter, 2009 se je ena od oddaj, pri katerih Ought, Annette Peacock, Selda, je sodeloval, preselila v kiberprostor Royal Headache, Total Control in in postala samosvoj glasbeni portal številni drugi. Festival Le Guess potlista.com. Leo prispeva recenzije Who? je lansiral pred 10 leti, v tem iz različnih žanrov ter nekaj fotografij času pa je zrasel v enega najbolj in posnetkov. Njegovi najljubši priznanih zimskih festivalov v Evropi. izvajalci so Beastie Boysi. Včasih je Ustanovil je tudi dogodek 24 Hour njegova najljubša barva zelena. Drone Event v New Yorku, poleg tega pa je programski vodja brezplač- nega glasbenega festivala Beaches Brew na jadranski plaži v Raveni.

74 PANELISTS / PANELISTI MENT 2016 Simon Wheeler (Beggars Group, UK) Mirna Zarić (Charmenko, TR)

Previously a musician, remixer, Started working in 2008 at the PR engineer, producer and promoter, department of the Long Play agency Simon has been with The Beggars in Belgrade, then a couple of months Group since 1990. Starting work with later continued as a marketing and online distribution in 1997 - licensing production manager and publisher. the entire group's catalogue for During the past 7 years, she has individual download and deliver- worked on shows by artists such as ing the first territorially restricted Joe Satriani, Mariza, White Lies, The download in 1998 -, Simon has Godfathers, Buzzcocks, Stereo MCs, since worked with almost every Gentleman and Therapy?, but mostly significant entity in digital media. focused on the biggest regional acts He is chairman of AIM's New Media such as Bajaga i Instruktori, Hladno Committee in the UK, has spoken Pivo and Dubioza Kolektiv. Her per- on digital music and media at most sonal favourite is making a creative music conferences around the world, campaign for the biggest concert and addressed the UK parliament of Bajaga's career – 30,000 people regarding DRM, but the most impor- at Belgrade's fortress, which was tant role is keeping Tthe Beggars the most intense shift in the artist's Group of labels at the forefront of career since the 1980s. In 2011, she all new technologies to deliver its launched and managed a label which award-winning roster of artists to has published many bestselling re- the widest possible audience. The gional albums. As of February 2015, Beggars Group of labels consists of she works as the agent of Goran XL Recordings, Beggars Banquet, Bregović, Selah Sue, Dub In and Matador, 4AD, Rough Trade, Too many others for Charmenko in Istan- Pure and Playlouderecordings. bul. She is also in charge of booking indie and non-musical shows. Simon, nekdaj glasbenik, remikser, inženir, producent in organizator, z Leta 2008 je pričela delati na PR The Beggars Group sodeluje od leta oddelku beograjske agencije Long 1990. S spletno distribucijo je pričel Play, nekaj mesecev kasneje pa delati leta 1997 – licenciral je katalog nadaljevala kot vodja marketin- celotne skupine za posamezne ga in produkcije ter založnica. V prenose in razvil prvi teritorialno preteklih sedmih letih je sodelovala omejen prenos leta 1998 –, od takrat pri koncertih izvajalcev, kot so Joe pa je sodeloval s tako rekoč vsemi Satriani, Mariza, White Lies, The pomembnimi akterji digitalnih medi- Godfathers, Buzzcocks, Stereo MCs, jev. Je vodja odbora za nove medije Gentleman in Therapy?, večinoma pa AIM New Media Committee v Veliki se osredotoča na največje regionalne Britaniji, o digitalni glasbi in medijih izvajalce, kot so Bajaga i Instruktori, je govoril na večini glasbenih konfe- Hladno Pivo in Dubioza Kolektiv. renc po svetu in v zvezi z digitalnimi Njen najljubši dosežek je kreativna pravicami nagovoril britanski parla- kampanja za največji koncert Bajago- ment, a njegova najpomembnejša ve kariere – 30.000 oboževalcev na zadolžitev je, da skupino založb The Kalemegdanu, kar predstavlja najbolj Beggars Group ohranja v koraku z intenziven premik v glasbenikovi vsemi novimi tehnologijami, da lahko karieri od osemdesetih. Leta 2011 svoj nabor priznanih izvajalcev pred- je ustanovila in začela z vodenjem stavi najširšemu možnemu občinstvu. založbe, ki je izdala številne najbolj The Beggars Group sestavljajo prodajane albume iz regije. Od založbe XL Recordings, Beggars februarja 2015 je agentka Gorana Banquet, Matador, 4AD, Rough Tra- Bregovića, Selah Sue, Dub Ina in de, Too Pure in Playlouderecordings. številnih drugih pri istanbulskem Charmenku. Poleg tega je vodja boo- kinga indie in neglasbenih nastopov. MENT 2016 75 PANELISTS / PANELISTI MENT 2016 MENT in 2015 / MENT v letu 2015

Ludovik Material, INmusic Festival Ludovik Material, Liverpool Sound City N'toko, Reeperbahn Festival

77 MENT IN 2015 / MENT V LETU 2015 MENT 2016 Koala Voice, Reeperbahn Festival

ČAO PORTOROŽ, INMUSICMENT, REKA

Ludovik Material, Liverpool Sound City

FundaMENT - Sanjin Đukić (Los Angeles Agency)

78 lineup MENT 2016 The MENT Ljubljana event is just a part of our story.

In 2015, MENT also acted as a type of “Music “The Karate-Keller was packed and not without Export Office”, delegating Slovenian musicians a reason.” RAPNBLUES about N’toko’s concert and professionals to similar events abroad and at Reeperbahn Festival helping with their promotion, networking and production. “As soon as Koala Voice started to play their catchy hit Nothing, the front rows went crazy.” Within the framework of the platform, 12 Slo- WAVES DAILY venian bands and artists performed at various foreign festivals and venues in 2015. N’TOKO, “Seriously impressed with Ludovik Material LUDOVIK MATERIAL, KOALA VOICE, ČAO POR- at Liverpool Sound City. Blew the roof off the TOROŽ, JARDIER, YOUR GAY THOUGHTS, BLAZ tent.” DWT MUSIC PERUS, ALL STRINGS DETACHED, BLAŽ + SI- MON, DANDELION CHILDREN, KONTRADIKSHN and LIFECUTTER performed a total of 32 con- In 2015, MENT actually began ahead of MENT certs at eight international events. For some, proper, with a delegation to the largest such fe- this meant performing at the INmusicMENT stival in Europe, Eurosonic Noorderslag in the event in Rijeka in June, while others were invited Netherlands. The results were immediate. At the to numerous festivals. For example, Ludovik Ma- MENT Ljubljana event, the festival was accepted terial had a very successful festival season, per- into the ETEP (European Talent Exchange Pro- forming at the following well-known festivals: gramme) network of ninety European festivals, EXIT, INmusic, Rock4People, Waves, Taksirat which encourages the flow of new talent among and Liverpool Sound City. Koala Voice perfor- European festivals. Three Slovenian bands per- med at the Reeperbahn Hamburg and Waves fe- formed at Eurosonic 2016 – Ludovik Material, stivals in September, while N’toko was invited to thanks to this year’s successful festival perfor- Tallinn, as well as Hamburg. mances, Nikki Louder, based on the performance at MENT and Koala Voice, which was selected by radio Val202, a member of the EBU (Europe- Feedback: an Broadcast Union).

“The Hidden Stage featured a performance by The Waves project was carried out in cooperati- Čao Portorož, who simply tore the place up with on with the Slovenian Cultural Information Cen- a blend of gothic rock, post punk and new wave. tre in Austria (SKICA) and in part with the Slo- They displayed a fresh and inventive sound. Sli- venian Music Information Centre (SIGIC). SIGIC ghtly mystical, yet still accessible, with a broad and MENT also cooperate on the FundaMENT singing span. Killer guitars and drums, along project, which began in October. The project with expressive vocals – extremely well thou- strives to pass on various important informati- ght out. This band’s biggest asset are the vocals, on about the music business and organisation turned up almost to screaming.” MUZIKA.HR to active and new musical actors. It also featured foreign speakers: Sanjin Đukić (Los Ange- “We headed over to the Hidden Stage for Ludo- les Agency, Croatia), Login Kočiški (Password vik Material and didn’t regret it. The girl sure gi- Agency, Macedonia) and Hannes Tschürtz (INK ves her all when singing.” MUZIKA.HR Music, Austria).

MENT 2016 79 lineupDEVELEPMENT IN 2015MENT / MENT V LETU 2015 MENT 2016 2016 Slovenian moMENT @ Waves Vienna

Slovenian team (Your Gay Thoughts, N'toko, Koala Voice), MÜnchen BLAŽ + SIMON, Waves Vienna Dogodek MENT Ljubljana je le del naše zgodbe.

MENT je letu 2015 deloval tudi v smislu »Music “Karate-Keller je bil čisto poln in ne brez razlo- Export Office« koncepta in delegiral slovenske ga.” RAPNBLUES o nastopu N’toka na festivalu glasbene izvajalce pa tudi profesionalce na soro- Reeperbahn dne tovrstne dogodke v tujini in jim pomagal pri promociji, mreženju in produkciji. “Čim je zasedba Koala Voice pričela s prvim tak- tom njenega hita Nothing, se je prvim vrstam V okviru aktivnosti platforme je v letu 2015 na zmešalo.” WAVES DAILY različnih tujih festivalih in prizoriščih nastopilo 12 slovenskih zasedb in izvajalcev. N’TOKO, LU- “Ludovik Material so resno navdušili Liverpool DOVIK MATERIAL, KOALA VOICE, ČAO PORTO- Sound City. Streho je odneslo s šotora.” ROŽ, JARDIER, YOUR GAY THOUGHTS, BLAZ DWT MUSIC PERUS, ALL STRINGS DETACHED, BLAŽ + SI- MON, DANDELION CHILDREN, KONTRADIKSHN in LIFECUTTER so skupno izvedli kar 32 koncer- MENT se je leta 2015 dejansko začel pred MENT- tnih nastopov na osmih mednarodnih dogodkih. -om in sicer z delegatsko odpravo na največji to- Za nekatere je to pomenil nastop na dogodku vrstni festival v Evropi - Eurosonic Noorderslag, INmusicMENT, ki se je junija odvil na Reki, neka- ki se odvija na Nizozemskem. Rezultati so se teri pa so bili povabljeni tudi na obilico festiva- pokazali nemudoma. Že na dogodku MENT Lju- lov. Zasedba Ludovik Material ima na primer za bljana je bil festival sprejet v mrežo devetdesetih sabo zelo uspešno festivalsko sezono - nastopi- evropskih festivalov imenovano ETEP (European la je na dobro poznanih festivalih: EXIT, INmu- Talent Exchange Programme) - ta spodbuja pre- sic, Rock4People, Waves, Taksirat in Liverpool tok novih talentov med evropskimi festivali. Na Sound City. Bend Koala Voice je septembra na- Eurosonicu 2016 so nastopile tri slovenske za- stopil tako na hamburškem festivalu Reeper- sedbe - na podlagi letošnje uspešne festivalske bahn kot tudi na festivalu Waves, medtem, ko je aktivnosti je to bend Ludovik Material, na podla- bil N’toko povabljen v Talin, manjkal pa ni niti v gi nastopa na MENT-u, Nikki Louder, Val202, pa Hamburgu. je kot član zveze EBU (European Broadcast Uni- on) za nastop na tem festivalu delegiral zasedbo Odzivi: Koala Voice.

“Na odru Hidden je nastopila zasedba Čao Por- Projekt Waves je bil izveden v sodelovanju z torož in enostavno razbila z miksom gothic roc- društvom SKICA (Slovenski kulturno-informacij- ka, post punka in new wava. Bend je pokazal ski center v Avstriji), nekateri pa v sodelovanju s svežino in inovativnost. Malce mistični, a ne ne- SIGIC-em (Slovenski glasbeno informacijski cen- dostopni, odigrali so na visokem nivoju. Nabrite ter). SIGIC in MENT sta se sicer povezala tudi pri kitare, bobni in izrazit vokal - odlično zamišlje- projektu FundaMENT, ki se je pričel odvijati v za- no. Vokal, ki se razteza vse do kričanja je največji četku oktobra. Ta poskuša že aktivnim in novim adut tega benda.” MUZIKA.HR glasbenim akterjem prenesti raznovrstne in še kako pomembne informacije o glasbenem poslu “Prestavili smo se do Hidden Stagea, kjer so na- in organizaciji. Pri projektu so sodelovali tudi tuji stopili Ludovik Material in nismo zgrešili. Dekle gostje: Sanjin Đukić (Los Angeles Agency, Hrva- poje iz petnih žil in da vse od sebe.” MUZIKA.HR ška), Login Kočiški (Password Agency, Makedo- nija) in Hannes Tschürtz (INK Music, Avstrija).

81 MENT IN 2015 / MENT V LETU 2015 MENT 2016 Slovenian moMENT @ Reeperbahn Festival Jardier, INmusicMENT, Reka All Strings Detached, Waves Vienna

Lifecutter, INmusicMENT, Reka

Your Gay Thoughts, Reeperbahn Festival SLEEPY? GET A HOTEL! / ZASPANI? V HOTEL!

The obvious conference choice is M hotel - ri- If you want to be closer to the evening scene ght next to Kino Šiška. Part of the conference is and venues at Metelkova, try Celica (a former actually taking place there. / Najbolj očitna mo- prison!), which is right on site. / Če želite bivati žnost je M hotel, tik poleg Kina Šiška. V njem se blizu večernemu dogajanju in prizoriščem na Me- namreč odvija tudi del konferenčnega programa. telkovi, poskusite Celico (nekdanji zapor!), ki se www.m-hotel.si nahaja prav tam www.hostelcelica.com Another close one is Guest house Pri Vodniku with good food and a nice local atmosphere. / Še Another one close to the evening scene and the ena opcija v bližini je Gostilna Pri Vodniku, ki city centre is Hotel Park. / V bližini večernega nudi dobro hrano in prijetno lokalno vzdušje. dogajanja in središča mesta je tudi Hotel Park. www.privodniku.si www.hotelpark.si

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Peter Cooper "BIME 2015 is by far the best and most useful music conference I've attended in the [PIAS] Iberia & Latin America past decade. The panel discussion topics were timely, well-thought, and intriguing and the conversations themselves lively and enlightening. The atmosphere is comfortable and informal, but the experience is intense for anyone who lives and breathes music.“

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MENT 2016 HUNGRY? GO GRAB A BITE! / LAČNI? JEST!

Of course you can try the bombastic soup or one of the hot sandwiches at Kino Šiška, but if you’re in need of an ambient change, there’s a few places around. / Seveda lahko lakoto potešite z bombastično juho ali toplim sendvičem v Kinu Šiška, če želite spremembo okolja, pa se v bližini nahaja več možnosti.

Mexico Mediterra Place is the perfect venue to observe what’s going on in front of Kino Šiška while munching on the cheesy pizza or one of the many wraps and burritos. There’s also a daily special, so don’t be afraid to ask for a recommendation. / Mexico Mediterra Place je odlična izbira za spre- mljanje dogajanja pred Kinom Šiška, medtem ko uži- vate v okusni pici ali kakšnem od številnih zavitkov in burritov. Nudijo tudi dnevni meni, zato naj vas ne bo strah vprašati za priporočilo. www.mehiskarestavracija.si

Gostilna Pri Vodniku is an old-school restaurant with delicious food – here's where you can try something traditionally Slovene. / Gostilna Pri Vodniku je gostilna stare šole, ki streže izvrstne slovenske jedi. www.privodniku.si

Maharaja / Himalaja is your Asian choice. This twin restaurant serves Indian (Maharaja) and Nepale- se (Himalaja) food. Daily menus are also available. / Dvojna restavracija Maharaja / Himalaja je pravi izbor za ljubitelje azijske kulinarike. Maharaja streže indijsko, Himalaja pa nepalsko hrano, na voljo so tudi dnevni meniji. www.maharaja.si

If you’re looking for a bite near the evening scene, DasIstValter is perhaps the best choice with traditional Bosnian specialities, pies, stews, čevapi (grilled minced meat), sarma (minced meat in cabbage leaves) and baklava to finish it off. / Če vas lakota zagrabi med večernim dogajanjem, je morda najboljša izbira DasIstValter s tradicionalnimi bosanskimi speciali- tetami, kot so pite, čevapi, sarma in baklava za povrh. www.dasistwalter.eu

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Basic Slovene:

- Hello / Dober dan - Goodbye / Na svidenje - Where is / Kje je STUFF/ RAZNO - Can I get a beer, please? / Eno pivo, prosim. - Cheers / Na zdravje - This band rocks! / Ta bend je zakon! - I love MENT. / Ljubim MENT.

Average prices:

- Meal at inexpensive restaurant: 7.00 € - Meal at a mid-range restaurant: 14.00 € - Domestic beer (0,5 litre draught): 2.20 € - Imported beer (0,33 litre bottle): 2.70 € - Cappuccino (regular): 1.33 € - Coke/ Pepsi (0,33 litre bottle): 1.89 € - Tap water is drinkable and a bottle of water in a bar will cost around 1.33 €

Bus / Avtobus: A bus ride costs 1.20 € and you need an Urba- na card. But don’t worry, there will be a special MENT bus running between Kino Šiška and Me- telkova in the evenings. It’s free, just show the wristband. / Vožnja z avtobusom stane 1,20 €. A brez skrbi, med Kinom Šiška in Metelkovo bo v večernih urah vozil brezplačen MENT avtobus – vozniku le pokažite zapestnico.

Taxi / TAKSI: These are cheaper if you call them (ask around), Taxi Metro: otherwise a typical ride (from Kino Šiška to +38641240200 Metelkova, about 3.5 kilometres) costs around 4 Euros. / Običajna vožnja (od Kina Šiška do Taxi Laguna: Metelkove, prbl. 3,5 kilometra) stane okoli 4 evre. +38631492299

- Taxi start (normal tariff) / Taxi Intertours: Startnina: (normalna tarifa): 1.00 € +38631311311

- Taxi 1km (normal tariff) / Vožnja 1km (normalna tarifa): 0.90 €

88 recomMENT MENT 2016 producers / Producenti COPRODUCED / v koprodukciji:

supporters / podporniki

parteners / partnerji

partner festivals / partnerski festivali

MENT 2016 89 PARTNERS / PARTNERJI MENT 2016 media partners / medijski partnerji

COLOPHON / KOLOFON

Publisher / Izdajatelj: MENT Ljubljana / Kino Šiška Design / Oblikovanje: NMN / visual departMENT Contributing editors / Pisci: Andraž Kajzer, Matjaž Manček, Miran Rusjan, Tina Dolinšek … All photo material is from promotional and personal archives. Thank you for the contributions.

TEAM / EKIPA

For all general questions and ideas please contact us at [email protected]. / Za vsa splošna vprašanja in ideje smo na voljo na [email protected].

Matjaž Manček / manageMENT & booking / [email protected] Andraž Kajzer / manageMENT & booking / [email protected] Miran Rusjan / conference coordination / [email protected] Miha Brodarič / web, visual departMENT Nina Vrhovec / visual departMENT Nina Urh / visual departMENT Mina Fina / visual departMENT Piera Ravnikar / visual departMENT Zala Vidali / announceMENT - media relations / [email protected] Matic Urbanc / delegates service & production / [email protected] Andreja Bolčina / technical production / [email protected] Ana Kandare / marketing / [email protected] Daniel Sheppard / translateMENT

+ the Kino Šiška team, all the personnel at the venues, stage managers, runners, drivers, volunteers and everyone else that lent a hand / + ekipa Kina Šiška, ekipe klubov, stage menedžerji, vozniki, prostovoljci in vsi ostali, ki so priskočili na pomoč

Pressing / naklada: 500 Tisk / Print: Grafex d.o.o. Izdajatelj / Published by: Kino Šiška, Ljubljana, zanj / represented by: Simon Kardum, 2016 Pridružujemo si pravico do spremembe programa. / We reserve the right to change the programme.

90 COLOPHON / KOLOFON MENT 2016 CREATED FOR MUSIC Droga Kolinska d.d., Kolinska ulica 1, 1544 Ljubljana 1, 1544 ulica d.d., Kolinska Kolinska Droga MENT 2016

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